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Making friends, helping families
The Friendship Circle started in Bucks County after a call from a worried mother to a rabbi. It was Passover, and the holidays were a difficult time with her special-needs child living in a facility away from home.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Andy Borowitz Archives
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Jewish World Review |
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Your Calendar - Lake County
BLOOD DRIVE Schererville Campagna Academy Charter High School hosts a blood drive for the American Red Cross from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 8 in the Community Room at the school. Donors will be scheduled in 15-minute increments, but walk-ins are welcome.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Parade brings out loyal crowd
After moving to Batavia only a couple of years ago, Maggie Martinez already loves the Loyalty Day Parade.
Daily Herald |
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KKPsi makes music
Kappa Kappa Psi is the National Band Fraternity on the Boise State University campus. It is not, however, part of the Greek community. "Our standing here at Boise State is as an academic, or professional society," 2007-08 President Nick Kovach said. The club is more than just a group of people that meet together; it is a community of instrumentalists working to improve Boise State.
The Arbiter |
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Scenes of Coachella
Santogold performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday evening. In its ninth year, Coachella — out in Southern California’s desert, 125 miles east of Los Angeles — is the king of the American alternative rock festivals, with attendance of up to 60,000 on each of its three days.
New York Times |
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Main Street Jazz Orchestra drawing crowd in DeSoto County
Steve Jackson and Mark Brannon are hoping that music from the 1940s and 50s will at times attract the attention of hundreds or even thousands.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Kids Avenue for May 5, 2008
Through singing and playing, fifth-graders at the Baton Rouge Center for Visual & Performing Arts are stretching their musical knowledge for their upcoming production of “101 Dalmatians.”
The Advocate |
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The Emperor Tito, Focus of Mozart?s Tones and Characters? Plots
With a strong cast and a sympathetic conductor, ?Clemenza? emerges as a musically ravishing and dramatically complex opera of great immediacy.
New York Times |
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Biography
”Living” is the latest CD from respected guitarist and composer Robert Tye. It grooves with abandon, digging deep into the modern jazz vernacular, and celebrates life in this changing world.
All About Jazz |
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Main Street Jazz Orchestra drawing crowd in DeSoto County
Steve Jackson and Mark Brannon are hoping that music from the 1940s and 50s will at times attract the attention of hundreds or even thousands.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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City school system wins national music honor for second straight year
High school band students were excited to learn the news, music teacher and band director Tom Hopson said. "They couldn’t believe that we made it two straight years," Hopson said. "It’s a source of pride for our students, especially given Bristol’s rich musical heritage as the birthplace of country music. They like being a part of that." The recognition also enhances the ...
Bristol Herald Courier |
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Scars Amid the Party in New Orleans
At this year?s Jazzfest it was clear that New Orleans performances have added a new and possibly permanent custom: an acknowledgment of the scars left by Hurricane Katrina.
New York Times |
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Vibrant fiesta marks Cinco de Mayo in Detroit
Street cart vendors hawked everything from red-white-and-green trinkets (the colors of Mexico's flag) to fish tacos along a Cinco de Mayo parade route where mercados outnumber markets and a visitor is more likely to find a panderia than a bakery, a taqueria instead of a tavern.
Detroit News |
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Health Etc. for May 5, 2008
The Chronic Disease Program of the Vanderburgh County Health Department will offer free blood pressure checks at Sandleben Pharmacy, 1000 Harriet St., 12:30 to 2 p.m. today; Civic Center Complex, 1 King Blvd., 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday; and Walgreens, 710 N. St. Joseph Ave., noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Glucose testing for diabetes also is being offered by calling 435-5015. HHH Free comprehensive ...
The Gleaner |
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Billy Lee Riley still 'Red Hot' despite bypass, hip surgeries
Rockabilly pioneer Billy Lee Riley, 74, returned to the stage Sunday at the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival for his first performance since a third hip replacement operation and quintuple-bypass emergency heart surgery in February threatened to silence the Sun Records legend forever.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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BUSINESS Q&A: Angelo Recycling
Many successful entrepreneurs started from humble beginnings in places like their own garage. Take Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, for example, who in 1976 started a small company called Apple Computers Inc. Today, Apple employees 20,000 people with annual sales of $24 billion.
The San Angelo Standard-Times |
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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. INDIO - The differences were striking between the Stagecoach Festival and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |
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Madonna Gives Retail A New Music Week
Madonna had music shoppers heading back to the store last week, with more than 14,000 fans shopping for a copy of her 'Hard Candy' album. Madonna beat Andre Rieu and Damien Leith to the top of the Australian chart, just one week out from the all-important Mother's Day chart.
Undercover |
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No police as Saudi event breaks taboos
Its probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabias first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a...
The Washington Times |
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A colorful Mosaic of Mideast magic
Middle Eastern dances travel light. They don't require a lot of space but, like the thrifty camel, they can carry audiences on journeys across the desert sands all the same. Such is the marvel of dance, and the human body's capacity for artistic suggestion.
The Star-Ledger |
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Dee Dee delivers with NJSO
Addressing a parcel of gems from the American Popular Songbook with decided panache, singer Dee Dee Bridgewater teamed with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a light-hearted NJSO Pops concert Saturday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Prudential Hall in Newark.
The Star-Ledger |
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Save the Earth ... while having fun
The problem with most environmental fairs is that they preach to the choir.After all, as organizer Tom Roy mused Sunday at the sec
Lancaster Online |
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Windsor Hill boys follow a new beat
Trevaughn Isom is drumming up a newfound enthusiasm for school as he follows an invigorating rhythm each morning at Windsor Hill Elementary. He's one of 30 boys in the fourth and fifth grades who start the school day learning about leadership and character. While the program preaches the importance of making the right choices, it also grabs the boys' attention with an upbeat, instrumental element.
The Post and Courier |
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North Charleston Arts Festival calendar
(Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public.)
The Post and Courier |
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