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Membership drive on for Redfield concert series
The Redfield Area Concert Association's annual membership drive for its 2008--09 season continues through Aug. 11....
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On Stage
Music in the Park The Music in the Park "kiddie" concert series, hosted by the Plymouth Community Arts Council and sponsored by major sponsor McCully's Educational Resource Center, Main Street Bank, Rotary Club of Plymouth A.M., and Huron Valley Ambulance, takes to the Kellogg Park stage Wednesdays at noon. The schedule: n Aug. 6 - elmoThumm
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Lewiston hosts jazz and art festivals this month
From Rochester: It's about a 90-minute drive if you take the New York state Thruway to Buffalo, then head north (Route 290 to Route 190). Attraction: On two August weekends, the Niagara County village turns its picturesque Center Street over to free outdoor music shows and art displays.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Lost Lake Nature Park features music and art
Music, art and the great outdoors will come together Aug. 8 in Oakland Township.
Rochester Eccentric |
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Swingin', swayin', chowin' down
With apologies to Martha Reeves, there'll be swingin' and swayin' at the corner of Fourth and Main in Downtown Rochester Aug. 8 and 9 for the 13th annual Dancin' in the Street festival. There will also be some serious chowing down from Rochester's favorite restaurants.
Rochester Eccentric |
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China allows Tiananmen music
BEIJING (Reuters) - China allowed a first foreign orchestra performance in Tiananmen Square on Sunday but also gave warnings to would-be protesters as it tried to show openness yet avoid any late embarrassment before the Beijing Olympics start.
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It's almost last call for Burgh concerts
A summer full of music is winding down at the Burgh Park Gazebo Concert Series, but there's still time to catch the action.
Southfield Eccentric |
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Upcoming Events
Eat to the Beat The summertime Eat to the Beat concert series is held from noon to 2 p.m. Thursdays at the City Centre Plaza located on Central Park Boulevard, one block west of Evergreen between Civic Center Drive and the I-696 Service Drive. Southfield and the City Centre Advisory Board are sponsors for the free lunchtime concert series, which runs through Sept. 11. This year's schedule ...
Southfield Eccentric |
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Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke - Review
In order to clear himself of a first-degree murder charge, Dave Robicheaux goes to Montana to investigate a mobster's take-over of tribal lands.
BellaOnline |
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China allows Tiananmen music, warns protesters
China allowed a first foreign orchestra performance in Tiananmen Square on Sunday but also gave warnings to would-be protesters as it tried to show openness yet avoid any late embarrassment before the Beijing Olympics start.
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- Hip Hop for Kids ages 5-18: Three classes for different age groups start at 4:30 p.m. Mondays, The Dance Direction, 1202 Black Lake Blvd., Olympia. $38 per month. First visit is free. To register, call 360-754-3772.
The Olympian |
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Around the Bend: 08.03.08
A dance with music by the Leroy Rybak Orchestra is from 4 to 8 p.m. at Moravian Hall, 5601 Kostoryz Road
Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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Pregnancy resource center to kick off with concert fundraiser
CORPUS CHRISTI — A new pregnancy resource center is setting up shop.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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Wine and Opera: Preview of "The Bonesetter’s Daughter"
Dr. Clifford "Kip" Cranna, San Francisco Opera director of music administration, previews "The Bonesetter’s Daughter," adapted from the best-selling novel by Bay Area author Amy Tan. San Francisco Opera soprano Tamara Wapinsky sings "Marietta’s Lied" from Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s "Die Tote Stadt."
Palo Alto Weekly |
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North East News: Medics in fight to save festival girl
A ROCK fan was fighting for her life last night after taking drugs at a music festival.
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There's reason to look on the bright side of life with Spamalot in Calgary
When Esther Stilwell was in Grade 4, her parents suspected their daughter would one day become a musical-theatre diva.
Calgary Sun |
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Music on DVD
In 2006, former PiL/NiN/Ministry drummer and current indie-label honcho Atkins went to Beijing -- and found a vibrant underground scene that rivaled (according to him, anyway) London in the late '70s and New York in the early '80s.
Calgary Sun |
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People 'pull together' at 15th Harambee Festival
Resplendent in purple-colored African garb, Hattie A. Moore couldn’t resist the urge to dance as music poured over her from the Harambee Festival stage Saturday. She was soon joined by another festival-goer, a man who grinned widely as he too moved to the music. Photo caption: Albert Crowder, left, and Dennis Rockett dance for the crowd at the Harambee Festival in Weisser Park on ...
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
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Core volunteers all have more silver
Founding feathers: Ones there since '84 recall a rooster, flood and more. As organized as a church picnic. That's how volunteer Paul Fistner recalls the first Musikfest in 1984. Volunteer Mary Pongracz described those days as ''living on a wing and a prayer.''
The Morning Call |
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Still feeling it
One of their biggest hits was 'Don't Look Back,' but Boston prefers to relive the memories. Boston's musical mastermind Tom Scholz figures he might have some sort of artistic defect when it comes to his feelings about his music.
The Morning Call |
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A jazz fan reflects on reunion of seminal group Return to Forever
The reunion of pioneering jazz rock quartet Return to Forever after 25 years may not rank among the biggest musical news of late. Few folks, even most jazz fans, would put them on the same level as The Beatles or even The Eagles.
The Morning Call |
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A rockin' story told through art and music
Musician takes audience on band's journey of discovery The 24 cubist-influenced pieces in Craig Matis' exhibit are boldly colorful, highly textured works of cut paper and spray paint that fall somewhere between collage and painting.
The Morning Call |
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A SummerFest sighting: Saariaho shooting star
Early in her career, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho asked a cellist she admired if he would record one of her pieces for Finnish radio. Greatly amused by the thought of a woman composer, the cellist laughed so hard that he nearly choked. But nobody's laughing now.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Voices & choices
Three major performers – Leila Josefowicz, Vladimir Feltsman and Leon Fleisher – will join a few friends and play some of their favorite pieces during La Jolla Music Society SummerFest's “An Evening With ...” series. We asked them why they chose the music and what it means to them.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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'It was really sweet and in the perfect range'
Four days before her 15th birthday, cellist Andrea Yu will make her debut at La Jolla Music Society SummerFest. Rather than appear in a concert, she'll be the starring student in an Aug. 15 Coaching Workshop to be taught by cellist and Fellowship Artist Ani Kalayjian at La Jolla Riford Library.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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