Kingsport Ballet’s Holiday Classic THE NUTCRACKER at Wellmont Performing Arts Center, Northeast State
Joining the Kingsport Ballet cast for this season’s Nutcracker production will be Leonid Flegmatov, the company’s new assistant director. Mr. Flegmatov, long-time guest artist with Kingsport Ballet, joined the KB faculty as assistant to the artistic director this Fall. Working alongside artistic director, Valeria Sinyavskaya, Mr. Flegmatov has been assisting the company to prepare for […]
Lauren Stotsky
Popular Books That I Don’t Like
As readers, we all have different preferences and reading styles. We also all have favorite genres, character tropes, point of views, and stylistic choices. As most books do not fit all of these preferences that we have, we can still appreciate books that are completely opposite than our general preferences. That is the beauty of […]
Living Your Best Life
Healthy Gift Ideas
Have a health-minded friend? Or maybe you have to buy a gift for the person that has everything! Here are a few out-of-the box ideas that she or he will love! #1 A Subscription Box: This is what’s hot right now. Give your friend a box of her favorite things. You can choose a onetime […]
Pop Life
The Laundromat
Any time Meryl Streep is featured in a film, it’s time to sit up and take notice. The Oscar winner is featured in the new Netflix film “The Laundromat”, and it’s not about washing clothes. The film is about money laundering and features Streep as a woman named Ellen Martin, who along with her husband […]
Batteries Not Included
How to Tree
Last year I bought a new tree. Due to allergies having the real deal is not a thing I can do, but a fake one I’ve had for years was starting to show some age and wear—mostly thanks to the cat—and I thought it was time for a new one. So much has advanced in […]
Karen Fox
Country Feels
Hello there! Welcome to a little piece of my world. First, let me introduce myself, my name is Karen Fox. I was born and raised in a very remote area of western North Carolina in a little community called Pensacola. You might ask, “What is so unique about that?” Well, let me share a few […]
Lauren Stotsky
Veteran of the Week
The Loafer’s Veteran of the Week is David Richard Feather, Sr. Mr. Feather enlisted into the United States Air Force at the age of 18 years old in 1968. As for why he joined, he stated that he has always admired those who were in the military and at the time of his enlistment, Vietnam […]
Living Your Best Life
CREATING NEW HOLIDAY HABITS
Here’s the problem – most of us have habits of eating beyond fullness, especially during the holidays. There’s so much food, it’s just sitting there in front of you and it tastes so good so you pick off one more piece from the serving dish… then you are engaged in conversation and you mindlessly pick […]
Pop Life
Terminator, Dark Fate
I never will forget the first time I viewed “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” which hit theaters in 1991. I left the theater exhausted but exhilarated. Yes, the sci-fi film was a follow up to the 1984 “Terminator“, but this film took the young franchise to an all new level, with a mega budget to match. I […]
Batteries Not Included
Days of Wine and Roses
In the early days of American television, long before there was cable, and long before there was streaming, there were only three channels. The big networks of yore: ABC, NBC, and CBS. During this time, the live TV drama was considered the finest of the finest achievement the medium had to offer. Shows like “Playhouse […]
Lauren Stotsky
Your Weekly Horoscope
November 19th – November 25th Aries (March 21-April 19) Practice your organization and cleanliness this week as having a fresh, tidy space really sets the mood for the rest of the week. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Don’t be afraid to give your true and honest opinions this week, because some people in your […]
