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PIRATES AARGH US
Explore the
remains of
a genuine
pirate ship—
without
taking a trip to Davy Jones’s
locker—at the Chicago Field Mu-
seum’s “Real Pirates: The Untold
Story of the Whydah From Slave
Ship to Pirate Ship,” from Febru-
ary 27 through October 25. The
exhibit features more than 200
artifacts from the Whydah, a
slave ship turned pirate ship that
sank off the coast of Cape Cod
nearly 300 years ago. Check out
a treasure chest of gold coins,
hoist a pirate flag, and go “below
decks” in a life-size replica of the
ship’s stern. No plank walking
required. —Audrey Goodson
Still a Cool Cat
BUT THAT PEACE TRAIN IS RUNNING KINDA LATE
IN A FIT of youthful opti-
mism, Cat Stevens wrote
that the peace train was “getting near-
er/ it soon will be with you.”
Thirty-eight years, a name change,
and a dozen or so wars later, the artist
formerly known as Cat Stevens—now
known as Yusuf—has come to the con-
clusion that most folks aren’t about to
“jump upon the peace train.”
“I rewrote those lyrics recently,”
says Yusuf, 60, at his home in London.
“It goes: ‘How long has this peace
train been gone?…how long must this
world wait for you?’”
That acknowledgment of harsh
reality—leavened with a spark of en-
during hope—runs through Yusuf’s
new, yet-to-be-titled album, from
Universal Music. It’s his second re-
Music
lease, following An Other Cup in 2006,
after what he calls a 28-year “fantastic
respite” from the studio and concerts;
he quit the music business in response
to his newfound Islamic faith. During
that time away, in 1989, he ignited a
firestorm with comments regarding
an Iranian fatwa against author
Salman Rushdie—but his subsequent
work for international understanding
earned him the Nobel Peace Prize laureates’ Man of Peace award in 2004.
In recent years his view of the Koran
has shifted, and he now believes there
is no conflict between his faith and
music. “When I first picked up the
guitar again, I was amazed to find I
knew where all the chords were,” he
says. “And with that came a new discovery of music for me.” —Bill Newcott
THE LOVE-
You don’t have to cast a wide net to find midlife romance, says The Washington Post columnist Abigail Trafford. In her new book, As Time Goes By: Boomerang Marriages, Serial Spouses,
Throwback Couples, and Other
Romantic Adventures in an Age
of Longevity (Basic Books),
Trafford talks with divorced
and widowed people as well as
married couples who share the
ways they came to rediscover
love and rekindle cooled-off
relationships. —Diane Brown
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Even today Bob Elliott is a bit flummoxed trying
to pin down what made Bob and Ray the most enduring comedy team in
radio and TV history. “Every time I try to think about it, I come up with less
of an answer,” says Elliott, 86. See if you can figure it out on the new DVD
An Award Winning Film by Bob & Ray ($29.99, from Amazon.com). —B.N.
