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January 08, 2009
The art of glass
A new exhibit featuring the art glass works of two South Carolina artists opens Friday at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
The art of glass
A new exhibit featuring the art glass works of two South Carolina artists opens Friday at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
January 07, 2009
HUMOR: The year ahead, Part II
I purported to use my ability to see into the future, a super power I allegedly gained in a Los Alamos lab accident in the early ’40s, to offer iron-clad, month-by-month predictions for 2009.
December 31, 2008
HUMOR: A Special Look Ahead to 2009
Once again, as media outlets take a “special look back” at events that shaped the previous year — really an opportunity for journalists to write a bucket-load of year-in-review stories in advance and spend a week or two polishing their resumes and looking for a more inviting career path, like bomb-disposal technician — I instead choose to use my super powers to predict what lies ahead in 2009.
December 30, 2008
Songwriter Bramlett dies at 69
Singer-songwriter-producer Delaney Bramlett, who penned such classic rock songs as “Let it Rain” and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, has died. He was 69.
Movie crowds adopt Marley
Hollywood had a happy holiday with a huge Christmas weekend as movies from Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and Adam Sandler all opened strongly.
December 19, 2008
HUMOR: Monkey-related news
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said, “Scott, what were the top monkey-related stories of the year?“
December 18, 2008
Science Center Exhibit explores space
Visitors to the Danville Science Center will get a chance to fly through the solar system, discover what makes stars shine and find out how much they would weigh on different planets as part of the new exhibit “Space Travels,”
Romweber Duo plays rockabilly with a razor-sharp edge
The Dex Romweber Duo will perform Friday at Sal’s Italian Grille and Pizzeria. The Left Behind will open the show.
December 16, 2008
HUMOR: We’re just too darn sexy!
Fifty-seven percent of us are sexy, or so we American men believe.
`Benjamin Button,‘ ‘Frost/Nixon,‘ ‘Doubt’ top Golden Globes with 5 no
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)—“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Frost/Nixon” led the Golden Globes on Thursday with five nominations each, among them best drama, while “Doubt” also has five, including four acting slots.
December 11, 2008
Breeze Brothers perform Friday night
The Breeze Brothers will perform Friday and Shake will perform Saturday at Back to Bogie’s. Incorrect information appeared in the Scene section of Thursday’s edition.
December 09, 2008
Older, toned-down Diamond let his songs sparkle
For years, non-Neil Diamond worshippers carried on about what a joke of a performer he was
Ledger earns posthumous acting honor and more from Hollywood
Ledger was posthumously given the Australian Film Institute’s international award for best actor for his role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.”
His father, Kim; mother, Sally; and sister Kate
Only a few boos for tenor at ‘Don Carlo’ opener
American understudy lands role after La Scala dumps lead singer
HUMOR: It started with a promise that was, at the very least, of debatable origin.
I was where I did not want to be: standing in a big discount store late on a Sunday afternoon smack dab in the middle of shopping season waiting on customer assistance that would never come.
December 01, 2008
Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too ill to travel
LONDON (AP) _ Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star’s attorney said Tuesday.
Humor: Scott Hollifield
It’s heartening to know during the holiday season, when I need to knock out a column as quickly as possible to spend at least a little time with my dysfunctional family, that monkeys are still doing their part to make this world a better place.
November 13, 2008
Sally Struthers a big hit in ‘Nunsense’
It wasn’t just scheduling problems that kept Sally Struthers from taking Dan Goggin up on his plea for her to star in his hit musical “Nunsense.”
November 12, 2008
HUMOR: Painfully pointing finger of blame
I found out which is my most important finger, and it wasn’t the one I thought.
That’s incredible!
Make that Mr. Incredible, who made a stop in Danville on Saturday for afternoon of kid-friendly fun
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November 10, 2008
Rockingham weekend planner
Get ready for a Christmas celebration in downtown Reidsville this weekend.
The holiday celebration will culminate with the Reidsville Nighttime Christmas Parade sponsored by WGSR-Star 39 News. The parade begin at 6:30 p.m. at Pennrose Mall and make its way down Scales Street into the downtown area. Steve Troxler, the N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture, is the grand marshal.
Mos Def sought in Vegas over camera scuffle
LAS VEGAS: Mos Def was being sought by police on an arrest warrant stemming from a scuffle with a photographer at a fashion trade show last August,
authorities and the alleged victim said earlier this week.
Jett Williams pleased with father’s new recordings
— Jett Williams never met her father, Hank Williams Sr., who died in the back seat of a Cadillac five days before she was born in 1953.
November 07, 2008
Flamenco Dance Troupe coming
The dance troupe Compania Flamenco Jose Porcel will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at George Washington High School, 701 Broad St., as part of the Danville Area Association for the Arts and Humanities season.
November 05, 2008
HUMOR: Hats off to Joe, and Abdullah
With the historic presidential campaign complete, let us take a moment to salute the Average Joes who stood up to be counted and were reduced to catchy first names and occupations in a cynical effort to win votes with a folksy tone.
October 30, 2008
Dancers’ Delight
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to kick off Concert Association Season
October 29, 2008
HUMOR: Atom smasher not off to a smashing start
Maybe the bearings are shot.
October 28, 2008
Humor: Maybe the bearings are shot.
Hundreds of dignitaries, diplomats, researchers and others with big brains and bigger titles gathered in Geneva on Oct. 21 for a gala wing-ding to formally celebrate the world’s biggest scientific gizmo, an atom smasher called the Large Hadron Collider
October 24, 2008
The return of the Blues Brothers
Four years before “Animal House” made John Belushi a star, he and fellow “Saturday Night Live” co-star Dan Aykroyd had talked about forming a band.