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Pistons crush 76ers 100-77 in Game 6 to reach second round
Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to win the series 4-2. The Pistons convincingly won the last two games of a series that wasn't expected to last this long and will host the ...
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Do This!
Saturday Jazz concert for Darfur George Clooney and Don Cheadle might be the poster boys for aiding Darfur, but here in Philadelphia the Darfur Alert Coalition is doing its part. With the New York-based Jazz for Peace, the local nonprofit will host a fund-raising concert featuring jazz p
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Concert Previews
Dolly Parton "I've always been misunderstood because of how I look," Dolly Parton sings on the title song of her latest album, Backwoods Barbie. Anyone who has ever really paid attention knows there is a gigantic talent behind those over-the-top
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Dave Stewart interviews Ringo Starr 'Off the Record'
"Ringo Starr: Off the Record" sounds like exactly the kind of thing that would put you to sleep, and not just because it airs at 10 tonight on HBO.
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'Battleground' Cowtown
By ANDREW MARTON In one of the more unlikely collaborations since Elton John performed with Eminem at the Grammys a few years back, Tommy Lee, the tattooed, Pamela Anderson-marrying, bad-boy drummer of hair-metal supergroup Motley Crue, has teamed with mega-selling rapper-actor Christopher Brian Bridges -- aka, "Ludacris" -- in a reality program dubbed Battleground Earth . Scheduled to air in ...
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Concert and club listings
In Concert Appel Farm Arts & Music Center 457 Shirley Rd., Elmer; 609-358-2472. www.appelfarm.org. Kiersten Gray. $7. 5/2 8 pm.
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Mahler's '8th' at Kimmel is something to be devoured
The Philadelphia Orchestra's performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand" and one of the greatest sonic feasts ever devised, require more than musical explanations - perhaps an environmental impact study.
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Museum and gallery events
Art Museums & Institutions African American Museum 701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380. www.aampmuseum.org. Lois Mailou Jones - Over 45 prints & works on paper by one of the century's most prominent female African American artists. Closes 5/25. $8; $6 children & seniors. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm.
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Friday briefs
Belleville East hosts 'An Evening of Jazz'
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Under its new youth brand, 'Li Nian', Honda transforms its Jazz supermini into a baby SUV.
News of Honda’s latest arrival should be music to the ears of Jazz fans. It has turned its supermini into a baby SUV! The soft-roader uses the front-wheel-drive platform of the Jazz as a starting point, but the body gets a chunky, off-road-style makeover.
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‘STAYING ‘POWER’
PETERSBURG — On the night of April 29, 1979, the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. F. Nathaniel Gatlin, held its inaugural concert at Petersburg High School.
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The NSO Sure Has Something to Learn About Showcasing a Composer Like Copland
Leonard Slatkin is an excellent communicator. He talks a lot to the audience, and he has interesting things to say about, for example, Aaron Copland, the subject of the National Symphony Orchestra's composer portrait last night (it repeats tonight and tomorrow). He also has interesting, quirky...
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SCREEN TEST
By JANE HORWITZ Iron Man PG-13, 2 hrs . Iron Man is totally cool -- smartly written, crisply acted, elegantly designed, with gasp-inducing action sequences and even dashes of intellectual and moral heft. All that, based on a Marvel Comics character! True, the final face-off between robotic warriors seems too long, even with impressive effects. And yes, the ethnic stereotypes of jihadist ...
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Intermission: Performance Review: Meet Jin Xing: Crosses her legs, comfortable with contrasts
Meet Jin Xing, China’s most famous modern dancer/choreographer. On Saturday evening before a packed audience, a woman in a silky flowing ruby red dress takes front stage right. She looks with longing. The music chimes accents from an Asian garden, smeared into a Western classical symphony.
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My Account
The music director and conductor has signed a new two-year contract with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, For five seasonsLes Dala has led the orchestra into a competitive, tight and highly professional musical team, said PGSO general manager Barb Parker.
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Country comforts
By PRESTON JONES Something about the spring and summer months just makes country music sound that much better. Is it the easy, unforced charm of Nashville's greatest songsmiths that feels so sweet? Or the knowledge that a tall, cold one and the company of friends is best experienced with balmy breezes, sunny skies and good tunes? Whatever the reason, a bunch of top-notch country artists are ...
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'Young@Heart' sings with laughter and tears
''Young@Heart'' is nothing less than an ode to joy. Stephen Walker's Brit TV documentary about American octogenarians singing in a chorus manipulates, sure. It pushes familiar buttons. But it's still a deft blend of the sweetly sublime and the patently ridiculous.
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Artist on Kanye tour talks music and life
Nikki Jean is one of those artists who you hear about a little and then you hear about a lot. In the past couple of years, the singer-songwriter from Minnesota found herself drafted by Dice Raw, a collaborator with the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop act The Roots, to co-front a new hip-hop/R&B/alternative band called Nouveau Riche.
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Irving/Coppell community calendar
LYRIC STAGE presents Hello Dolly through May 10 in the Dupree Theater at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $23 to $30. Call 972-252-2787 or visit www.lyricstage.org.
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On the radio: KRLA says 'right on' to Kevin James
Former KABC/790 AM talk hosts are on a lucky streak. First, Marc Germain (ex-Mr. KABC) quickly lands at KTLK/1150 AM, joining a lineup featuring Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartman and Bill Press .
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McDreamy's chick flick may put men to sleep
There are worse things, I guess, than being adored by millions of women. Certainly Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy" heartthrob, cannot claim aggrieved status because he has to live with a slur like "McDreamy."
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18-year-old wins national honor
A Hilliard Davidson High School senior has been named a 2008 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of only 20 in the country.
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Full of art and heart, an 'Iron'-clad hit
"Iron Man" is a name that suits its star, Robert Downey Jr. He's not musclebound, by any means, but he has shown admirable staying power. Not so long ago, Downey Jr. was on his way to being dead - drugs, multiple stints in rehab, DUI raps, gun charges.
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Nightlife reporter Tom Scanlon writes his last column
I'm breaking up the column and going solo. In the words of Jim Morrison, this is the end. (Hold the mother/father part, please.) Strike up the Band's...
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Queering The Pitch
Queer Up North , Europe's leading producer of queer arts and culture, is launching a takeover of Manchester Academy with an indie music festival called Queering the Pitch (QtP).
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