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Explore Indiana's past on Heritage Trail
Music, a reception and dinner at the Falls of the Ohio State Park and re-enactment of the life of Hannah Toliver, imprisoned in 1864 for helping a slave escape from Kentucky to Indiana, open the first leg of Indiana's African-American Heritage Trail.
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Review: Production of 'Dream' closer to a nightmare
It's hard to put a tarnish on "A Midsummer Night's Dream," one of Shakespeare's most light-hearted and silly romantic comedies. I'm sorry to report, then, that the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival turned in a surprisingly charmless version at the Sand Harbor stage this season.
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Review: Newly penned 'Cambio' plagued by technical problems
Many things can go wrong in a musical production, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare discovered more than one during its world-premiere performance of "Cambio" on Monday.
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Putting your money where your mouth is
It was the perfect setting for a balmy Mediterranean summer night: the slight whiff of sea-breeze, the moonlight and the stars festooning the sky, the sound of village feasts in the faraway background, and then, an open-air orchestra, a passionate conductor and a mighty voice, all of which hit you with tremendous full force leaving you staggering in raptures.
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New shows: Reba McEntire; Brews, Jazz and Funk Fest
The rock en Espanol band plays at 8 p.m. July 25 in the Celebrity Showroom at John Ascuaga's Nugget. Tickets are $16, available at the Nugget, Tickets.com outlets or 800-648-1177. Details: 356-3300 or www.janugget.com. The band also plays at 9 p.m. July 27 at River Ranch in Tahoe City. Cost: $15. Details: 530-583-2801 or renegadeshows.com.
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Film festival for train fans kicks off tonight
For years, Jim Clark made his living crashing trains. Well, part of his living anyway.
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'We Will Rock You': The remix
What do you do with a musical that's more than six years old and has been a hit around the world? You make it better.
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Menlo Park festival continues today
The city of Menlo Park will close down Santa Cruz Avenue today and Sunday for the 22nd annual Connoisseur's Marketplace, a festival that has drawn thousands in the past for a taste of live music, cuisine and visual arts.
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Coldplay spreads musical wings
Chris Martin just can't make up his mind. Not only did Coldplay have a hard time naming its just released fourth album - finally calling it "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends," but the band's leading man also can't make up his mind about who exactly he wants to be, remaining
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Music lovers rediscover timbre of turntable
BOISE, Idaho Travis Dryden spent his childhood listening to his parent's records. And then he left them behind with the other detritus of his pre-college years to be sold for pennies at a yard sale.
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Sounds: Randy Travis goes back to country
AROUND THE BEND Randy Travis (Warner Bros. Nashville) Travis' deep, resonant baritone seems to come from the floor below, and on this new release it's as mellow and smooth as ever. In his first country album in eight years, Travis returns to his roots - traditional country, mostly ballads, with heartfelt delivery and messages. So far this century, he has concentrated on gospel albums, very ...
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MUSIC NOTE FLATTENS OPPOSITION
300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks by 11 lengths at Belmont.
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Music festival almost wasn't
When Nancy Barker started Kentucky Music Weekend in 1976 as part of the American Bicentennial celebration, she didn't expect the festival to run for more than 30 consecutive years. The celebration of Appalachian and Southern acoustic music continues Friday and Saturday at Iroquois Amphitheater.
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Kentucky Center is 25
The Kentucky Center will launch its 25th season with a Sept. 9 performance by Liza Minnelli in Whitney Hall. In turning to Minnelli, who last appeared here two decades ago, the center is acknowledging its long links to Broadway and musical theater.
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If it plays in Louisville, it could play anywhere
I was chatting with a few friends during the intermission of Julie Andrews' recent concert with the Louisville Orchestra when Tom Noland, the orchestra's gregarious board president, happened by....
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Best Bets July 20, 2008
Begley family fire relief Enjoy music by El Cuarto Verde, local wines, complimentary appetizers and a no-host bar plus a local art auction with proceeds benefiting the Begley family, whose members lost their homes in the Trabing Fire.
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Heat can't keep bluegrass fans away from festival
Not even high gas prices and scorching hot temperatures can keep bluegrass music aficionados at home."If you are a true bluegrass fan, nothing keeps you away from a festival," Gayle Littrell said Saturday as he scanned the crowd gathered at the seventh annual Rogersville Bluegrass Festival.
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Basque fest appeals to many
Juan and Stephanie Brana introduced Basque Festival patrons in Reno to a new father-daughter activity Saturday, as they stepped atop thick logs, grabbed an ax, and started
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Music festival officially opens today
The W.C. Handy Music Festival has already had a parade and one day of events, but the festival will conduct official opening ceremonies on the grounds of W.C. Handy Home and Museum today.
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Dolly's songs to be workin' '9 to 5' -- on Broadway
NEW YORK -- "It's the most fun I've ever had as a songwriter," Dolly Parton said last week as she announced that 9 to 5: The Musical would open on Broadway in the spring.
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Farmers Day brings folks back to their roots
By Hugh Fisher hfisher@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — You could hear it in the ringing music of the "Melody Bells" of First Baptist Church of China ...
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Today – “Seussical, Jr.” and “Pirates of Penzance, Jr.,” presented by KISS Theatre Company, a nonprofit arts organization with the mission of educating, entertaining and enriching the lives of young people through the art of theatre and dance, Little Theater, Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, 2 p.m.; tickets $12 for adults and $10 for children and students; 991-1818 or kiss_theatre@yahoo.com.
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Today – “Old-Fashioned Fiddle Contest,” featuring a variety of music, including Celtic, traditional, folk, country and bluegrass, on two stages, Eckley Miners’ Village, noon to 5 p.m.; age groups, 12 and under, 13 to 18, and 19 and older; 636-2070 or www.eckleyminers.org.
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Pickwicks take on challenge of well-known musical
The Pontipee brothers and their hoped-for brides have been singing and dancing their way into public memory since 1954 when "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
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Times & Star
THE sun is shining on music festival Cockrock this morning. (Sunday). Cockermouth’s own mini-Glastonbury – and that’s just the mud – is in full swing.
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