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Glassjaw has been seen and heard more during the past 25 years than simply heard.The Long Island hardcore rock group, formed and led by frontman Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, has released just three albums and four EPs during its time together. Last year's "Material Control," in fact, was the quartet's first full-length outing in 15 years.

Sundance Institute hosts the Native Shorts Program 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 9, at the Ziibiwing Center with a film screening of short films in the Celebration! Cinema, 4935 E. Pickard Road, Mt. Pleasant. There will be a filmmaking workshop for ages 14+ at the Ziibiwing Center 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 10. All events are Free & Open to the Public.

ROCHESTER HILLS -- The Who's "Tommy" has sustained plenty of interpretations during the past 49 years -- from a ballet in Montreal to an all-star orchestral rendition by the London Symphony Orchestra, a trippy Ken Russell film and a Broadway musical.It's a hearty piece of work, "Tommy" is -- or, as the late Who drummer Keith Moon proclaimed it, "a (expletive) opera!"

DEAR ABBY >> I'm 52. My mom died when I was 11. It wasn't until I reached my mid-20s that I realized I have no memories of her, and few memories of my childhood before I was 11. Dad and I lived a few hours away from family, and after Mom passed, no one spoke about her much. I imagine that was because it was painful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you mix things up a bit, others will take note of what you are doing. An imaginative approach to a certain task will help you expand your marketability. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You'll be opposed if you try to make too many changes. Don't overextend yourself or make impossible promises to appease someone putting demands on you.

The minivan, once a shining beacon of the automotive future when they first gained prominence in the 80s, has seen better days. The SUV craze has taken over the auto world, and poor old minivan has generally gotten the cold shoulder.But wait, that's not quite true. Some manufacturers remain committed to the segment, and one company that never really left the segment and still represents it strongly is FCA.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. >> It was the finish NASCAR banked on as the genesis of its ballyhooed youth movement.Austin Dillon and Darrell Wallace Jr. finished 1-2 in the Daytona 500, a promising pair of 20-somethings behind the wheel of iconic car numbers that could excite old-school fans, yet a pair with enough social media savvy that might attract millennials to a sport in dire need of a spark.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia >> Kylian Mbappe and Thierry Henry both attended France's Clairefontaine academy before playing as left wingers at Monaco, and they both won French league titles as teenagers.Mbappe wants to replicate another one of Henry's accomplishments - a World Cup title for France in his first tournament.

SOCHI, Russia >> It took an angry-looking bird to get Brazilians hooked on their World Cup mascot.The team's new mascot - a yellow canary with an angry face that represents some of the fans' frustration after having lost the World Cup at home four years ago - has become a huge sensation everywhere it goes in Russia.

LONDON >> Garbine Muguruza insisted she wasn't thinking about attempting to collect a second consecutive Wimbledon championship. She was adamant that she was not focusing on defending her title."It doesn't really matter," she would say, "what happened in 2017."Well, it seems safe to say she'll really want to forget what happened at the All England Club in 2018.