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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Many Charles Dickens fans just assume that it was supposed to be John Jasper who would turn out to be the murderer at the end of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Everything seems to point back to Jasper, most notably his affections for Rosa Bud, Drood’s fiancee, though a small…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A play on the history of Augusta County created to mark the county’s commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Virginia has won recognition from the National Association of Counties. Spirit of Augusta was honored at the annual NACo conference held in Kansas City. The award was given…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Sometimes watching a lousy movie can lead you down an interesting primrose path. Like the other day, I was in the mood for a musical, and noticed one I had never seen was playing on cable. I TiVoed it, and later sat down to watch what turned…
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Column by Jim Bishop MINERAL COUNTY, W.Va. – The phone call from Uncle Phil Dayton, my mom’s youngest brother, came weeks before the event, a personal invitation, and I thought, yes, why not? We pass this way but once. I’m glad we decided to make the two-and-a-half-hour trip to suburban Short Gap. It was an…
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Story by Chris Edwards At the fourth annual conference of Mennonite higher-education faculty – held this year for the first time at Eastern Mennonite University – two keynote speakers approached the theme, “Creation, Christ and the Classroom,” from opposite perspectives, theological and temporal. They spoke Aug. 8-9 to about 45 faculty, plus several graduate students,…
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Story by Edward Tutwiler “I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” – George Eliot Looking backwards on missed opportunities…
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Column by Jim Bishop Elvis Aron Presley – actually, all one needs to say is “Elvis,” and you know who I mean – would be 73 years old on Saturday, Aug. 16, the 31st anniversary of his death. Some insist he still is, spotted at K-Mart, at Burger King or being chauffeured in one of…
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Item by Jim Bishop “Musikgarten” at Eastern Mennonite University is now holding registration for its fall classes. Age-appropriate classes are designed to develop children’s musical skills – rhythm, singing, listening, playing instruments, movement – while fostering their natural love of music. Classes, taught by early childhood music specialist Martha Hills, begin the week of Sept….
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Fourth of July is celebrated in Scottsville on the River. The town’s annual Rhythm on the River Fourth celebration is set for Friday from 6-9:30 p.m. Musical entertainment will be provided by bluesman Ron Johnson and bluegrass favorites Jackass Flats. The night will be capped off by a fireworks…
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Item by Jim Bishop The Eastern Mennonite University community gathered this morning to mourn the death by drowning of recent graduate Matthew R. Garber in Costa Rica on July 1. Garber, 22, of Elizabethtown, Pa., was swimming with a group of young people in a cove that was not known to be dangerous. A riptide…
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