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Bren Wilder sat in the corner of a coffee shop, his shaggy hair hanging over a small yellow sketchbook as he doodled along the graph lines. An old shoebox sat on the table next to him, filled with handmade pottery and stickers he’d drawn.

Restaurants across Burke and Caldwell counties generally posted strong health inspection scores in October, though one Burke County restaurant stood out at the bottom of the monthly rankings.

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The dark comedy 'Hand to God,' about a cursed puppet, has three more performances at Hickory Community Theatre, Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 29-31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students 18 and over.