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9TH STREET LIVE: Week 3 of ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œ9th Street Live,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥� presented by Kindred Communications and Mountwest Community and Technical College is tomorrow night. This weekÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s act is Litz. Music begins each Friday at 7 p.m. and Happy Hour starts at nearby businesses at 5 p.m. The event is held weekly throughout the summer on 9th Street in downtown Huntington between 3rd and 4th avenues. Next weekÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s musical act is Jeremy Short.

MEMOIR: Darius RuckerÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s been living out the contents of his new memoir ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œLifeÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Too ShortÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥� for 58 years ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” but it took becoming an empty nester for him to feel comfortable sharing it with the world. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œYou donÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™t want your kids to be going to high school hearing, ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥˜I read your dadÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s book,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥� he says of his daughters Cary, 29, and Dani, 23, and son Jack, 19. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œI knew I was going to tell the truth, and the truth [can] sometimes be out there. I just wanted them to be old enough to handle it.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥� The book was released on Tuesday. When he says he wanted to tell the truth, Rucker isnÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™t kidding. It covers all aspects of the musicianÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s life, from his humble beginnings singing Al Green for his motherÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s friends to the hard-partying peak of his Hootie & the Blowfish fame. It covers friendships with stars like Woody Harrelson and Tiger Woods, and also gives intimate insight into his fears and eventual accomplishments breaking into country music as a Black artist.