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Rifle’s George boys gather to run marathon: “Just one of those things” to four young runners
There once was a story about a man named Russell George, who lived in a town called Rifle. He’s fairly well known in those parts, since his public service career took him to the highest position in the Colorado House of Representatives.
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Fire department to go high-definition
Bill Apperson has been filming department calls for about 10 years. Over the strains of Foster & Lloyd's song "Texas in 1880," flames crackle, a siren blares and voices call to each other as members of the James City-Bruton Volunteer Fire Department spring into action.
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Cable, satellite and ... Sezmi? Startup wants in on pay TV
By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) -- A startup is betting that people are tired enough of their cable and satellite bills to take a look at an alternative pay TV system that combines a number of different technologies to deliver programming.
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Head to Memphis for a month of music, starting on Beale Street
If you want rap, rock, pop, country, hip hop, jazz or blues, head to the Bluff City this weekend.The annual Memphis in May International festival begins this weekend with the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tenn.Sheryl Crow, My Chemical Romance, Santana, Seether, O.A.
Southeast Missourian |
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Townsend's Myers one of the state's best sprinters
From the gun, Townsend’s Carrie Myers burst out of the blocks and sped down the track. With her heart racing and her feet pounding the rubber, she tried spying out the corner of her eye, hoping to get a glimpse of the rest of the competition.
Helena Independent Record |
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The Heart of India
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance presents "From the Heart of Tradition" by Aniruddha Knight & Ensemble on Friday May 2 at 8 p.m. in the Beall Concert Hall as a part of its World Music Series.
Oregon Daily Emerald |
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The future is green, so is the music
Everything is going green, and I'm not talking about gardens and lawns. I'm talking about houses made of Styrofoam, Lollapalooza offering carbon offsets, bands donating part of their T-shirt sales to charity or even making the T-shirts out of recycled materials.
Southeast Missourian |
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Beijing making concert effort at Vatican
The China Philharmonic Orchestra is to perform for the pope, who has sought to improve ties with China to aid Catholics there. When the China Philharmonic Orchestra performs for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican next week, it will start with Mozart's religiously inspired Requiem and end with a popular Chinese folk song called "Jasmine Flower."
Los Angeles Times |
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Love story: Kiley Branson and Alex Gibson
Kiley Branson and Alex Gibson had been friends since starting school at Washington State University in Pullman. They stayed friends for about three years before they started dating.
Everett Herald |
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Music to feel good about
Mention folk music to some people and images of "A Mighty Wind" immediately come to mind. Gritty, passionate, heartfelt -- good folk music is all of these. So is bad folk music, of which there is a lot. It's what inspired "A Mighty Wind."
Erie Times-News |
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Television - Entertainment
The Flight of the Conchords' first full length album has made a stunning debut on the US pop charts.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Dr. Rock's Concerts
On-sale dates for Neil Diamond's hot August nights in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and the lineup for Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival.
Erie Times-News |
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Dramatic debut for theater professor
High on the list of desirable traits to be part of Folsom Lake College's theater arts program is a pioneering spirit.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Artist of memorable psychedelic light shows dies
Gary Ewing, the psychedelic Portland light-show and poster artist who worked with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and a slew of other rock bands in the 1960s, was found dead Wednesday at his Southeast Portland home. He was 65.
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AUDREY’S SOCIETY WHIRL: DRESS FOR SUCCESS star-studded gala draws celebrities and their moms.
*Dress for Success, an international non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged women achieve economic independence, hosted its Something To Share: Dress for Success Worldwide Gala 2008 on Wednesday, April 9 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, New York. The sold-out gala attracted 1,320 attendees and raised more than $1.4 million to enhance and expand the organization’s suiting and ...
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Big-band convergence
Big-band music is back -- at least, it is this Saturday night when JazzErie presents four explosive big bands in McDowell Intermediate High School's Little Theater.
Erie Times-News |
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MUSIC BITS: Beyonce's new gig; Diddy plugs NY; Mariah still #1; Rza riot; Damon Dash II.
*Since word got out that Beyonce may start working A&R for her husband Jay-Z's new Carter Music Group label, the singer has reportedly received 82 demos at the office for her House of Dereon clothing line, reports the New York Daily News. "But will her new job offer maternity leave?" asked the paper's Rush & Malloy column.
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Art Galleries
"A Day in May" To honor the change of season, the Portola Art Gallery artists present paintings and photographs depicting the elements of spring. The exhibit will run through the end of May. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 650-321-0220 or visit www.portolaartgallery.com . Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Houston County names three new high school principals
The Houston County Board of Education, looking ahead to the coming school year, named three new high school principals and a department head Wednesday.
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Cast faces comic challenges in Delta College's staging of 'Forum'
Last fall, Chris Hayhurst tackled the title role in San Joaquin Delta College's wildly zany production of Moliere's "Scapino." At the time, he described the part as perhaps the most physically demanding of his young career.
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Jazz drummer morphs New Orleans grooves with Zeppelin's rock
On first blush, drummer Stanton Moore's funky grooves seem molded by his New Orleans upbringing, steeped in the roots music of Professor Longhair, Doctor John and the Meters.
Ventura County Star |
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Local cultural events
"CELEBRATE THE FUTURE" CONCERT: Some of the top students from the 79th season of Tucson Symphony Orchestra's Young Artists Competition perform with guest conductor Lawrence Golan and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Two Young Composers Project works, "Storm of Shadows" by Adam Conyne and "Espejos del Sur" by Nicholas Mariscal, will be performed by Golan and the TSO. The program will also feature ...
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Middle schoolers stage unusual musical
ONEIDA - Peter Pan, meet the space-age, as seventh and eighth graders from Otto Shortell Middle School perform the whimsical and punkish musical 'Starmites,' written by Start Ross and Barry Keating.
The Oneida Daily Dispatch |
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Online offspring, webisodes, provide fix for fans of '24'
An agile, young agent from the Counter-Terrorist Unit slyly infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel to free a captured colleague.
Ventura County Star |
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Inqlings: A ham, er, pig mocks the Flyers
Did some pig urinate off the Art Museum steps in the name of humor? Luc Cauchon, who wears a pig costume and plays a caped character called Super Cauchon on Montreal radio station CKOI, drove to Philly to put a Canadiens sweater on the Rocky statue in a bid to fuel the Flyers-Canadiens rivalry.
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