Morning reading

Web site of the New Bedford Standard Times has a review of a new show at the BCA, a one-man effort about Antarctic explorer Tom Crean, who ran with Scott and Shackleton. ... The Globe hips up page one with a good story about Berklee joining Essence magazine's campaign for a more conscious, less thuggish hip hop. ... Both the Globe and Herald review Berklee's star-studded 60th birthday concert on Saturday. I would like to have heard that Esperanza Spalding/Michel Camilo/Steve Gadd version of "Autumn Leaves," or Herbie Hancock playing piano behind Paul Simon on "Graceland." ... The picture to the right is my shameless attempt to get you to scroll down and read the next item, about my unforgettable Saturday afternoon at the Moscow Cats Theatre. I mean, wooo.