Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Janice Burton editor@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown ltmcmd01@aol.com Kristy Sykes kristy@upandcomingweekly.com Beverly Pone beverly@upandcomingweekly.com OFFICE & DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth officemanager@ upandcomingweekly.com ACCOUNTING Paulette Reinhardt accounting@upandcomingweekly.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Erinn Crider, Karen Poppele, Heather Grif���ths ��������������������������������� Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan Street P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a ���Quality of Life��� publication with local features, news and information on what���s happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly welcomes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30 for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered weekly by first class mail. ��2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. INSIDE Calendar ........................................... 12 Concert Connection ........................ 14 TV ..................................................... 16 Movie Review .................................. 17 PUBLISHER���S PEN Welcome 2013 With a Bang! by BILL BOWMAN Happy New Year, Fayetteville! Wow! What a year! We���ve been through it all from the disaster that is the Prince Charles to racial pro���ling to a doomed parks and recreation bond! It���s been enough to wear a newspaper man out. But it���s not all been bad. Over the past year we���ve seen growth in our community. We���ve welcome the majority of soldiers ��� our friends and neighbors��� home and BRAC ���nally happened. And, since I���m writing this on the morning of Dec. 21, the world didn���t end. It���s time to celebrate! I���m glad 2012 is over and I���m thankful to all our readers, advertisers and supporters who made it a success for us. You have weathered the ���nancial storm with us and stood by us. As we move into the new year, we could ask for no better friends or supporters. No doubt we love this community and love what we do and couldn���t do it without you. I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Now, let���s have some fun and bring the New Year in with a bang! After all, if we survived this year, we have reason to celebrate. In this issue, you are going to ���nd a veritable cornucopia of things you can do on New Year���s Eve. Some of them will appeal to our young readers. Some of them will appeal to our well-heeled readers and some of them can work for everyone. As you make your decision on how you are going to ring in the New Year, I hope you do so with laughter. And if that���s the case, then I���m asking you to join me to laugh in the new year. Fayetteville���s Weather Forecast Thursday December 27 Friday December 28 4 High 50�� Low 32�� Sunny Sunday December 30 Saturday December 29 UCW DEC. 26, 2012 - JAN 1, 2013 High 52�� Low 32�� Sunny Up & Coming Weekly is excited to sponsor the world premier of Life As We Know It at the Gilbert Theater. In case you missed last week���s issue, the show is comprised of ���ve, one-act plays written by local playwright Elaine Alexander. Directed by Jeremy Fiebig and Gilbert Artistic Director Robyne Parrish, the show will run through Jan. 6, with three special events to celebrate the occasion: the VIP opening, New Year���s Eve Party and on Jan. 5, a Meet the Playwright opportunity for an upclose and personal conversation with the artist. But back to those New Year���s plans. On Dec. 31, the Gilbert will offer a 9:30 p.m. production of the show. Prior to the show and during intermission, drinks and appetizers will be available. Then after the show, the cast will join us to ring in the new year with a wonderful downtown party at the theater. It���s an event you are not going to want to miss. Like our newspaper, I promise this will be a unique, edgy, entertaining and Up & Coming experience. I hope you will join us for the fun. Again, from everyone here at Up & Coming Weekly, a sincere thank you for allowing us 18 years of service to the Fayetteville, Fort Bragg and Cumberland County community. We love you and can���t wait to see what the new year will bring BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up & Coming Weekly, COMMENTS? editor@ for all us. God bless us everyone! upandcomingweekly.com. 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