These transformational events in history happened this week. Dec. 12 1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives. 2000: George W. Bush became president-elect […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week. Dec.12 Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Pettit is 92. Singer Connie Francis is 87. Singer Dionne Warwick is 84. Hall of Fame race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi is 78. […]
GREENSBORO — Billed as “The Showplace of the Carolinas,” the Carolina Theater opened its doors on Halloween night, 1927. In cultured metropolitan cities around the country, theaters of opulent design were commonplace. It was the […]
LOS ANGELES — The Super Bowl pregame will have some Louisiana flavor: Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, while Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle are slated to perform […]
Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the well-regarded “Mrs. Hemingway,” about the four wives of Ernest Hemingway. During the COVID lockdowns when her […]
Sabrina Carpenter hosting a holiday variety music special on Netflix and Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw playing a spy and an assassin in the TV series “Black Doves” are some of the new television, films, […]
Dec. 5 1848: President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California. 1933: Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week. Dec. 5 Author Calvin Trillin is 89. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 78. Musician Jim Messina is 77. Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins is 75. Football Hall of […]
Siler City, N.C.— On an exceptionally frigid Saturday morning, hundreds gathered in the employee parking lot at Mountaire Farms in Siler City. An assembly line of volunteers of all ages, city officials, law enforcement and […]
Purple Marble Circus puts on two to three shows annually featuring an array of circus and sideshow acts that includes burlesque, pole and chair dancing, drag, belly dancing, acrobatics, trapeze, juggling, contortion and more. The […]
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