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We never got Sting-Undertaker: What other matches were we robbed of?
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (623+ words) The item from last week about The Undertaker saying that Vince McMahon was the reason we didn’t get the all-time dream match pitting Sting and ‘Taker got me to thinking on the topic of, dream matches that we never got,…...
In memoriam: Ben Jones, Cooter on 'Dukes of Hazzard' turned congressman
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (756+ words) Did you know that Ben Jones, the guy who played Cooter on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” is also the guy who initiated the series of events that led to Newt Gingrich resigning as Speaker of the House? Beware of that…...
Dogwood Tales to debut new album, 'Every Star in Rockingham County"
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (255+ words) Local alternative country music band Dogwood Tales will be playing a show on Friday, Aug. 28, at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg to mark the release of their new album, “Every Star in Rockingham County.” Admission to the show is free....
Country music legend Patsy Cline grew up in many Shenandoah Valley towns
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (354+ words) Patsy Cline, would become a famous country singer, was born in Winchester in 1932. But on the heels of the Depression, and with her father looking for work as a blacksmith, her family moved around around a lot. According to the…...
Brock Lesnar has 'retired': Does anybody ever really 'retire' from pro wrestling?
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (394+ words) Brock Lesnar, who announced his retirement from pro wrestling this week, is on the record, per data from Cagematch, for 445 career matches dating back to his rookie year, in 2000. And most of that total was in the books by the…...
Charlottesville: Live Arts presents The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (204+ words) Live Arts in Charlottesville is presenting a production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, directed by Charlottesville native and the Pulitzer-nominated theater critic Sara Holdren, with the opening night set for Friday, Sept. 4. The play, written by Bertolt Brecht and translated…...
Staunton: Benefit performances of Devout to feature soap opera stars
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (249+ words) ShenanArts will present four performances of Devout, a new original play by native playwright and director, Sherry Ramsey, and featuring Grant Aleksander, Michael O’Leary and Robert Newman, actors from the TV soap opera “Guiding Light.” Devout explores the emotional journey…...
Charlottesville filmmaker, living with ALS, makes death the focus of final doc
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (799+ words) Award-winning documentary filmmaker Chris Farina, in 2016, began work on a new project with the working title “Death Becomes You,” with the idea of tackling what is very much a taboo subject: death. For obvious reasons, we don’t like talking about…...
Michael Schoeffel | A [Depressing] Little Life: What makes a good book?
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (160+ words) “But what was happiness but an extravagance, an impossible state to maintain, partly because it was so difficult to articulate?” – Hanya Yanigahara, A Little Life Michael Schoeffel is a writer, firefighter, husband, and father based in Staunton. You can check…...
Waynesboro: Ryan Waters Band coming to the Wayne Theatre on Aug. 21
1+ week, 1+ day ago (191+ words) The Ryan Waters Band is coming to the stage at the Wayne Theatre in Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The lead man, Ryan Waters, comes to town on the strength of his breakout single, “Chevrolet You Down,” which has…...