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When hip-hop and politics collide
Ludacris's new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
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This weekend
Our editor's top picks for cooking, reading, music and DVD.
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Family fun for less than $50
Loved "The Dark Knight," or is cute and cuddly "Stellaluna" more your speed? Find out the facts about our little batty buddies today during the Organization for Bat Conservation's Great Lakes Bat Festival at Cranbrook Institute of Science. There will be lectures by bat experts, children's activities, exhibits and author signings. The day ends on a tasty note, with dinner and music by Musical ...
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Nature program targets natureâ€s noise
Nature program targets nature’s noise ST. CHARLES – Naturalists Pam Otto of St. Charles Park District and Valerie Blaine of Kane County Forest Preserve District will lead an exploration of nature’s noise, “The Sound of (Night) Music,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 14 at Campton Hills Park. The park is at 41W709 Route 64.
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Children can learn to enjoy music together
Music Together, taught by LouAnne Dunfee, aims to bring the joy of making music back into the family.
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Things to do today: Aug. 2, 2008
MUSIC: 7 p.m. Admission $6. Tommy Griffith and the Knight Wynd Band headline country music variety show with dancing. Kanawha Valley Jamboree, 8902 MacCorkle Ave., Marmet. Call 949-6770 or 545-2693.
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BULLETIN BOARD
DON'T MISS: Disney's 'High School Musical' Performance South Texas Summer Musical Encores concludes its 2008 summer season with Disney's "High School Musical" this weekend, Aug. 2 - Aug. 3 at the El Campo High School auditorium, 600 W. Norris. General admission is $15; seniors age 65 and older, students and groups of 10 or more are $10; and children are $5.
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Concert review: Gnarls Barkley delivers live, but not like on disc
"Are you ready to rock 'n' roll?" asked Gnarls Barkley singer Cee-Lo Green as the group took the stage in the Newport Music Hall last night. Normally an empty, fits-all greeting at rock shows, Green's question last night signified much more.
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Delta Fair gets bigger this year
Mark Lovell isn't celebrating the Mid-South Fair's impending move to Tunica in 2009. The man who brought the Delta Fair & Music Festival to the Agricenter doesn't think it will affect his upstart event one way or the other.
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Best Bets
Tuesday Live Irish tunes Celtic musician Mark Carroll and his musical family perform traditional Irish jigs, reels and ballads at "An Evening of Irish Music" at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown. $4; $2, children. 7 to 8:30 p.m. 84 S. Pine St., Doylestown. 215-345-0210.
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"Mamma Mia" soundtrack now available
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the film adaptation of the West End stage musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 170 cities and eight languages around the world.
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top homes
The 23rd Annual Victoria Czech Heritage Festival is will be Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Victoria Community Center, 2905 E. North St. The festival is sponsored by the Victoria County Czech Heritage Society. The first event is a televised Czech-English Mass, celebrated at Our Lady of Victory Cathedral in Victoria, by the Rev. Joseph Hybner from the Flatonia Catholic parish. The public is invited to ...
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Industry expo hits 'play' on hot new video game trends
By JONATHAN TAKIFF Riding high on a worldwide, $48-billion-a-year business that reputedly exceeds movie box-office grosses, music and DVDs sales, the video game industry rolled out hundreds of new products at its annual E3 game convention, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, last week in Los Angeles. Here, we explore some of the big trends: Monopolizing the living room A Microsoft executive ...
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Let the Kids Grow Day gets students hyped ahead of school year's start
David Dowell Sr. doesn't sugarcoat the truth. His two sons, David Jr., 11, and Elijah, 9, know that their father, now a master barber, spent three years in prison on a drug charge. That's why Dowell was among the hundreds of parents and kids attending Let the Kids Grow Day at the Mud Island Amphitheatre on Friday, an event with music and messages about education, positive influences and turning ...
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'Ugly aur Pagli' releases to an overwhelming response across country
Mumbai/New Delhi, August 1 : Bollywood film 'Ugly aur Pagli' released to a tremendous response across the country.
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[Best Bets] Wednesday, August 6
Check out “The Sight of Music” exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art , on display through Sept. 7, featuring artwork based on music. Artists include Thomas Hart Benton, Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, John Cage, Billy Morrow Jackson, Lou Barlow, Robert Motherwell and more.
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Winehouse lacks talent, says Sex Pistols lead singer
London, Aug 1 : Rock Band Sex Pistols' lead singer John Lydon has hit out at troubled British singer Amy Winehouse, accusing her of imitating music and turning to drugs and alcohol to disguise her 'lack of talent'.
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Rosary gets pop music makeover by Mich. musicians
By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT — Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki’s iPod. So is "The Madonna." The Detroit-area 12th-grade teacher works up a sweat to the pop diva’s music as well as to songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus. Among the hundreds of popular and Top 40 selections Zablocki has downloaded are the Rosary Tapes, a collection of Roman Catholic prayers and meditations for the rosary set to ...
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METAL / JUDAS PRIEST
Today: Now this is how you do it! Figuring it might take a little something extra to hold onto fans' attention now that lead singer Rob Halford is firmly back in the fold, Judas Priest went all out in making their second post-reunion record, "Nostradamus." It's a double-CD concept album about the prophet, complete with orchestration and choir. Alas, plans to perform "Nostradamus" live in its ...
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Entertainment Events
Music and dance events.
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Under the Needle: Family business ready for its encore
When the guitar took over, it pushed the accordion to the backbench, but Seattle's only accordion builder stayed alive and is still here now that the accordion is hip again.
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A Musical Free-for-All, More or Less the Way They Did It Back in Mozart?s Day
The festival brought in a period-instrument ensemble to provide an inkling of what the music might have sounded like to Mozart?s audiences.
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Mostly Meditations on Paths Not Taken
The first concert of A Little Night Music, the Mostly Mozart Festival?s intimate late-night series, explored a tangent to this year?s themes of loss and transformation.
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Billy Budd the Jock, Beautiful and Agile
Others may sing Billy with more subtlety, but the New Zealand baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes brings burly energy and rhythmic accuracy to the music.
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In the faith community
One of the first women to break into male-dominated Southern gospel music will perform Sunday at Bethesda Baptist Church.
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