Entertainment
Hamlisch to help mark Community Music's 75th year
When Marvin Hamlisch heard that Charleston Community Music Association organizers planned to hold a gala in celebration of the association's 75th anniversary on the evening before his Oct. 25 performance, the composer wanted in on the action.
Marvin Hamlisch is coming a day early to mingle at a fundraising gala for Charleston Community Music.
Symphony Style Show marks 50 years with 100 outfits
For half a century, Charlestonians have strutted their stuff across the stage in the Symphony Style Show. The tradition continues this year with the 50th anniversary of the West Virginia Symphony League's Style Show at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Clay Center.
Review: Kanawha Players' 'Bright Ideas' has it all
What do "mother lion, wolverine and burning lava" have in common? In the Kanawha Players production of "Bright Ideas," they are all mantras that get little Mac's parents through the ins and outs of raising a child in the 21st century. I'm not sure if it's all the statistics available on-line these days or the bookcases filled with volumes on self-help and parenting, but something's got to give before the Joshua and Genevra Bradley totally lose it.
Piano bar to open downtown
Dak-a-Reez owner renovating building
If your idea of a good time is sipping frozen daiquiris, watching football on widescreen TV and listening to soft piano jazz, Neil Patel has just the place for you.
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    • Books
    Insider's insight serves Ralph Reed in political novel1:00 am
    Disgraced political operative Ralph Reed has reinvented himself as a novelist - and a surprisingly entertaining one.
    Book notes: Oct. 5, 2008
    Morgantown midwife writes memoir; Young writer published, to be featured at book fair; Jackson County man publishes sci-fi novel
    Tale of famous apple variety is refreshing
    Wouldn't it be nice if we knew where our food came from? Wouldn't it be even nicer to know how the Golden Delicious apple, now an old standby in the produce bin, first arrived on the scene?
    Monday book club: Reader must come to own conclusion in Ishiguro novel
    Kazuo Ishiguro's most famous book "The Remains of the Day" is about a man who lives his life unaware of the context in which it takes place. "Never Let Me Go" follows the same pattern, though in writing style it is a complete departure.
    Plugged In
    'Hell's Highway' takes WWII shooters down new road
    The battlefields of World War II have become a familiar destination for video gamers. We've stormed the beaches of Normandy, pushed back Nazi advances on the Eastern Front and fought across the deserts of Northern Africa. For its latest foray into WWII, "Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway," developer Gearbox Software has shifted the focus to a new battle -- the internal struggles that raged within the soldiers on the front lines.
    Travel
    To Helvetia and back
    Mornings are crisp and chill. The crickets are singing their autumn song. The forest sparkles in shades of maroon, orange and brown. Many of us are looking for an excuse to pack the cooler and head up to the mountains.
    Travel notes: Oct. 12, 2008
    Educational toy exhibit; Disney adventures; Caribbean to Ireland; Greenbrier is No. 7; Endangered places; 50 states Web site 
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