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Reply A new survey sheds, ahem, light on whether we in North Carolina call the flying insects that emit light from their abdomens fireflies or lightning bugs. (Shutterstock) NORTH CAROLINA — Many of our favorite childhood memories of summer nights are tied to lightning bugs, the flying insects that, to our squealing, youthful delight, shine a light from their abdomens. Or — and we realize were drawing a battle line here — are they correctly called "fireflies"? The question is vitally imp...

You don't have to be emerging from a disastrous and deadly pandemic of global proportions to get excited about summer concert season. But it sure...

June also brings new releases from Migos, The Mountain Goats, Lucy Dacus, and more.

In Memoriam: Robert Green Hall (1973-2021) Dread Central and friends of Robert Hall put together this memorial for the special effects artist who passed away at the age of 47 earlier this week. piece. Robert Green Hall, one of the industry’s top special effects artists, passed away on May 24th, 2021. He was found around 1 pm in his hotel in Los Angeles, California. The cause of death is unknown. He will definitely be missed by his family and friends in and out of the film industry. We know ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly. His Dread Central co-founder Jon Condit is especially fond of Lightning Bug, released in 2004. Hall didn’t just perform special effects duties, he wrote and directed the film. It’s something of an autobiography about a horror lover and budding FX artist growing up in a small town. Synopsis: A drama/thriller, set in the South, about a young boy who longs to escape the misery of his childhood and the misunderstanding of his hometown. A gifted, self-ta...

Lightning Bug Announce West Coast Tour Dates Supporting BULLY Lightning Bug is the project of musicians and friends Audrey Kang, Kevin Copeland, Logan Miley, Dane Hagen and Vincent Puleo.by BWW News Desk Today Lightning Bug--the project of musicians and friends Audrey Kang, Kevin Copeland, Logan Miley, Dane Hagen and Vincent Puleo-- have announced tour dates supporting Bully on the west coast beginning on September 3rd in Spokane and ending on September 19 in Dallas. Pre-sale begins on Wedn...

Christy Altomare is one of Broadways brightest, warmest lights, a performer who radiates an unmatchable aura of magnetism and sparkle every time she takes the stage. Altomare is known for her performances as Wendla in the National Tour of Spring Awakening, Sue Snell in the off-Broadway production of Carrie, Sophie in Mamma Mia on Broadway, and most recently as the title role in Anastasia on Broadway, for which she earned a Drama Desk Award nomination. She is also a talented singer-songwriter - ...

Camden the Bear was also featured in Powells 2019 book, "Camden and the Lightning Bug." Both books are available on Amazon.com. Phaedra Trethan has been a reporter and editor in South Jersey since 2007 and has covered Camden since 2015. Shes called South Jersey home since 1971. Contact her with feedback, news tips or questions at ptrethan@gannettnj.com, on Twitter @By_Phaedra, or by phone at 856.486-2417. Help support local journalism with a Courier-Post subscription.

Ingmar Chen / Grandstand The website KiteLife.com once called the Washington State International Kite Festival the “greatest, grandest” such event in North America. The week-long gathering has been held in Long Beach, three hours southwest of Seattle, since 1981. At that first-ever festival a group of kids from Edmunds Community College were among the handful of attendees, and they broke the world record for the longest continuous kite flight (108 hours...

Everything we know about this weekends touring Pegasus Parade Share Updated: 1:23 PM EDT Apr 9, 2021 Everything we know about this weekends touring Pegasus Parade Share Updated: 1:23 PM EDT Apr 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CHEERS AND CONFETTI AS THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED DAY, THE 2021 ZOLLAR PUMP PEGASUS PARADE IS GOING ON TOUR THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF MARCHING DOWN BROADWAY. IT WILL FEATURE NEARLY 20 UNITS INFLATABLES MASCOTS FESTIVAL VIPS LO...