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Taste of Folk College and Winter Season Live Music This Weekend!

Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, January 3 through Thursday, January 9. While New Year's Eve is still considered one of the busiest nights of the year for live music, the weekend following the New Year's holiday often turns ...

Don Jamieson Returns, Christmas Fests and Shows This Weekend!

Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, December 6 through Thursday, December 12. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC! (Listings in chronological order by event start time.) FRIDAY 12/6: "Tyrone Yuletyme Celebration with Altoona Brass Collective ...

Patched Together 2024 This Weekend, Thanksgiving Eve Live Music!

Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, November 22 through Thursday, November 28. The weekend before - and the night before - the Thanksgiving holiday always provide a wide variety of Thanksgiving-themed live music parties and ...

“Amp Up to Eleven” Grunge Tributes, Get The Led Out and the Return of TSO!

Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, November 15 through Thursday, November 21. Tribute shows provide some highlights this weekend. McGarvey's in Altoona is hosting the "Amp Up to Eleven: A Tribute to 90s Grunge Icons" event on ...

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Beautiful Spring day!

We're finally in the midst of spring weather! Beautiful flowers have sprouted like tulips, lilacs, daffodils and the greening of our small town is amazing! We've been getting a ton of rain lately (feels a bit like North Carolina!), but honestly, I’m grateful for it. We just planted some baby ...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025! What are your New Year’s resolution? Or do you have a different plan? I was watching a video about a woman who doesn’t make New Year’s resolutions but intentions. I love this idea! I especially love the intention of self care. This year I intend to do more ...

A sweet poem I thought I’d share

Ode to Aging Bodies Jan Mandell Aging bodies wake to blue veins that pop up and travel like river tributaries over paper thin skin pocked with freckles, tags and blotches that look like unidentified sections of abstract art Aging bodies Rise up to the chatter and creaking ...

Poems for Summer

Even with the new school year starting, we still have a few more summer weeks ahead of us. I thought I'd share some poems. This first one hit me with immediacy as we are in the throws of fly season. The Fly William Blake 1757 –1827 Little fly, Thy summer’s play My thoughtless ...