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`Blackbeard¿ auditions set
The Council for the Arts of Chambersburg announces auditions for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Blackbeard the Pirate" on Monday, April 8, from 4:30 to 8:45 p.m. at The Capitol Theatre's Wood Center. Students in grades kindergarten to 12...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...Tags: Castle (tv program), Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Amazon.com Inc., ABC (tv network), Netflix Inc.
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NBC primetime schedule 2013-14
Channel Guide MagazineNBC has put out its lineup of primetime shows for the upcoming 2013-14 season, including returning series, and eight new dramas and six new comedies. NBC hopes its schedule this upcoming year will be bolstered by its coverage of the Winter Games in... -
2013 TV upfronts: NBC lineup aims at rebuilding Thursday comedies
NEW YORK -- NBC is hoping that sitcom pros Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes can conjure their magic once more. The beleaguered network announced its 2013-14 lineup Sunday with a focus on restocking its dwindling comedy pantry. "The Office" and "30 Rock"...
Tags: Smash (tv program), 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Celebrity Apprentice (tv program), Go On (tv program), The Tudors (tv program)
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Get out and get festive: Spring and summer festivals in Hampton Roads
Dust off those party clothes and dig out that crazy hat. It's the time of year when folks in our part of Virginia get together to celebrate in the fresh air and sunshine. If you're looking to socialize and depressurize, you're in luck. Festivals devoted...
Tags: GEICO, College of William and Mary, War of 1812, Auction Service, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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'American Horror Story Asylum' recap, 'Unholy Night'
Sister Mary Eunice loves two things: killing and encouraging others to kill. She does plenty of both in this episode. Her newest recruit: Santa Claus. Or not really Santa, but a deranged madman who is locked up for killing 18 people from five families...
Tags: Ian McShane, Holidays, Santa Claus (fictional character), Religious Festivals
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Leesburg arts center shows off history in mosaic murals from former bank
LEESBURG — Many windows of the former Citizens National Bank on Citizens Boulevard showcased Florida history through about two dozen 8-foot-high decorative plastic-mosaic murals created by Coral Gables architectural artist J.D. Van Atten in the late...
Tags: Arts, Elizabeth II, Arts and Culture, Leesburg, Coral Gables
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Pirate series opener: Virginia hunts for Blackbeard
When news of one of history's most notorious pirate gatherings reached Virginia in late 1718, it couldn't have sparked more fear.
Just two days sail from Hampton Roads, the brutal Charles Vane and his second-in-command — Calico Jack Rackham —...Tags: Outer Banks, Politics, Rentals, Executive Branch, Hampton Roads
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Pirates of Hampton Roads: Hampton seaman's heist inspires Treasure Island
In the 262 years since he last sailed from the King Street docks, Hampton merchant captain Owen Lloyd has been forgotten. Long gone are any memories of the house he owned on Queen Street near St. John's Church — or his voyages carrying peas,...
Tags: College of William and Mary, Star Sailing, Hampton Roads, Fiction, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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The gallows where Blackbeard's crew swung
When Lt. Robert Maynard sailed back into Hampton on Jan. 3, 1719, the grisly sight of Blackbeard's severed head swinging from his bowsprit marked the end of one of history's most notorious pirates. But for nine of the crewmen who fought alongside him...Tags: College of William and Mary, Punishment, Death Penalty, Colonial Williamsburg, Archaeology
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Pirates of Hampton Roads: Can Hampton make its pirate history pay?
When it comes to gauging the power of the past and its ability to spur the imagination, it's hard to argue with the box-office clout of pirates. Only the Civil War can compete with the lure of buccaneers, historian John V. Quarstein says, noting the...
Tags: Blackbeard Pirate Festival, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Museums, Hampton Roads, Arts and Culture
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Five fabulous frights in Hampton Roads
There's no better place to look for paranormal activity than in Hampton Roads — home to bloody histories and some of the oldest standing structures in the country. Some local haunted houses, like the beloved Poquoson Haunted House, have gone the...
Tags: Haunted Houses (attractions), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Virginia Living Museum, Halloween
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