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‘On Broadway’ hits Parke Ave.
Friday night’s King Fine Arts Center stage glowed with musical segments and adaptations from about 20 well-known Broadway musicals. The Community Concert Series season ended with a bang as talented performers from every corner of the U.S. put a new slant on old favorites as well as new.
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Artist offers free tickets
Ansel Brown, the Charlotte, N.C.-based country singer bringing his show to Heyburn’s Riverside Amphitheater on Friday, has announced he will donate 50 free tickets to the event.
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Koshak says farewell to O.C. Youth Symphony
Review: After 37 years as music director, the conductor gives his last concert with the group that he turned into one of the area's best.
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Special birthday concert
Hermes Trio violinist Maxim Eshkenazy leads party goers in the Happy Birthday song to honor Tehachapi's Concert...
Tehachapi News |
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Big Roxton crowd was in Hawg heaven
Roxton’s Hawg Waller Festival packed in the crowds Saturday with attractions from screaming pigs to screaming children, and it seemed everyone participated in the games and events.
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Newman Smith student has passion for piano
Talented musicians don't only play in the performance halls of major venues. Starting with piano lessons 11 years ago at the age of 8, Jeffery Ou has risen from a novice to a noted pianist.
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John McCain to appear on 'Daily Show'
Comedy Central announced Monday presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is scheduled to appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.McCain is to be interviewed by Stewart for the episode slated to air Wednesday, the network said. This appearance will mark the senator's 13th on the faux news program.Although he has appeared more than any other guest, this will be his first visit since ...
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Fraud trial of Livent principals begins
The Canadian fraud and forgery trial for the co-founders of the collapsed Livent entertainment conglomerate began Monday in Toronto.Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb each entered pleas of innocence to the charges in which prosecutors allege they made improper journal entries and changed the company's accounting software to misstate financial results between 1993 and the first quarter of 1998, ...
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Nationwide Insurance Launches SmartRide Program for Teens and Parents
In time for National Youth Traffic Safety Month, Nationwide Insurance has launched SmartRide(SM), a comprehensive teen driver program. The program empowers teens and parents and provides the right tools and resources to help teens become smarter and safer drivers. This is particularly important since automobile crashes are the leading cause of death among American teens.
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Biography
Catherine Russell is that rarest of entities — a genuine jazz and blues singer — who can sing virtually anything. Her voice is full blown femininity incarnate; a dusky, stalwart and soulful instrument that radiates interpretive power yet remains touchingly vulnerable.
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Cable, satellite and ... Sezmi? Startup wants in on pay TV
NEW YORK — A startup is betting that people are tired enough of their cable and satellite bills to take a look at an alternative pay TV system that combines a number of different technologies to deliver programming.
Dallas Morning News |
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Hornacek compares old Jazz with the new
Jeff Hornacek played with -- starred with -- John Stockton and Karl Malone. As a Jazz consultant, Hornacek is up close and personal with Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer.
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Forget the gender mender
Like a particularly annoying stuck record, the ‘33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament’ song has begun playing again. Conducting the grating music are, of course, the Congress and the BJP following the latter’s promise to reserve 33 per cent party posts for women.
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Gramex Sells Jazz and Classical LPS and CDs
ith the growth of recorded music, in 1906 an enterprising - and by all accounts highly eccentric! - collector and entrepreneur called George Russell opened the Gramophone Record Exchange at the Angel London.
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Coming up in June on Riverwalk Jazz--a Night at Nick's
Nick's in the Village was one of the favorite haunts on the New York jazz scene in the 1930s and '40s. The first house band--led by Bobby Hackett--featured Eddie Condon, Pee Wee Russell and Zutty Singleton. Meade Lux Lewis was the intermission pianist, and you never knew who might drop by.
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Xbox Live Arcade To Get Board/Trivia Conversion Wits & Wagers
Microsoft has announced that this week's regularly schedule Xbox Live Arcade update will see the addition of Wits & Wagers, a conversion of the original board/trivia game with support for the 'Big Button' controller and Vision Camera. Microsoft describes Wits & Wagers as "the trivia party game where you don't need to know the right answers to win," that requires players to balance social and ...
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Miguel Zenon Quartet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 5/9
On Friday, May 9th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by alto saxophonist/composer, and 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, Miguel Zenon and his working quartet.
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TCM pays tribute to Frank Sinatra through the month of May
It will be 10 years on May 14 since Frank Sinatra closed his ol' blue eyes for the last time. The singer who started as the swoon king to bobby soxers of the '40s became the legendary entertainer with more than 70 movies and hundreds of evergreen songs to his credit.
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Crowds flock to festival
More than 4,500 people explored countries around the world at the two-day Brockville and District Multicultural Festival over the weekend and organizers are declaring the 27th annual event a success. "Everybody's really pleased," said event program director Reg Francis in an interview Sunday. "Everybody's already booked for next [...]
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TCM pays tribute to Frank Sinatra through the month of May
By LUAINE LEE It will be 10 years on May 14 since Frank Sinatra closed his ol' blue eyes for the last time. The singer who started as the swoon king to bobby soxers of the '40s became the legendary entertainer with more than 70 movies and hundreds of evergreen songs to his credit. Every Sunday and Wednesday though May, Turner Classic Movies will herald Sinatra's contribution to the cinema with ...
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Nationwide Insurance Launches SmartRide Program for Teens and Parents
COLUMBUS, Ohio----In time for National Youth Traffic Safety Month, Nationwide Insurance has launched SmartRideSM, a comprehensive teen driver program. The program empowers teens and parents and provides the right tools and resources to help teens become smarter and safer drivers.
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Thanks for 'Month of Music' help
The Washington-Wilkes Arts Foundation ventured away from its usual format of a weekend music festival.
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Muti to be Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has named maestro Riccardo Muti as its next music director. He will be the 10th conductor to hold the prestigious post.
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Italy's Muti named new Chicago Symphony director
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra named Italian conductor Riccardo Muti on Monday as the 10th music director in its 117-year history.
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Addition of Kuharsky to New Business Development Group Will Accelerate Scripps Networks' Opportunities
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. , May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With the successful execution of several acquisitions, merchandising partnerships and licensing deals over the last 12 months, Scripps Networks is making a move to further accelerate the company's new business opportunities.
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