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Black history may get big boost
The Smithsonian Institution is interested in partnering with Drayton Hall and Charleston's proposed International African American Museum to preserve black history. The directors of each organization, including the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, are scheduled to meet today at the County School District's offices on Calhoun Street. The ...
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Super Spending
300 dollar a night hotel rooms, conferences held at some of American’s top destinations and memberships to numerous organizations around central Florida. Fox 35 investigator Tom Sussi has been going over the expense reports of superintendents running Central Florida’s largest school districts to see how your hard-earned tax dollars are being spent.
FOX 35 Orlando |
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Moment Of Truth Night at Local Bar
Some places have karaoke night others have live music. But Tuesday night at One Eyed Jacks on Orange Avenue and Wall Street. It was Moment of Truth night complete with polygraph.
FOX 35 Orlando |
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Express Lane: Wall-E space guide; Vamping for prom; Wednesday!
Wall-E space guideThanks to the Disney-Pixar flick “Wall-E,” we have an idea of what life will be like, robot-style, in the year 2805. For one thing, there’s music! But there’s a real mess on planet Earth, and Wall-E, a haple...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Music spans summer, thanks to 'Friends'
HOLYOKE - Shanel De Los Santos started playing cello in elementary school, but since the seventh-grader moved to South Hadley, she can now only play in Holyoke's summer school.
The Republican |
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Rotary concert set for Thursday
WOODSTOWN - The Woodstown Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of Woodstown will continue their summer concert series with a performance by The Tuesday Mountain Boys on Thursday beginning at 7 p.m.
Today's Sunbeam |
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Blu-ray Review: Shine a Light
Fans of The Rolling Stones receive a hell of a show on Blu-ray. Very few bands have the ability to remain relevant through the release of their first singles let alone for more than four decades. Yet here we are, still enjoying the musical genius that is The Rolling Stones. In this age of electronic, over produced, synthesized garbage, it's great to see that old-fashioned rock and roll still ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Wine fest will boast a local flavour
Organizers have listened to the comments about last year's grape and wine festival parade and this year's event will not repeat the same mistakes, assured festival president Ken Weir.
Niagara This Week |
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Dell tests music player to renew iPod battle -WSJ
BANGALORE, July 30 (Reuters) - In recent months, personal computer maker Dell Inc. , has been testing a digital music player that could go on sale as early as September, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said, citing several Dell officials.
Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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The other world
Some critics have rapped the world-music label Putumayo for reducing the continent's diverse and rich musical heritage to Afro-themed compilations.
Mail and Guardian |
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Local News
A lack of things to do and a love for music is the motivation behind Otterville resident, Rick Hall’s, new venture. The father of four, two of which are in their 20’s, has decided to start a side promotions business called Kronic Noise.
The Norwich Gazette |
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Lowcountry Tastes: Island Bistro
Early bird specials. These three words conjure up images of diners with napkins tucked in their collars, eagerly wolfing down their Salisbury steaks so they can get back home before most people have even gotten off work.
Island Packet |
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Herman Is Alone at Last July 30 at the Zipper Factory
Broadway arranger, pianist, musical director and conductor Ian Herman goes it solo at the Zipper Factory July 30.
Playbill |
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Graae Brings His Anatomy to Caramoor Music Festival July 30
Jason Graae, the singing actor whose Broadway credits include A Grand Night for Singing, Falsettos and Stardust, brings his acclaimed solo act, Graae's Anatomy, to the Caramoor Music Festival July 30 and 31.
Playbill |
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Palumbo column: My, how we’ve changed (we hope)
The relationship between Charles and Sebastian raised eyebrows in 1982 when “Brideshead Revisited” debuted on American television. Today, “I Kissed A Girl” by Kate Perry is the number one song on the Billboard charts, same-sex marriages are, at least for the time being, sanctioned by certain states, and AIDS is no longer viewed as the “homosexual plague” it was in the early ‘80s.
TCPalm.com |
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Dancin' Saturday away at Riverwalk
There was music designed to get the toes tapping and feet moving as the town of Jupiter hosted a Summer Festival at Riverwalk.
The Jupiter Courier |
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Local festivals adjusting to riverfront excavation
HUNTINGTON -- Two collapsed sewer lines have turned a large portion of Harris Riverfront Park into an excavation site.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Fans pile up in Salem for Summer Music Games of Southwest Virginia
In just a few weeks, football teams will be playing under the lights. But Tuesday night, some of the nation's elite drum and bugle corps went toe to toe in Salem Stadium in the Summer Music Games of Southwest Virginia.
WDBJ 7 Roanoke |
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The Natchez Democrat
Good morning, Natchez and the Miss-Lou! Natchez Little Theatre’s 61st season, celebrating 76 years of entertainment, opens Thursday with the tropical musical fantasy, “Once On This Island.”
The Natchez Democrat |
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"It's Always Raining Somewhere"
Ever met someone who never looks on the sunny side of life? Such a person is the subject of Robbie Fulks' It's Always Raining Somewhere, the second track on the Chicago-based sardonic singer-songwriter's 2005 album, Georgia Hard. If you've heard...
USA Today |
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Music teacher at Hindu temple accused of molesting student, 11, in Southwest Ranches
11-year-old student reported abuse to mother, police say A music teacher who had more than 100 students was arrested on charges he molested an 11-year-old girl he taught at a Hindu temple in Southwest Ranches.
Sun-Sentinel |
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The best of Tribute to the Greats
The organisers of Tribute to the Greats award show/dance really outdid themselves, on Saturday night in a manner which indicated that after 11 years they have learnt a thing or two in the staging of this praiseworthy annual event in honour of those who made their mark significantly on the local entertainment landscape.
The Jamaica Observer |
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Gas prices hit drum corps
Seven drum corps took the field in Salem Tuesday night for the Summer Music Games but this year it took more than ever to get them there.
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke |
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User Login
The internet ruins everything. It's destroyed communication skills, entire industries and potentially Western civilization as we know it. It's even made a mockery of time. Nobody has any patience, expecting immediate gratification at every turn. This is especially true when it comes to music.
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Concord rock band Two Left Feet is on the right track
The band sounds like Weezer, only with more Elvis Costello
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