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January 08, 2009

Things to Do

Rebekah Carter tells us what’s going on this weekend on the Grand Strand and in the Pee Dee.


January 07, 2009

Check out our ‘Best of 2008’ lists
Check out our ‘Best of 2008’ lists

Economic crisis, soaring gas prices? There were some shining moments last year.

St. John’s concert series features three local pianists
St. John’s concert series features three local pianists

St. John’s to hold Epiphany Concert Series featuring three local pianists

Pianist to perform solo recital for abused women and children

Joanne Kampiziones will perform a charity solo piano recital Jan. 11 at Florence Little Theatre with all proceeds from the recital benefitting The Naomi Project Inc.

Jazz musician Bernie Kenerson explores the EWI on new album
Jazz musician Bernie Kenerson explores the EWI on new album

One listens to Kayne West crooning on a vocoder for an entire album and cringes. This can’t be the future of pop music, can it? Digitized sound in place of talent, of real-life voices?

On Tap
On Tap

Entertainment lineup for area bars and nightclubs for Jan. 9-16


January 06, 2009

Long Bay Symphony to present third concert in series

Mussorgsky’s famous masterpiece, “Pictures at an Exhibition” will serve as the focal point for the concert.


January 04, 2009

Spoleto Festival USA unveils modest 2009 schedule

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)—Tributes to longtime chamber music director Charles Wadsworth, a return visit by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and an operetta inspired by movie actor Peter Lorre highlight a more modest 2009 season of the Spoleto Festival USA.


January 02, 2009

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley makes usual SC visit

The band will perform at Bill’s Music Shop & Pickin’ Parlor at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, his usual new-year gig at the West Columbia venue.

Event exposes public to a variety of Jewish music
Event exposes public to a variety of Jewish music

Jewish music, said Rabbi Jeffrey Ronald, has been around for a long time — and there have been songs written by just about everything. “There are songs about love, when Israel was just becoming a country, life in Eastern Europe,” he said.

Musicians rally around cancer-stricken guitarist for fundraiser

Gary Craddock was diagnosed last year with Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma, a rare form of stomach cancer. Craddock is well know in the music community, having played at many Myrtle Beach area theaters and at clubs up and down the Carolina coast.

Francis Marion University presents work of acclaimed painter, potters
Francis Marion University presents work of acclaimed painter, potters

Francis Marion University will present the work of painter Patti Brady and potters Rosa and Winton Eugene on Tuesday at Hyman Fine Arts Center.

Southern novelist speaks at library group’s meeting

Best-selling Southern novelist Cassandra King will speak at a Friends of the Florence County Library meeting on Jan. 11.

Fall Out Boy ventures further from punk rock roots with new album
Fall Out Boy ventures further from punk rock roots with new album

Fall Out Boy has long left behind their punk rock roots to go exploring each and every crevasse of pop music, looking for the next big fusion.


January 01, 2009

19 cable channels saved in late deal

A last-minute deal announced early this morning will keep “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “The Daily Show” and other favorites on Time Warner Cable in Charlotte. The company said it has reached a deal with Viacom Inc. on fees, avoiding a blackout of 19 cable channels including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.


December 31, 2008

Grand Strand New Year’s Eve events

Looking for somewhere along the Grand Strand to ring in the new year, find it here.

‘Colbert,‘ ‘SpongeBob’ may go dark on Time Warner

“SpongeBob SquarePants” may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable. Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark on Time Warner Cable Inc. at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal is not agreed upon by then.


December 30, 2008

Entertainment lineup for area bars, nightclubs and restaurants for Jan. 2-9
Entertainment lineup for area bars, nightclubs and restaurants for Jan. 2-9

Entertainment lineup for area bars, nightclubs and restaurants for Jan. 2-9


December 26, 2008

Life’s a beach at Inlet eatery

The dog days of December – when you’re mindlessly juggling shopping lists, greeting cards, holiday get-togethers, decorating duties and cookie baking – somehow seem milder during milder weather. Like on our lunch date at K-Rae’s Beach House in Murrells Inlet, where we were able to hide from our holiday horrors for about an hour on a sunny 70-degree day.


December 25, 2008

Eartha Kitt, sultry singer and dancer, dies at 81

A family friend says Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died. She was 81.

Keeping history alive
Keeping history alive

Local community group uses concert to maintain historic schoolhouse


December 24, 2008

Let’s party like it’s 2009!
Let’s party like it’s 2009!

Reader, let’s you and me talk about New Years Eve. It’s true that this is no New York City. There will be no glittery ball descending or thundering crowd of millions looking at said glittery ball. But, it doesn’t have to be ...


December 19, 2008

Monday After The Masters breaks fundraising records

Monday After The Masters tournament organizers announced Friday that proceeds from the 2008 Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament totaled $460,000, breaking the previous high from 2007 of $456,000.


December 17, 2008

Songtress collection celebrates Christmas season

Throw away your Chinese zodiacs because it isn’t the Year of the Rat — it’s the Year of the Female.

On tap
On tap

Entertainment lineup for area bars and nightclubs for Dec. 19-26


December 16, 2008

Hootie drummer weds bandmate’s ex-wife

If you’re thinking Hootie and The Blowfish is entering the realm of sordid behavior that beguiled bands like Fleetwood Mac, you’d be wrong.


December 10, 2008

8 Days readies you for the cinema’s final film assault of 2008
8 Days readies you for the cinema’s final film assault of 2008

Welcome to the holiday movie season, reader. It’s glittery, sappy, explosive, emotional and chockful of enough special effects to make George Lucas’ head explode.

On Tap
On Tap

Entertainment lineup for area bars, night clubs and other social venues for Dec. 12-19


December 05, 2008

On tap
On tap

Entertainment lineup for area bars, restaurants and other social venue for Dec. 5-12


December 03, 2008

Superstar Matt Hardy is tops with wrestling fans
Superstar Matt Hardy is tops with wrestling fans

Matt Hardy’s wrestling résumé is like something out of a hardware store: tables, ladders, chairs, cages — you name it. After a star-studded tag team career with his brother, Jeff, Matt moved onto singles action, which saw its own fair share of success as well as controversy.

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