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Candlelight Christmas: Rocky Mount Celebrates more than 20 years of “A Candlelight Christmas.”

The Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier every year. We start seeing advertisements in October for shopping and decorations of a holiday more than a month away. The Christmas celebration of today is highly commercialized. Rocky Mount State Historic Site’s “A Candlelight Christmas” tours are a chance to look back at a simpler […]

Appalachian Wanderers

The Fire of the Century

At first I thought I was dreaming.  I thought I was dreaming I was running through hell.  But then I realized it was an inferno and it was all around me.  The heat from the flames was so hot, it felt like it was cooking my skin on me alive.  I could hear screams all […]

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Hoops For Hope Basketball Competition

Gather your teams and hit the court for the Hoops for Hope Basketball Competition. Hoops for Hope is a 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, double elimination with prizes for 1st and 2nd place.  $15 per team or $5 singles. Single players will be combined with other single players. Food is included with entry fee. Team […]

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Mirror, Bluetooth Mirror…. Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?

Consider this Part Two of a Christmas wish list column I submitted for your approval a couple of weeks ago. By the time you are reading this, Black Friday will have come and gone, but there is still plenty of time to find that perfect gift. Today, let’s add one more item to the list, […]

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Elk are Coming to Grandfather Mountain

This December, Grandfather Mountain will welcome some new residents to its environmental wildlife habitats. The nonprofit nature preserve and attraction has adopted three male elk — a bachelor herd — to reside in an all-new habitat. After the park’s resident white-tailed deer passed away earlier this year, the habitat underwent significant renovations to accommodate these […]

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ITHU Build Your Own Tiny Home Workshop Dec. 3rd – Dec. 10th

Come build your own Incredible Tiny Home in our factory in just 7 days and 6 nights. You can stay in our facility, meet other families, home cooked meals 3 times a day, and endless coffee! Come in need and leave fulfilled!! A complete 16 ft. tiny home starting at $18,440.00 that price includes: dry […]

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The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Celebration Tour

Every year The Oak Ridge Boys’ Christmas tour plays to packed houses across North America. This year the group’s widely acclaimed holiday show, “The Oak Ridge Boys’ Christmas Celebration Tour 2017,” will be coming to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center for an incredible night of holiday favorites and Oak Ridge Boys hits! The sold-out show […]

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Matt Martin & Zaq Suarez at the Inn at Wise

Presented by the Birthplace of Country Music (BCM), the RTE 23 Listening Room Concert Series will bring the stellar duo of Matt Martin & Zaq Suarez to the Inn at Wise in Wise, Virginia, on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. The series is an extension of our outreach to the community of Wise, […]

Pop Life

Justice League

Ever since I was a kid I have dreamed of seeing a live-action big screen version of the Justice League. After countless animated adventures, Superman and his buddies are finally on the big screen in the new superhero film “Justice League”, a follow up to “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, and needless to say […]

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Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Christmas Concert

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have enjoyed the release of their newest album, LIFE IS A STORY, as it sweeps onto the charts and continues to garner praise from tastemakers and fans alike. The disc debuted on the BILLBOARD Bluegrass Album Chart at #6 and soared to #8 on the Roots Music Report Chart.  The first single […]

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