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Sean Smith discusses Summer Jazz Week
WHAT: William Paterson University's 15th Annual Summer Jazz Week. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. WHERE: Shea Center for Performing Arts, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne; 973-720-2371 or boxoffice@wpunj.edu.
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Kate Hudson’s a nine
Someone’s making sweet music with Kate Hudson—and it’s not Lance Armstrong! The Oscar nominee has joined the cast of director Rob Marshall’s movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Nine.
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New on TV this week
High School Musical: Get in the Picture - The wildly successful "High School Musical" franchise has included movies, a concert tour, a stage production and even an ice show. The next step, naturally, is a reality series that follows teens as they participate and compete in a summer music program.
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'High School Musical' The movie and stage franchise adds reality TV to the curriculum
When you have a hit movie franchise that has spawned, oh, a gazillion dollars worth of CD, DVD and book sales, the next logical move is to turn that franchise into — what else? — a reality TV show.
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Bilingual 'West Side Story' planned for Broadway
NEW YORK — More than 50 years after the musical "West Side Story" had its original Broadway premiere, it is set to return in February in a darker, grittier, bilingual revival, the show's producers said last week.
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Olympic champ Carly Patterson finds a new passion: music
Carly Patterson is rocking a tight yellow T-shirt with jeans and high wooden sandals, belting her lyrics into a microphone. Her male band mates, with perfectly tousled hair, groove behind her.
Dallas Morning News |
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Concert ends in laugh-out-loud style
REDLANDS - Message to the few people who left Friday night's Redlands Bowl concert at intermission: You got a good, solid Beethoven piano concerto under your belts, but you missed the fun at the end of the concert.
Redlands Daily Facts |
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Cultural Park Theatre: Quartet presents 'Sounds of Summer'
Music will continue to fill the air as Cultural Park Theatre's summer program rolls on.
The News-Press |
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Time Frames: Bush & Gerts Piano Co. sheet music
Train to Dear Old Dallas This 1914 sheet music, I Am Going to Take a Train for Dear Old Dallas Town , is a sprightly paean to Arlington’s eastern neighbor. The publisher, Bush & Gerts Piano Co., was a large piano maker based in Chicago that issued music to sell with its pianos. Bush & Gerts’ Dallas store was on Elm Street, near its modern-day intersection with Field Street, between the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Kid Rock returns in style Saturday night at DTE Energy Music Theatre
It was a welcomed return to metro Detroit Saturday night for Kid Rock and his Rock and Roll Revival -- in the first of four shows at DTE Energy Music Theatre.
Detroit Free Press |
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Illinois casinos beat the odds with tighter slot machines
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, gamblers crowd the endless banks of slot machines at Elgin's Grand Victoria Casino as sounds of clanking coins, bleeps and upbeat music flood the hall.
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Top 10 fishing songs
1. The Five Pound Bass By Robert Earl Keen •Lyrics: "Up this morning, before the sun, fixed me some coffee and a honey bun. Jumped in my pickup, gave her the gas, I'm goin' out to catch a 5-pound bass. "Down by the lake side, just off the ramp. All them people sleeping in their fishing camp. Some out in the pup tents. Some out on the grass. They all be dreaming ‘bout that 5-pound bass.” ...
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Is your pup dogged by loud noises?
Imagine walking into a crowded bar. The music is turned up so loud the lyrics are barely discernible. Couples are shouting to get each other's attention. Glasses are clinking, dishes are dropping; there are so many sounds, you cannot hear yourself think.
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Annual Peace in Streets rally brings Orange Mound residents together
It was slow to get started, but once the music boomed through the speakers, Orange Mound residents streamed into Lewis-Davis Park Saturday afternoon for the second annual Peace in the Streets rally.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Beartrap festival brings music to patrons' ears
People from all over Wyoming, and as far as the East Coast, traveled to Beartrap Meadow on Casper Mountain for the annual Beartrap Summer Festival, a weekend of outdoor food, shopping and music.
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Youth-driven Smo-Stock celebrates music
PORTAGE Saturday morning's rain didn't drown out the tunes at the Smo-Stock Art and Music Festival.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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NASCAR-Camping World East-Strutmasters.com 150 results
Saturday at Music City Motorplex, Nashville, Tenn. Lap length: 0.596 miles (Start position in parentheses)
Everett Herald |
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Want to traverse the alt-rock/electro/Latin landscape? Eight albums give you a sonic tour.
By CARY DARLING Some of the most intriguing contemporary music continues to come out of the Spanish- and Portuguese-language world, where combining alternative rock and electronica with traditional Latin rhythms has led to an often intoxicating fusion. It’s sometimes known as "alt Latin," a broad umbrella that covers a variety of musical graces and sins, but this spring and summer have seen the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Seinfeld's Dallas show was about 'something'
By PRESTON JONES DALLAS — Jerry Seinfeld’s beloved sitcom was, famously, "about nothing." Turns out that his stand-up routine isn’t about much either — cellphones, Cinnabon and the agony of children’s birthday parties — yet he still manages to wring some side-splitting observations out of the mundane. During the first of two shows at the Music Hall at Fair Park, the 54-year-old comic, clad in a ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Q&A with Bob Gaudio, who helped create 'Jersey Boys'
In the recent history of musicals using the songbooks of rock-era musicians, we’ve seen a string of ill-conceived flops ( Good Vibrations, Ring of Fire, All Shook Up, Lennon ), one bona fide audience hit ( Mamma Mia! ), and the occasional off-Broadway-size critical winner such as the Patty Griffin musical 10 Million Miles . But nothing has wowed both critics and audiences — not to mention ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Festival explores the guitar's Italian roots
By CHRIS SHULL Some things are innately Italian, though embraced by the world — Armani suits, Ferrari sports cars, Fellini films, pizza. Mitch Weverka wants folks to add acoustic guitar to the list. Weverka, a guitar player and artistic director of the Fort Worth Guitar Guild, says the origins of the classical guitar are as Italian as they are Spanish. The group’s concerts this week at the ...
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Rocky Gap amphitheater a tough sell
Though it has generated some interest from promoters and event planners, the amphitheater at Rocky Gap State Park is not being highly utilized.
Cumberland Times-News |
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Country Jam closes with All American Military Day
Retired U.S. Staff Sgt. Frank Hogate was spit on after the Vietnam War. So he appreciated receiving free admission to Country Jam USA on Saturday during All American Military Day.
Leader-Telegram |
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Ticket to ride
'lt;p'gt; If you decided to forgo your road trip this year because of soaring gas prices or bad weather, Madison's classical groups are offering a new season that will help make up for that. The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, for example, will take us to the Arctic Circle in 'quot;Cantus Arcticus: Concerto for Birds and Orchestra.'quot; For the Madison Opera, it will be Japan in 'lt;i'gt;Madama ...
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Hosty to perform today
Musician Mike Hosty will perform during a 2 p.m. rally today for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Rice at the Midway Grocery and Deli, 601 W. Eufaula St.
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