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• 'Cookie' a treat for Youth Theatre audiences

  

  Before auditioning for her role in the Spartanburg Youth Theatre's production "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," 10-year-old Brady Potter already knew what it took to transform herself into a rodent.

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• Q&A: Longtime friends help open Boiling Springs venue

  

  Kyle Cheleotis has been an active participant in the Upstate music scene for more than a decade, having played in bands since he was 15 years old.

• Step-show dancers ready to show off at the auditorium

  Many of the participants at the National Pan-Hellenic Council's fifth annual Step Show aren't majoring in performing arts.

• 'Stepping Up': Feb. 9

  

• Arts with Heart event will benefit artists, nonprofits

  The seventh annual Arts with Heart aims to showcase the talent of local artists and support the organizations of their choice.

• Skillet says success hasn't changed rockers' approach

  

  Despite Skillet's success -- garnering frequent radio play and numerous Grammy nominations -- members of the Memphis, Tenn.-based band continue to stay true to who they are.

• Hot ticket: Converse College's Spring Concert with B.O.B.

  

  B.O.B. will perform April 14 on the back lawn at Converse College in Spartanburg. Tickets, $40, go on sale Monday at the Twichell Auditorium box office.

• Review: McCartney's first disc of standards

  

  Paul McCartney paints such a fun picture of holiday "singsongs" at his childhood home, with the rugs rolled back and his dad on piano, that it's a shock his first album of standards is a stone-cold drag.

• Sir Paul, Elton, other stars to perform for queen

  

  Some of the world's biggest pop stars will perform in front of Buckingham Palace on June 4 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, palace officials said Tuesday.

• Coroner rules Don Cornelius' death ruled a suicide

  

  Coroner's officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the "Soul Train" creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head.

• Katy Perry playfully flirted with quarterback Cam Newton at NFL Awards

  

  Newly single Katy Perry is on the prowl, and she may have set her sights on a certain rookie quarterback.

• M.I.A. flips bird during Super Bowl halftime show

  

  The NFL and a major television network are apologizing for another Super Bowl halftime show.

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• Skaggs' career coming full circle with new autobiography, album

  

  With “Country Hits Bluegrass Style,” mandolin player Ricky Skaggs brings his career full circle. The album blends the musical styles Skaggs loves in such a way that he regularly sells out shows at places such as the Newberry Opera House...

• Converse concert features rare instruments

  

  The Stradivari Quartet will perform at Converse College on Monday, playing four of the remaining instruments made by Italian artisan Antonio Stradivari. The quartet is made up of two violins, a viola and a cello.

• Youth Theatre has 3 levels of classes

  The Spartanburg Youth Theatre continues its 2011-12 Theater Education Program with classes beginning the week of Feb. 13.