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Art and jazz festival a feast for the senses
All that jazz and more art take over Main Street this weekend for the 20th annual Wells Fargo Art and Jazz Festival.
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3 convicted in rap artist's death
A jury deliberated for less than 2 1/2 hours Friday before finding three men guilty of the August 2006 murder of an aspiring music entrepreneur who was shot after arriving on the scene of a home invasion in Lincolnville.
The Post and Courier |
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Arts notes
Tina Turner in NewarkTina Turner has reconsidered the whole retirement thing.
The Star-Ledger |
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BergenPAC announces new season
There's Michael Bolton for blues, Judy Collins for folk, Wynona Judd and Loretta Lynn for country. They're four of the 42 events that have been booked so far into the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood for the 2008-2009 season.
The Star-Ledger |
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History textbooks promoting Islam
History textbooks being used by hundreds of thousands of public school students across the U.S. are blatantly promoting Islam, according to a new report by an independent organization that researches and reviews textbooks.
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Rossiter: Model views nudity as part of artistic process
[ Galen Burke fancies himself as still fitting into that "young and stupid" stage in life, the old college catchphrase excusing the unexplainable actions of otherwise intelligent people.
Athens Banner-Herald |
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Festival finale to show off local school talent
North Charleston Arts Festival's grand finale tonight at Riverfront Park will highlight music from tri-county school districts.
The Post and Courier |
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Area in Brief
GANADO — Hubbell Trading Post Native American Art Auction will be May 10, at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado. Preview will be 9-11 a.m.,auction will be noon. Info call 928-755-3475.
The Gallup Independent |
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New music director gives fine preview
This is going to be fun. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra invited conductor Manfred Honeck -- its new chief starting in September -- to the Heinz Hall stage last night for the last time as a guest ...
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SPORTS HEADLINES
MUSKEGON — The students of the Tindall Piano Studio will present a recital, "Music Made in America," on Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. The instructor for this event is Susan Tindall. The recital will take place at the Greater Muskegon Woman's Club, 280 W. Webster in Muskegon.
Grand Haven Tribune |
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Singer known for 'Primrose Lane'
VICTORVILLE - Jerry Wallace, who shot to fame in the late 1950s with a pair of hit songs including "Primrose Lane," has died. He was 79. One of his three sons, Jerry Wallace Jr., said Wallace died Monday night of congestive heart failure at his home in Victorville.
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Hempfield students protest arts cutback
A group of students walked out of classes to protest a proposed curriculum restructuring that would affect the district's art and music programs.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Symphony musicians, board aren't giving up yet
Although time is running out, there's still a chance to salvage the full indoor Columbus Symphony season starting in October, an orchestra official said yesterday.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Authentic Community Theatre show explores people, human conditions
HAGERSTOWN Stories of relationships, decision-making and sexuality brought hundreds of people to The Maryland Theatre on Friday to see a test run of Know Love, Know Power, a theatrical montage. More than 100 people from age 6 to 66 were in the show, the first effort at theater for many of them, said Niki Perini, the artistic director for Authentic Community Theatre, which put on the show.
The Herald-Mail |
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'Music For Myanmar' Cyclone Benefit Concert
National and International media celebrities are organizing an all ages benefit concert for the Myanmar cyclone victims and survivors on May 18 at The Rock and Roll Hotel & 1353 H Street NE in Washington D.C.
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Last of Vernon Regal collection on block
For nearly a century, Vernon Russell Regal pursued his unbridled passion for collecting, selling and restoring art, antique furniture, Chinese porcelain, tapestries and rare books. ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Try something different this Mother’s Day
Looking for a little something different to give Mom this Mother’s Day? Why not take her to a concert or on a river cruise? The 43rd annual Lewisburg Music Recital by students of Ruth Blankenship will be presented as a Mother’s Day musicale at the Slifer House Museum, starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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Education foundation awards more grants this year
In order to teach a group of students a lesson on African drumming during this school year, Runnymede Elementary School music teacher Karen Sirian had the students make drums out of cardboard.
Carroll County Online |
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Preschool Coming To Renaissance
Renaissance Academy, a private school for the arts, plans to add a preschool program in August.
The Pasco Tribune |
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Tourism grant plan deadline in weeks
At least $140,000 in Georgetown County tourism funds could be lost if the funds are not spent by June 30, according to tourism officials who attended a town hall meeting Friday in Litchfield Beach. The money, the remainder of a $169,000 grant given last April by the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, must be matched with private funds and spent by next month, said Kathi Grace, an ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Events happening in southwestern Michigan
v The Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane, is hosting ``MAGIC REALITY: AN INTERPLAY OF POETRY AND VISUAL ART.'' The event includes an artists' reception for an exhibit featuring artworks by Nancy Stroupe, Barbara Andreadis, Gretchen Huggett, Maryellen Hains, Sheila Genteman, Mary Whalen, Elaine Seaman, Kirsten Field and Liz Faust.
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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N.M. Republican Party honors retiring Domenici
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Former New York Sen. Alfonse D'Amato called his best friend in the Senate a "quiet, effective, caring (and) hardworking" man at a state Republican Party tribute to Sen. Pete Domenici.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Terry’s Bistro hosts first cook-off competition today
WESLACO - Barbecue will be the name of the game as Terry's Bistro hosts its first cook-off competition today. The event will include live music, a two-competitor grilling contest and fun for the entire family, said event organizer Frank Ambriz.
Valley Morning Star |
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ETSU Overspent For Recent Carrie Underwood Concert
Three-quarters of the revenues are shunted into a superfund for a major event twice a year, and the rest goes into a general account for bankrolling projects by student organizations. Student government officers  in concert with a faculty supervisor  exercise the financial purse strings of the activities funds. There is no limit, beyond what is in the account, to what can be ...
Bristol Herald Courier |
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Hundreds brawl at LA high school, broken up by police
A high school was locked down Friday after hundreds of students fought in a lunchtime brawl that had to be quelled by police. About 600 students were involved in what appeared to be a gang-related fight that started around noon at Locke High School, Los Angeles school district spokeswoman Nadia Gonzalez said. Four students were arrested. Several students were injured but nobody was hospitalized, ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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