I suppose it’s a forgivable oversight. The stooped, frail-looking woman in a powder-blue dress was neither a celebrity nor a newsmaker when she appeared on “The Tonight Show” in August 1987. She was just a little old lady from a tiny town in Kansas—and by old, I mean historic. She was 105 at the time. But she had all her marbles, as well as a fierce, straight-shooting wit, and that was enough for Carson.

Its steady growth reflects the escalating popularity of its surrounding community, where dining, nightlife and home renovations are creating a new energy, and also the Atlas’s new formula for booking acts.

   The names were read aloud, each followed by the sound of a chime. Then a moment of silence. "The brave men and women whose names are etched on the Journalists Memorial remind us that little about a free press is actually free," James C. Duff, the Newseum's CEO, said in a statement. "Every day, journalists around the world scramble to bear witness, sometimes at great personal risk, to record the first draft of history."

● We sure have been hearing a lot of Maroon 5 and Gotye on WPGC 95.5 lately. The local radio station has focused on hip-hop and R&B for years, but with all of these new pop songs on the playlist, has the station changed its format? WPGC Program Director Jason Kidd says no, but adds that the station is open to playing “various songs when they get really big.”