LCC, CCA host 16th annual ‘Messiah’ performance
The public is invited to an evening of song Dec. 9 as Lenoir Community College and the Community Council for the Arts present the 16th annual performance of Handel’s Messiah under the direction of...
View ArticleNewSong to bring tour to Kinston Dec. 6
Grammy-nominated NewSong will bring its “Very Merry Christmas Tour" to the Kinston Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 6. Boasting its biggest line-up yet, the tour will feature audience and radio...
View ArticleDixie Melody Boys to perform Sunday
Popular Southern Gospel quartet, The Dixie Melody Boys will be featured at the Grace Baptist Church, at 331 NC 58 in Kinston on Sunday. The group will be featured during the 6 p.m. service. Since...
View Article'Messiah' opens at LCC Monday
Lenoir Community College will stage its annual performance of Handel’s Messiah at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the college’s Waller Auditorium. Tickets are $7 and doors open at 6:30 p.m. This year’s show...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Boston and Chic
New album: Love, Life and Hope Artist: Boston Label: Frontiers Records Rating: 1 star out of 5 The latest album from Boston is ridiculously horrible. Group mainstay Tom Scholz is still a genius at...
View ArticleTop twenty movies in theatres
AP The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Robert Pollard and Jody Watley
New album: Blazing Gentlemen Artist: Robert Pollard Label: GBV Inc. Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Guided By Voices' main man Robert Pollard releases albums as if it were a bodily function. He just...
View ArticleFinalists vie for 'Young Man of the Year'
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will crown one of four men its Young Man of the Year in its annual Beautillion Saturday at Rochelle Middle School. Each year the Nu Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi...
View ArticleChurch hosts annual cookie walk
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will hold their second annual Cookie Walk from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the church’s Moseley Hall. The women and men of St. Mary’s have been cooking up their favorite...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Gregory Porter, Ray Price
New album: Liquid Spirit Artist: Gregory Porter Label: Blue Note Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Hard to classify and harder to forget, Gregory Porter's “Liquid Spirit” has to be one of the classiest...
View ArticleThe Embers in concert Saturday
“Christmas with The Embers,” the iconic beach music band's popular holiday show, is coming to Kinston at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Kinston-Lenoir County Performing Arts Center. General admission is...
View ArticleLCC casino night in January
Get ready to try your hand at this year’s Lenoir Community College Foundation “Casino Night” from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Culinary Arts Center at Lenoir Community College. Ten local...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Shannon LaBrie and The Animals
New album: Just Be Honest Artist: Shannon LaBrie Label: Zodlounge Records Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars The singer-songwriter market is as crowded as a grocery store on the eve of a hurricane. Even so,...
View ArticleChurch prepares for annual Boar’s Head Festival
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will stage its annual Boar’s Head Festival for the 25th year on Jan. 5. Already ancient in tradition when presented at Queens College, Oxford, in 1340, the Boar’s Head and...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack and Dave Van Ronk
New album: Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack Artists: Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Various Artists Label: Nonesuch Rating: 4 stars out of 5 The soundtrack to the latest Joel and Ethan Coen movie...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Kings of Leon and John Fahey
New album: Mechanical Bull Artist: Kings Of Leon Label: RCA Rating: 3 stars out of 5 The title of the latest Kings Of Leon album is one syllable shy of aptly describing what's left of the music...
View Article'Bringing down the house' Feb. 1 at Grainger Hill
“Bringing Down the House, Phenomenal Women, Phenomenal Voices,” will show at 7 p.m. Feb. 1, 2014, at the Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center, 300 Park Ave. The show is the third of the performing...
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New album: Give The People What They Want Artist: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Label: Daptone Records Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Do you ever find yourself listening to something from the golden...
View Article'A dinner to die for' Jan. 25
The Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center will continue its monthly mystery dinner event, “A Dinner to Die For,” with a 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25 performance at the Folded Napkin, West North Street Kinston....
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Mogwai and B.B. King
New album: Rave Tapes Artist: Mogwai Label: Sub Pop Rating: 3.5 out of 5 The mainly-instrumental outfit Mogwai have consistently issued albums that are cinematic in scope during their nearly 20 year...
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