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Excitement builds for upcoming Cantaloupe Festival and Fair
The 23rd annual Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe Festival and Fair will offer a greater variety of activities this Labor Day Weekend than ever before. The spotlight this year will undoubtedly focus on the outdoor boxing matches at Churchill County Regional Park, Aug. 29, but children of all ages will be treated to rides on the Western Express Railroad, a Karaoke contest and Kids Zone.
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Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men inaugurate new Centennial Stage
The City of Fallon, in cooperation with the Churchill Arts Council, presents a free in-the-park concert by Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men tonight in Oats Park, Fallon, directly in front of the Oats Park Art Center. The concert is presented in conjunction with the Nevada League of Cities Conference and will begin at 7:30 p.m. It will be the premiere performance on the city's new Centennial Stage so ...
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New offers include Walkman, Centrino 2 and 24-inch displays
Sony Ericsson presents new Walkman phonesDusseldorf, Germany - Sony Ericsson has announced the release of three new Walkman phones for autumn 2008. The Quad-Band W902 model supports UMTS with HSDPA and comes with enough storage for up to 8,000 music ...
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Steven Jarvi is looking forward to his KC Symphony gig and getting back to his Midwestern roots
Don’t let Steven Jarvi’s résumé intimidate you. The affable 30-year-old does have a master’s in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and spent two years conducting in the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, personally selected by tenor Plácido Domingo.
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Bliss on our list: Cool KC stuff, all in list form
By Bjorn Melander 1. The center of everything: There’s something exciting about living in the heart of a city. Concerts are everywhere — at the Sprint Center, City Market and Power & Light District. People with more refined tastes than myself have the Folly and will soon have the Kauffman Center and an indie movie theater. Now if we could just get a basketball team.
The Kansas City Star |
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The Post Goes Pop at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
GATINEAU.- From movies, music, books and more, postal themes show up everywhere in popular culture. Walk through this world of postal imagery in an exhibition that will leave you humming "Please, Mr. Postman!"
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Annual African-American Festival draws a crowd
The streets surrounding 17th and Oak were full of vehicles and Thompson Park had a full crowd Saturday for the Charles T. Hyte Center’s 22nd Annual African-American Festival.
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A rocking weekend in Golden Gate Park
The first Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, which closes its three-night run Sunday night, brought more than 100,000 people over its first two days in Golden Gate Park. It was a mini-Woodstock for the public transit set. According to concert organizers,...
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around 20 songs which spanned a career of nearly three decades, including "Like A Prayer", "Into The Groove" and "Hung Up".
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Buddy Harman, drummer on country music classics, dies at 79
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Buddy Harman, one of Nashville’s most-recorded drummers, has died. He was 79 years old.
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Stars/Director Surprise Fans
A thousand lucky fans were surprised when stars from "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"-- Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Olesya Rulin, KayCee Stroh, Chris Warren Jr., Ryne Sanborn, Justin Martin, Matt Prokop and Jemma McKenzie-Brown-- showed up to cheer them on as they participated in the Ultimate Fan Pep Rally, an event which included an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming film.
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Powwow Preview
Ken, right, and Shirley LeBlanc, of Waco, perform a Southern Straight Dance on Saturday at Music City Mall during a preview for the upcoming Permian Basin Intertribal Powwow. The two-day event starts at noon Sept. 27 at the Odessa College Sports Center.
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Grecian festvial to bring food and fun to Marlborough
It's going to take a lot work to make food for the 3,000 people expected to attend the Grecian Festival scheduled for Labor Day weekend.
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Sweet Corn Blues in Normal, Hot August Nights in Bloomington draw crowds
BLOOMINGTON -- People in search of a festive atmosphere in the Twin Cities Saturday found choices in uptown Normal and downtown Bloomington — each dishing out a mix of food and music.
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Giants On Deck
TODAY Opponent: Padres Time: 1:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA+ Pitchers: Banks (3-6) vs. Correia (2-7) MONDAY Opponent: Rockies Time: 7:15 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Francis (3-8) vs. Cain (8-9) TUESDAY Opponent: Rockies Time: 7:15 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: De La Rosa (6-7)...
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iTunes blocked in China; Tibet album suspected
BEIJING (AP) - Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album.
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Stars/Director Surprise Fans
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.----A thousand lucky fans were surprised when stars from "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"-- Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Olesya Rulin, KayCee Stroh, Chris Warren Jr., Ryne Sanborn, Justin Martin, Matt Prokop and Jemma McKenzie-Brown-- showed up to cheer them on as they participated in the Ultimate Fan Pep Rally, an event which included an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming ...
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Bubblin' up fun
Sarah Robles, 6, makes bubbles Saturday afternoon during St. Joseph Catholic Church's festival in south Odessa. The church holds the festival as an annual fundraiser, which continues today with live music and food from 1-9 p.m. at 1321 W. Monahans St.
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Vienna Philharmonic "outlcassed" by the Cleveland Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival
A Sunday Times of London review of the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most in Dvorak's "Rusalka" at the Salzburg Festival states in unequivocal terms that the Ohio ensemble and its Austrian conductor have outdone the festival's august resident orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, this summer.
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Backyard festival gives northern songwriters a venue
There may not have been thousands in the crowd at the Windsong Music Festival in Powassan Saturday, but that was the point. Now in its third year, Michael Hansen prides the festival's success on keeping a small enough audience so the backyard venue is intimate.
The North Bay Nugget |
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Miami band finds a wider audience for its quirky yet infectious sound
DJ Le Spam & Spam Allstars started as the quintessential Miami band, rolled out to the rest of the country, and now they're poised to go global.
Miami Herald |
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Expressing Yourself DVD Review
Kibbles Rockin' Clubhouse DVD and CD teach social skills through peer modeling, creative visuals and fun songs.
BellaOnline |
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Wanjiru First Kenyan To Win Olympic Men's Marathon
Kenya has a long tradition of elite runners, but Sunday marks the first Olympic marathon win for the country.
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YouTube shows what Rockford has to offer
What could possibly connect a Tempe, Ariz.-based car stereo component company to actor James Garner to WREX-13’s Eric Wilson and Dani Maxwell? Take some time to mull that over if you want. Give up? The short answer is the brave, not-so-new world of social media.
Rockford Register Star |
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Irish Tunes for Videogame Music Fans
If you groove to videogame soundtracks, you'll probably enjoy Irish traditional music: Both feature simple, often unaccompanied, melody lines that are brief, easy to remember and loop back upon themselves infinitely. Here are our Irish music pics for game music fans.
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