The Newsboys return to Dorton Arena

With lyrics like “God’s not dead, He’s surely alive/He’s living on the inside, roaring like a lion,” the Newsboys don’t try to sugar coat the fact that they are a contemporary Christian rock band. But make no mistake, they are a rock band.  The band is in the middle of the We Believe Tour, and coming off the success of the movie, “God’s Not Dead,” that features their hit song of the same title. Personally, I’ve been a Newsboys fan since seeing them at Campbell University in 1994, just before their Going Public album came out, and shortly after Jeff…

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Tag your Flickr photos as ‘NC State Fair’

The N.C. State Fair is on Flickr, and we recently created a specific “NCStateFair” tag page and “NCStateFair” group for fair visitors to tag their favorite Fair photos. We’ll tag the photos we take during the Fair with “ncstatefair” (one word) and also include them in this group. We invite you to do the same, as we’ll be awarding daily “Best Pic” prizes during the Fair to especially interesting, creative and fun Fair photos. To find us, click on the link above or go to the “Groups” at the top of the Flickr site and search “nc state fair.” Once…

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