Thursday morning briefing: Local culture and following the sheriff

Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico’s Thursday briefing.

A little culture

Albuquerque Youth Symphony performs 7 p.m. Friday at Marshall Auditorium.

Open to the public and you can’t beat the price... it’s free.

Web site of the day

Follow the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/rooseveltso

Today in history

Theologian, musician, philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer was born on this day in 1875 in Upper-Alsace, Germany (now Haut-Rhin, France).

Schweitzer studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Strasbourg, Paris and Berlin. After working as a pastor, he entered medical school in 1905 with the dream of becoming a missionary in Africa.

The rest of the story:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=52343

Sports on TV

TNT has a NBA doubleheader starting at 6 p.m.

Chicago at Boston followed by Cleveland at Utah.

Weather

Today — Grab an umbrella. Partly cloudy with isolated rain showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.

Tonight — Stay in. Isolated rain showers...then isolated snow showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.