Published November 7, 2009, 12:02 AM EST

by JANE HOLAHAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - "Sesame Street" turns 40 on Tuesday.Gosh, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie all heading into their 40s? It's hard to believe, isn't it?Can you imagine Ernie grumbling about arthritis, or Cookie Monster having to switch to low-fat cookies?If Big Bird buys a little red sports car, we ...

Published November 7, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by LINDSEY MARTIN, 18, Freestyle

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - CD REVIEWI do not believe I have ever encountered a folk album that has given me the urge to headbang. However , the highly acclaimed Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie's "Evocation I — The Arcane Dominion" has somehow managed to do just this.When I first heard that one of my favori...

Published November 6, 2009, 10:35 PM EST

by JACK ROBERTS

LANCASTER, Pa. - When Twin Brook Winery asked Roger Eberlin to find another band for this Saturday's Bluegrass and BBQ bash, the Summit Hill Bluegrass Band singer-bassist didn't have to look far.He simply called on a neighbor of his from nearby Landenberg: Danny Paisley, son of bluegrass legend Bob Paisley a...

Published November 6, 2009, 10:28 PM EST

by LAURA KNOWLES

LANCASTER, Pa. - Ask anyone who is married and most will agree that marriage isn't always easy.Fortunately, there is a bright side — perhaps even a funny side — to marriage, as shown in this season's Promise Players performance of "How To Make the Mrs. Happy.""Every marriage has it...

Published November 6, 2009, 9:45 PM EST

by JACK ROBERTS and ALEJANDRO RIOS

LANCASTER, Pa. - Now it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the two guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene.• It's not even Thanksgiving and already we have something to be thankful for.D.C. & Co. have just announced that they'll be back with their annual "ThanksGivin&#...

Published November 6, 2009, 9:30 PM EST

by JOSEPH MALDONADO

LANCASTER, Pa. - People have a variety of reasons for going into business for themselves. For Dennis and Paz Valenzuela, the reason was their son, Steven Valenzuela.Over the years, Steven, 31, has had some health issues that make it difficult for him to work independently."By starting this business, my husband ...

Published November 6, 2009, 9:18 PM EST

by JANE HOLAHAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - From a dramatic point of view, the Christmas Story is a doozy.There is drama, suspense, great joy, humility and celebration.It's a story that features riches and kings right alongside the animals in a humble stable.And though we hear the story again and again at this time of the year, it's o...

Published November 6, 2009, 9:12 PM EST

by JON FERGUSON

LANCASTER, Pa. - David Crowder doesn't want anybody mistaking the meaning of his songs.Ambiguity doesn't appeal to Crowder; he refuses to mask his Christianity.When he writes a song about his relationship with God, he wants everybody to know it's about God, not about a girlfriend."We think we're...

Published November 6, 2009, 8:58 PM EST

by JON FERGUSON

LANCASTER, Pa. - The members of Dark Star Orchestra haven't just blurred the line between a tribute band and the real thing, they've just about obliterated it.DSO, a Grateful Dead tribute band which will perform Sunday at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, has certainly attracted the attentio...

Published November 5, 2009, 8:43 PM EST

by JANE HOLAHAN

LANCASTER, Pa. - Correction Oct. 6, 2009 — At 8:45 p.m., a short video by Creative Works of Lancaster will be projected on a building somewhere downtown explaining what the group is and what they want to accomplish. An incorrect time for the showing of the video was given in the article below.••&bull...