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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
Economic crisis, soaring gas prices? There were some shining moments last year.
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
Local community group uses concert to maintain historic schoolhouse
December 24, 2008
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
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
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
Entertainment lineup for area bars, night clubs and other social venues for Dec. 12-19
December 05, 2008
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
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.
