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Young Producers 'Fiddle' around
Coming on the heels of six sell-out SummerStage performances in June, The Sooner Theatre's Young Producers are preparing for another hit with the classic musical "Fiddler on the Roof."Performances will be 2 and 7:30 p.
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U.K. parents to pay for kids' piracy
The British government says it is slowing down Internet service for parents whose children illegally download music and movies.A recent music ownership poll indicated that iPods or other digital music players owned by teenagers and students contained an average of 842 illegally copied songs each.An estimated 6.5 million Britons reportedly have downloaded music illegally in 2007.The Times of ...
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New theater sharpens vocal-symposium sound
Colorado College's new Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center has already been one star of the college's Summer Festival of the Arts. Both the Summer Music Festival and the Extraordinary Dance Festival held performances in the new south theater.
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IF YOU GO
This was the cool era of the 1950s greaser. Someone coming of age then might have known someone like Danny or Sandy. Even if you didn't grow up in that post-war era, "Grease" is the musical that might make you wish you did.
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Superfund cleanup conflicts with fair
Homemade pierogies. Stuffed cabbage. Polka music. Manville's street fair is a longtime summer's-end tradition that has drawn more than 18,000 people downtown.
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Festival lines up diverse offerings
The 18th annual Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art will include a comedy troupe and a children's event with area dancers. The three-weekend fest in September will showcase a variety of arts and music at several sites. Sam Bush, known as the "King of Newgrass," will kick things off Sept. 12 at Brookgreen Gardens.
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Rosary gets pop music makeover by Mich. musicians
DETROIT -- Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki's iPod. So is "The Madonna." The 12th-grade teacher from Royal Oak works up a sweat to the pop diva's music as well as songs honoring...
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Been waiting for Foreigner?
Since joining Foreigner in early 2005, Kelly Hansen knows only one style as lead singer. "The problem you run into is if you're trying to be someone else," he said Wednesday by phone as the group traveled to Texas for three shows this weekend. "You sing it the way you think it should be sung." The rock-pop band charted hits from the later 1970s into the early 1990s, mainly on Atlantic Records. ...
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6 things you didn't know about ABBA
With the hit movie musical "Mamma Mia!" just out, based upon the light-as-air '70s pop tunes by ABBA, what do you really know about the Swedish group that existed for only a decade (1972-'82) but produced a slew of frothy pop songs? Sure, everybody knows that ABBA is an anagram of their first names (Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid), and that the four were married couples -- Agnetha and ...
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U.K. parents to pay for kids' piracy
LONDON, July 25 (UPI) -- The British government says it is slowing down Internet service for parents whose children illegally download music and movies.
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FESTIVALS
AQUAPALOOZA 2008, noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at Bird Island, north of Little River. A celebration of the boating lifestyle with food, music and water games. Free admission. 281-9755 or go online at www.aquapalooza.com . LA BELLE AMIE VINEYARD, at S.C. 90 and St. Joseph Road, North Myrtle Beach, will have its Summer Parrot Head Fest, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, postponed from July 19. Music by ...
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Do you want to hear Jessica Simpson's new country music? Hell yes! Hell no!
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Depot Days festival chugs in to Tower
TOWER — A century and a quarter ago, the first shipment of iron ore left the Soudan Underground Mine, bound for Two Harbors on Lake Superior’s North Shore.
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College for Kids
Area grade school children took part in College for Kids, a week long program at the Mesabi Range Community College that gives grade school students a chance to try a number of activities ranging from science and math to art and music.
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Kiwi rock act Headless Chickens, fronted by former NZ Idol judge Fiona McDonald, have announced they will reform for an Australian music festival.
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Up Next
upnext STEVE HARVEY -- Aug. 2. The comedian-actor-radio personality entertains at 8 p.m. at Richmond's Landmark Theater, 6 N. Laurel St. $45. 646-4213. OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION -- Aug. 4-9. The place to be for aficionados of authentic bluegrass and old-time music, with competitions in traditional instruments plus jammin', folk singing and flatfoot dancing, beginning with youth competitions at ...
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3 on 3 Summer Hoops coming to Innsbrook
In the mood for some hoop action? The U.S. Army 3 on 3 Summer Hoops basketball festival runs tomorrow and Sunday at the Dominion Resources Campus at Innsbrook Office Park, 5000 Dominion Blvd., in Glen Allen. A parking lot will be turned into a dozen temporary outdoor basketball courts where teams will compete in activities such as slam dunk, spot shot, dribble and three-point contests.
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Rosary gets pop music makeover by Mich. musicians
DETROIT (AP) — Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki's iPod. So is "The Madonna." The 12th-grade teacher from Royal Oak works up a sweat to the pop diva's music as well as songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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Marisa's wants board to hear the music
TRUMBULL — In the eyes of Marisa's Ristorante owner Attilio Marini, there's nothing unsuitable about a disc jockey playing music at a restaurant on a weekend night.
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Cool Pool: Friends add to adventures in food, music or artwork
Here’s what’s on the to-do lists for this weekend:
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Bele Chere entertainment schedule: Friday
Nikki Talley: 3:30-4:30 p.m., Lexington Avenue Stage. With pretty piano tunes or strong guitar, her powerful voice, emotional and seductive lyrics are unique to this locally based artist. www.nikkitalley.com
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Concert Update: New shows & music news
JUST ANNOUNCED Dar Williams with Shawn Mullins: 8 p.m. Sept. 21, Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St. $25, on sale noon Aug. 1 at the box office, (414) 286-3663 and www.pabsttheater.or...
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TABLE TALK: Beavers brings musical meal to Warehouse
Back in the day, many of us loved it when Brent Beavers and his crew would pull out the stops for a literary dinner at his former Sencha restaurant. The dinners were based on stories he and his staff were fond of - shows like "Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "The Princess Bride."
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Amy Grant opens up on music, golf and faith
When people think of the U.S. Senior Open , plaid pants and sweater vests come to mind. But then there's country musician Vince Gill and his wife, vocalist Amy Grant, who are rolling into town to put the "country" in "country club" with a two-day charity golf event.
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Leonardo DiCaprio eyes the 'Zone'
Could the eerie music of "The Twilight Zone" soon be playing again at the movies?
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