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Veggie Fest draws vegetarians and carnivores alike
If you carrot all about a veggie-based diet or are just looking for a fun day at a free festival, peas head out to Veggie Fest at the Science of Spirituality Meditation Center, 4S175 Naperville-Wheaton Road.
The Naperville Sun |
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Economy Class
Don't let high gas prices keep you from seeing the world, savouring exotic delicacies and meeting new people. Folklorama, the city's annual multicultural fest, is back to put the world at your feet for two weeks.
winnipegsun.com |
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Summer school rock
Eighteen-year-old Andrew Wesselhoff clicked his drum sticks overhead, signaling the start of the Beatles hit "Twist and Shout." Following the cue, 18 fellow students rocked out on guitar, drums, keyboard and vocals at All About Music and Children's Theatre in Mokena.
The Herald News |
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Readers of bridal magazines
PETALING JAYA: The concourse at Sunway Pyramid was transformed into a wedding festivity last weekend, complete with live music and fashion shows. The "Wedding Wonderland" fair was attended by more than 200 readers of female brides and NuYou Brides magazines.
The New Straits Times |
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Cult: O2 Music Group and Caló Pascoal to Present New Albums
Luanda, 08/03 – The Angolan cultural market will register this Sunday the return of one of Angola’s most popular zouk music group, namely the “O2”, who will be releasing a max-single, this Sunday, in Luanda`s Atlantico Cinema and signing autographs of their work.
AngolaPress |
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Jim Waddelow fits that title for Moonlight Musicals
Lubbock Moonlight Musicals will close an extremely well-attended season with Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway hit, "The Music Man." It opens a three-weekend run Friday at the Wells Fargo Amphitheater at Mackenzie Park.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |
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Earnest town bewitches visitor
Color me an unabashed fan of the open-air affair. Music, food, art — they all work for me. The sights, smells and sense of community to be absorbed when wandering aisles filled with homegrown or handcrafted goodies warms my soul and reassures my psyche on some primal level that Life is Good.
The Mail Tribune |
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Classic rock renewed
AURORA -- Scott Donlan drove 90 miles from Princeton, Ill., to hear rock band UFO belt out Too Hot to Handle and Mother Mary at Rocks the Fox Saturday.
The Beacon News |
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Spin control
POP Randy Newman, "Harps and Angels" (Nonesuch) As some familiar with Randy Newman's rich catalog know, when the 64-year-old singer and songwriter croons, " Laugh and be happy / Don't you ever wear a frown / Don't let the bastards ground you down, " it's delivered with as hefty a dose of irony as one can cram into a 2:19 pop song.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Ian has learned the truth
Four decades before 15-year-old Miley Cyrus caused a media uproar for posing for photographs that implied she was nude, Janis Ian -- then also 15 -- wrote the critically acclaimed song "Society's Child."
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Music describes our love for cars, trains, boats and planes
After love, the biggest topic for popular songs has to be transportation. Songs about riding in cars, trains, boats and planes fill the airwaves, from Woody Guthrie to Johnny Cash to the Beach Boys. It could be especially true in the United States, a country that always has been about going somewhere else.
The Courier News |
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Mexicans losing their taste for songs about drug lords
TIJUANA, Mexico — The alcohol is flowing at La Cantina when Calor Nortena kicks out the accordion jams for an homage to gangster Arturo Villarreal, who rose from drug cartel protege to crime boss in a six-year reign of mayhem and murder.
The Monterey County Herald |
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Matt Evans and Melissa Ricks are ready to become underwear models
During the launch for Penshoppe-MYX collection at the SM Megamall branch of Penshoppe last July 31, Club Pen models Matt Evans and Melissa Ricks shared their excitement about the clothing brand’s new collection (which is a collaboration with music channel MYX) and the brand’s upcoming new underwear line.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Indonesia rediscovers its own rock legend
JAKARTA - IT TOOK a half century and YouTube to bring Indonesia's rock 'n' roll legends back home.
Straits Times |
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Toronto whiz kid adds North American flavour to Bollywood
By Gurmukh Singh, Toronto, Aug 3 : Vikas Kohli, who is the latest Indian-Canadian to enter Bollywood with his hit song 'Apun Ke Saath' in the recently released thriller 'Mission Istaanbul', says he wants to make it big in Indian showbiz.
New Kerala |
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Kentucky Bluegrass Festival draws fans to Louisville
The music was cooking and the fans were baking on the Belvedere downtown yesterday while the Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival welcomed some young newcomers into the fold.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Europe's largest festival begins
One of the biggest community festivals in Europe is set to get underway with a carnival parade in west Belfast.
BBC News |
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UCSC arts and lectures schedule released
A wide range of musical acts, as well as lecturers will be performing at UC Santa Cruz during the 2008-2009 Arts and Lectures season.
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
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Best Bets Aug. 3, 2008
Oui Be Negroes With the motto 'Oui be smart, oui be funny and oui be black,' this group is reputed to be the original African American improv/sketch comedy troupe in the country.
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
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Cabrillo Festival opens strong with Concerto rockin' hysteria
Introducing his eruptive new Concerto for Orchestra at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music on Friday, composer Christopher Rouse said the "threat level on this piece is orange.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Concerts return to Pierson Park
McKINLEYVILLE -- If your family would like to enjoy four free outings this summer that are sure to please everyone, young and old, the McKinleyville Senior Center and McKinleyville Parks and Recreation have just the ticket.
Eureka Times-Standard |
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Marsha Norman was right fit
The first time playwright Marsha Norman saw "The Color Purple" performed before a paying audience in Atlanta, she witnessed the musical's future. "It was actually thrilling. A trio of women came in — one in a wheelchair and two on walkers with oxygen tanks...."
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Melissa Gilbert returns to the prairie — on stage
Melissa Gilbert has come home to the prairie — or at least to Minneapolis, the big city near the prairie. Gilbert, who spent most of her childhood portraying the bold pioneer girl on television, is cast as the proper and reserved Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the Guthrie Theater's musical version of "Little House on the Prairie."
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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'Rock the Desert' began with idyllic summers of '60s, '70s
- Inspired by granddad, Tull has famous Christian rock musicians be teens' Bible storytellers
Midland Reporter-Telegram |
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‘Motor City Madman’ is a savvy survivor in a crazy business
He may be the Motor City Madman, but he’s about as crazy as a fox. Ted Nugent is a savvy, sober, nearly 60-year-old survivor of the often savage and sometimes scurrilous music industry, and he’s become almost as famous for firing arrows at animals as he is for fiery guitar riffs. The multi-platinum-selling rocker and outdoors activist storms back to the Toledo area for a concert Friday night ...
The Toledo Blade |
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