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Dear Verge, I've been dating my current girlfriend for more than two years and have run out of ideas for Valentine's Day. I've already used up the candy, flowers, homemade dinner route and have no idea how to celebrate this year. I'd like to find a way to balance thoughtfulness and romance, but I definitely need to do it on the cheap.
Well, it's coming down to the wire. The long-anticipated Valentine's Day celebration is upon us. Every year, consumers flood florists, candy stores and other retailers to find the perfect gift for their respective "special someone." According to the National Retail Federation, Americans are expected to spend about $12.
Sometimes ... well, often times Valentine's Day doesn't turn out to be all it is built up to be. Not everyone has a significant other and not everyone observes the holiday's love- If you recently got out of a relationship: - Make a list of all the imperfections of your ex.
Saturday is Valentines Day, but most people have probably been procrastinating buying a gift like it was a 10-page paper. Procrastinators don't need to pull an all-nighter to produce some economical or heartfelt presents that appear to have been planned for months.
The mere thought of Valentine's Day elicits polarized responses from just about anyone from blissful thoughts of romance to bitterness and spite at the thought of another holiday alone. In either case, film often plays a prominent role in the holiday, whether a viewer wants to revel in romance or simmer in detestment of everything the holiday stands for.
Eastern Illinois University will be treated to one of New York City's premiere jazz trumpet players, Joe Magnarelli, Friday to kick off the 45th annual EIU Jazz Festival. Magnarelli has been known for being a great jazzman and jazz educator since 1986. The trumpet has been in the hands of Magnarelli since he was in the sixth grade.
Charleston artists will band together Saturday to raise funds for a local publication at Friends & Co. Peepshow, a literary magazine showcasing local art and literature, is at the heart of the event. Punk band Saltwater Vampires along with Rumbleshack Orchestra are set to play the event.
Saturday brought a quartet of rock acts as Muncie, Ind., natives The Retreads, local trio Hit Gone Bad, Heeby Jeebies and Chicago's native sons The Tossers tore through Friends & Co. in a night devoted to unabashed rock. The Retreads opened the show with a set comprised of loud, fast meat-and-potatoes hard rock.
What do you get when you cross three generations of country music tradition with a undisputed nihilist attitude? A hellbilly...and his name is Hank Williams III. Country and metal may have never shaken hands so comfortably as they did Monday at the Canopy Club in Champaign.
In a film where you know the outcome of the major event, you want to leave the theater knowing this movie gave you a deeper respect for what happened. "Miracle" does that and more. In a Disney movie, it would be easy to think this film, directed by Gavin O'Connor, would be almost juvenile, but viewers never get that feeling because they're too hooked to the storyline that was never made public.
Former Charleston resident and 1998 Eastern graduate, singer/songwriter Charlotte Martin, 27, can add actress to her extensive list of credentials. Martin recently recorded an episode for the TV show "American Dreams." She guest stars as Petula Clark performing the 1964 hit "Downtown" in the episode titled: "To Tell the Truth.
A smug sense of privacy fills the music lover who harbors a seemingly underground band as a personal favorite. Like a secret for close friends and a surprise to turn others on to, it's really only a matter of time before a seemingly underground act is discovered by others.
