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- Emmys 2014: Who should be nominated this year
- 'Game of Thrones' finale: The good, the bad and the dead
- Finale watch 2014: 'Hannibal,' 'The Good Wife,' 'The Americans'
- Finale watch 2014: 'Revenge,' 'Nashville,' 'Once Upon A Time'
- Showtime's 'Penny Dreadful': Too much mystery shrouds this monster mash-up
- Network upfronts: Thoughts on 'Gotham,' 'Empire,' 'Battle Creek' and more
- Lynchburg band Bombardier to mark new vinyl release at Speakertree Records
- Producer/composer/all-around music man Chris Schlarb bringing ambient jams to Speakertree
- Deadmau5 faces digital dilemma on new album: Form vs. format
- Claudette King, daughter of blues legend B.B. King, to headline Blues at Sedalia
- The dark beauty of indie chanteuse Sharon Van Etten
- The sound of love: A sonic recipe for matrimonial bliss
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July 28 -- Last week, we had books and dogs, and what do you know? Books and dogs again this week because the Roanoke library system ended its Paws to Read program with a pet parade. If you saw a pack of well-dressed canines in Jackson Park last week, the mystery is solved.
- The 52 books a year challenge
- Tom Hanks tweets love for Beth Macy's 'Factory Man'
- The girls of summer: Upstarts Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande and Charli XCX vie with Sia to leave their mark on the summer of 2014
- Arts council executive director Cameo Hoyle talks future
- The road to Lockn': Steal the Prize competes for slot at Nelson County music festival
- Casey: Name a beer after me!
- Zach Braff grows up in 'Wish I Was Here'
- Review: Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' a simple story, stunningly told
- 'Planet of the Apes' reigns over box office with $73 million
- 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' serves up thrilling action
- 'Deliver Us From Evil' review: Loud and scarily awful
- Review: McCarthy's 'Tammy' misses the funny bone
I've Been Thinking The Buzz Pop Culture
- Theater transformed into Texas honky-tonk for Patsy Cline musical
- Bare essentials: Local quartet Dogwood & Holly keeps folk alive on new album
- World Cup: Drama, heartbreak and the bite heard 'round the world
- Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' draft sells for record $2 million
- A sobering task: Learning the ABCs of music festivals
- Brooklyn-based Pains of Being Pure at Heart tap into nostalgia on new album
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July 28 -- Last week, we had books and dogs, and what do you know? Books and dogs again this week because the Roanoke library system ended its Paws to Read program with a pet parade. If you saw a pack of well-dressed canines in Jackson Park last week, the mystery is solved.
The 52 books a year challenge
We're about halfway through the year, so time for an update on the number of books I've read this year. I'll link to reviews as I have them.
Woody Allen casts a limp spell in 'Magic in the Moonlight'
Woody Allen's late period has been defined by a quality you wouldn't have expected from the man who produced the inspired chaos of "Bananas" or the Fellini-esque carnival of "Stardust Memories": tidiness.
What's for dinner? (with recipes)
Each week, there are a handful of commenters on the What’s For Dinner blog post that blow me away with what they’re creating in their kitchen. It’s seasonal, innovative, fun -- and often way more work (and skill) than I put into my dinners.
Tom Hanks tweets love for Beth Macy's 'Factory Man'
Add a tweet by actor Tom Hanks to the list of glowing reviews for Beth Macy's "Factory Man."
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