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Class act
A roar begins at the entrance to Atwood Concert Hall and radiates throughout the building as kids giggle, juggle and walk on stilts over the infamous "yellow poppy" carpet of the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.
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Willie plays on at Home County
Somewhere, Willie P. Bennett is smiling in the sunshine. The late Canadian singer-songwriter and former Londoner was the inspiration for a heartfelt and heartstring-tugging tribute at Day 2 of Home County Folk Festival yesterday at Victoria Park.
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Summer concerts draw crowds
Area groups, businesses bring music, culture to local venues When Michael Fiore visited local wineries in Long Island, he discovered that the owners had brought in bands and disc jockeys to entertain people with music as they drank their wine.
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Bernadette Peters at S.F. Symphony
"I'm always going to do my Sondheim," Bernadette Peters says, her inimitable voice lilting musically over the phone from her home in Manhattan. "I love his music. I miss it when I don't sing his songs." That will be good news not only for Peters' fans but...
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POP QUIZ: EMMYLOU HARRIS
At 61, Emmylou Harris remains as busy as ever. She has just released her first new studio album in five years, "All I Intended to Be," which includes covers of songs by Billy Joe Shaver, Patty Griffin and Merle Haggard. In the meantime, Harris recorded an...
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Regional Calendar
Regional calendar MARYLAND Concert series Bethesda . The Summer Concert Series continues at noon Wednesday with variety music by Crossfire at Bethesda Place Plaza, 7700 Wisconsin Ave. The Junkyard Saints perform Latin, swing, rock and Cajun music at 6 p.m. Thursday at Veterans Park, Norfolk and Woodmont avenues. Free. 301-215-6660 or bethesda.org.
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CD review: Tùma, Partite, Sonate e Sinfone
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Born in Prague in 1704, Frantisek Tùma is one of those composers who seem to straddle several eras and styles. In this selection of string partitas, sonatas and sinfonias, shades of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart filter through the...
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GOING SOLO
During her more than two decades as one of the most in-demand backup singers in the pop music business, Catherine Russell has on occasion been afforded the opportunity to "step out," a term that refers to a harmony vocalist being given a brief solo, usually...
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Artscape a fun escape for many
City arts festival attracts performers, visitors from Baltimore and beyond, in spirit of joy and creativity As they meandered among paintings, sculpture and crafts, patrons of Artscape could also take in a street performance.
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Ethiopian sounds to be served with ribs
Music from the "horn of Africa" will be among the sounds heard at the Jazz & Rib Fest next weekend.
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Students counting on musical 'Nine'
The Otterbein College Theater and Dance Department will give central Ohioans a chance next season to see an acclaimed Broadway show making its first appearance here.
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Bicycle Film Festival hits San Francisco
In a way, the Bicycle Film Festival happened by accident. It was a bright and sunny New York day in 2000, when Brendt Barbur was riding around on his single-speed bicycle running errands. Having just moved from San Francisco, Barbur was thinking how...
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THIS WEEK
S MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Have you ever wanted to go to the San Francisco Symphony but Civic Center seemed just too far away and you'd rather be enjoying the summer weather outdoors? Well, now you can do both. The Symphony will be conducting a free...
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FRESH
BENEFIT For the Love of Candye , benefit for singer Candye Kane, featuring Mr. Lucky, Ralph Carney, Joshua Raoul Brody, many more, El Rio (Wed.). DANCE ODC Local Heroes Dance Festival , Project Artaud Theater (Thurs.). EVENT 22nd Annual Berkeley Kite Festival...
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GAS PRICES GOT YOU DOWN? FORGET ABOUT IT WITH BICYCLE MOVIES
Today's cover story couldn't be more timely. With gas prices soaring, what better time to focus on the Bicycle Film Festival? Delfín Vigil provides an overview of the festivities, which include not only seven programs of screenings over two days but also a...
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Summer concert set for Friday
As part of the 30th anniversary of the Montpelier Summer Concert Series, the South Laurel Recreation Council will present La Leyenda, in a concert of salsa, merengue, cumbia and mambo music, at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the grounds of Montpelier Mansion, 9652 Muirkirk Road, at Route 197 in south Laurel.
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The Geckos to play Aug. 1 in Highland
The Geckos, a five-piece "Island rock" band with electric guitar, steel pans, electric bass and drums, and occasionally, a trumpet, will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at Schooley Mill Park, 112975 Hall Shop Road, in Highland.
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Quick Trips Abita Springs, La.
If it weren't for the beer, not many visitors would know about this village on Lake Pontchartrain's North Shore. Abita Springs' beer is a staple in nearby New Orleans, and folks drive here to visit the brewery and sample the product in cafés like the Abita Springs Brew Pub.
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Drum roll, please!
Rock Band 2 ready to go axe to axe, stick to stick with Guitar Hero World Tour
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The grand old pipe organ of Ocean Grove
OCEAN GROVE, N.J. - For all their resemblance to majestic architectural edifices, pipe organs don't always reach their 100th birthdays with poise or pipes intact.
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Wilbraham's Nick Calabrese enjoys stint with New England Revolution development soccer team 8Soccer
In Europe he'd be known as a "piano carrier." Here at home, however, Nick Calabrese of Wilbraham is just a soccer player, a really young and small but extremely talented soccer player who was recently named to the New England Revolution's new youth development program.
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Encinitas Rotary Wine Festival draws sell-out crowd
ENCINITAS ---- This town's Rotary Club and the Quail Botanical Gardens have joined for the past five years to produce the Encinitas Rotary Wine Festival, an effervescent celebration of spring, music and wonderful food and wine.
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Great Gatsby Party raises funds for wounded warriors
OCEANSIDE ---- The Great Gatsby Party at the El Camino Country Club on May 31 wasn't just about the afternoon croquet tournament, vintage cars, costumes from the 1920s and the music of the Dixieland band.
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2,500 Mormon youth to dance at University of Redlands
About 2,500 local youth stepped right, stepped left, twirled twice and waved their arms in the air Saturday rehearsing for their upcoming dance recital.
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Christopher Rouse
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse was born and raised in Mount Washington, attended the Gilman School and went on to earn degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Cornell University. He has taught at the Juilliard School since 1997 and this spring was named composer-in-residence at Peabody Conservatory. BSO music director Marin Alsop is an avid champion of Rouse's work.
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