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Some SunFest artists unafraid to talk politics
Hearing about the horrors of war from the comfort of his living room didn't sit well with musician Michael Franti.
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Calico's way
A mysterious band of brothers are playing in town tonight. No one knows if they are related, but Robbie, Jeff, and their leader, Jimmy, who is especially notorious in these parts, go by the name of the Calico Brothers.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Competitors no match for 'South Pacific's' visual sweep
NEW YORK—The harmonic Seabees warbling "There is Nothing Like a Dame" at the start of Bart Sher's Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" include whites and African-Americans. Nothing unusual there. It took decades, but Broadway has finally taught audiences how to see through and past the color of a chorus member's skin.
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Split in Jackson Road
On April 2 local band Jackson Road released its self-titled debut album. The band hails from right here in Sacramento. It is made up of Nate Weldon (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ted Weldon (lead guitar), Christian Peters (drums), and Nathan Gonzales (bass).
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TRIBECA '08 INTERVIEW "Newcastle" Director Dan Castle
EDITORS NOTE: This is part of a series of interviews, conducted via email, profiling directors who have films screening at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Ned Rorem: Our Town
Few composers take on a classic drama and come out artistically alive. Verdi did it three times with Shakespeare, Schoenberg did it with the Bible and Berlioz and Gounod did it with Goethe, but most of the efforts have been sad ones. Ned Rorem is another exception.
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Kent Nagano leads CSO in explosion of sound, fury
Kent Nagano asked the Chicago Symphony Orchestra audience Thursday at Orchestra Hall to regard the three works on his program as representing "extremes of human emotion." More to the point, I would suggest, was the hyperimaginative use of orchestral sound that made Wagner and Berlioz sound as modern, in their ways, as Unsuk Chin.
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Civic pride on display as volunteers clean up city streets
Picking up a milk carton filled with maggots and cleaning up dog waste is not what Katrina Kelly normally does on weekends. But this morning, the 13-year-old Niagara Falls resident and some friends joined a slew of volunteers to participate in the annual Community Clean Up Day, hosted by [...]
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Coachella Music Festival Ready For Purple Reign
Are you ready for some Purple reign? That's right, Prince is in the house! The three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival -- now in day 2 -- welcomes his Purpleness Saturday evening for a concert where it's been reported the Hall-of-Fame music star will pocket $4 million.
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Live music, poetry readings at Gloucester City bar
The Gloucester City Cultural Arts & Heritage Society is holding an open mic tonight at King Street Espresso Bar.
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Doo Dah Parade
This City’s 23rd Annual Doo Dah Parade, a celebration of humor, is set for Sat., April 26 starting at noon. The Parade is followed by the popular pie plastering party known as the PieAsco.
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Gilmore Festival volunteers tune into the needs of piano virtuosos
KALAMAZOO -- Pianist Richard Goode wanted a tuna sandwich. On rye. He wanted it waiting for him in his hotel room. By 2 p.m. He wanted that on a Sunday.
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Denver's not all about the Democrats this summer
One of Denver's most iconic pieces of public art is the 40-foot-tall blue bear that peers into the Colorado Convention Center.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Rental ordinance: York Springs tries to balance safety, privacy
There is an old church of Protestant lineage on Main Street in York Springs that long ago was converted into apartments. On these warm spring evenings, residents sit on porches, saying good-bye to the sun and hello to their neighbors.
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Woman pounds the drums for a cystic fibrosis cure
There are days 26-year-old Emily Schaller can barely breathe because of cystic fibrosis -- and playing in smoke-filled bars hasn't helped. By day, Schaller is an employee at a retail store. By night, she's the drummer of Hellen, a Detroit-based rock band that hosts concerts to support CF research.
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DANBURY Men Without Instruments to play
The Danbury Music Centre invites you to doo-wop and shoo-wop the night away today at a performance of the local group Men Without Instruments.It begins at 8 o'clock in the Marion Anderson Recital Hall at 256 Main St. Admission is free, due to funding from Home Instead Senior Care.
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Web 2.0 Expo: Beware centralized power
Web 2.0 may come with a dark side, Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, said in his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo this week. In his mind, it started when Google and others learned to rank pages and amass data. "What we used to think of as a computer is...
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Erykah Badu Kicks Off Vortex U.S. Tour May 4th
Erykah Badu Kicks Off Vortex U.S. Tour May 4th 23/04/2008 23:09:00 Business Wire In the midst of New Amerykah s highly acclaimed reviews from media outlets all over the world, multi-platinum Universal Motown artist, Erykah Badu keeps the steam rolling as she releases her second single, "Soldier".
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Student artwork receives awards
Spoon River College is currently conduction the annual student art and design exhibition.
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What you should see and where you should be tonight
The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra presents an all-orchestral evening tonight, April 26, in the Concert Hall at George Mason University's Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive in Fairfax.
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ChurchCorner
Pastor Bob was told by one of our retired minister's that he preached two great message's and he was preaching like one of the old time preacher's. They were really good message's and it touched the hearts of many as they headed for the alter's.
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Non-stop parties highlight Nestea beach volleyball
BORACAY -- Participants to this year's Nestea Beach Volleyball finals not only experienced intense action and thrills on the sand court, but also had the chance to enjoy nights of parties and savor great food this tropical island is known for.
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Reform agriculture or else
UN-sponsored report warns of social upheaval, environmental disasters. QC gov’t issues guide for market waste management The Quezon City government has issued a waste market guide to promote greater public participation in waste recycling market and fair projects at the city’s big shopping malls.
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Customer Service
LONDON - Jazz trumpeter and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton, host of the surreal British Broadcasting Corp. radio game show "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue," has died at the age of 86.
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