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It's different strokes for football folks
It was a late-arriving crowd for the Bills-Steelers game last night at the Rogers Centre. By kickoff it was obvious organizers had done a good job rounding up bodies to fill most of the unsold seats. While the visual of a stadium jammed with 48,434 people was a good one for the NFL, revenues were likely not what had been hoped for.
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Community Calendar
Tuxedo Junction will perform for the season finale of Music on Main from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, in front of the Visitors Information Center. Classic Car Cruise-In. Free. Seating area opens at 5:30 p.m. Information on car show: 699-4929. Information for Music on Main: 693-9708, (800) 828-4244, www.historichendersonville.org.
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Senior citizen club starts strong
It hasn't taken long for Maywood's first Senior Citizens Club to gain popularity. More than 100 seniors have been showing up since the first meeting, held July 11 at the village's multi-purpose building, 200 S. Fifth Ave. Sessions, which are held from noon to 3 p.m. on Fridays, include a variety of activities, such as bingo and music, but most importantly give seniors a chance to socialize.
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Argerich provides classical season's crescendo
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The star of the August classical season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center so far has been Martha Argerich, the illusive pianist who's now appeared three times in one week. Her best was saved for last, with Thursday night's performance of the Prokofiev Third Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Charles Dutoit. The grueling three-movement work allows ...
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Our picks for this week's top events
"High Society" starring, from left, Grace Kelly, Louis Calhern and Bing Crosby, will be shown at 7:30 tonight and 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Great MGM Movie Musical Series at the Louisville Palace. Other highlights this week: fourth annual Fright Night Film Fest; Tuxes & Tails benefit auction; and of course, the Kentucky State Fair.
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Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris
As jazz historian Will Friedwald puts it in the film, knowing the name Jackie Paris is what "separates the diehards from the dilettantes." A gifted jazz singer, Paris's legacy, like the latter part of his career, is mired in relative obscurity.
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At the casinos the weekend of August 15-17
Here's what's happening at area casinos this weekend, from comics to music to theater.
New York Daily News |
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Paradise Theatre presents terrific ‘Urinetown’
I have seen three performances of “Urinetown” presented by three different theater companies, and all of them were wonderful – which is a tribute not only to a terrific script with fabulous music, but also to the wealth of talent to be found in the South Sound.
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Critic's TV pick: 'Outsiders Inn'
SPOTLIGHT 'Outsiders Inn' 9 p.m. on CMT "I've been working in show business for over 40 years, and (this) was the most fun I've ever had doing a show," Maureen McCormick blogs on Country Music Television's website (www.blogs.cmt.com).
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Benatar might raise roof, but consider outdoor shows
Summer is already winding down, but music fans still have one of the great choices to make: indoors or outdoors. They can head for clubs, concert halls and rock arenas, or they can enjoy one of the seasonal outdoor shows, many of which are free.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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The Sound Scene: Live music this weekend
It's back to the roots at Capital One Theater as America brings down home folk music to fans. The Mostly Mozart Fesitval continues at Lincoln Center with two performances of "La Passion de Simone."
New York Daily News |
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Tune in at White River for Radiohead
A Radiohead concert is a big, honkin’ deal by itself. But anticipation for the Oxford, England, outfit’s stop Wednesday at Auburn’s White River Amphitheatre has been made that much giddier since Radiohead hasn’t graced the Pacific Northwest in half a decade. The band’s last Washington stop was at White River in August 2003, in support of its “Hail to the Thief” album. But sadly, we were not ...
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Chrysalis dragged down by failed sale
Chrysalis , the music publisher whose roster includes some of the most critically acclaimed artists on the alternative scene such as Portishead and Mogwai, warned on Friday its annual income would be lower than last year.
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RIFFS: Neil Finn's son is a one-man band
Many musicians take a hiatus from their respective bands to embark on a solo career. Few of them take such a literal approach to the "solo" tag as Liam Finn.
The Washington Times |
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Kneisel Hall's beat of future
Blue Hill Bay in Down East Maine is renowned as a sailor's paradise and also as the earliest center of chamber music in this country.
The Washington Times |
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National Night Out at Norwood draws crowds
An estimated 1,500 people attended the Jefferson Park (16th) Police District's National Night Out Aug. 5, which was held for the first time in the park around Norwood Park Field House. In addition to listening to live music, viewing the large collection of classic and customized cars, and taking aim at a target to send Officer Bill Ruhelman into the dunk tank, visitors had a chance to take a ...
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Bach is beautiful at any age
CONWAY— Bach-lovers from the greater Mount Washington Valley as well as visitors who plan their vacations to coincide with the fourth weekend in August, are eagerly anticipating the presentation of the 20th annual Bach Festival planned for Thursday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug 24.
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Summer meltdown: films, music, picnics and fun
It was so hot in Chicago that I decided to go to visit my daughter in Texas last week... Guess what! Over 100 degrees every day. It made Chicago's heat seem cool.
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Music takes to street at Black River festival
Call it the accidental band, formed by the wayside -- in more ways than one. Tom Vella of Morristown needed a band to record, so he plucked from his own personal talent pool of musicians he met through solo gigs.
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Intel to add Remote Wake tech to motherboards
New tool to remotely power up computers Intel has launched new technology that enables users to remotely power up their computers and retrieve business documents and music files from afar.
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Local happenings
Speaker, author and award-winning Broadway and off-Broadway performer and composer Freddie Weber is coming to Unity Christ Church of Boonton on Sept. 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. She will present a musical based on Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" and "The New Earth."
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Let's do the time warp again
The grandstand is gone, and the concert schedule at the Canadian National Exhibition is a mere bandshell of its former itself
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Conflict between arts groups and their boards at the heart of recent turmoil
The Twin Cities arts community has been in turmoil recently, with the closures of two high-profile organizations and a management shuffle at a third. They all stemmed from a conflict between the organization's staff and its board.
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Isle of Wight: White Air music row
By David Newble - Friday, August 15, 2008 ORGANISERS of the White Air Extreme Sports Festival have caused uproar among Yaverland residents by applying to extend their drinks and music licence.
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Buddy and Maria Elena Holly married 50 years ago
Fifty years after Maria Elena Santiago flew from New York City to Lubbock to marry musician Buddy Holly, she continues a tradition each year on her wedding anniversary.
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