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January 08, 2009

The art of glass
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
`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
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.
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
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
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’
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
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!
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 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
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
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
Dancers’ Delight

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to kick off Concert Association Season


October 29, 2008

HUMOR: Atom smasher not off to a smashing start
HUMOR: Atom smasher not off to a smashing start

Maybe the bearings are shot.


October 28, 2008

Humor: Maybe the bearings are shot.
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
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.

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