This will not do the story justice. You'll have to watch the video. OC woman Coley Pittman on a recent trip to Dingle, Ireland was reunited with her dolphin BFF. Dingle, a town of 1,900 humans and 500,000 sheep, is also home to a "solitary dolphin" named Fungi that reportedly lives on its own without seeking other dolphin companionship. Pittman visited Fungi several times over the past 12 years to swim with the wild, 12-foot bottlenose dolphin. When she arrived on the shore, five years since her last visit, and called for the dolphin, Fungi jumped straight out of the damn water. True. more ›

Throw on a hoodie and some comfy pants and head out now to make the 2 p.m. start of the Radical Women's International Women’s Day Celebration talk called "Art, Media & Revolution – Three Feminist Visionaries Speak Out." Panelists include artist Susana De Leon, poet Ashley Love, and journalist Amanda Rossi. If getting in touch with your inner grrrrrl makes you hungry, a "rebel-girl supper with vegetarian option" follows at 4:30. more ›

The Gathering, by the Irish writer Anne Enright, won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for a writer who is “a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.” Enright’s win was a long shot; although she’s published plenty, she isn’t one of the usual suspects, like Ian McEwen or J.M. Coetzee, who tend to pop up on the Booker shortlist regularly. The Booker Prize can make an author. Enright is now on a world tour that one suspects her publishers didn’t plan until she won. more ›

Since seeing Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova back in November, opening up for Damien Rice, I have been, and this is fairly rare these days, mesmerized by their music. You know, when I first started listening to Damien Rice, a friend asked what kind of music I would label it and I replied, sad rock. Sad though it is, I think you could put Glen and Marketa's music in the same category, though I believe... more ›