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Olympics: Cyclists and swimmers show the way after golden day
After the sweet music of five Olympic Games medals on Super Saturday, two in-tune New Zealand quartets stopped today turning into Subdued Sunday for New Zealand.
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Daily Planner
The Springfield Chamber Chorus presents "A Concert of A Cappella Choral Music" at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 in the chapel of St. John's Hospital, 1235 E. Cherokee St. Free. Call 844-3089.
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Things to do in the region
DELAWARE CITY -- Too Little Time. Part of Delaware City's Music in the Park Series. 5:30 p.m. today until dark. Battery Park, Clinton Street on the Waterfront. Free. www.delawarecity.info
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Faith files: Ezion Mount Carmel holds unity weekend
Gospel music, food and neighborly relations.
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Golden idols
OS ANGELES -- A rock video shot by the pool at a hilltop mansion in Chatsworth, a suburb known as the unofficial capital of the pornography business, inevitably involves a few staples, including dozens of attractive, nubile women making eyes at the handsome boys in the band. On a May evening, however, the guests were fully clad -- and the musicians wore "purity" rings, reflecting their stated ...
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Nonprofits collaborate to help children and Moonlight Amphitheatre
VISTA ---- Members of the Moonlight Cultural Foundation and Vista Optimist Club gathered on the beautiful grounds of the Optimists' clubhouse for the annual Wine Festival on July 26.
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Community Briefly: Luau, giveaway set for Friday
A back-to-school luau and school supply giveaway will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at The Learning Haven, (the old J.C. Hamilton Memorial Library), 2604 Hillcrest Ave., in Shreveport. The event will include music, games, school supplies, parent information, food and door prizes. Call (318) 635-6360 for more information. The event is sponsored by 21st Century Learning Academy and BART (Become ...
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PLAYLIST: Fresh thoughts on new music
For rock fans who felt lost in the sea of gloomy alt-rock a decade ago, Buckcherry provided a branch to cling onto. Loud, glammy and unapologetically raunchy, the L.A. band's raucous metal was a throwback to earlier glory days, and played well in rock-mad locales like Detroit.
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Eligible for AARP, and still rocking
Over the past 25 years, they have received Grammys, platinum records, critical accolades and fat royalty checks. This summer, they got invitations to join AARP. Prince turned 50 on June 7, Madonna's birthday was Saturday and Michael Jackson follows suit Aug. 29.
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Caribbean cruise in 100 meters
Jamaica's Bolt sets record; Trinidad's Thompson second Usain Bolt isn't among the many athletes who listen to music with headphones before they compete. His coach, Glen Mills, doesn't allow it, worrying it will interfere with Bolt's concentration.
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Weekly entertainment calendar
"Arabian Knights": A celebration of Arab culture with traditional food, song and dance, and a longbow competition, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Michigan Renaissance Festival, 12500 Dixie Hwy., Holly Twp. 800-601-4848. $17.95, $8.95 younger than 12.
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CeCe is on a crusade to save youth
At a time when scantily clad female socialites are powerful enough to influence everything from pop music to presidential elections, it can be difficult to tout the virtues of a lower hemline and a life of purity. But for Detroit-born gospel vocalist CeCe Winans, a multiple Grammy and Dove award winner, it is a passion -- and a responsibility she takes seriously.
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NPR's Harley releases CD-DVD set recorded at UM in 2007
Singer/songwriter/storyteller Bill Harley has a special affinity for Montana, saying he'd live in Missoula "if it didn't add two hours to every plane trip."
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Slowing down for food festival
Labor Day weekend marks the first major stateside event for the Italian-born group that trumpets sustainable, local and artisanal foods as the best antidote to the world's increasingly industrialized food system. Slow Food has made great strides in Europe, but so far the group has been just a blip on the American foodie radar. Organizers of Slow Food Nation, as the San Francisco event has been ...
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Regional Calendar
Regional calendar MARYLAND Concerts on the beach Ocean City . Captain Quint performs the music of Jimmy Buffet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Northside Park on 125th Street. Free. 410-250-0125.
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The Day at the Races
Two-time Whitney Handicap winner Commentator breezed four furlongs in :50.45 Saturday morning over the Oklahoma training track as he prepares for his next start in the Sept. 20 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs.
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Tijuana Makes Me Happy (Tijuana me hace feliz)
A boy will do anything to become a man and win the heart of a young prostitute, even fight his rooster. (82 mins, No Rating, 2004). How his Another Planet Entertainment beat the competition to host the epic Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
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Crossing Arizona
(95 mins, No Rating, ). How his Another Planet Entertainment beat the competition to host the epic Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. The weekly podcast that lets you hear the music we write about.
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Giving peace some play: Protest music marches back onto pop charts
Protest music muscles its way back onto the pop charts.
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Quick trip Turks and Caicos Islands
Legendary rocker Keith Richards was out of uniform. No dangling cigarette, no wailing guitar, no stormy look. As a matter of fact, he was grinning. And scratching the tummy of a shaggy black munchkin of a dog.
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No. 1 song sparks outrage – from singer's own parents
She may have the hit of the summer ... she may have been on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks and at the top for seven ... she may have just hit the top of the pop music chart in the United Kingdom, but Katy Perry's Christian parents are anything but proud of their daughter's success for the controversial "I Kissed a Girl."
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Sideshow:
Rambo defects to Russia . . . Everything comes full circle eventually. And so that awesome collection of bone and muscle behind '80s Cold War studmeisters Rambo and Rocky, who so valiantly battled the so-called Evil Empire in the movies, has signed a deal to shill for a brand of Russian vodka called Russian Ice. (Did you know both film series were banned in the U.S.S.R.?) Sylvester Stallone will ...
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Revelry, politics mix at Hempfest
Activists irate about a proposed state limit on medical marijuana urged crowds Saturday at Seattle's 17th annual Hempfest festival to rally at an Aug. 25 Department of Health hearing in Tumwater.
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Festival revs up all over Monterey
Lancia, Lamborghini, Ferrari ... the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance will showcase some fancy automotive antipasti today during the annual car show at the famed golf course. Of course, admission is equally pricey: The $175 same-day ticket benefits United Way...
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Pop Quiz: Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, 72, once claimed that he drank enough alcohol and snorted enough cocaine to sink a battleship. After his six decades in the music business - which took him from being a poverty-stricken country boy to the ultimate square-jawed country icon -...
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