AfterShock to play



AfterShock Band will perform Saturday, Jan. 30, at the VFW, Pine Mountain Junction, beginning at 9 p.m. Attendees must be at least 21 years old.

Barter Players to present ‘The Scarlet Letter’ Feb. 1



Pro-Art Association opens the second half of its 2009-2010 season with presentations Monday, Feb. 1 in both Big Stone Gap and Wise, Va. The Barter Players will stage Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’. The first performance is at 12:15 p.m. in Mountain Empire Community College’s Goodloe Center, presented and sponsored by Pro-Art and MECC as part of the Mountain Empire […]

Coming events



This guide is published by The Mountain Eagle as a public service to help keep readers informed about entertainment events within driving distance of Letcher County. All dates are subject to change. Always check with the venues listed before traveling long distances. ROCK, POP, BLUES RAP, CHRISTIAN In Whitesburg ROBINELLA; Thu., Jan. 28 in Whitesburg at Summit City (214 Main […]

First-time novelist a hit



NEW YORK Novelist Janice Y.K. Lee is flying in a better class. “I came in here from Hong Kong and decided to treat myself and upgrade to business,” Lee said during a recent interview from Los Angeles, where she arrived for a promotional tour (her publisher paid for coach) for the paperback of her debut novel, “The Piano Teacher.” Lee […]

Ex-Gap Band star goes from homeless to Grammy nods



ATLANTA Over the years, the Grammys have served as a backdrop for heart-tugging comeback stories. If Charlie Wilson should win either one of the awards he’s up for on Sunday, it may mark one of the more unusual — a successful resurgence after a series of setbacks, including spending two years homeless. “People really don’t know how I laid in […]

Wrong ‘Wuss’



Because of erroneous information provided by the venue, the wrong photograph and cutline information appeared in last week’s edition concerning the Jan. 23 appearance at Summit City in Whitesburg by the Cincinnatibased band, Wussy. Summit City management mistakenly identified Wussy as The Wussies, a San Francisco band.

Fast Train to play



Fast Train will perform at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, January 30, at the Country Cabin II in Norton, Va. The facility is located across Alternate Rte. 58 from the original Country Cabin, 1½ miles west of Norton. Admission for adults is $5, and $1 for children 2 through 11 years old. For more information, call (276) 679-3541.

Moments and Memories at WHS



Boost the band The newly-organized Whitesburg Band Club has 81 members and has set its goal to put 20 new instruments in the band to be rented to talented students. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is donating the proceeds from “Laugh it Off ” to the band. Band patrons are canvassing the town asking for donations to assist their new […]

Car Talk

The case of the misaligned hub covers

Dear Tom and Ray: I live in New Hampshire, and have a 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero. About 10 weeks ago, after putting on the snow tires, I personally put the little blue “hub covers” with the Saab logo on the center of each wheel. Just for kicks, I put on the covers so they all were facing exactly the same […]

The way we were

Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years

January 28, 1960 The timber bridge over the Kentucky River on which coal trucks haul to the Spreader-Elkhorn tipple was dynamited Wednesday night, according to the sheriff ’s office. Claude Collins, coal operator, estimated a case of dynamite was set at the end of the bridge. The dynamiting was linked with the coal strike trouble, but there were no arrests. […]