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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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM OCTOBER 16-22, 2019 UCW 21 MUSIC CROWN COMPLEX 1960 Coliseum Dr. • 910-438-4100 www.crowncomplexnc.com Nov. 8 Patti LaBelle Nov. 18 WKML's Stars & Guitars Nov. 19 Mannheim Steamroller LOUIE'S SPORTS BAR & PUB 2417 Robeson St. • 910- 323-3373 Oct. 18 Dark Horse Oct. 19 Big Daddy Drive Oct. 22 Tuesday Food and Live Music ft. Pete O'Dea Oct. 25 Jill Charles and Nobody's Business HUFF CONCERT HALL 5400 Ramsey St. • (910) 630-7104 Oct. 19 Heroes Vs. Villains with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Oct. 25 Friends of Music presents Krisztina Dér, Flutist WHITE RABBIT PUB 3030 Fort Bragg Rd • (910) 630- 7104 Oct. 19 Affinity, Trailer Park Orchestra and Skulls & Whiskey OPINION Celebrating autumn in N.C. by DAN DeBRULER North Carolina offers a variety of fall festivals and events. So long, summer! Though I always tip my hat to greet the warmer months of the year, I gen- uinely look for ward to autumn. There's something about the mornings becoming cooler and the trees shedding their leaves in a blaze of color that evoke a sense of welcome. From the cool breezes on the coast to the amazing show of color north and west of us, North Carolina has given my family plen- ty of reasons to love calling North Carolina home each fall. You might be surprised to learn how many festivals and fall-f lavored events there are within reach for a day or weekend trip from the Fayetteville area. Without ever leaving home you can take in the North Carolina Fall Festival in Raeford, which kicks off a weekend of small town festivities on Oct. 17, with something to please people of all ages. If you're itching to hit the road for the weekend, you can take in the early color as you head for the hills the same week- end. The Apple Harvest Festival in Waynesville is one of the tastiest trips you can make, and the Fall LEAF Festival in Black Mountain will treat you and your entire troupe to the charm only a small mountain town can offer. If you're ready for the most unique festival of them all, you simply have to make it to the Annual Wooly Worm Festival in Wilkesboro at least once in your life. Regardless of whether you go uphill, dow nhill or stay w ithin a few miles of home, I hope you'll find a way to welcome the fall season. Embrace it and you'll find it's much more than a gateway to w inter as it paves the way to shorter days and warm family celebrations. One month-long celebration that is worth mentioning is Clergy Appreciation Month. October has been set aside as a time to express gratitude to some of the most self- less and underrated individuals you may ever meet. Too often rel- egated to someone we think of only on Sunday as we shake their hand and tell them, 'great message!' on our way out the door, most members of the clergy — pastors, ministers, deacons, elders — are frequently the first to respond to family emergencies from illness to injury. They bring us together as we start our journeys in marriage, and see us off as in death we do part. I'd encourage you to take a moment to jot a little note of gratitude and send it to your pas- tor this year. And don't forget the youth leader. They gladly bear the burden of helping our chil- dren nav igate some rough terrain in some of the most tumultuous years of their lives, and we need to show our gratitude. DAN DEBRULER, General Manager, WCLN. Comments? Editor@upandcomingweekly. com. 910-484-6200.