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Fans adore legacy of Fender and Elvis in Los Fresnos
Freddie Fender and the King slipped through the crowd in triplicate at Saturday's Elvis Fest in Los Fresnos. Impersonators sang, swaggered, kissed babies, winked at ladies and gave the crowd the chance to spend a moment with music legends of the past.
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Mosaic Templars museum to open in Little Rock in September
Mosaic Templars museum
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Stay tuned for upcoming music festivals
Music to your ears
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Music of the ageless
Veteran joined Philadelphia Orchestra in 1951 SARATOGA SPRINGS - Violinist Jerome Wigler sits in the heart of the Philadelphia Orchestra's second violin section surrounded by young players, many having won auditions for membership right after finishing their studies.
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Masks, carvings, sushi: Paul Theroux's adventures
Even seekers of the world need a return address, or two, and Paul Theroux has settled well between the Hawaii home where he raises honeybees and this scenic retreat that allows him room to grow tomatoes, swim, play bocce ball and organize his memories from across the time zones.
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Killeen Family Affair
Updated: Aug 16, 2008 11:55pm Dozens came out to the Killeen Community Center on Saturday for some good music. It's all part of 'Family Affair' Kiss 103.1 plans to host the event each year to show appreciation for its listeners.
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Fiddles and griddles at Greenville Bluegrass Festival
GREENVILLE — Saturday’s crowd was sparse, due to heavy rains that hit the area around noon, but those who were there were enjoying themselves at a place ideal for any family outing.
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Fall arts: The best in theater
By MARK LOWRY The must-see The Color Purple After a summer of stellar touring musicals ( Avenue Q in Fort Worth, The Drowsy Chaperone and Jersey Boys in Dallas), the fall doesn’t bring much that’s new. Casa Mañana’s three tours at Bass Hall this season have all been here before (September’s Mamma Mia! twice; October’s Tuna Does Vegas earlier this year ; and November’s Stomp , ...
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Waste piles up in manmade nuclear ponds
We are a peculiar species. We can create magnificent music, dazzling art and inspiring literature. On the other hand, we flush human waste into our rivers, bays and oceans, polluting our water and killing our marine food supply. We consume vast amounts of oil, pushing Earth's thermostat so high that we may perish.
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Holy Cross to dedicate new education center
As thousands of children begin a new school year this week, about 245 of them will enter the first new Catholic school in the Rockford diocese in nearly 40 years.
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Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Tuesday, Aug. 19 Men of Worth, Maureen Brennan and Kevin Carr Four masters of Celtic music unite to present a tour-de-force concert of Irish and Scottish works, from haunting ballads to toe-tapping jigs.
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Theaters plan classics, comedies, musicals
Central Oklahoma's diverse theater scene will offer productions from Shakespearean classics and period comedies to musicals. The 2008-09 season even boasts a few world premieres. Production schedules are subject to change. Celebrity Attractions•When: Sept. 2-June 14. •Where: Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. •Information: (800) 869-1451. "Mamma Mia!,” Sept. 2-7. "The Pajama Game,” Oct. ...
The Oklahoman |
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Live theater comes to Elgin
The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission served up a smorgasbord of the live theater that the city has to offer Saturday - and made plenty of folks hungry for more.
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Fall arts: More classical music highlights
Other highlights Thursday-Aug. 24 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Great Performances Festival: The Mahler Cycle Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the orchestra bring us the second edition of their ambitious three-year presentation of all nine of Mahler’s monumental symphonies. $15-$49; festival passes $29-$129. 817-665-6000; www.fwsymphony.org Sept. 13 Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth The ...
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Television - Entertainment
It is not everyday you get to attend a concert with snowy mountains as the backdrop, but that is exactly what MTV's annual snowjam gig sets out to do.
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Food, wine festival at Pilot Pen Tennis
NEW HAVEN - The first-ever New Haven Food & Wine Festival featuring Wolf Blass wines will be held Wednesday at Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick, an Olympus U.
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Music fans pack into park park on festival's second day
Hundreds of country music fans packed Civic Center Park on Saturday, some even several hours before the concerts began. Rising country music stars Kellie Pickler and Ashton Shepard performed in front of a tightly packed Trails West! crowd.
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Things to do Today: Aug. 17, 2008
CLOGGING MUSIC: 2 p.m. Free. The Appalachian Country Cloggers perform to the music of Cheat River Cork Sniffers. Tamarack in Beckley. Tickets available from front desk day of the show starting 10 a.m. Call 1-88-TAMARACK.
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Form sape music academy, says Dr Chan
MARUDI: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan on Friday night proposed that a sape music academy be set up here to preserve and conserve the traditional music of the Orang Ulu.
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Mosaic Templars museum to open in Little Rock in September
Mosaic Templars museum If you’re traveling in Arkansas this September, you might want to visit a new state museum to honor African-American heritage. The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center opens Sept. 20 on the site of the Mosaic Templars of America, a fraternal organization founded by former slaves John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts to offer insurance to blacks to cover sickness, death ...
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Fall arts: Music events worth seeing
By CHRIS SHULL The must-see Dallas Symphony Orchestra Jaap van Zweden made a vital connection with the musicians of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra when he first conducted the ensemble in 2006. That rapport has grown. The orchestra musicians trust his musical instincts, and he trusts theirs — in part because van Zweden was once one of them. He began his career as concertmaster of the Royal ...
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Jerry Wexler, 91: R&B music producer
NEW YORK – Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, says his co-author, David Ritz. He was 91.
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Lyric Culture pays songwriters for words
Online music thieves can’t interfere with the hundreds of songwriters Hanna Rochelle Schmieder has on her payroll. Her company, Lyric Culture, prints famous song lyrics on high-end jeans and T-shirts — and pays artists for the privilege.
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Madison songwriters channel war and bitter politics to advance the grand tradition of protest music
The protest song ain't what it used to be. Time was - in Madison and almost anywhere else - when hearing Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Crosby, Stills, Nash ' Young rage against the machine was a shared experience via records and radio.
Isthmus |
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Forward Music Festival: Counting down
With just four weeks to go before the inaugural Forward Music Festival takes place Sept. 19 and 20, Bessie Cherry, one of the fest's five co-organizers, admits that things are getting a little harried. "I tell the other guys it's kind of like the eighth month of being pregnant," she laughs during a mid-afternoon break from her day job at a local web design and consulting firm. "You're hot. ...
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