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Briefs: Cruise nights in Batavia
The Batavia Jaycees will have its next "Cars Under the Stars" from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight on the Riverwalk on Houston Street. There will be prizes and music, and all vehicles are welcome.
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Band keeps playing on
It's the typical summer day: a picnic in the pavilion at Towpath Park in East Coventry, the pines swaying gently in the warm breeze, the canal waters flowing lazily below the steep bank, watermelon on ice for dessert, the sound of a tuba in the air.
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Gunnin' for That #1 Spot'
Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot *** PG-13 (strong language) The guys who call themselves the Beastie Boys long have had nearly as much interest in playing around with visuals as with music. Just go back through their videos for the likes of Sabotage and Intergalactic , or check out their concert documentary, Awesome! I Shot That , in which the footage came from cameras given to fans. Now ...
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Blues Traveler, Starship to headline FoxFireFest
The harmonica-driven sound of Blues Traveler and the '70s roots of Starship will make Elgin's Festival Park the place to be the first weekend in August for the city's second FoxFireFest.
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Blues Bros. tribute band to play Depot Days on Aug. 23
Imagine what it would have been like to see and hear the Blues Brothers perform their legendary concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom. That's what you'll get when you see the Shades of Blue featuring the Late-Nite Blues Brothers.
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School Notes
A new principal started this month at St. Norbert School in Paoli. Myra Senior DiNicola, 54, of Collegeville, started at the Catholic elementary and middle school on July 1. Senior DiNicola taught music and fourth grade for 10 years at Ancillae-Assumpta Academy in Wyncote before switching to Norristown Area School District, where she taught in elementary schools for 10 years. This is Senior ...
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Scooping up cool fun at ice cream fest
"Vanilla or chocolate chip, strawberry or cookie dough?" may be the toughest question of the day at the 11th annual Victorian Ice Cream Festival, to be held on the grounds of the Lukens National Historic District on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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What's coming up: Performing arts
Dennis Miller Bass Hall announced a summer date for this loquacious funnyman just last week, but it hasalready been rescheduled. The show is now Aug. 9 at Bass Hall. $41-$71. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com Fort Worth Guitar Guild Festival One of three Cowtown classical guitar organizations, the Fort Worth Guitar Guild, brings back its summer festival at the Modern Art Museum of Fort ...
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Ain't Misbehavin', Modern Dance Festival at the Modern, Gutenberg! The Musical!
Given the track record of Jubilee Theatre — North Texas’ oldest continually running African-American theater company — with the songbooks of classic jazz singers and/or songwriters, the Fats Waller revue Ain’t Misbehavin’ should have been a no-brainer. But in the past, Jubilee has mostly staged musicals written by its late founder, Rudy Eastman. Now Misbehavin’ is finally getting the ...
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Things to do today: July 11, 2008
THE EMPTY GLASS SUMMIT featuring BLIND TERRENCE, LEON WATERS and THE DIABLO BLUES BAND 10 p.m. Cover $5 to $8. The Empty Glass Café, 410 Elizabeth St. Call 345-9893.
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Concert preview: Tony Joe remains true to Tony Joe
When Goodwill, La.-born singer-songwriter Tony Joe White started his career in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the mid-1960s, he performed covers -- mostly blues tunes, interspersed with a few Elvis Presley songs.
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Food calendar
Saturday, July 12 Bastille Day Festival, featuring food, music and reenactments by costumed revolutionaries, including the beheading of Maria Antoinette outside of Eastern State Penitentiary at 5:30 p.m. Free admission; pay for what you eat and drink. Begins at 2:30 p.m. at London Grill, 2301 Fairmount Ave. For more information, call 215-978-4545 or visit www.londongrill.com.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Last chance to catch Police?
When The Police play The Amphitheater at Clark County today, the concert will represent a major coup for the venue and likely the last chance for local fans to see this iconic British rock trio perform live.
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Concerts this week
Rizzi's Paradiso Pub: Karaoke at 10 tonight, $3 cover; Work Release, Saturday, $5 cover. At 6230 Greenlee. Call 867-7750 or 592-0344. Local Sports Bar: Patty Harper and Faultline Band, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. tonight. 2800 Whitten Road. Call 266-0607.
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Taste of Dallas
The restaurant scene in North Texas is ever-changing (and how!), but you’ll be able to catch up with some new joints at the annual Taste of Dallas, not to mention plenty of food from longtime favorites. The event’s Web site lists the participating restaurants and lets you search by restaurant, cuisine or ZIP code. The three-day fest also features kids activities, booths and nonstop music, ...
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Census: Nashville Becomes 25th Largest U.S. City, Memphis Population Drops
Music City has made the big time.Nashville-Davidson County, a single metropolitan unit since 1963, has broken into the ranks of the Top 25 most populo....
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Get out: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis, the jazz trumpet player and composer, came under criticism when he founded the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1988. Because its set lists focused on classic compositions by Duke Ellington and other giants of early jazz, many said Marsalis was creating a band stuck in the past at the expense of the living, still-evolving art form. Criticism has died over the years. The band ...
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Family Fun! Parker County Peach Festival, Dino-Mite Weekend, Project Youth
The annual Parker County Peach Festival isn’t just about the fuzzy fruit, don’cha know. The popular event will include 200 arts and crafts vendors, music and kids activities. But c’mon: Are you really coming for anything other than peach ice cream, cobbler, juleps, smoothies, jams and anything else you make from the juicy and sweet drupe? It’s in downtown Weatherford, and you can park for ...
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Roots rock
Downtown Henderson Project's Summer Concert Series continues this evening with an acoustic "roots" rock performance combining the sounds of country rock, country, blues and rock and roll by Ritt Deitz.
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What's coming up: Pop music
Spiritualized Rising from the ashes of seminal English rock band Spacemen 3 in the early ’90s, idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Jason Pierce soon began fashioning one astonishing sonic collage after another, culminating with one of the best records of the last 15 years — 1997’s Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space . Following a nearly fatal bout with pneumonia, Pierce recovered to ...
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Sweet Corn Queen hopefuls preparing for Aug. 8 pageant
Sweet Corn Festival Queen candidates have been busy preparing for the Aug. 8 pageant. There is a lot of pre-pageant “work” that must be completed before the upcoming evening of excitement.
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Billboard.com -- Top Rock Acts Gear Up For VH1's Who Tribute
Learning covers for VH1's "Rock Honors" tribute to the Who has been a labor of love for many of the participants, including Pearl Jam, the Flaming Lips and Incubus. The event, which tapes tomorrow (July 12) at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, will also feature Foo Fighters and Tenacious D, along with a show-closing set by the Who itself.
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Pianist strives to find the music's poetry
Born in Serbia 30 years ago, pianist Misha Dacic has the Eastern European features, lank hair and spidery fingers that spur critics to play up his likeness to old portraits of the original Romantic piano star, Franz Liszt.
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Letting loose into a life in jazz
With her sure-pitched, resonant alto voice, her supple rhythmic sense, and her way of getting inside a song's meaning, Roz Corral has a flair for singing jazz. Her fine 2005 CD, "Telling Tales" (BluJazz), exemplifies her artistry.
The Star-Ledger |
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A festival that's defiantly Mötley
The long-running Ozzfest tour is scaling down this summer with just one show Aug. 9 in Frisco, Texas. One of the tours looking to fill the headbanging void is Crüe Fest, coming to Camden on Saturday and Holmdel on Aug. 23.
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