Valentine’s Day: Drop the roses and try something new
BY LINDLEY ESTES There’s more to do this Valentine’s Day than exchange greeting cards and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. Here are some ideas to make your holiday sweet: CELEBRATE WITH WINE AND...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEWS: ‘Identity Thief’ and ‘Side Effects’
BY ROB HEDELT / THE FREE LANCE-STAR “IDENTITY THIEF” (R)2.25 out of 4 starsMELISSA McCARTHY, JASON BATEMAN, ROBERT PATRICK, ERIC STONESTREET The fact that this did $35 million box at the box office...
View ArticleYOUNG LIFE: The wonders of winter
BY COLLETTE CAPRARA / FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR As waves of warmer air periodically waft through the area, an expectation of the coming spring is coupled with an almost nostalgic appreciation for the...
View ArticleSOUNDS: When Keeping It Real Goes Country
BY ANDREW LEAHEY / FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR Last year, on an ordinary afternoon in rural Texas, Kacey Musgraves headed out to a ranch with her songwriting pals Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. The three...
View ArticleSOUNDS: The Sound of a Life Well-Played
BY JONAS BEALS / THE FREE LANCE-STAR There was a moment during Tuesday’s Mike Auldridge tribute concert at The Birchmere when four Dobros were struck simultaneously mid-song by four masters of the...
View ArticleEATS: Mateo’s: A Bite Of Santa Fe
BY KURT RABIN / THE FREE LANCE–STAR Friends of ours didn’t get quite the reaction they were seeking recently when they told my wife and me about a great, new Mexican restaurant they’d discovered. We...
View Articlefor this lady Globetrotter, it was a dream hard to pass up
BY JESSE SCOTT / FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR The Harlem Globetrotters are all about breaking boundaries.Earlier this week, the world-famous basketball troupe announced that select members would be...
View ArticleSOUNDS: The Beauty Of Edie Sedgwick
BY RYAN BROSMER / FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR Don’t be surprised to see Justin Moyer (stage name E.D. Sedgwick) wearing a dress when his band Edie Sedgwick hits the stage at this weekend’s Fredericksburg...
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Johnny Johnson: ‘A staple of the community’
Local artist Johnny Johnson paints a work called “Rising Above” in his downtown Fredericksburg studio. Some of his paintings will be featured in a show called “Community Artist Series: Johnny Johnson”...
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Riverside goes for ‘The Full Monty’
David Pope performs during a dress rehearsal of The Full Monty at the Riverside Dinner Theater on Thursday, March 14, 2013. The show will run until April 28. (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / THE FREE LANCE-STAR) BY...
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