Colonial Williamsburg is hosting a "Foodways of the 18th Century" conference Nov. 8-10.

The idea of starting a new summer music festival in the Triangle -- or anywhere else, in this economy -- and anchoring it with a popular European chamber orchestra, then inviting high-caliber international and local guest performers seems a little far-fetched.

Music review:Wilco mastermind Jeff Tweedy seems perpetually harried. His public mien is that of a bleary-eyed everyman who happens to possess songwriting gifts that may or may not be a curse.

Michel Legrand and Norman Gimbel's "I Will Wait for You," the first song on singer and pianist Daniela Schachter's self-produced "Purple Butterfly," clearly establishes her jazz integrity.

Michel Medina Gonzalez shakes violently in his chair inside a patient room at Orlando Health, where he was fitted earlier this month with a brain implant to control his symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Book review:If Pat Conroy and Anne Rivers Siddons are the king and queen of Lowcountry Lit, then Dottie Frank is surely one of the slightly less serious, slightly more lighthearted, members of the royal family.

Creators:Dusk falls on Durham Central Park, where a dozen folding chairs dot a lush, green field.

Snow:I am home alone, the family still at the beach.

The Ozarks spread like a lush green belt across the nation's middle, spilling over southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.

Q: When grandparents are traveling in Europe with grandchildren, are there any particular documents they should have (in addition to passports) indicating that the parents authorize them to travel abroad with the grandkids?

Book review:Little boys like to play at adventure and dream of danger in faraway places. But what 11-year-old Norman Ollestad endured atop a California mountain in 1979 was a nightmare.

Movie review:Woody Allen has aged into that grandpa you hate taking out to Cracker Barrel because you never know what might come out of that mouth. He's still got the occasional Oscar-worthy bit of wit in him.

Bands used to get their gold-watch validation of importance with a career-spanning box set or enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- two milestones that Aerosmith accomplished in 1991 and 2001, respectively. Nowadays, you're nobody until someone bases a computer game on you. Thus we have Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. They're also at Walnut Creek next week.

The object: The blurbs below combine the titles of two or more well-known movies. Can you guess the new mash-up movie title?

'We're famous for our crab cakes." I've heard the phrase countless times in a wide variety of restaurants, from seafood shack to deluxe steakhouse. The closer the restaurant is to the coast, I've learned, the more likely I am to hear it.

For 30 years, folks have been heading down to the Eno River for the crafts, live music, demonstrations and environmental education at the Festival for the Eno.

Ziggy Marley loves children. The reggae singer-songwriter is the father of five, ranging in age from 2 to 13.

Old-school gamers will remember the original NES version of Punch-Out which, I hate to tell you, was released more than 20 years ago. Depressing, isn't it?

American Aquarium, Birds of Avalon, The T's and more play tonight's "Weese Fest 09" at Raleigh's Pour House.