Calendar: Week of March 4
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
On Monday pretrial hearings begin in a Nantucket, Massachusetts courtroom in actor Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial. Accused of groping an 18-year-old, Spacey isn't required to attend.
- Kevin Spacey's lawyers enter not-guilty plea, question sex assault allegation at Nantucket bar (CBS News, 01/07/19)
- Kevin Spacey charged with sexual assault, posts video statement as Frank Underwood (CBS News, 12/24/18)
Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, otherwise known as Mardi Gras – the final day of carnival celebrations throughout New Orleans.
- mardigrasneworleans.com
- Biloxi, Miss., Mardi Gras
- Galveston, Texas, Mardi Gras
- La Crosse, Wis., Mardi Gras
- Lafayette, La., Mardi Gras
- Lake Charles, La., Mardi Gras
- Mobile, Ala., Mardi Gras
- New York City Mardi Gras Party
- Pensacola, Fla., Mardi Gras
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent – a 40-day period representing the time that Jesus spent in the desert being tempted by Satan.
- Out of the ashes (CBS News, 2/21/07)
- Pope Francis' Holy Mass of Ash Wednesday, Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, March 6 (1:30 p.m. ET) - Watching live via streaming
On Thursday Whoopi Goldberg and Martin Short host Love Rocks NYC, an annual concert to benefit God's Love We Deliver, a charity providing meals for those with severe illnesses.
- Love Rocks NYC, Beacon Theatre, New York City, March 7 at 8 p.m. (sold out)
- God's Love We Deliver
On Friday former Monkees drummer and singer Micky Dolenz turns 74.
- mickydolenz.com
- monkees.com (Official site)
- "Good Times!" by The Monkees (Rhino); available on CD and vinyl, and via digital download (Amazon, Google Play and iTunes)
To watch Mickey Dolenz and The Monkees perform "Randy Scouse Git" click on the video below:
And Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of Barbie. Since being introduced at the 1959 American Toy Fair in New York, more than a billion have been sold.
- These new Barbies come in a wheelchair and have a prosthetic leg (CBS News, 2/11/19)
- Mattel's new Barbie beckons girls to STEM jobs (CBS News, 6/27/18)
- "Out of touch" Barbie doll gets a major makeover ("CBS This Morning," 1/28/16)
- Barbie.com
