Regional stereotypes prove feeble, at best “Do they wear shoes there? Do you have electricity? What about running water?” When I first moved from Paducah to Seattle, my classmates in middle school bombarded me with such questions. For th...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
In theaters this week... “Les Misérables” Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, “Les Misérables” tells the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Jave...
A look back at 2012 January Rising star plays WKCTC campus Up-and-coming country singer Sunny Sweeney made a stop at the Clemens Fine Arts Center in time for the release of her second album, “Concrete.” Boasting...
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Ellioss: Further the artful dodgers The head of the Perse School in Cambridge, England, recently instituted a “10-Second Rule” for minor disciplinary infractions: Students could avoid punishment if they quickly produced a clever expl...
The Go Guide Thursday Ladies Night: 5 p.m., Casa Mexicana, 4793 Village Square Drive. Night Moves Dance Club: 6 p.m., American Legion Post 31, 425 Legion Drive. $4. Like Water: Original Music: 6:30 p.m...
Words may fade, but art endures I can remember how indignant I felt when I read that article. I recall how much I wanted to write a letter refuting its claim that Paducah was a cultural and artistic wasteland before the Artist...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
In theaters this week... “Anna Karenina” Keira Knightley stars as the title character, a Russian socialite whose attraction to Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) prompts her to question her marriage to Karenin (Jude L...
Chicago ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ package mystery solved CHICAGO — First, there was “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Now, there’s “Mailers of the Lost Package.” Days after the University of Chicago announced it had received a replica of the journal from the...
Hair lip: Mustache implants convey power in Middle East Plastic surgeons in Turkey and France told CNN in November that mustache implants have suddenly surged in popularity as Middle Eastern men use their increased lip bushiness to convey power and pres...