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St. Lawrence end season on high note
Some performers rely on periods of rest and contemplation to fuel their artistic fires. Others, like the St. Lawrence String Quartet, prefer constantly pushing boundaries – their own and that of the music they are interpreting.
Toronto Star |
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W.Va. arts groups get $748,500 in grants
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Six arts organizations in West Virginia are getting federal grants totaling $748,500 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Charleston Daily Mail |
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A CanAsian kaleidoscope
Creating a context for the 10th program of the CanAsian Dance Festival, artistic director Denise Fujiwara speaks about the dynamics of traditional versus contemporary.
Toronto Star |
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Patrick Henry Hughes part of WAVE's Derby coverage
Patrick Henry Hughes' music video might just steal a lot of the Derby Day thunder from favorites Colonel John or Big Brown with the viewers on WAVE-TV tomorrow. Hughes will star in a music video scheduled to debut during the station's Derby Day coverage and then be repeated several times during the day. It also will be seen on big TV screens at Churchill Downs.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Relay race for life
A CHARITY is calling for volunteers to take part in a 20 hour fundraising event in St Albans. Cancer Research UK is looking for teams of eight or more to take part in a 20-hour relay race.
St Albans Observer |
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40th Citywide Cleanup kicks off on Saturday
The annual Citywide Cleanup starts this Saturday and runs through next Saturday, May 10.
Anchorage Daily News |
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Beatlemania
If you want to play Paul McCartney right, you have to play guitar like a lefty.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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CALENDAR Around Town
FridayARTS Moonlight amp Magnolias 7 30 p.m. at the Bean Brown Theatre, Shelton State Community College, 9500 Old Greensboro Road. Tickets range from 5 17. Order online at www.theatretusc.com or call the box office at 205 391 2277.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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Tom Petty and the pre-Heartbreak kids
Talk about weird. Tom Petty recently decided to reunite his very first band, Mudcrutch, a group that broke up more than 30 years ago before it ever recorded an album.
New York Daily News |
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Teitur is the Norse whisperer
You can write songs about any subject. But how many people have written a song about what it feels like to sing? The Scandinavian artist Teitur did just that.
New York Daily News |
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Jupiter String Quartet to close the Wolfeboro Friends of Music's season May 3
WOLFEBORO — Jupiter String Quartet will perform at All Saints’ Episcopal Church on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the closing performance of Wolfeboro Friends of Music’s 2007/2008 concert season.
The Conway Daily Sun |
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Music at noon
Trudy Pitts plays the Hammond organ during Thursday's Gilmore concert at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She played with Carl Lockett, on guitar, and her husband Bill Carney on drums, both not pictured. The series continues at noon today with Seely and Baldori. Tickets are sold at the door for $12.
Battle Creek Enquirer |
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Tickling the imagination
Gilmore Festival pianist Andrew von Oeyen arrived Thursday for rehearsal of Saturday's Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra concert. The 1999 Gilmore Young Artist is known for portraying the color and drama in the music, said conductor Anne Harrigan.
Battle Creek Enquirer |
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Don Henley on the long road to Stagecoach
The Eagles, like rock 'n' roll itself, is a hybrid fueled partly by country music.
The Desert Sun |
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Bay Ridge instructor enlightens preschoolers on yoga
A Bay Ridge yoga teacher is helping aspiring yogis take baby steps to enlightenment by offering a new class in this ancient art of exercise - for kids as young as 2.
New York Daily News |
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Book Festival organizer believes in the power of books
The owner of now-closed Peppertree Bookstores in Palm Springs and La Quinta just can't get books out of his system. He is the driving force behind the third annual Palm Springs Book Festival that will bring at least five national authors to the valley Sunday.
The Desert Sun |
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Community Calendar for May 2
May 2: Kindergarten registration at Jemison Elementary School will take place in the school office from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Parents need to bring a birth certificate, Social Security card, blue immunization form and proof of residence. Students must be 5 on or before Sept. 2, 2008 to enroll.
Clanton Advertiser |
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Rocker kisses old habits goodbye
Ace Frehley helped start the rock group Kiss and remained a member from 1973 to 1982.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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'Erhu' impacted on me, on my instincts and soul'
ST LOUIS, Missouri-Having seen the Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on Thursday May 1, Brett Gregory Steen, who owns a film production company...
The Epoch Times |
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Local Happenings
On May 10, Chester Family Day kicks off with a Kids Parade. Children through the eighth grade are invited to walk in their own parade on Main Street wearing their team uniforms, Scouting or any other organized clothing they may choose to wear. Children can walk as individuals or as groups.
Daily Record |
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Greenhorn beret action in 'Son of Rambow'
"Son of Rambow," a comedy that's part kid-buddy flick, part valentine to filmmaking - and full of heart - has imagination and skill.
New York Daily News |
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Faithful join hands in prayer on Green
MORRISTOWN -- Patriotic songs were sung, a guitar was played, but the purpose of Thursday's activities on the Green was prayer. More than 60 people congregated on the Green to partake in the National Day of Prayer.
Daily Record |
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2010 stadiums on track
Come May 6, officials from Nelson Mandela Bay municipality are confident that they will leave the South African Football Association smiling after world football governing body Fifa and the 2010 local organising committee agree that their stadium will be able to host matches for the 2009 Confederations Cup.
Mail and Guardian |
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Double 'al Qaeda' suicide bombing kills at least 35 in Iraq as they cheer wedding party
Al Qaeda was today being blamed for a double suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people during a wedding procession outside Baghdad. A crowd of bystanders was cheering the bride and groom when the attackers struck
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M.I.A, Roger Waters, Wayne Hancock
By Preston Jones It's her world M.I.A. (or Mathangi Arulpragasam if you're not into the whole brevity thing) is an artist ahead of her time. Her music is a riot of global influences, smashed together without regard for white-bread American sensibilities or the numbingly bland array of acts clogging Top 40 radio playlists. Her albums Arular and Kala are future-shock masterworks, ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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