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Folk art in spotlight
While the House of Blues is usually synonymous with live music and Southern cuisine, the chain also serves as a museum that is home to a significant collection of folk art. The Myrtle Beach venue will celebrate the past and present of this art form during the eighth annual Summer Folk Art Festival by allowing 40 national and regional artists to display their artwork and keep the tradition of ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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SUNDAY
THE CLUBHOUSE MYRTLE BEACH, 626-9058. 510 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach. DJ Blackie Lavey, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Variety. No cover. COMEDY CABANA, 449-4242. 9588 U.S. 17 N., Myrtle Beach. Walt Willey. 6 p.m. meet-and-greet, 8 p.m. show. Comedy. $20-$35. CROCODILE ROCKS, 444-8032. Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach. Dueling pianos, 8 p.m. Variety. $5.
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Bands to hit bike rally
With the start of the spring Harley-Davidson rally, local and national bands are stepping on to the stages around town and offering residents and visitors alike a chance to enjoy some live music. Big venues, such as Hard Rock Park and the House of Blues will have an array of artists - everything from country acts, to blues musicians and hard rockers - while our local bars and clubs will feature ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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MUSEUMS
BROOKGREEN GARDENS, U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, is a National Historic Landmark with a collection of outdoor sculptures by American artists, and an accredited zoo. Two sculpture exhibitions titled "Good Things Come in Small Packages: Metallic and Relief Sculpture" and "The Bronze Zoo: Anna Hyatt Huntington and Exotic Animals" are on display in the Rainey Sculpture ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Pratt School of Engineering
Stefano Manzoni, Shuyi Wang and Liangbo Hu received the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Professor Senol Utku Award, given to the best peer-reviewed journal articles written by pre-PhD students.
Duke University |
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Grammy-winner Lauderdale plays Jack of the Wood
Jim Lauderdale is no stranger to Western North Carolina; he started playing banjo as a teenager while spending summers with his family in Flat Rock, and worked in the snack bar at the Flat Rock Playhouse.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Film's singers help save it
The crowd-pleasing documentary "Young@Heart" is joyous and life-affirming and more than a little dull. It is a feel-good movie that is, frankly, made fairly terribly.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Symphony Hall hosts Fambrough
Jazz returns to the upstairs Rodale Community Room in Allentown's Symphony Hall with the legendary Charles Fambrough and his quartet performing in concert 7:30 tonight.
The Express-Times |
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Sweet Music Starts a Bad Fire
An electrical problem with stereo equipment is blamed for a St. Joseph trailer fire. No one was home when the fire started. The renter of the Bristol Square trailer came back from picking his son up at school to see the fire blazing in one of the single-wide's rooms.
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New virtual world makes S'pore Asian hub
SINGAPORE: German-based tech startup Metaversum is planning to make Singapore the Asian hub for its new 3D virtual world Twinity, and it is counting on the local market to reach out to other countries in the region.
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Are Strip Clubs Cheating?
Do you consider strips clubs cheating? When it come to men's favorite pastimes, sports, cars and naked women rank in the top three. While partaking in the first two might make a girlfriend or wife voice harmless complaints, indulging in the last one could have you living in the doghouse -- permanently.
AskMen |
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Somalian Islamists attack, overthrow guards in capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Firing rocket-propelled grenades and heavy submachine guns, Islamist militants seized the police headquarters at the heart of the government's stronghold in Mogadishu yesterday in an attack that witnesses said left two soldiers and two police officers dead.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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Daily report: Winner, loser and the top 10
BUYOUT BOOSTS NASDAQ PROFIT Nasdaq OMX Group said Thursday that its quarterly profit surged in its first combined reporting period that included Sweden’s OMX stock exchange. The exchange operator said that first-quarter earnings rose to $121.4 million, or 69 cents a share, up from $18.3 million, or 14 cents a share a year earlier. Wall Street expected the company would earn 49 cents a share, ...
The State |
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Diversity 'rocks' Music off Main
HACKETTSTOWN -- A wide range of music will be featured when the next Music off Main at Arts off Main takes place on Friday, May 9. Mace Gill will be the opener and Reverse Order will cap the night, which runs from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Arts off Main Art Gallery, 128 Willow Grove St.
The Warren Reporter |
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May 09, 2008
It will literally be the world in concert. Missa Gaia (Earth Mass), performed by The Chatham Chorale, is coming to the Barnstable Performing Arts Center May 17 (8 p.m.) and 18 (3 p.m.).
The Barnstable Patriot |
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Clematis by Night
Groove to the sounds of Terry Hanck's hard-blowing sax and gutsy vocals at Thursday's Clematis by Night. Hanck was heavily influenced by the blues, soul and jazz music of the '50s and early '60s, and now plays a mix of sounds, all delivered with a heavy dose of blues and soul.
The Palm Beach Post |
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Iron Man' convinced me: I need a superhero -- Michael Heaton
UPDATED: 00 :13 a.m. EDT, May 09, 2008 Chuck Yarborough becomes a dry stone mason. Talk arts, movies, music, dining and more!
The Plain Dealer |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
Just when you think there's nothing more for another Miles Davis tribute to say, along comes "Miles ... From India," an ingeniously conceived, perfectly executed...
Boston Herald |
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Harbor Place celebrates birthday girl, 106
Leona Vogel said she believes her 106 years on Earth have been about "doing for others."
TCPalm.com |
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Gigs around town
RANI ARBO AND DAISY MAYHEM Old-world and contemporary folk come together in the music of this western Massachusetts quartet. Arbo is the founder, fiddler and lead vocalist;...
Boston Herald |
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Review: Otis Jones Project's debut just a sample of good things to come
All cultures have it, that perfect, visceral, rapturous musical moment when the earth seems to stop moving and the soul soars. Hippies find it beating on a drum around a camp fire; church ladies prefer to sing songs of praise until the spirit moves them. There's really no wrong way to go about it (as long as it's legal).
The Daily Sentinel |
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Pike Electric reports income dropped 28% in 3rd quarter
Pike Electric Corp. said yesterday that it had net income of nearly $4.3 million in its third quarter, which ended March 31. The net income was down 28 percent from nearly $6 million in the third quarter of 2007.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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Arnold's musical impact far-reaching
For his time, Eddy Arnold was the most popular country music singer in the business. He had 28 Billboard Country No. 1 hits and more than 145 chart hits overall - the most of any country music artist.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Band pays its debt to the blues, but knows what it's not
he members of the North Mississippi Allstars wanted a party record when they created the album "Hernando." The band is, from left, Cody Dickinson, Chris Chew and Luther Dickinson.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Gregory's piano bar offers delights for ears, palates
By Kris Alavattam
Dayton Daily News |
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