Standing behind the counter at Sullivan’s Records, 613 Lee St., in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, on a rainy Thursday afternoon, as a couple of customers picked through the bins of shiny, shrink-wrapped albums, Sam Lowe and Brooke Rawson said they didn’t know what to expect from this year’s Record Store Day.
Arts and entertainment events in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä and beyond this week:
Peter Finch’s character in Sidney Lumet’s biting 1977 masterpiece “Network,†Howard Beale, said he was “mad as hell†in a live on the air tirade against the corporatization and rampant capitalistic tenacity of the news media of the day.
Pro wrestler Kris Statlander said she didn’t know what she’d have done had she won the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot.
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West Virginia’s own Jayne Anne Phillips will be signing copies of her new book and speaking at a public event Wednesday in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
If “Ghostbusters†as a franchise has lost some of the irreverent and unpredictable edge of the 1984 classic, it’s replaced it with an earnest and high-spirited adventure for the whole family — a familial passing of the torch behind the scenes revealing itself like a ghostly apparition.
Here’s a look at some of the highlights for shows and concerts coming to ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä through the Spring. For showtimes and ticket prices, please see the venue website.
Auditions for ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Light Opera Guild’s “The Prom†will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at the Guild, 411 Tennessee Ave. in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
The toxicity of love and infatuation is at the heart of Rose Glass’s incendiary “Love Lies Bleeding.â€
When you’ve been playing the guitar as long as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Rickey Medlocke, the temptation to change up your instrument comes around from time to time.
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Adapting Frank Herbert’s seminal novel, “Dune,†into visual media has been arduous to say the least.
A good beginning is important, especially with music. It has to draw people in, hook them and make them need to hear the rest.
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It’s not unusual for a director to give a shout out to the star of a show.
Lean, mean and snappy, “Drive-Away Dolls†is the sweetest, most absurdist pulp/comic/lesbian/road trip crime caper in quite some time, if ever.
Arts and entertainment events in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä and beyond this week:
Listen closely to Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin and you can pick up the hint of a West Virginia accent.
There’s a brief sequence during the Krakow ghetto scene in Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List†in which a Nazi soldier plays the piano while his comrades go from room to room killing the Jewish residents of the building. As two other soldiers come across their pianist comrade, they discuss…
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Celtic Calling isn’t so much about ethnic pride as it is about finding the fun in where your ancestors may (or may not) have come from.
With the gluttony of trailers that debuted during this year’s Super Bowl, it’s becoming clear that things in Hollywood have to change.
