Reviews 
Skillet @ The Ritz
Skillet @ The Ritz Raleigh, NC September 22, 2021 Love this band! Fourth time I have seen them. Skillet is not what you would think a “Christian Rock” band would sound like. They bring huge power and huge energy. They are unlike other Christian rock bands you may think of like Creed or Striper from… Read More ›
Mike Wiley and Howard L. Craft’s Peace of Clay at Theatre Raleigh Is Nothing Short of Phenomenal!
Q: How can you maximize the experience of attending the world premiere of an outstanding, exceptionally well-performed play, penned by local playwrights and performed by local talent? A: Make sure the play in question is Peace of Clay, written by Mike Wiley and Howard L. Craft’s and directed by Aurelia Belfield, and that it features… Read More ›
OdysseyStage Theatre’s 2021 NC 10by10 Play Festival Is an Evening of Delightful Treats
EDITOR’S NOTE: Social-distancing protocols are in place (see NOTE 1 below). There is a saying that “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone” — to which I might add: “You don’t fully appreciate what you lost ’til it’s back.” Because COVID-19 forced last year’s production into the virtual purgatory of Zoom, such was… Read More ›
Eric Coble’s The Velocity of Autumn Will Be Quite a Treat for Raleigh Little Theatre Audiences
When was the last time you attended a play in which the opening scene involves one of the characters gaining entry into his 80-year-old mother’s Brownstone by climbing a tree and clumsily negotiating his way in through a second-story window? In Eric Coble’s The Velocity of Autumn, opening this weekend at Raleigh Little Theatre, under… Read More ›
Judas Priest @ Red Hat
Judas Priest @ Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC September 14, 2021 Tonight was my first show having to bring my “papers”. Live Nation’s “rona” protocols with no masks needed outdoors (except photographers). If you did not have proof of vaccine or negative test papers less than a week old, they would gladly charge you $39.95 for… Read More ›