What do you get when you mix equal parts roots rock and jam band? You get Vinyl Soup. Sample the sound of this Franklin, Tenn.-based band when it comes to The Empty Glass on Friday. Sept. 4, 2008
If you want a break from all the mud flinging going on in the political arena, head to an arena where mud flinging is the actual point. The Lincoln County Fall Fest "Mud Run" Sunday. Sept. 4, 2008
One definition of ‘barrage’ is “an overwhelming quantity” of something coming at you. Barrage, the nine-member, many-fiddled Canadian band, lives up to the definition. Sept. 4, 2008
Anybody got a dime? On Saturday, Covenant Christian Fellowship does. In fact, it’s got six of them — the six members of Christian ska band Dime Store Heist, that is. Best Bet. Sept. 4, 2008
One large-scale art show opens and another closes on Friday with a little music on the side. Sept. 4, 2008
At age 71, Norman Jordan is West Virginia’s most widely published African-American poet. He'll be inducted tonight into a poet’s collective called the Affrilachian Poets. Sept. 4, 2008
-- Snowshoe Oktoberfest
-- Chorus auditions
-- W.Va.'s Finest Kids
-- Broadway trip
-- Library contest
-- Chorus auditions
-- W.Va.'s Finest Kids
-- Broadway trip
-- Library contest
"Hamlet 2" has an unrelentingly silly, swing-for-the-fences absurdism leavened by Steve Coogan's low-key approach which humanizes the story.Film review. Sept. 4, 2008
Jazz singer and lyricist Lorraine Feather doesn’t always write and sing about the same things you might expect a jazz performer to sing about. Sept. 4, 2008
The 66-year-old African-American comedian/actor John Witherspoon is a familiar face. He’s been in television and films for more than 30 years.See a different side at his comedy club show. Sept. 4, 2008
It was a surprise in TV land on Tuesday when The CW’s heavily hyped, top-secret “90210” turned out to be pretty darn entertaining. Idiot Box. Sept. 4, 2008
Johnny Christ’s summer has been a metal fan’s seventh heaven. “We were out in Europe with Iron Maiden,” he said. The bassist, who appears Saturday with Avenged Sevenfold at X-Fest in Huntington, isn’t bragging. It’s closer to awe. Sept. 4, 2008
David Stone is the front man for The Johnny Cash Experience, a tribute band that celebrates the life and music of “The Man in Black" and which comes Sunday to Charleston. Sept. 4, 2008
Born on the island of Mallorca, Spanish singer Concha Buika’s music is heavily rooted in Latin jazz but soars above and beyond those boundaries. New Sounds. Sept. 4, 2008
Some events can lift your spirits. But the World’s Strongest Man competition is certainly one of the few in which they’ll lift cars, not to mention trucks and giant logs as well as pulling airplanes. Sept. 4, 2008
In June, the No Pants Players, Charleston’s improv comedy troupe, had a 100th show celebration so big that it took two days.
(CLICK FOR BLOG) Go out and try the wines of Washington State, whch represent not only quality, but value compared to wines in higher profile places such as California or France. Sept.2, 2008
(CLICK FOR BLOG) If you missed the Regatta fireworks, the PopCult blog is here to help with a musical annotation of the skies over Charleston lighting up in this YouTube video. Sept. 4, 2008
-- Dance Club Event
-- Watercolor Event
-- Free concerts
-- Regatta parades
-- Free film
-- Panhandle pickin'
-- Watercolor Event
-- Free concerts
-- Regatta parades
-- Free film
-- Panhandle pickin'
During the “Saved by the Bell” days, who would have thought teen heartthrob Mark Paul Gosselaar would be relegated to the back seat, and co-star Mario Lopez would roll in the fame? Aug. 28, 2008
Huntington singer-songwriter Jeff Ellis won the Southeast Regional Round of the 2008 “Mountain Stage” NewSong Contest held Sunday in Decatur, Ga. Aug. 28, 2008
Blues Traveler was an unusual entry into pop music during the early 1990s. We ask 5 Question of the band in advance of their Regatta appearance in Charleston. Aug. 28, 2008
Country star Jo Dee Messina answers five questions in advance of her Saturday performance on the streets of downtown Charleston at the Regatta. Aug. 28, 2008
(CLICK FOR BLOG) Food blogger Brooke A. Brown serves up what he has been snacking on and drinking as the Democrats try to serve up a winning convention.
(CLICK FOR BLOG) WineBoy blogger John Brown urges his readers to support O'Kay's and tells why he finds the restaurant and pub a special place in Charleston. Aug. 25, 2008
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