Second Sunday series features 'Two to Tango' this weekend
Samantha Holland, vocalist, and Sam Zouari, guitarist, will perform a variety of standards, classics, originals, jazz, blues and rock numbers in “Two to Tango.” This second concert in Grainger Hill...
View ArticleGrainger Hill PAC’s Mystery Dinner Theater is Friday
The Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center will continue its monthly Mystery Dinner event, “A Dinner to Die For,” with a Friday performance at King’s Restaurant on U.S. 70 East. The event begins at 6:30...
View ArticleWithout Further Ado returns
The Neuse Regional Library system and the Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library announce the return of Without Further Ado, a good-time Southern band with an ever-expanding repertoire that...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Pearl Jam and Otis Redding
New album: “Lightning Bolt” Artist: Pearl Jam Label: Monkeywrench Rating: 4 out of 5 Pearl Jam’s tenth album “Lightning Bolt” is a vast improvement over their 2009 release, the energetic but largely...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: North Mississippi Allstars and Def Leppard
New album: World Boogie Is Coming Artist: North Mississippi Allstars Label: Songs of the South Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Just when it looks like the blues as a genre is ready for the history books,...
View ArticlePopular Lecturer Dr. Elliot Engel Returns to the Library
The Neuse Regional Library system and the Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library will once again welcome world-renowned speaker, Dr. Elliot Engel. The professor will present a lecture on The...
View Article‘Southern Fried Chicks Uncaged’ to perform Saturday at Grainger Hill
The Southern Fried Chicks, starring Etta May, Sonya White, Karen Mills and Style Network’s Trish Suhr, have burst out of the hen house for a night on the town with their new show, the “Cage-Free...
View ArticleAlbum review: Robert Glasper Experiment and Lou Reed
New album Black Radio 2 Artist: Robert Glasper Experiment Label: Blue Note Rating: 4 stars out of 5 "Black Radio 2" builds on the impressive debut album by the Robert Glasper Experiment, focusing on...
View ArticleWinter performance to support Toys for Tots
The Eastern NC Dance Foundation, Inc. will be presenting The Dance Collective’s original productions of "Cinderella" and "Peter and The Wolf” at 6 p.m. on Saturday at ECU's Wright Auditorium. Kinston...
View ArticleA tribute to The Four Season shows Friday in Goldsboro
Step back into the memories of the early- to mid-1960s as Wayne Community Concerts presents “Let’s Hang On,” a tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Paramount...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Luscious Jackson and James Brown
New album: Magic Hour Artist: Luscious Jackson Label: City Song Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Luscious Jackson's impressive run of smart, melodically soulful groove music stopped with the underrated...
View ArticleECU to perform ‘A Christmas Carol’
GREENVILLE — East Carolina University’s Family Fare presents ECU Storybook Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. on Friday in Wright Auditorium on the campus of ECU. ECU Storybook Theatre will be...
View ArticleThe Browns bring gospel ministry on Sunday
The Browns are coming to Kinston at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Family Life Center at Westside Free Will Baptist Church, 1205 Lynn Drive. The Brown family brings three generations of gospel music from...
View Article‘Gospel Explosion’ set for Saturday
A full bill of performers will take part in a pre-Thanksgiving “Gospel Explosion” on Saturday at Rochelle Middle School Auditorium. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the program begins at 6 p.m. at the school...
View ArticleBryan Mayer to perform in Havelock Saturday
Working construction and other odd jobs in the beach community of Oak Island about 15 years ago, Bryan Mayer was told he had a good voice and should try giving music a shot. Today, he’s making trips...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Black Hollies, Herbie Hancock
New album: Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere Artist: Black Hollies Label: Ernest Jenning Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Many fans of rock music will go to their graves thinking the 1960s were the golden...
View ArticleAlbum review: Kilbey/Kennedy and Sonny Rollins
New album: You Are Everything Artist: Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy Label: Time Being Rating: 4 stars out of 5 "You Are Everything" is the third album from the duo of Steve Kilbey (The Church)...
View ArticleMother Earth Brewing to release Silent Night on Tap
Mother Earth Brewing to release Silent Night on tap The Silent Night Day 2013 release party is happening Saturday starting at 1 p.m. Mother Earth Brewing is introducing its seasonal Silent Night...
View Article‘Wild Pungo’ exhibit held at Greene County Museum
SNOW HILL — Neil Jernigan is a man on a mission. His mission, he said, is to “educate and inspire current and future generations to explore, respect and help create and appreciation and awareness of...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: A Christmas music buyer's guide
Album: White Christmas Artist: Bing Crosby Year of release: 1945 Standout tracks: “Silent Night,” “White Christmas,” and “Mele Kalikimaka” Album: A Jolly Christmas Artist: Frank Sinatra Year of...
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