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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
Books Cover Story Focus on Style
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
What's New
10 Sandwiches to Try
We asked: What’s the best sandwich in Southwest Virginia? You responded with picks from Viet Sub on Williamson Road, Bread Craft, Table 50 and Firefly in downtown Roanoke, Joe’s Deli in Salem and more.
Monday open book stuff
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.
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