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London's V&A tells Supremes story through clothes
We've all got an old ra-ra skirt or Hawaiian shirt that we just can't bring ourselves to throw out. But they probably haven't seen us through TV shows and tours, or rode with us to the top of the music charts.
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What's Up!
Revisit the era of big band, jazz and swing at "In the Mood," left, a 1940s musical revue, which returns with singers, dancers and the 14-member String of Pearls band providing the sounds. Each performance will pay tribute those in the audience who serve, or have served, in the armed forces.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Wayne Brady: entertainer in the old-time mode
It's a good thing hyphens are part of our punctuation arsenal. Otherwise someone would have had to invent them when Wayne Brady came along.
The Record |
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Media Packaging Leader NEXPAK Participates in Frankfurt 2008 Media-Tech Expo
DULUTH, Ga., May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NEXPAK, a leader in eco-friendly media packaging, participated in the Media-Tech Expo May 6-8 in Frankfurt, Germany. The premier event for the media packaging industry covered emerging trends and challenges in media manufacturing, with a focus on green packaging.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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RUBI REY Rum Launches an Art Movement: the86collective Brings Digital Art to the Forefront
Maintaining an edge that is anything but traditional, RUBI REY Rum has created the86collective, a new arts program that will present exhilarating evidence of the most exciting revolution the world has seen in many years, the digital art revolution.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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At NASA and Nightclubs, Stars Align for DJ Scientific
By day, NASA aerospace engineer Mark Branch supervises electromagnetic compatibility and susceptibility tests on instruments for the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Nightcrawlers
Anna Bannana's 2440 S. Beretania St. / 946-5190 Friday Upright Dub Orchestra, 9 p.m. $7. Saturday "Old Habits Die Hard CD Release Party," 8 p.m. All ages. $5.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Children's Choir to close third season with concert
The 40-member Merced Children's Choir will close its third season with the annual Spring Concert and Young Artists' Showcase.
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Coldplay map tour
Coldplay have announced the first details of their "Viva La Vida" world tour, which will kick-off in Philadelphia next month. Chris Martin and co are scheduled to be on the road into 2009, with gigs provisionally lined-up in North America, UK and Europe.
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Symphony to go silent
After 57 years of music-making, including a triumphant concert in New York's Carnegie Hall, the Columbus Symphony says it will shut down June 1.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Around the region
McHenry library fills board post McHenry – McHenry Public Library leaders selected Frank Marasco to fill a vacant board position and asked the two other applicants to participate in a new referendum committee.
Northwest Herald |
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GORGES OUTLOOK
The cold winter months at Artpark — the summertime entertainment venue perched on the edge of the Niagara Gorge in Lewiston — are usually fairly sedate. But last year, even as the leaves began to fall, Artpark President George Osborne was making frequent trips to Buffalo for talks with the failing Studio Arena Theatre. After months of meetings and a thorough examination of the theater's ...
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From couch to court, Gabriel Byrne charms in 'Camelot'
He can't sing and he can't dance, but Gabriel Byrne can charm - and he did while portraying the chivalrous King Arthur in "Camelot." After playing the tormented shrink Dr. Paul Weston in HBO's "In Treatment," the Irish actor went from couch to court, starring Wednesday in Lerner and Loewe's beloved 1960 musical. It was the first of five performances through Saturday, with one of the world's ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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From couch to court, Gabriel Byrne charms in 'Camelot'
He can't sing and he can't dance, but Gabriel Byrne can charm - and he did while portraying the chivalrous King Arthur in "Camelot."
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Violinist Sarah Chang takes a bow at bergenPAC
By age 10, violinist Sarah Chang had already built a career that would cause other classical musicians to drool with envy — touring the world, performing with the New York Philharmonic, recording an album for EMI Classics.
The Record |
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'24' offshoot fills in for the favorite
An agile, young agent from the Counter-Terrorist Unit slyly infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel to free a captured colleague, aided by images from tiny "marshmallow cams" and graphics sent to his cellphone.
The Record |
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From couch to court, Gabriel Byrne charms in 'Camelot'
He can't sing and he can't dance, but Gabriel Byrne can charm _ and he did while portraying the chivalrous King Arthur in "Camelot."
AP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Colonial Heights celebrates its 60th
COLONIAL HEIGHTS -- This city of 17,000 is celebrating its 60th birthday this week, culminating tomorrow and Sunday at the Fort Clifton Arts, Music and Crafts Festival. Although Colonial Heights' existence as an independent city is relatively new, the community got its name during the Revolutionary War when the Colonials -- French troops under the command of Gen. Marquis de Lafayette -- ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Zimbabwe: Savanna Trust's Show Wows Lalapansi Community
Wadzanayi Farm was a beehive of activity last weekend as artistes from different genres descended on the small community of Lalapansi, about 42km from Gweru.
AllAfrica.com |
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North County FYI
The county of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation will have its first Recreation Celebration, an all-day event with activities for all ages, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow, 6281 Sycamore Canyon Road, Poway. (858) 966-1331.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Portsmouth girls tennis team to hold family-oriented event
PORTSMOUTH — The warming weather around the Seacoast has not only signaled the start of spring sports and Little League, but the beginning of car wash season. That's right, with the weather turning warm and teams needing to raise funds, car washes...
Portsmouth Herald |
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Ocean Beach jazz fest promises to be 'high-energy show'
After seeing attendance jump from about 450 in 2005 to 1,100 last year, San Diego radio station KSDS-FM is confident its fourth annual Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Jazz Festival will be the most successful yet.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Take mom to the opera for Mother's Day in Portsmouth
The Granite State Opera concludes its eighth record-breaking season with "Cosi fan tutte" (or "The School for Lovers"), Mozart's most enjoyable comedy opera, with performances on Friday, May 9, at The Music Hall in Portsmouth and on Sunday afternoon, May...
Portsmouth Herald |
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'80s splash long over, but Jackson still drips emotion
No such thing as tomorrow, only one two three go! / Time, got the time tick-tick-tickin' in my head, chimes Joe Jackson on “Got the Time,” the parting shot on his stunning debut “Look Sharp!” The album is a classic of the New Wave era of the late '70s and early '80s.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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WWII freedom celebrations start
Guernsey's Liberation Day celebrations start with a parade to Town Church for a service.
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