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Manilow instrumental in promoting music in Indio schools
Come September, Indio middle and high school students will receive new musical instruments to the tune of about $10,000 for each school.
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Barry Manilow gives huge lift to music programs
Take note. Come September, Cathedral City middle and high school students will receive new musical instruments to the tune of about $10,000 as a part of the Manilow Music Project.
The Desert Sun |
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Ordinances could crash 'party house' problem
Palm Springs residents tired of living next to noisy "party houses" might get some relief thanks to a pair of proposed ordinances.
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Many summer blockbusters began on TV
"Get Smart," "The X-Files," "The Incredible Hulk," "Sex and the City," "Speed Racer" - sounds like a quick flip through TV Guide. Nope. Those are some of the biggest titles hitting movie screens this summer.
The Desert Sun |
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Party supplier Craig Michaels talks business
For the past 20 years, Craig Michaels has built a career on being the life of the party. Not in front of the crowd but behind the turntables.
The Desert Sun |
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Country music artist Eddy Arnold dies at 89
Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.
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MySpace data becomes portable
Take your MySpace profile when you travel MySpace has launched its own "Data Availability" effort with big-name partners Yahoo, eBay, Twitter and Photobucket.
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Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson
By Preston Jones Keys notes Looking at neo-soul dynamo Alicia Keys' career to date, a lot of surprising statistics pop out. She's only 27 but has already sold more than 25 million albums worldwide and racked up 11 Grammys. Not too shabby -- and her new disc, As I Am , is doing quite well with critics and fans (the Star-Telegram said it "delivered the goods"), making Keys' current tour ...
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Preston Jones' Lone Star Sounds
By Preston Jones There's so much quality music coming from North Texas acts, it's hardly fair -- there aren't enough hours to soak it all up. Four fresh discs that have caught my attention and deserve yours: Shibboleth , Experiment in Error : The music made by Shibboleth ( Rich Martin , Don Cento and James Driscoll ; the threesome is joined by drummer Jim White here) is a gleeful amalgam ...
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Musician leaves legacy through art, students
Ernest Stires taught younger generation of rock n' rollers to expand their musical scope
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Events for the family
Special Events Philadelphia 18th Annual Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure Largest run/walk event in Philly, aiming to raise $4.5 million for the breast cancer movement. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Museum steps, 22nd & Franklin Pkwy.; www.komenphiladelphia.org. $35. 5/11 6:30-11 am.
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Museum and gallery events
Art Museums & Institutions African American Museum 701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380. www.aampmuseum.org. Lois Mailou Jones - Over 45 prints & works on paper by one of the century's most prominent female African American artists. Closes 5/25. AAMP Art: Moroccan Mosaics. 5/10 noon-3 pm. $8; $6 children & seniors. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm.
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FAMILY FUN! If You Give a Pig a Party, Buffalo Boogie Fun Run/Walk, Mass of the Children
By Phyllis Stone Getting piggy with it All of the favorites from Laura Numeroff's popular If You Give book series are back in this national touring production, including Pig, Moose and Mouse, plus Cat, Dog and Snake. In this raucous musical, a young girl finds that throwing a party for a pig involves much more work than she would have thought. Throw in puppets, bicycles, bumper cars, pillow ...
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'Home Alone' perfects art of the sight gag
Tonight's Might-see: "Home Alone" (1990), 7 p.m., FX. On a surprisingly weak night for movies, we might as well return to a familiar pleasure. The art of the sight gag had almost disappeared when producer-writer John Hughes came up with this idea, perfectly directed by Chris Columbus.
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The blues, jazz & more
This year's Florida Music Fest is most eclectic After six years, the guys behind the Florida Music Festival ought to be able to put roughly 250 bands into downtown with their eyes closed, right?
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Area news roundup
Main St. closed this morning, 'Wick to hold global webcast, Oneonta mayor to be part of global warming event
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Networked from birth
And so it came to pass that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was elected Mayor Of London. Last Friday, at the formal announcement of his victory at City Hall, the proceedings were watched by his children, Cassia Peaches, Milo Arthur, Lara Lettice and Theodore Apollo.
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Laumeier Park hosts Mother's Day art fair
Treat your mom to a vast array of award-winning art this weekend when Laumeier Sculpture Park in southwest St. Louis County hosts its annual Mother's Day weekend art fair.
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Irving/Coppell community calendar
LYRIC STAGE presents Hello Dolly through Saturday in the Dupree Theater at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $23 to $30. Call 972-252-2787 or visit www.lyricstage.org.
Dallas Morning News |
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Benefit concert Saturday for Catawba Music Department
Music majors who are graduating from Catawba College on Saturday are holding the first Senior Legacy Concert to raise money to buy library resources t ...
The Salisbury Post |
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Kannapolis Village Fest starts Friday night
KANNAPOLIS — Village Fest 2008 gets under way today. Presenting sponsor is the North Carolina Research Campus. Other sponsors include the Cabarrus Eve ...
The Salisbury Post |
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Events diary
• 9 am. Underberg Winter Horse Trials fundraiser for 10-year-old leukaemia patient Slade Holt, whose parents are not on medical aid. For information, phone Nigel Notley at 082 491 2396, Sue Acutt at 082 457 5535 or Martin Minett at 082 307 1318, or e-mail notleyestates@mweb.co.za
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Madonna touts Sticky & Sweet concert tickets under Live Nation deal
Madonna has become the first major artist to endorse the auction and re-sale of her concert tickets on the internet, in a further sign that the future of the traditional record industry is on the rocks.
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'Roman': Mystery falls apart
This fast-moving, brain-teasing mystery, the 49th film from the 70-year-old director Claude Lelouch ("A Man and a Woman"), begins by unraveling a skein of quintessentially French themes: identity, perception and, of course, sex.
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