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Stepping up to the blackboard never tasted so good as it does in Richburg. I learned that lesson recently on a trip home from the zoo in Columbia, when a tired but hungry lot of family members dropped in and sat a spell at The Front Porch.

Need a laugh? Head to South Pointe High for Neil Simon's “The Odd Couple.” Come join Oscar and Felix and the rest of the poker playing fellas in New York for a night of friendship, divorce, poker, and fighting while you laugh till it hurts. This production features Jonathan Hoskins, Joshua Elmore, DJ Durham, Eddy West, Jonathon Long, Shivam Patel, Caitlin Gilliland, and Kayla Davis. Shows are tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults. Tickets are available at the door.

The next year of the cat doesn't come around until 2011 (according to the Vietnamese Zodiac), but you can catch up with singer/songwriter Al Stewart, whose hit song “The Year of The Cat” (1976) helped move his musical career into high gear.

It used to be so much simpler. If you wanted to watch a TV show you had to tune in at the time the network aired it and slog through the commercial breaks -- except when taking the occasional kitchen trip or bathroom run.