There are just a few more days left to see the 2008 Nikon Small World exhibition at the American Museum of Science and Energy.

The exhibit ends Aug. 9.

Here is information from AMSE:

What do images of marine diatoms, carbon nanotubes, Lily of the Valley, muticellular slugs, and Japanese specialty paper fibers have in common? They are the top five images of 20 award winning photomicrographs comprising the 2008 Nikon Small World exhibition opening June 5 through August 9 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

I've been posting that Flatwater Grill has had bluegrass musicians play there on Thursday evenings. However, I learned last week that Flatwater is no longer doing that.

They do still have jazz on Tuesday evenings, though.

Looks like Wonderful Wednesdays continues this month at the Children's Museum. Here's the link: http://www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org/exhibits-index.html

Once you get to the site, though, you've got to click on Events in the top navigation bar.

I was in the middle of updating this site at about 2 a.m. this morning (Thursday morning) when the power was knocked out by a big tree that fell on utility lines down the street. A city electrical worker told me there were scattered outages because of the storm(s) that blew through late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning.

This is one of those times when it would be nice to have a wireless connection at home that is not susceptible to power outages.

I apologize that my site was off-line yesterday.

If you visited, you probably got an "Access Denied" message. That was my fault. I was adjusting the permissions for various users early Monday morning, and I obviously made some incorrect choices.

Unfortunately, I didn't discover the problem until early this morning (Tuesday morning). Chalk it up as one of the joys of learning Web site administration.

I've now returned the permissions back to their previous state and all should be well.

Nicky Reynolds has posted a list of events happening in Oak Ridge from July 2 to 5, as well as some upcoming events.

Reynolds works for the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The Web site is historicoakridge.ning.com.

There will be less rock and pop music in Oak Ridge this weekend. But I guess this gives you the opportunity to go enjoy the fireworks on Saturday, July 4.

Brewski's Sports Bar in Grove Center usually has a band every other Saturday but will not have one this Saturday.

Moondollars Cafe and Bistro in Jackson Square also will not have music on Saturday.

Still, there is some music in Oak Ridge this weekend. The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform its 65th Independence Day concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at A.K. Bissell Park. That show is free.