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Planet Ant hosts a video and film festival; Special event on special effects; Summer film series starts with Aaalvin!
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FIrst Time in NZ: Timbaland Shock Value 2008 Tour
Timbaland is one of, if not the greatest producers of our time. He is the single biggest creative force currently active in popular music and has been responsible for making smash hits for some of the biggest artists in the world including Justin ...
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Americana Special Coming to PBS
Singer Songwriter Mike Musick joined legendary artists Charlie Daniels, Phil Vassar and Jimmy Webb during a live taping of American Public Television and PBS's musical series "Legends & Lyrics"
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Cinderella goes to camp
You have to give the Disney Channel props: It knows how to give its young viewers what they want. Camp Rock, the channel's big-tent summer event, is a ridiculously formulaic, utterly irresistible musical treat.
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It’s Brasil ’08 with Sergio Mendes
Whether as pianist, bandleader or producer, Sergio Mendes is one of the key players who introduced Americans to Brazilian music. And at age 67, Mendes isn't about to drop the ball.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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El Paso Native Dances His Way to Fame
June 19, 2008 -- Mike Carrasco has been dancing his entire life. The 26 year-old is now part of a dance team competing on MTV's competition "America's Best Dance Crew." He has danced at the MTV Video Music Awards and several other dance features. His family tells shares his story.
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Big, joyful 'Color Purple' at Academy
The Color Purple at the Academy of Music is a soaring, satisfying musical based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, with a huge cast that can act as well as sing, making lots of "joyful noise." And although the show is big-hearted an
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
DIVA DUOJune 20 - OperaThere's only one Metropolitan Opera performance in the parks this summer - so the Met pulled out its big guns and gave us this one: a greatest-hits concert sung by real-life couple Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. Expect...
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POP, ROCK, FOLK
THE CURE: The 1980s English rockers, led by wild-haired Robert Smith, are back onstage to support the band's 13th album, expected in September. Tonight at 8 at WAMU Theater at Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza; (212) 465-6741. MY MORNING JACKET...
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A windfall for a Phila. arts festival
The last Tuesday in May, Kimmel Center president Anne Ewers sat down for lunch with Annenberg Foundation executive director Gail C. Levin. The two had never met. The Kimmel had just settled the deal to lift its long-term debt burden, and the conversation turned to the Kimmel's artistic ambitions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** It's a long day's journey into September - well over three hours - but Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is eviscerating melodrama. Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "BOEING-BOEING": * Old-hat...
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Drivin' the Dixie includes local events
Catch a great show Friday at the F-Men Hall on Exchange Street and Kings Road in Crete. Entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m. These shows give all ages the opportunity to enjoy themselves in a safe environment and a chance for local bands to showcase their talent. Local rock 'n' roll bands will include Misfire, Outlaw County, Epic Fail, The Projection, Salty Catfish and Deadfingers. Stop by for ...
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OFF-BROADWAY
"ADDING MACHINE": *** 1/2 A powerful chamber-music theater adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionist classic. Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane; (212) 307-4100. "ARIAS WITH A TWIST": *** Hilarious cabaret act featuring drag queen Joey...
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JOSH COHEN: The 60-Second Interview
The Web site for the venerated annual music festival known as Bonnaroo called the Morning 40 Federation "a mutant hybrid of punk, jazz and what New Orleans old-timers call 'fonk.'
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Ross Raihala's "Sound Affects" column: All you 21-year-old geezers just stay away
Music fans who love live bands surely remember the period between attending their first club gig and turning 21 (or procuring a decent fake ID). It's that handful of years that feels like a dead zone, when finding out whether an upcoming concert was all-ages felt like a life-or-death proposition. (And said fans probably recall at least one show that got away — mine was an ID show at the Entry ...
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Viva la Coldplay! New CD delivers music with heart and soul
Coldplay is the Ron Howard of rock. The Brit foursome makes inoffensive, safe, cuddly radio rock that cuts a wide demographic swath, just as
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MUSIC GALORE: PUNK TO THE PHILHARMONIC
THE first day of summer will be ushered in tomorrow by a cacophony of curbside concerts. More than 850 bands, orchestras, choirs and solo performers ranging in genre from rock to rap to bluegrass will take to the streets to celebrate the second...
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Volunteers dress for fest
PORTAGE Volunteers at this weekend's 20th Annual Portage Countryside Historical Festival will be dressed for the occasion, thanks to the efforts of area women who sewed period dresses with matching bonnets.
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Vacation Bible Schools from June 20, 2008
• 6 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, for ages 3 through 12. Theme: “God’s Big Backyard.” Singing, crafts, music and snacks will be included.
The Sharon Herald |
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Musicians, sponsors needed for Mother Lode Music Awards
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Calaveras Enterprise |
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Concert preview: Lo-fi band flies high on Internet
Ohio noise-pop band Times New Viking is the biggest, most-talked-about band on the planet. At least it seems that way if you happen to spend a lot of time in certain corners of the Internet.
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Pops Fest spotlights legends, new talent
Performers and details have been announced for the second annual Memphis Pops Festival. The concert event -- the brainchild of Shangri-La Records founder Sherman Wilmott -- will take place over two nights at Midtown's Hi-Tone Café, on July 25 and 26.
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Quiet Strength
Now that Joey Gellerman is done with football and wrestling, he’s ready to pursue other things. Like being a rock musician.
Calaveras Enterprise |
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Brad Paisley
Contemporary country singer/songwriter Brad Paisley was given his first guitar at age eight and by age twelve he began writing his own material.
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They Might Be Giants at First Avenue in September
Nerd rockers They Might Be Giants will return to town for a Sept. 12 headlining gig at First Avenue. Tickets are $19 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. today through Ticketmaster.
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