A bluegrass band with ties to Lincolnton will be returning to the Lincoln Cultural Center this Saturday. This concert, which has been held annually to honor Donald âPapaâ Goodson, is scheduled this year to be held both seated and virtually. Only 100 tickets will be sold so social distancing can be maintained. The concert will also be held virtually.
Lifelong Lincolnton resident Scott Burgess who has been member of Deeper Shade of Blue since 2015, was friends with Papa Goodson. When Goodson passed away on April 13, 2015, he sang at his funeral.Â
âDon supported local music, that was his big thing,â Burgess said. âItâs what we all should do. Even before this band, Iâd been in two other groups before this one and whenever weâd play in the area, heâd be there. We really miss him. We need to keep that going, especially now. We had a very busy 2020 planned and unfortunately, the pandemic caused us to probably cancel 75-80% of the shows we bo
on sales of beer, wine, and liquor â from
old-school neighborhood joints to dance clubs to Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. Some proprietors, like Allen, wonder what makes their businesses so different from the many restaurants that serve alcohol and have been open for months.
âDoes COVID only come in when thereâs no food?â Allen said. âIf the same rules are applying â where you have to be 6 feet away, you can only be in there for 90 minutes, you can only have a certain amount of people â whatâs the difference between having food and not having food?â
While other businesses talk about a slow return to normalcy, there is no clear timeline for when drinking establishments can reopen. Governor Charlie Baker allowed restaurants to
For some arts venues, a lifeline
Save Our Stages money included in the governmentâs COVID relief package buoys the hopes of local theaters and clubs
By Malcolm Gay Globe Staff,Updated December 31, 2020, 2:13 p.m.
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Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, says an infusion of federal money would be âhuge for us.âSuzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
For the past week, club owners and theater operators across the region have allowed themselves to feel something thatâs been in decidedly short supply since the pandemic forced them closed in March: hope.
The pandemic relief bill, passed by Congress last week and signed into law by President Trump Sunday, includes $15 billion to support independent music venues, theaters, talent agencies, and nonprofit museums â a critical lifeline for an industry decimated by COVID-19.