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Happy feats: Art that’s fun, funky
Art is a serious thing. Paintings are to be looked at and maybe longed for, but not often laughed at. Musical masterpieces are often dark — think Mozart’s “Requiem.” Then there’s the dying swan in the ballet “Swan Lake.” In theater, you have Shakespeare’s tragedies: “Hamlet,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Othello.” With the economy hitting bum notes, a tank of gas costing more than an opera ticket and ...
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Miguel Promotes AT&T's Mi Portal
NEW YORK AT&T has tapped Latin crooner Luis Miguel to help promote the relaunch of its bilingual Web site, Mi Portal , and to entice online users with exclusive subscriber-only music videos and interview content.
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Bluegrass classic thrills once more
You can bank on the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival: Choose a chunk of any of the four days during the bluegrass classic, and you're nearly guaranteed to hear first-rate musicianship, a welcome set from an old favorite, an ear-opening one from newcomers and at least a few moments of magic.
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The life of a rock band
IF YOU GO Death Becomes Even The Maiden, This Machine Is Me, Johnny Action Figure and The Pinx WHEN: 9 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Art Bar, 1211 Park St. TICKETS: $4
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On the Scene: Jazz quartet Arrive in town
EARLY ARRIVAL: Arrive , a jazz quartet featuring players based in Chicago and Oakland, Calif., will play two shows in town this weekend. The first is at 7:30 tonight at the Columbia Museum of Art, and the second is at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Whig. Arrive, an improvisational post-bop band impervious to modern jazz templates, doesn’t trade in chord changes. “In what I do, the themes and melodies ...
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Ready to rock?
MORGANTOWN -- Over the weekend, Reed Williams attended the Jamboree in the Hills music festival outside of Wheeling. ... Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, sexually explicit, racist or offensive will be removed. If you wouldn’t say it to your mother, don’t post it here.
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Enjoying everyday blues
Band name: The Heavyheads
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Noteworthy: Local music updates
• Milwaukee musicians Kassandra Gruszkowski and Steve Graganchuk of Brother Jupiter are donating all of the proceeds from their self-titled new CD to a children's charity, The Smile Train.
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Brady Street says 'cheese'
The Brady Street Festival celebrates the flavor and culture that is unique to Brady St.
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11:49 p.m.: 4-H’ers auction off animals
ALEXANDRIA — “155, 2, 225, 250, 255, 255, 255 ... sold!” The sounds of fair music, children’s laughter and spinning rides were drowned out Thursday night as the loudspeakers shouted over the crowd, broadcasting the machine-gun, rapid-fire voice of the livestock auctioneer.
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Richard Zana, music teacher at Ambridge, dies from cancer
AMBRIDGE — When Sal Aloe began teaching band at Ambridge Area High School, he wanted Richard Zana to be his assistant.
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Harbor Days 2008 Schedule of Events
Arnold's Amusements - 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. sponsored by the Elk Rapids Lions Club. Souvenir tent open - 5 p.m. located on River Street. Evening on River Street - 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. sponsored by The Village Market, featuring the musical entertainment by "Saturday Knights."
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International Outreach Program
For the past three years active university students from Ukraine, US non-profit organization International Outreach Coalition together with Peace Corps Volunteers from the United States of America organized several international summer camps devoted to the promotion of leadership and active citizenship among world youth.
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By Shaira Luna
Prince of Jaipur bar at The Fort witnessed yet another spectacular event with all the makings of an urban music video last June. Complete with thumping bass lines, a crowded dance floor, and the coolest party people around, it was the perfect scene for fad-setting clothing brand FUBU to launch its latest gimmick, the FUBU Hip-Hop Dance Challenge.
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Korean music lessions and martial arts too
To watch video online please click here to download the latest version of the Flash plugin. A martial arts camp in the east is not just teaching kids how to kick and punch. The campers are getting a rhythm lesson too.
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Jiro Manio dreams of owning a set of drums in "Tambolista"
How far would you go for a set of drums? Find out the drastic measures done by a young boy from the slums named Billy in the Cinema One entry Tambolista .
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Performing at 'Camp Orientation'
[ In its 11-year history, the summer festival hosted by Team Clermont has brought a host of up-and-coming artists to town, many to perform at the annual prom night festivities.
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Rockingham Old Home Days
The town of Rockingham will celebrate Old Home Days from July 31 through Aug. 3 this year, and there are so many events planned that everybody will find something to tickle their "fun" bone.
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America's Western icon rides tall across Valley
Planning a large outdoor festival for late July might seem like a bad idea to some folks. Not the kind expected for the city's Day of the Cowboy festival, says Jim Coplin of the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce, who's coordinating the event.
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'Banig' praises Charice; hopes for own successful comeback
'90’s singing sensation Josephine "Banig" Roberto praised and support today’s international young diva Charice for the pride she is giving to our country.
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France's first lady also first in record sales
PARIS (Reuters) - France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, shot to the top of the pop charts with her latest album in its first full week on sale, a music industry body reported.
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Violinist brings home ancient India sound
Smooth and melodic, yet improvised and unexpected, the eerie Carnatic music that Suhas Rao draws from his violin is only a distant cousin of the Western classical music typically associated with the instrument.
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Anime fills film fest Saturday
The 13th annual Vince Koehler Film Festival will concentrate on Japanese anime, the style influenced by science fiction and fantasy.
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France's first lady also first in record sales
France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, shot to the top of the pop charts with her latest album in its first full week on sale, a music industry body reported.
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Bangor State Fair opens at noon today
BANGOR, Maine - Entertaining dogs, the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show, a country music showdown, a "driving school" for toddlers, and new rides for adrenaline junkies are among the latest additions to the Bangor State Fair lineup.
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