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YouTubery: The Commercials of Stan Freberg

Submitted by Chase Erwin, WAFFstaffer

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 1:46pm

There are very few modern-day commercials I enjoy watching, especially the ones you see on nearly -every- commercial break. I understand that's the nature of the business today. I don't have to like it, but I accept it.

Luckily there's nothing preventing me from putting the TV on mute every once in awhile and looking up commercials from the better era of ads (read that as 'before I was born.') I remembered a great ad I saw on a TV special about, of all things, the greatest commercials of all time. It starred dancer Ann Miller, and was a spectacle for the now defunct Great American Soup company. What grabbed my attention was the final line, after Miller's big, expensive song and dance. Her TV husband embraces her and asks, "Emily, why do you always have to make such a big production out of everything?"

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Stream it: 'You Can't Do That on Television'

Submitted by Chase Erwin, WAFFstaffer

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 8:15pm

Stream it: 'You Can't Do That on Television'

There has been a movement as of late to bring back classic shows from the "first kids' network," Nickelodeon. A major coup came when spinoff channel TeenNick created "The '90s are All That" two years ago, highlighting sporadic reruns of great fare like Rocko's Modern Life and The Secret World of Alex Mack.

However, the one big "get" for Nick nerds like myself has been You Can't Do That on Television. Considered the holy grail by kids of the '80s, You Can't is the program that brought Green Slime to the masses.

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Rare comet watching this week

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 12:00pm

With clearer skies on the horizon, you may want to step outside this week to catch a glimpse of the Comet PanSTARRS. It will be viewable with the naked eye in the early evening over the next several days. It should be about as bright as most stars in the Big Dipper. Each evening, it will be a little farther to the right in the sky, and gradually over the next few days, it will begin to grow dimmer.

PanSTARRS should be only one of two comets visible to the naked eye in 2013. It is also believed to be on a ~100,000 year orbit... Pretty rare.

Click here to read more and get tips on catching a glimpse...

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Coming up at Lowe Mill

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012, 7:31pm

Tuesday, February 21st - Intro To Intaglio: Drypoint

6:30 - 9:30 PM, $30 Members or $40 Non-members

In intaglio printing, an image is created when ink is transferred from the grooves of a plate onto the surface of the paper with a press. Learn the fundamentals of intaglio by creating your own print start-to-finish, from preparing the plate and engraving the image to inking, wiping and printing. Located at Green Pea Press, Studio # 122 Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

Wednesday, February 22nd - Collograph Workshops

6-9 PM, $40 Members or $50 Non-members

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Coming up at Lowe Mill

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Monday, February 13th, 2012, 3:27pm

Tuesday, February 14th - Phil Weaver and Michelle Malone

7-10 PM, $12 Admission

Red hot Valentine's Day show featuring "Rosewood and Steel," classical guitarist Phil Weaver with sword/fire performer, Patricia Forrest and blues dynamo, Michelle Malone. Show starts 7pm, admission $12 at the door only. Located at the Flying Monkey Theatre on the second floor of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment.

Wednesday, February 15th - Monotype Workshop

6-9 PM, $40 members or $50 non-members

Learn to make prints the painterly way, by brushing, wiping, scratching, and otherwise applying and removing ink on a Plexiglas plate to create an original, multi-layered color print. Located at Green Pea Press, Studio # 122 Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment .

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Upcoming events at Lowe Mill

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, 10:54pm

Thursday February 2nd - Bit Brigade

9:00-11:30 PM, $7 Admission

Gamers, Bit Brigade with Oto Benga at 9pm. Bit Brigade elevates game music to the foreground of epic technical rock and plays the games like they don't need extra lives. Located at the Flying Monkey Theatre on the second floor of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment.

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Parts of Ditto Landing under water

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 2:26pm

Steady rain is tracking across the Tennessee Valley and causing flooding in some locations. This man was unable to get to his camper at Ditto Landing because of standing water. He got a kayak out of his van and paddled to his camper.

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