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Pigs are going wild at fair
Pigs are going wild at the Fayette County Fair again this year. Jill Jackson is in her fourth year of organizing and announcing the event where pigs dawn outfits and run around a track. Jackson took over for long-time organizer Nancy Herring.
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Aimee Mann isn't smiling about state of the music business
Aimee Mann isn't laughing. The former leader of Boston's '80s hitmakers 'Til Tuesday believes digital technology and the Internet have stolen her livelihood....
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Exhibitors reflect on 50 years on the rocks
MARQUETTE - Painters, photographers, sculptors and almost every other kind of artist imaginable were making themselves at home on Presque Isle Friday in preparation for Art on the Rocks. The outdoor art show is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and more than 150 artists will be exhibiting their work today and Sunday.
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Durban's harvest of local music
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. The first edition of the Uprising Festival eight years ago was organised by a group of 15-year-old skater punks with one stage, four bands and a focus on faux-punk and straight-edge music.
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WELCOME GUEST! Salzburg is alive with the sound of music once again, as the von Trapp family's villa opened its doors to the public this weekend for the first time, as a hotel and museum.
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Songwriters Showcase returns Aug. 7
It’s a triple threat at the final performance for the fourth annual Charity Concert series.
The Victoria Advocate |
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Cantaloupe festival tops expected attendance this year
Organizers of the Virginia Cantaloupe Festival may have outdone themselves on Friday with this year’s event.
Danville Register & Bee |
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Stargazer: The story of Starnymph and Songsmith
It’s time for another telling of the magical story of Starnymph and Songsmith.
Waco Tribune-Herald |
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Rolling Stones leave EMI label for Universal
Ending months of speculation in the music industry, the Rolling Stones have left EMI, the record label that has released the group's music since the early 1990s, and signed a long-term recording deal with Universal Music Group, the company announced on Friday.
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SPORTS HEADLINES
The photo-sharing Web site launched by the Grand Haven Tribune last year is now giving West Michigan the chance to share movies. The entertainment-oriented site — www.squink.com — added video sharing as part of a redesign, and is ready for a new wave of content during this year's Coast Guard Festival.
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Drew Carey eager for his Shakespearean debut with the Cleveland Orchestra
At the end of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Puck offers the audience a mild apology: "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here, While these visions did appear.
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"Rent" Film Star Thoms Joins Broadway Production of Larson Musical July 26
Tracie Thoms, who played Joanne in the 2005 "Rent" film, joins the Broadway production of that Pulitzer Prize-winning Jonathan Larson musical July 26.
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Stones quit EMI for Universal
Rock legends the Rolling Stones have signed a long-term recording deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), becoming the latest major act to leave troubled British label EMI, the band said.
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New Musical Little House on the Prairie Makes World Premiere July 26 at the Guthrie
Melissa Gilbert, who played young Laura Ingalls Wilder on NBC's long-running "Little House on the Prairie" series, returns to that world — now playing Ma in the musical inspired by the famous "Little House" books. Previews begin July 26 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
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Jazz photo exhibition coming to Kinston in September
A photo exhibition that documents American jazz musicians, who traveled around the world as cultural ambassadors during the Cold War, will be on display in Kinston this fall.
Kinston Free Press |
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Q&A with Jamal Diggs
Jamal Diggs, aka J-Diggs, is the man people in the Bay Area call the 'Bay Boss' because of his music and because of the legendary rappers he has worked (E-40, Coolio.)
The Salinas Californian |
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Weekend Calendar
Wind Down Friday Nights; Artillery weekend; Gospel hymn sing; Acoustic bluegrass; Motorcycle racing; Music by the Lake; Pro wrestling; Ballroom dance; Piano recital; Hagerstown Municipal Band
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Taste of Italy Along the River
WHEELING - Lots of live music, a EuroBungy trampoline and nearly 3,000 pounds of sausage are just a few of reasons fans of the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival flocked to Heritage Port on Friday.
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register |
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Bands thrill fans from 5 stages
One of Seattle's biggest summer music events is this weekend, and if you weren't at the Capitol Hill Block Party on Friday, Saturday is your last chance to check it out.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Civil rights' new frontier: The hip hop generation
NEW ORLEANS -- Not enough is being done to welcome black youth and hip hop culture into the modern civil rights movement, the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
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Music Review: Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
The legendary bluesman demonstrates how it’s done. It’s a classic case of a teacher showing up his students. In Shine A Light, Mick Jagger invites Buddy Guy to “help us out” on the Muddy Waters cut, “Champagne And Reefer.” As he waits for his cue, Guy leers at the band with this mischievous grin – this knowing look – as if to say, ”Let me demonstrate...
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Hersam Acorn Newspapers
Five Weston students will be among those in the cast of the Music Theatre of Connecticut School of the Performing Arts presentation of “Alice in Wonderland” Aug. 1-2 at Coleytown Middle School in Westport.
Weston Forum |
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Morristown concert benefits local farmers
Thousands of country music fans turned out for a concert in Morristown, Friday night to support east Tennessee farmers.
WATE 6 Knoxville |
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Free concert on square tonight
A local band is working on its “best of” project and getting ready to hold its final concert, at least for now, tonight.
The Moultrie Observer |
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008
The Fort Collins Irish Festival Feelin' Lucky 2008 presents Opening Night Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul in Concert, at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. Please visit www.fortcollinsirishfestival.org or call (970) 535-9999 for more information.
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