My Twitter Posts
- Footcandle Film Society will show "Please Give" this Thursday, 7pm, Carolina Theater in Hickory. Visit www.footcandle.org for more info!
- GO HEELS! Great playing in the 2nd half.
- I'm doing the Ping thing. If you are on iTunes 10, come check it out. http://bit.ly/atZ01k
- Back from the fair. I saw a lot of things & smelled a lot of smells... but I'm still hung up on the fact that I got ripped off by a carnie.
- @ryancarroll I saw a duck race, too.
Local Events Archive
Footcandle to show “Racing Dreams”, July 15th
The Footcandle Film Society will be holding its next film screening on Thursday, July 15th at 7:00pm in the Carolina Theater, Downtown Hickory.
(This will be on the third Thursday of the month as opposed to the second due to the 4th of July holiday week.)
The film will be "Racing Dreams",...
Read More Film Screening: “The White Ribbon”, 6/10
The Footcandle Film Society of Catawba County's next official film screening will be Thursday, June 10th. We will be screening "The White Ribbon", the 2009 German Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Language film by director Michael Haneke (Cache, Funny Games). Tickets for the film will be $5.00 at the door for guests /...
Read More Business Development for the City of Hickory
A few months ago, I was asked to join the "Business Development Committee" for the City of Hickory. I was very honored to be asked to serve on this team, and have enjoyed the last few months of my involvement.
This committee, which has been in place for a while, is...
Read More Hickory-Lenoir-NC.com – visit it now!
Ever since the areas around Hickory and Lenoir NC have rallied together to support the recent Google initiative, there has been a growing need to create a "hub" of information about this area instead of the scattered sites and identities we currently have.
Speaking specifically about Hickory, if you perform a...
Read More Special Footcandle Event: “Rain in a Dry Land”, March 23rd
The Footcandle Film Society will be holding a special screening this month of the documentary Rain in a Dry Land on Tuesday, March 23rd at 7pm in the upstairs auditorium of the Carolina Theater. We are showing this film in conjunction with the Hickory Museum of Art and the Hickory International...
Read More Film Society to screen “An Education”, March 11th
Some of you may be aware of the film society that was started here in this area last year to help show more independent, award-winning and locally/regionally produced films. The Footcandle Film Society (www.footcandle.org) was started to bring films to the Catawba County area that may not have shown at...
Read More Help bring high-speed Google to Hickory/Lenoir!
As many of you have heard, I have been involved in the recent effort to bring Google "Fiber-to-the-Home and Business" initiative to the cities of Hickory and Lenoir.
Below is a news release about the Google initiative, what it is, and how you can help support our efforts. Please read, and...
Read More Great time had by all at screening of “Young Victoria”
We had a great turnout at the Footcandle Film Society's screening of "The Young Victoria" on February 11th. Yes, I am just now getting around to talking about this.
We had a crowd of close to 100 people in attendance to see this film about England's Queen Victoria during her younger...
Read More Footcandle Film Society to screen “Moon”
Just because the weather is getting a bit cooler outside doesn't mean we can't still spend a couple of hours together in an air-conditioned theater! It's time for our next Footcandle Film Society and we will like to invite you to our next (albeit slightly late) screening. Our next screening...
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