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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 we're drawing a battle line here — are they correctly called "fireflies"? The question is vitally important as warm temperatures bring us outside more at night. No one wants to be that person standing...

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 some people don’t know him by name but can guarantee you have seen his work on your favorite telev...

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-taught, special effects make-up artist, Green dreams of going to Hollywood to make his own monsters. B...