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I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday as we bid farewell to 2010 and welcome 2011.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable — and safe — Halloween!

Chad Murphy with the Record-Courier has recently launched a blog version of The Weekender, which you can find here. I’ve also included a permanent link in my RPC Blogs page. So go take a look, especially if you are looking for the latest entertainment news, or for a diversion during the week.

Here’s hoping you had a wonderful New Year’s, and may this year be a wonderful one.

Been very busy practicing my amateur filming “skills” (that is probably giving myself a bit too much credit, but it was the best word I could think of at the moment)   These were actually taken last week; I did three more — not finalized yet — for this week.   The first video was [...]

After a brief hiatus, I filmed and edited some more videos to go with my stories:   1. http://www.fallsnewspress.com/news/article/4661899#bones Eric Millegan, who plays forensic anthropologist Dr. Zack Addy in the Fox television series “Bones,” visited Cuyahoga Falls to meet with fans, sign autographs and pose for pictures on Sept. 3. Really liked how this video turned out. [...]

I did a video sidebar on the costume department for Porthouse Theatre, which was preparing for “Annie Get Your Gun.” I also went out to Stan Hywet Hall July 19 for the Akron Cup, and took video snippets of the grounds, which highlight “Barkitecture.”

Here’s the latest video, along with pictures, of Music in the Valley at Hale Farm and Village: http://www.fallsnewspress.com/news/article/4630671 I was pretty pleased with how the elements of this came together. I could nitpick. For starters,  I wish I would have taken even more clips. Then again, my battery was starting to go, so I’m not sure [...]

I attended the Stow Symphony Orchestra concert a couple weeks ago, and took pictures and video. This turned out better than I anticipated. One, I had gone in with an idea of what to do, but once I got to the concert, I wasn’t sure the idea would work (it did, with some fine-tuning). Also, [...]

But I beg your indulgence, if just for a moment. When I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in journalism nearly 12 years ago (yikes!) I never dreamed I’d one day be taking video, much less editing it. In fact, if someone would have told me that back then, as I was accepting my diploma, I [...]