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Multiple Events Held Sunday Before Boston Marathon

Multiple Events Held Sunday Before Boston Marathon
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High Fire Threat Sunday Is Just One Of Several Weather Events This Week

Sunday Morning Forecast With Stephen Nehrenz

The first official day of Spring is upon us, but there’s a catch in Sunday’s forecast.

According to News On 6 Meteorologist Stephen Nehrenz, the fire danger in Green Country is very high. Strong winds, which could gust between 20 and 30 miles per hour Sunday, could get a fire out of control very quickly.

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Sunday’s highs in cities like Tulsa, Okmulgee, Muskogee and Bartlesville will hover in the upper 70s.

Gusty winds will continue into Monday morning when showers move through our area in the mid-to-late morning. The storms will be widespread by early Monday afternoon.

Some areas will be in the mid-50s when the rain comes through. Others east of Tulsa may see temperatures in the 60s.

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Selma Jubilee returns with in-person and virtual events to mark 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

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After a 2021 virtual ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee has returned with a mix of in-person and virtual programs to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Blood Sunday.

The Bridge Crossing Jubilee has resumed its annual series of programs, including celebrations honoring the civil rights foot soldiers who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, voter education programs, concerts, and its traditional street festival. Tickets for educational programs and entry to the street festival are available for purchase on the Selma Jubilee website (tickets for the street festival are also available in-person).

Events kicked off on Thursday with the annual mass meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church, followed by a day of educational programs and public conversations on Friday.

VIEW THE 2022 SELMA BRIDGE CROSSING JUBILEE SCHEDULE HERE

Saturday’s programs kick off with annual Foot Soldiers Breakfast, followed by the Battle of the Bands, the Jubilee parade, an intergenerational hip-hop summit, and the Jubilee street festival. Saturday’s educational series includes virtual voters issues workshops and a “Restoring the Right to Vote” workshop at Wallace Community College.

On Sunday, March 6 events will commence with the Martin Luther King Unity Breakfast and Sunday services at various churches around the city. The annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday kicks off at 1:00 p.m. with a pre-march rally in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E Church on 410 Martin Luther King St., followed by the march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Vice President Kalama Harris is expected to attend and speak at events on Sunday, as well as participate in the annual event’s symbolic march across the bridge. According to the Associated Press, several other members of President Joe Biden’s administration will also attend the event, including Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.

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Hunky Jesus, Foxy Mary Competitions Will Return As In-Person Events for Easter Sunday This Year

Hunky Jesus, Foxy Mary Competitions Will Return As In-Person Events for Easter Sunday This Year

The pandemic forced the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to move their Easter festivities away from Dolores Park… and onto the internet. But for the first time in two years, the Sisters are expected to bring their Easter Sunday shenanigans back to the Mission District park on April 17.

Easter in San Francisco is celebrated quite a bit differently than any other part of the country. Sure, there are traditional holiday tropes to partake in — there’s never a shortage of midnight masses to attend; we’re sure this year will also see groups of children search for Easter eggs in family-friendly events across the seven-by-seven — but the crowning jewel of SF’s left-of-center Easter Sunday celebrations is the one hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at Dolores Park, which pedestals heaps of queer frivolity.

And nowhere during the day’s happenings is that more evident than when the Sisters put on their Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary competitions — which, for the first time since 2019, will be held IRL this upcoming Easter weekend.

“The Sisters will be back to Dolores Park for their traditional Easter Celebration in 2022,” reads a Facebook announcement about the update. Aptly called the “Sister’s Easter: Back to Old Habits!,” the mid-April party will see the event celebrated in a true return to form that will also include an in-person Hunky Jesus contest. Though the Foxy Mary contest wasn’t announced on the Facebook page, it was, however, included in a Tweet sharing the news that the Sister’s would take over Dolores Park again this Easter Sunday.

“More information” will be announced soon, but rest assured it appears Dolores Park will again be alive with untraditional extravaganzas come April 17.

For a trip down memory lane, revisit our coverage of 2019’s in-person Hunky Jesus contest.

