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Texas & Neighbors: Fuel discounts, cocktail museum
Whether you are a motorist or a private pilot, the high price of fuel this year is an issue. Among the hotels and resorts offering fuel cards or rebates to summer guests are Tremont House in Galveston and Horseshoe Bay Resort in the Hill Country.
Dallas Morning News |
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Conway known for growth, politics
Conway arguably is becoming the political center of the state, unlike the days when it was simply a quiet, nondescript college town whose mere mention conjured up thoughts of the country music star who mined the place for half of his stage name - the late Conway Twitty.
Arkansas News Bureau |
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Multiple CDs introduce uninitiated to Motown
In the lexicon of music history, Motown's place in it will never be in doubt. This is a label that gave the world musical stalwarts like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, the Temptations and Marvin Gaye -- just to name a few.
The Springfield News-Leader |
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Woodstock still lures summer fun-seekers
With mid-August marking the 39th anniversary of the fabled Woodstock festival, it's a good time to head upstate and see how nostalgia has been transformed into a destination - and how much of the area has remained the same.
New York Daily News |
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Pop-rockers Maroon 5 hit Atlantic City
To hell with the gas crisis! Maroon 5 is touring the United States this summer. "I'm really jazzed," says Adam Levine during a phone chat last week, hours before the start of an 11-week American tour.
New York Daily News |
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Daby Touré to perform at the baby grand
Daby Touré has lived his life simultaneously in two places, musically speaking. He was born in Mauritania, near the Sahara Desert, in a village called Djeole on the banks of the Senegal River.
The News Journal |
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Weekend: Things to do in the region
MIDDLETOWN -- Unicity Performing Arts Festival Acts range from classical musicians to punk rock bands. Also food and vendors. Presented by Premier Centre for the Arts and Realize Records. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. today, rain or shine.
The News Journal |
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Montgomery Gentry’s live show is half as
Montgomery Gentry’s live show is half as energetic and boisterous as singer Eddie Montgomery is on the telephone, fans may want to buckle their seatbelts when the country duo performs Friday with Toby Keith at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain.
Times Leader |
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Bayou Feast
Crawfish, music and fun are on the menu at Louisiana-themed event.
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
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Get involved...
HE'S written scripts for Scotland's top comedy shows and played drums in Nirvana legend Kurt Cobain's favourite band. Meet our hilarious, new columnist Andy Bollen.
Sunday Mail |
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Towns gang up on crime Tuesday
LUMBERTON — Robeson County communities will join others from across the country Tuesday in celebrating America’s night out against crime.
The Robesonian |
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Iloilo catches "My Girl" fever
ABS-CBN's top-rating teleserye “My Girl” continues to gain popularity, especially since the show's stars Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson have been visiting different parts of the country to meet their fans.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Garland community calendar
CHILDREN'S MUSICAL: During worship at 11 a.m. today at Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 7502 N. Garland Ave. Youth week activities begin Aug. 10. 972-414-6460 or cornerstone-umc.org.
Dallas Morning News |
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A Van Cliburn anniversary
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Deaf Theatre Jam a peach
A new summer camp is getting ready to rock the house. This week, the first Deaf Theatre Jam will to give kids not ordinarily in the spotlight a chance to shine. Almost all of the 23 middle-school-age performers are hearing-impaired or at risk.
Miami Herald |
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Rock the street to help beat cancer
Madness frontman Suggs and singer-songwriter Sandi Thom are among musicians, singers and street entertainers supporting what is expected to be Britain's biggest busking event.
Yahoo! Launch UK & Ireland |
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Personal Journey: Hopping off the travel treadmill
Suddenly, India seemed to glide by instead of assaulting our senses. It is a country that invades the imagination beyond anything you conjure watching those Discovery Channel moments showing people hanging onto the sides of buses, cows walking the streets, fabled temples carved into the sides of mountains.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments
BATON ROUGE- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced appointments to the Louisiana Music Commission.
Opelousas Daily World |
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Foundation brings in money for musicians
NEW ORLEANS - Local musicians will soon have a business development tool that can put more money in their pockets. Others have used this resource to fatten their wallets by 30 percent.
Opelousas Daily World |
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Can 'Guitar Hero,' public libraries coexist?
AVALON - You can read the newspaper, browse the latest best-seller or check out a Hollywood blockbuster at the library.
Press of Atlantic City |
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Event
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra is channeling a famous fictional secret agent at an event in Covington, Ohio (USA), Saturday evening. The Orchestra is performing it's concert titled "Shaken Not Stirred" at the Amphitheater in Covington's Devou Park.
MI6 |
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Summer concert features jazz
The South Laurel Recreation Council Inc. will continue its 30th anniversary Montpelier Summer Concert Series with a performance of all styles of jazz by Project Natale at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the grounds of Montpelier Mansion, 9652 Muirkirk Road (at Route 197), in south Laurel.
Baltimore Sun |
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Music to young children's ears
Music is the primary language with which one communicates from the earliest stages in life. A proposal has been formulated suggesting practical ways of integrating music within the primary schools sector.
Times of Malta |
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Babb Press servers Clare Dreyer, right, and Bailey Rountree work the floor at the cafe in Babb on July 27 while ...
“It’ll be the talk of the town for a few weeks,” said Volley Reed, whose dark skin dissolved into well-worn creases as he squinted against the midday sun. Reed, with a cowboy hat pushed back on his head, was outside Thronson’s on the morning of July 27, the day after the festival ended.
Daily Inter Lake |
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Michael Bolton concert
Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton will be performing a selection of his classic tracks live in Malta on October 4. The concert is organised by NnG promotions, but more information including the venue and tickets will be made available later this week.
Times of Malta |
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