Birthday Candles (Community/Arts) Ernestine celebrates her birthdays, from 17 to 101, with her mother’s golden butter cake, five generations of family, countless rituals, and one goldfish.

If you’ve been to a birthday party, you’ve probably seen it: the cake comes out, the candles are lit, the room sings, and the birthday person makes a wish before blowing them out.

A World War II veteran is marking a milestone birthday this week. Felix Maurizio turned 100 and celebrated with a small party with his family in Norfolk, Virginia, complete with a big cake that ...

The cast of North Coast Repertory Theatre’s “Birthday Candles,” from left, James Newcomb, Margot White, Matthew Grondin, Katie Karel, Emelie O’Hara & Martin Kildare. (Aaron Rumley) ...