There are two ways to enter Posta Tuscan Grille, the restaurant in the new Marriott City Center in downtown Raleigh. Either approach is sure to lead to a richly rewarding meal.

Who better than Tony Bennett to spread some much-needed holiday cheer? Bennett had long resisted doing a sequel to his only Christmas album, the 1968 "Snowfall," but felt the time was right for this feel-good collection of seasonal songs guaranteed to liven up any holiday party.

The swanky new Durham Performing Arts Center finally opens its doors to the public this weekend. And you couldn't ask for a classier shakedown cruise than Sunday night's featured entertainment, the great B.B. King.

The N.C. Symphony's Holiday Pops program this weekend will range from traditional carols and classical compositions to Hanukkah music and gospel spirituals.

It's always a special evening when, on those all-too-rare occasions, the Green Level Entertainers come to town.

The Kings of Leon and Terence Trent D'Arby are examples of rock recording artists who weren't allowed to listen to secular music as children. Add the members of Manchester Orchestra to that list.

If local theater fans believed everything they saw on stage, they wouldn't put their trust in Tom Wopat.

Family Picks:The weekend after Thanksgiving is usually packed with food, shopping, football and more food. But here are some other ideas for getting your children and Grammy, Papa and all the aunts, uncles and cousins out of your house for a little while.

With another dominating week in the television ratings, CBS will win the November "sweeps" for the eighth consecutive year.

Review:In "JCVD," Jean-Claude Van Damme is sorry -- in every sense of the word. At 47, the Muscles from Brussels is far from the moneymaking action star he once was.