BOSTON (AP) -- When a teenage Edgar Allan Poe moved to Boston to find work in 1827, he was eager to launch his literary career, re-establish his roots in the city of his birth and distance himself from his foster father in Richmond, Va....
Henry Rollins may have slowed down his music career, but his duties as a spoken word performer haven’t abated. The former Black Flag singer has released countless spoken word albums and toured relentlessly, offering a mixture of amusing stories and poignant reflections on life. Rollins has assembled another set of dates for early 2010, dubbing them the Frequent Flyer tour. Never one to shy away...
Therefore I Am, Vanna and A Loss For Words begin a US tour today. 11/30 Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigby's 12/01 Altoona, PA @ The Eldolyn Terrace 12/03 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar 12/04 Toledo, OH @ Frankie's Inner City 12/05 Orland Park, IL @ Mojoe's Coffee House 12/06 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar 12/07 Springfield, MO @ Club Neon 12/08 Cape Girardeau, MO @ 4H Building 12/09 Clarksville, TN @ The Coup 12/11 Raleigh,...
An advertising poster, created before 1900, for Allen & Ginter, manufacturers of cigarettes: "Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Brights. Richmond Straight Cut No.1 Cigarettes." More cool old posters to be found here : WPA posters, travel posters, posters from WWI and WWII, fruit crate art, illustrations,...
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A Vietnamese former employee at Williams Mullen, a large law firm based in Richmond, Virginia, has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the firm, accusing it of discrimination and sexual harassment. The lawsuit states that Robert Eicher, a partner at Williams Mullen, “repeatedly engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviors and made ethnic slurs. Shortly after (Hanh [...]
Alice In Chains have announced a slew of dates for a forthcoming tour of North American. The band are set to kick off the extensive jaunt on December 11 in Las Vegas and will play dates running into later next year. Among the dates announced are shows in Los Angeles, Oakland, Atlanta, and Montreal. The tour will be in support of the bands new album ‘ Black Gives Way To Blue ‘. Tour dates:...
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics leader hhgregg (NYSE:HGG) today announced the opening of two new stores in the Richmond, VA area on Thursday November, 19th. The two stores are the first to open in Virginia and are located in Short Pump at 11732 West Broad Street, Henrico and in Chesterfield Town Center at 1321 Huguenot Road, Midlothian. A ribbon-cutting ceremony...
Mayday Parade will begin a US tour with There For Tomorrow and The Dangerous Summer later this month. w/Vega Under Fire Nov 27 2009 7:00P Sector 7G Augusta, Georgia Nov 28 2009 4:45P Greene Street Greensboro, North Carolina Nov 29 2009 7:00P Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, North Carolina w/City Lights Dec 1 2009 7:00P The Canal Club Richmond, Virginia Dec 2 2009 7:00P The Chameleon Lancaster, Pennsylvania...
Anything involving a law firm, charges of sexual harrasement and cucumbers can't be good. Above the Law and ABA Journal note a salacious bias complaint by a former case manager against her old employer, prominent Richmond, VA law firm Williams Mullen. Hanh Nguyen Allgood, 53, left in 2007 but just filed a $950,000 lawsuit against the firm, alleging discrimination and sexual harassment. Williams Mullen...
RICHMOND, Virginia - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. The Court did not comment...
Bowling For Soup and MC Lars start a US tour next week. November 11, 2009 Des Moines, Iowa The House of Bricks November 12, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Nutty's North November 13, 2009 Madison, Wisconsin Orpheum Theatre November 14, 2009 St. Paul, Minnesota Station 4 November 15, 2009 East Lansing, Michigan Small Planet November 17, 2009 Cleveland, Ohio House of Blues November 18, 2009 Pittsburgh,...
Friday night Black Cat welcomes Portland Cello Project and Thao With The Get Down Stay Down to DC. It's a Mainstage event with doors opening at 9pm. To celebrate, I'm giving away the latest CD from each act. For your chance to win this prize pack, just e-mail me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com using Thao's last name as the subject of the message. Tour Dates: 11/04 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 11/05...
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Mayday Parade and The Dangrous Summer have announced a US tourm which will start in November. NOV 27 2009 SECTOR 7G - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA NOV 28 2009 GREENE STREET CLUB - GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA NOV 29 2009 TREMONT MUSIC HALL - CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA DEC 1 2009 CANAL CLUB - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DEC 2 2009 CHAMELEON CLUB - LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA DEC 3 2009 FORWARD HALL - ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA DEC 4 2009...
Vanna, Therefore I Am, and A Loss for Words have announced a US tour that will begin at the end of November. Nov 28 – Webster Underground – Hartford, CT Nov 29 – The Loft @ The Chance – PoughKeepsie, NY Nov 30 – Eleanor Rigby’s – Jermyn, PA Dec 01 – The Eldolyn Terrace – Altoona, PA Dec 03 – Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI Dec 04 –...