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Pope leads 350,000 in prayer at youth festival finale
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air mass with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims Sunday to end a week of World Youth Day festivities marked by a historic papal apology for priestly sex abuse.
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Festival celebrates Germany's savory heritage
PUTNAM VALLEY - It was an afternoon for dance music, grilled sausage, fried potato pancakes and, of course, imported beer on tap as hundreds gathered in Putnam Valley to celebrate an old-fashioned German Sommerfest-Oxroast.
The Journal News |
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Hitting right notes for summer
CALIMESA - Richard "Red" Simmons was pleased, and so was Walt Pyle. The turnouts for the Calimesa Cultural Performing Arts Association's Concerts On The Green series at the Calimesa Country Club have been great in the first two weeks of the season.
San Bernardino Sun |
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Brush with death spurs rocker's muse
Moments after he stepped off the stage of the Continental Club on a Tuesday night in April, Alejandro Escovedo was set upon by a couple of women young enough to be two of his six daughters.
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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Iris Feis
A bag pipe band competition, step dancing, games, music, food and Irish cultural items are things you will find at the 34th Annual Rockland County Iris Feis in Stony Point. Gaelic football, set dancing, adult ceili and an old time waltz contest are some more aspects of Irish cultural also planned throughout the celebration from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission to the festival is $10, under 14 free with ...
The Journal News |
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'Mamma Mia!' provides latest boost to musical genre
I got to see a movie! It's exciting because as most new parents can attest, once the wee one comes along movies sort of become a thing of the past.
Deseret Morning News |
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'Guitar Hero' strikes a chord
LA HABRA - Dozens of video game enthusiasts turned out Saturday at the La Habra Music Center for its "Wanna Play Guitar? • Video: Guitar Hero Competition • Photo Gallery: Guitar Hero Competition
Whittier Daily News |
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Cablevision looks to expand further
Answer: The media company that owns Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and the Chicago Theatre has focused on growth this year.
Deseret Morning News |
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Pace cars, music and plenty of wine
You’ve still got time to race down to Watkins Glen for the Finger Lakes Wine Festival.
MPNnow.com |
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What's new in Austin
What’s new in Austin If you’ve got a hankering to hit Austin before the summer is over — don’t forget, this is prime bat-watching season, and there’s always good live music to be found — your hosts are making the trip even more enticing. Through Aug. 24, the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau invites Texans to visit the newly revamped Web site www.austintexas.org to win one of eight ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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IMPRESSIONS: Wii Music
Horrible.
Nintendo World Report |
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At Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, music breaks down barriers
OAK HILL — This weekend’s Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival kept everyone’s toes tappin’ as the festival brought international talent to the knolls of Oak Hill.
The Daily Mail |
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Subversive Sounds - Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans
In avoiding any pre-planned model with which to simplify the subject of this book, Charles Hersch has produced something that's far more closely reflective of human experience and actions than it otherwise might have been.
All About Jazz |
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Vision Festival 2008: Day 3
Among the many attributes of the Vision Festival , one of those which makes it unique is the emphasis on all of the arts, not just the stellar avant-garde jazz for which it is most renowned.
All About Jazz |
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Dear Prof. Leary
Any album combining '60s hits like “Ode to Billie Joe” and “Respect” with Ornette Coleman's “Lonely Woman” deserves more than a passing glance. The late French saxophonist Barney Wilen was already thirty-one when he recorded Dear Prof. Leary with His Amazing Free Rock Band in 1968 for the German MPS label.
All About Jazz |
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Sonando Vuelos
As long as she could remember, Anna Estrada has always had a dream about flying and that dream finally takes flight with her exceptional debut Sonando Vuelos (Dreaming Flights), an eclectic blend of primarily Brazilian and Latin jazz music propelling the sound of bossa nova, samba and familiar Latin jazz rhythms to new heights.
All About Jazz |
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In the same way that Roy Hargrove's
Earfood (Emarcy, 2008) updated Lee Morgan's Cornbread (Blue Note, 1965), so Jeremy Pelt's November updates Miles Davis' Miles Smiles (Columbia/Legacy, 1966). If creativity and art can be evaluated on both the vertical and horizontal, Morgan's and Davis' offerings represent horizontal progressions of the art of jazz into new areas, where Hargrove's and Pelt's are vertical elaborations of those ...
All About Jazz |
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Up To Earth
This archival release of South African pianist-composer Chris McGregor's music was recorded in 1969, ostensibly as a follow-up to the Blue Notes' Very Urgent (Polydor, 1968), also reissued by Fledg'ling.
All About Jazz |
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Company C adds appealing variety to dance festival
Speaking from the stage to the lawn audience at Goodyear Heights Metro Park on Friday night, Charles Anderson got a big laugh when he said his Company C Contemporary Ballet was glad to be here this particular weekend to perform at the second annual Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival, since it also was Hamburger Festival time in Akron.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Art Briefs, July 20
First United Methodist Church is in rehearsals for its Summer Youth Musical, Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man.” It will be presented at 7 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and Aug. 8-9 with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Aug. 10.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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A classic
World-famous classical guitarist Pepe Romero, who has been knighted by the king of Spain and has performed for Pope John Paul II and Prince Charles, will travel to Oklahoma this month to perform at the 2008 Quartz Mountain Music Festival.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Whalers Village hosts onion fest in late August
The 19th annual Maui Onion Festival is scheduled at the Whalers Village Fine Shops and Restaurants in Kaanapali, Maui, on Aug. 23 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with special promotions and pre-event festivities starting on Aug. 15. The event includes chefs, cooking demonstrations and contests, kids magic shows, story sessions with Maui onion growers, smoothie demonstrations, a taiko drum performance and ...
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Heat doesn't hinder picnic
As Demetrie Simonton splashed Flash with water from a giant drinking bucket to cool the horse off, a line of children stood waiting for their chance to ride him during Jazzn' in the Park on Saturday.
York Daily Record |
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31 groups receive Welty grants
Beacon Journal staff report The Welty Family Foundation has awarded $265,840 in grants to local nonprofit organizations.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Class acts lift mood after production delays
An audience chant of "refund" rocked the Indiana Convention Center's Sagamore Ballroom at 8:40 p.m. Saturday. At the time, no music had been performed by any of three acts advertised to play an Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration concert scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
The Indianapolis Star |
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