Being in a play written by one of your professors is another. Some like them old, some like them new, some like them low and some like them just for show. You may get the answer this weekend at the Toy Roadshow. By the time this weekend is over, Abilene will find a place of honor in the household of Nathan and Christy Nockels, better known as the contemporary Christian music duo Watermark. Candles are lit by the thousands and graves are adorned with pictures, flowers and memorabilia.
Families bring food and drink and sit down to share a meal and celebrate with their dearly departed.
It's 2001 at the movies, and the year Stanley Kubrick portrayed as a leap to the future looks a lot like Hollywood's past. Roll out the red carpet. The Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday will give its fans the chance to be among the first people to hear a brand-new percussion piece written by a Yale University professor. Here's something we don't get too often around here - a ska band. After last week's mountain of live music, this week seems a little slim, when it's actually about normal.