Arts & EntertainmentNerd Factor:To celebrate Lynchburg College's first full week off for Thanksgiving, here are The Nerd Factor's "Thanks/No Thanks".Sesame Street turns 40Many children throughout the ages have heard, "Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street." Sesame Street, which first aired on Public Broadcasting Service Nov. 10, 1969, celebrated their 40th anniversary on Nov. 10. To mark this anniversary, New York City temporarily renamed a street near the Lincoln Center as "123 Sesame Street", according to an article from huffingtonpost.com.National Parks: 'A soul-saving antidote'The 84 million acres of natural landscapes that serve as a final refuge for animal and plant species are America's National Parks. These environments serve as a refuge for the plant and animal species threatened by habitat loss and degradation and embody the democratic idea that such unique places should be available not just to a privileged few, but to every citizen.V and the human buffetAs I write this, it's only been minutes since I watched the pilot for the new ABC science fiction series V and I've got to say that I'm already worried. The special effects are good. I think the alien ship that travels to Earth has intriguing internal and external designs and that little ball robot thing that attacked the human resistance meeting late in the pilot episode was cool (my pet name for that ball is "Phantasm 2.Music Department prepares for Concerto competitionThe Lynchburg College music department will hold its second annual Concerto competition this Friday. The competition will involve a vocal and instrumental selection group with up to 19 undergraduate students competing against each other.Holiday gifts for nerdsThe heck with Thanksgiving, now that Halloween is over, it's time to begin thinking about holiday shopping. Whatever Annual Gift Day you celebrate, nerds take advance planning. Here are some "Living With Nerds" tips: 50 Years of Rock and RollFifty Years of Rock, a traveling art exhibit organized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, is at Lynchburg College until Dec. 13. The exhibit features a collection of vintage posters and instruments and is on display in the Daura Art Gallery.Halloween at the Naval AcademyTo paraphrase Charles Dickens: It was one of the best Halloweens, it was one of the worst Halloween costumes.LC sports teams busy over Fall BreakLynchburg College sports teams were busy over the last two weeks, as much has happened from individual accomplishments to team wins.Fifi and the FlowertotsMy children are always opening new doors into popular culture for me. My son is now a one-year-old so I've also been watching some of his favorite television shows with him. Some of these shows are cute, but there's also something a bit weird going on in one of them. |