Related: Hunky Jesus Contest Returns to Dolores Park for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s 40th Anniversary [2019]

This Year’s Online Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary Contests Helped Our Spirits Rise Again [2020]

Photo: “Baby Jesus” winning the Hunky Jesus contest in 2015. (Courtesy of Twitter via @babiedboi)

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Olympics schedule 2022: Event times, TV schedule for Sunday, February 20 at Beijing Winter Olympics

Olympics schedule 2022: Event times, TV schedule for Sunday, February 20 at Beijing Winter Olympics

The final day of the Beijing Winter Olympics will feature plenty of entertaining events for viewers to check out as the final gold medals will be handed out. One of the top events of the day will actually take place on Saturday night in the Eastern Time Zone when the gold medal will be handed out for the men’s hockey final between Finland and ROC, which won the previous event in 2018.

In addition to men’s hockey, gold medals will also be awarded in bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and curling events. Local NBC affiliates will provide primetime coverage Saturday evening, along with the men’s gold medal hockey game starting at 11:10 p.m. ET. USA Network will offer overnight TV coverage. The remaining events will also air via live stream at NBCOlympics.com and on Peacock.

Full Olympics schedule for Sunday, February 20 by event

Bobsleigh

8:30 p.m. (Saturday): 4-man Heat 3
10:20 p.m.: 4-man Heat 4, medal event

Cross-Country Skiing

1:30 a.m.: Women’s 30km Mass Start Free, medal event

Curling

8:05 p.m. (Saturday): Japan vs. Great Britain, Women’s Gold Medal Game

Ice Hockey

11:10 p.m. (Saturday): Finland vs. ROC, Men’s Gold Medal Game

Alpine Skiing

8:00 p.m. (Saturday): Mixed Team Parallel

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Beijing Olympics 2022: Olympic medal events to watch on Sunday, February 13th

Beijing Olympics 2022: Olympic medal events to watch on Sunday, February 13th

The Winter Olympics come to Day 9, and all eyes will be on the National Speed Skating Oval where Team USA’s Erin Jackson will go for gold in the women’s 500 meter speed skating event.

Jackson needed an assist from teammate Brittany Bowe to even qualify for Beijing, as she fell during the Olympic Trials despite being the reigning World Cup champion in the event. It was a glitch in the qualification process US Speed Skating is likely to fix in the future, but Bowe did one of her best friends the most solid of solids, and also giving the USA their best chance at a gold in the sport.

Here are all the events where medals will be awarded on Sunday in Beijing.

Beijing Winter Olympics: Medal events for Sunday, February 13th

  • Alpine Skiing: 12:45 a.m. Men’s Giant Slalom Run 2
  • Biathlon: 4:00 a.m. Women’s 10km Pursuit, 5:45 a.m. Men’s 12.5km Pursuit
  • Cross-Country Skiing: 2:00 a.m. Men’s 4 x 10km Relay
  • Short Track Speed Skating: 6:44 a.m. Women’s 3000m Relay, 7:14 a.m. Men’s 500m
  • Speed Skating: 8:56 a.m. Women’s 500m
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How to Watch Figure Skating Team Event in Primetime Sunday Night

How to Watch Figure Skating Team Event in Primetime Sunday Night

Ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates – a couple on and off the ice – were chosen as co-captains of the U.S. squad for figure skating’s team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, so it’s only fitting they get to compete as part of the team.

Chock and Bates’ time finally arrives (emphasis on finally, but more on this to come) Sunday night U.S. time as they were announced by U.S. Figure Skating as the team’s entry for the free dance.

They are joined representing the red, white and blue on the third and final day of the team event by Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, who will begin the night in the pairs free skate, and Karen Chen, who ends the team event in the women’s free skate.

Watch live at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC, NBCOlympics.com or Peacock.

Chen and Knierim/Frazier represented Team USA in their short programs, while Chock/Bates switch out in ice dance for Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue who won the rhythm dance.

Sunday night marks not only the debut of Chock and Bates at these Games but also their debut in any Olympic team event.

The Sochi 2014 Games marked the Olympic debut of both the team event and Chock and Bates (as a team; Bates also competed in Vancouver in 2010), but they were passed over for a spot on the U.S. team in both 2014 (to Meryl Davis and Charlie White) and 2018 (to Maia and Alex Shibutani).

Chock and Bates are ready now, though, as the 2022 U.S. champions and 2021 world fourth-place finishers, and they’ll attempt to match the win Hubbell and Donohue earned earlier in the Games.

Knierim and Frazier also look to continue their own momentum. They were third in the pairs short, behind world and Olympic medalists.

Heading into the final night, the Russian Olympic Committee leads with 45 points, followed by the U.S. (42) and Japan (39). At this point, Canada (30) and China (29) are vying for fourth.