Bob Thompson News

If your nerves are starting to jingle from the holiday hubbub approaching its fever pitch, head to the mall.

Diane Marino wears a lot of different musical hats, including, once upon a time, a cowboy hat.

It's not the easiest thing to reinvent the wheel, but for the last 17 years, bandleader Bob Thompson has time and time again reinvented the sounds of the holidays with his "Joy To The World" show.

Celebrated jazz pianist Bob Thompson will bring his Charleston-based band, The Bob Thompson Unit, to the Randolph County Community Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for an evening of jazz-infused holiday favorites.

Mental Health Association in the Greater Kanawha Valley will host its annual dinner meeting on Wednesday in the ballroom at the Columbia Gas Transmission Building.

On a regular Sunday afternoon, the open sign would be glowing and customers would be filing through Bob Thompson's Midway Grocery and Deli.

There's no cover charge but donations are welcome at the jazz-filled Derick Kirk Foundation fundraiser from 6 p.m. to midnight tonight at Capitol Roasters, the corner of Summers and Quarrier streets in Charleston.

Every once in a while, I feel the urge to share my mail - items I hope are of interest to readers.