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Downtown Sounds
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
This week’s band, Black Tie Affair, specializes in just about everything, including classical jazz, swing, rock, beach, oldies, blues, country, R&B and pop music. Full story »
more Entertainment
- Mixology: My Wasted Generation
- Belly up: Jam band Mae West returns to Clemson
- Blues Fest comes to Spartanburg
- On Stage: "Dial M for Murder" opens at Clemson Little Theater
'Avenue Q' a delight for mature audiences
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The touring Broadway production of 'Avenue Q' delighted opening night audiences and continues at the Peace Center through Sunday.Full story »
more Arts
- 'Avenue Q' comes to Greenville's Peace Center
- GAMAC presents Bernstein Pops at Henderson Auditorium
- Review of "Spamalot" at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts
- Annual Anderson Arts Center juried show opens this weekend
Amos Lee mixes soulful grooves with literate themes
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Amos Lee's latest CD, “Last Days at the Lodge,” has earned Lee his best reviews thus far. Full story »
more Music
- Be a critic: "I Am Your Woman" by Syleena Johnson
- Oh, let us count the bad superhero flicks
- Downtown Sounds swings with Rendition
- Belly Up to the Esso Club and Jeremy Scruggs
Be a critic: "The Dark Knight"
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, once again doing an admirable job of portraying the hero’s struggle to stay away from the dark side of morality, this time portrayed in the Joker. Most of the film’s talk will be about the late Heath Ledger’s performance as the maniacal bank robber, and rightly so, but Bale remains the film’s center. Full story »
more Movies
- This year is super for hero movies
- Superheroes dominate the summer movie blockbuster
- Summer movies close the season with a bang starting July 4 week
- Award-winning writer/actor sees a new vision (and a new company) for aspiring actors in Anderson
Drinking: A wheaty surprise
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Last weekend when I went to Asheville, it was the perfect opportunity for me to try something, write about it and go about my merry way. Instead, I did something I swore I would never do: I had a wheat beer. Full story »
more Columns
- Be fresh: Local vs. organic
- On the Web
- On tap
- On Tap: There is a method to my movie-watching madness
On books: Explore eating local with Barbara Kingsolver
Friday, June 27, 2008
Best-selling novelist Barbara Kingsolver spent a year eating mostly food she and her family grew and raised themselves or purchased within a few miles of their home in the southern Appalachian area of Virginia. She tells the story in “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” now available in paperback.
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more Books
- Book about a book lover for book lovers
- Here is whats new at your local comic book store
- ‘Vanishing Act’ masterfully weaves a sad tale of madness, eccentricity and social norms
- Comics hitting the stands at shops this week
'Madmen' and 'Damages' make Emmy nom history
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Emmy nominations Thursday shows the landscape of television is changing.Full story »
more Television
- America's Next Top Model announces area casting call
- TV to DVD: A review of the new 'Futurama' offering
- Haylie Duff gives some inside info on Bailey Hanks as she vies to be the next Elle Woods on Broadway
- Bailey Hanks continues on "Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods"
Dining
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
So, we’ve been to sandwich shoppes and meat-and-threes and fine dining restaurants. We’ve even been to hole-in-the-walls. But what about the Italian joint that serves up some classic dishes? Full story »
more Dining
- Let's Do Lunch: Bill's Restaurant
- There are more beers in this world than are dreamt of by man
- Let's Do Lunch: The Sweetery
- With so many beers to choose from, how do you know you have it right?
Outdoors
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Last week, I said we would be playing a game of HORSE. How I wish I had never said that.Full story »
