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Prince plays headlining performance
"Coachella, I am here," Prince announced as he hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in California.
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Can San Jose make downtown more inviting for the condo crowd?
Vincent Condito moved last year into the 101 San Fernando luxury apartments and loves it. But he admits downtown San Jose's nightlife could use fewer noisy young drunks and more shopping and music for baby boomers like himself.
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Jazzed teacher fosters young musicians
Randy Tyler is a veteran of the Reno Jazz Festival and contributor to the future of jazz.
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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On the radio: Stations climb aboard Stagecoach
Stagecoach finally rides into town May 2-4. The country music festival in Indio is a dream come true for radio programmers. Using artist interviews and ticket giveaways, stations engage listeners to get involved in the promotions.
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Windber Research investigates whether music relieves stress
WINDBER — Twenty-eight volunteers are participating in a study at Windber Research Institute to see if music relieves stress on a molecular level. The volunteers have a history of heart disease and no musical training. They range in age from 41 to 81 and were divided into four groups over two days.
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Atmosphere, intimacy, fine music blend in the Northwest Sinfoniettas latest concert
At last night’s concert at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Northwest Sinfonietta once again proved that when you take out the cream of a chamber orchestra, the music gets even richer. Five wind principals (Darrin Thaves on flute, Dan Williams on oboe, Craig Rine on clarinet, John Ruze on bassoon and Kathleen Vaught Farner on horn) and guest pianist Tanya Stambuk offered a polished evening of Debussy, ...
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Hoover painter finds inspiration outdoors
As a kid growing up in Alabama, two things filled Larry Rackley with wonder: art and the outdoors. That was especially true on the Gulf Coast, where childhood trips to Orange Beach stirred his imagination.
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Professor doesn't get extra pay for hour of training
Q: I am an adjunct professor in the music department of a college. I am paid based on the number of classes and students I give private lessons to. So I'm surprised the college wants us to take sexual-harassment-prevention training without compensating us for the time. Supposedly, the college's insurance company is requiring the training, an hourlong online course. The university is threatening ...
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Soccer skills wow crowd
At SoccerPalooza in Tacoma, a South Korean soccer artist known simply as Mr. Woo impresses hundreds of spectators with his command of the ball.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Hannibal Square center marks year
Hannibal Square Heritage Center in Winter Park celebrated its first anniversary with jazz music by Jackie Jones and a community painting project with Plant City folk artist Ruby Williams.
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Prince plays Coachella, covers Radiohead
INDIO, Calif. (AP) — "Coachella, I am here." Prince hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with that announcement, heralding his arrival as the much-anticipated headliner of the summer festival.
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Harpists plan ‘Latin Interlude’
Soft, shimmery, sparkling – the Paraguayan harp is to the modern concert harp what a delicate watercolor is to a bold acrylic. It’s an instrument rarely heard – or even heard of – in North America.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Live country scarce in these parts Live country music
When chart-topping country acts Toby Keith and Rascal Flatts perform at the Tacoma Dome or Auburn’s White River Amphitheatre, you can expect crowds of 14,000 or more, generally.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Rocker Joe Jackson embraces many genres, few instruments
Joe Jackson decided to strip his music down to the bone on his latest album, “Rain,” recorded in his adopted hometown of Berlin.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Regional digest
WORCESTER -- City detectives yesterday arrested a Worcester Polytechnic Institute student for allegedly meting out a vicious beating to a Clark University student last week after a fight broke out during a "beer pong" game at a student party on Downing Street, police said.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Peaches
Prince hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with that announcement, heralding his arrival as the much-anticipated headliner of the summer festival.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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JOBS HOPING TO ADD REAL 'LIFE' TO VIRTUAL MALLS
STEVE Jobs is already in your head and your heart - and now he may be gunning to win over your virtual soul. The Apple CEO recently revealed that he is thinking about developing a virtual Apple store where shoppers, through their onscreen avatars...
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A jam-balaya of jazz in New Orleans
Is Jazz Fest in New Orleans an amazing music festival with the best food around, or the most yummylicious food festival surrounded by the greatest music on Earth? You can answer that eternal question yourself as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival continues this week.
New York Daily News |
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EDUCATION BRIEFS
Miles College will feature special guest poet Saul Williams at the Spring Arts Festival 2008. Events include "Short Tee: Hip Hop Minister: Spiritual Presentation," Monday, 11 a.m., Brown Hall Auditorium; Humanities Division Film Series "Slam," Tuesday, 9:30 a.m., Pearson Hall Auditorium; "The Many Faces of Hip Hop," Wednesday, 11 a.m., Brown Hall Auditorium; and "Hip Hop in Context: A Forum on ...
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Community Calendar for April 27:
April 27: Way of the Cross Church of God will be at the Higgins Ferry boat launch starting at 10 a.m. Praise and worship will be followed by baptism and lunch under the pavilion with more singing in the afternoon. Everyone is welcome. Come and get a blessing and a full belly!
Clanton Advertiser |
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Triple digits have music lovers sizzling
Music and party lovers at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival are being treated to a steamy weekend. Saturday temperatures were expected to top out at just above 100 degrees and today's forecast calls for temperatures to hit 101 degrees in Indio.
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Retail space, condos about to remake community's image
During the past year, the town has made some headway in getting its redevelopment projects beyond the talking stage. Just two months ago, the town's newest residents living at the 36 condominiums at Vail Mansion participated in a wine-tasting open house.
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'Boro tunes up for music festival
It's hip to be square. Or at least the Murfreesboro Square, when it gets jazzed up Friday and Saturday for the annual JazzFest. When the festival first set the stage in 1997, it did so to the tune of about 1,200 attendees.
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Group hard at work dusting off theater, a one-time downtown pearl
A playhouse of unsurpassed beauty. Artistry of design, magnificence of decorations and furnishings, ultra-modern conception of the finest in theater building.
The Evening Sun |
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Coachella: Saturday Starts With Uffie, Kavinsky and Little Brother
Tens of thousands of music fans aren't fazed by temperatures in the triple digits Saturday at the Coachella music festival. Sunday will be even hotter. Over 40 bands will grace one of five stages today.
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