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Shots Fired at Jermaine Dupri Celebrity Party Attended by Usher, Nelly
Hundreds fled an Atlanta area nightclub early Saturday morning when an angry patron started shooting during a celebrity-fueled party organized by Jermaine Dupri . Dupri, along with Sean “Diddy” Combs , Usher and Nelly , were performing on stage when the gunfire broke out around 3:30 a.m. A security guard at the club received a minor injury when a bullet grazed his arm.
Gay Wired |
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Allora & Calzadilla: Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on Ode to Joy for a Prepared Piano
Allora & Calzadilla, Der präparierte Flügel für die Variationen zur Ode 'An die Freude' / The prepared grand piano for Variations on 'Ode to Joy', 2008. Photo: Friederike Seifert.
Art Daily |
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Music for wet folks
NEWPORT — There are a few ways to react to rainy weather, and yesterday at the Newport Folk Festival, at Fort Adams, a few of them were on display at the same time.
The Providence Journal |
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Festival Deals with Parking Issues
A popular summer festival returned to Rochester this weekend. Last year, the Park Avenue Summer Arts Fest set an attendance record, drawing more than 200,000 people. With similar attendance numbers expected this year, parking has become an ongoing challenge.
R News |
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Thousands flock to Festival of Arts
Warm weather, miles of booths and bushels of food beckon patrons
Pleasanton Tri-Valley Herald |
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United choirs plan to sing state's praises at fair
Voices from across Minnesota will celebrate the state's 150th birthday in song. Choirs will perform newly commissioned music at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 23.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Revelers brave heat for Emancipation Celebration w/ link to learn more about Emancipation Day celebrations
Music and fellowship were the motivation to brave a triple-digit heat index Saturday for Joplin’s annual Emancipation Celebration at Ewert Park.
The Joplin Globe |
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Bluegrass festival offers new, old acts
The music was cooking and the fans were baking on the Belvedere for the Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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1940s Video Shows Off Crazy Bike Innovations [Retromodo]
I'm not completely sure what's going on in this clip or where it's even from but it contains a) weird and crazy bicycles, b) jazzy music, and c) old timeyness—thus, it rules. I'm pretty sure the...
Gizmodo |
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Church group donates time to help Habitat for Humanity
From singing inspirational music to clearing brush to make room for a house, a choir from the small southeastern Oklahoma town of Valliant has found two ways to get their message across.
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Cycling rockers come home to play Holiday Farm
RAINBOW: In 2007, the Ginger Ninjas became the first band in the history of rock and roll to tour by bicycle, unsupported by automobile. On a 5,000-mile odyssey from their home in Northern California to the pyramids of Southern Mexico, they promoted transportation cycling while also exploring the f...
Small Town Papers News Service |
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Competitors take down corn and belt out notes at Olathe Sweet Corn Festival
OLATHE — Competing singers and corn eaters, along with country music star Travis Tritt, entertained hundreds at this year’s Olathe Sweet Corn Festival.
Montrose Daily Press |
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Celebrating the Olympics, and Rallying for the Host
A crowd gathered in Foley Square on Saturday and rallied in solidarity with China, the host of the 2008 Olympics and the country from which many of them had emigrated.
New York Times |
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Rocking' The Falls Goes Until Midnight
The annual Rockin' the Falls is in full swing----and it's all for a great cause. Seventeen bands are scheduled to play ---in fact many have already hit the stage. The concert is at the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center at 111 Burnett and will be going on until midnight Saturday night.
KAUZ Wichita Falls |
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Aug. 3, 2008 Library Books
Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue: A Memoir by Buddy Holly’s Peggy Sue Gerron relates one of the most compelling stories in music history, written by someone who was actually involved and who has an unyielding determination to keep the music alive.
Clovis News Journal |
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Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
General overview of the new festival site.
BellaOnline |
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Where next for BCF?
THE recently concluded seventh edition of the Borneo Cultural Festival was another successful and colourful event. However, there was no noticeable increase in the number of foreign tourists attending the festival this year.
The Borneo Post |
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Keyser to revive Friday Nite Live for rest of month
Music will once again fill the air in downtown Keyser on Friday evenings, as the city’s Friday Nite Live programs are revived for three weekends in August.
Cumberland Times-News |
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Surprises: Jazzy, Folky and Otherwise
Releases by Helen Merrill and Dick Katz, Noah Preminger, Faun Fables, U.S. Christmas and more.
New York Times |
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Once-Shy Pianist Tells, Um, Not Quite All
Martha Argerich recalls her musical epiphany, loneliness, stage fright and nearsightedness.
New York Times |
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The Return of Return to Forever
A leading jazz-rock band?s reunion marks a moment of reassessment for a genre both revered and reviled.
New York Times |
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A Computer-Music Man Unplugs
After 35 years of composing for a machine, Paul Lansky has discovered a new thrill: writing for people and their instruments.
New York Times |
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Senior day coming to the fair
FRANKFORD — Senior Day at the air will take place on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Tent. This year’s event will include a Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Seniors will enjoy music, vocals and dancing to Sinatra’s hits.
New Jersey Herald |
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Lea Salonga makes Filipinos proud again with successful staging of "Cinderella"
Nagkaroon ng pagkakataon ang PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) na mapanood ang Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play, Cinderella under Broadway Asia Entertainment that stars Tony Award winner and Broadway and West End Star Lea Salonga at the CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines) last night, August 1.
PEP |
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Treats Help Raise Money for Claymobile
It was cool music and tasty ice cream at "Treat the Arts" today. The first annual fundraiser for the Claymobile brought a crowd to the Creamery Arts Center this afternoon.
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks |
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