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This Week
S EVENT ARAB CULTURAL FESTIVAL When Arabs are in the news these days, they're not always shown in the best light. But the ethnic group, which has been teaching the world the ways of civilization since the ninth century B.C., overflows with culture, much of...
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EVENT The Sausalito Art Festival , with live entertainment, Marinship Park, Sausalito (Fri.-Sept. 1). ART On the Wall , group show featuring artworks about immigration, Galeria de la Raza (reception Thurs., exhibition through Sept. 26). MOVIES Opening...
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A season full of arts and culture
The Bay Area's plate is chock-full of cultural events this autumn, and the main course on the Fall Arts Preview menu is the San Francisco Opera's world premiere of author-librettist Amy Tan and composer Stewart Wallace's "The Bonesetter's Daughter." Chronicle...
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CD Reviews: Local and national rock and pop
It's been a busy summer for dropping CDs, with everyone from Lil Wayne to Coldplay to Mariah Carey getting chart hits the past few months...
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Practice
You would be hard pressed to find a mariachi in Tucson who has achieved more than violinist Juan de Dios Noperi.
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Every boy needs a first rock experience
I'd like to tell you the headliner at my first rock concert was someone cool, someone ? most anyone ? other than Huey Lewis and the News. But I can't, and for this I blame a drop in coolness quotient that compels me to make Lawrence Welk pop culture references to this day.Most kidding aside, I'm convinced your first big-time rock show says something, however small, about you. That sounds ...
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Albany Sonic Arts Collective a home of crazy rhythms
Albany Sonic Arts Collective lets experimental musicians gather Afew dozen people sit in a darkened Lark Street gallery, watching intently as Erica Sparrow sings incantations in a cryptic language and her husband, Kevin Johnston, punctuates each phrase with sparse and booming bass notes. Over the next half hour, they leap musically from brooding soundscapes to raging tribal rhythms and back ...
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Creating a Buzz: DJ Micro Re-Launches Caffeine Recordings
Internationally acclaimed as one of the US's premiere dance music producers and re-mixers, DJ Micro has been nominated by DJ Times as "America's Best DJ" and by the Club Music Awards for the "Best DJ Set" in 2008. No stranger to the international dance music scene, DJ Micro drops his latest mix record "Inside of Me" on his newly resurrected label, Caffeine Recordings. (PRWeb Aug 24, 2008) ...
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Smart spender
I find computer sales dizzying. So many technical terms and options! I know many folks buy computers to go back to school so I thought a basic guide would help them avoid purchasing a machine more powerful - and more expensive - than they need.
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Outdoor Journal: Talking catfish with Mark Chestnutt
Published: Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 2:54 a.m. Recently, thanks to the good graces of a mutual friend, I enjoyed an opportunity for an exclusive 20-minute interview with country music icon Mark Chestnutt.
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'Z Rock' starts out slow but picks up speed
I must confess something: I hated the opening moments of "Z-Rock."
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The Lucas Cates Duo Tours the West Coast in Preparation for Sophomore CD Release
The Lucas Cates Band, an independent band from Madison, Wisconsin, breaks into the West Coast music scene with a tour by the band's duo, Lucas Cates and Kenny Leiser. (PRWeb Aug 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1241624.htm
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Local musicians still feel influence
Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' influence on today's pop music bands is considerable.
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Musician went the extra mile for troubled kids
These are the words that come to mind when Eileen Price thinks of Joe Steele, a music teacher and computer repair instructor who had a way with troubled kids: Humble, very humble. Patient. Kind. Gentle. Creative.
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Rowan draws a huge crowd
Friday was a great day for the arts in Hays. There was not only the Art Walk, but also a memorable concert of "Celtic Music from the Heartland." The concert was the grand finale of this summer's Celtic Tour program of the Western Kansas String Academy.
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Meet the genius behind many a country music hit
Producer Billy Sherrill helped develop a sound that defined an era in Nashville.
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Alfred Introduces Modern Hits for Pop & Rock Guitarists
Alfred adds two new editions of guitar favorites to their extensive collection of popular guitar hits. All books in Alfred's Hits for Easy Guitar series feature guitar TAB parts arranged to be easily playable and yet still sound "just like the record"!
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Music: The DMB show will go on
The Dave Matthews Band is, above all things, a family. The Dave Matthews Band will continue its tour with Jeff Coffin filling in for the late saxophonist LeRoi Moore.
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Arts: She's giving keys to music
Somewhere out there is a willing donor with a piano in search of a new home. Lara Downes, pianist in residence at the Mondavi Center, has started a foundation to encourage people to donate serviceable pianos to schools.
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Get a mouthful of tales, yarns and anecdotes at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
With visitors from every U.S. state and famous, widely admired performers eager to participate each year, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, which returns to Orem for the 19th year in a row on Thursday, is a world-class event in search of a world-class audience. "Wherever you go in the storytelling community," said festival founder Karen Ashton, "if you say the word 'Timpanogos,' they know ...
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Country's piano man has a Tucson gig
Piano-pounding country songsmith Phil Vassar doesn't mind it when people call him country music's answer to Billy Joel.
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Community calendar
Heart and Soul of Tucson — Vila Thai Cuisine, 972 E. University Blvd. A daily festival of art, music and fun celebrating Tucson's cultural heritage. Bring a birthday card or birthday candle. 6-10 p.m. Sundays-Fridays; 12:30-10 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 31. Free. 393-3489.
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African heritage on display at Sankofa Festival
The Sankofa Festival of Arts celebrates African heritage.
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Fairport fete offers fun for a cause
The Fairport Music and Food Festival is going on four years of supporting Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong.
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PoliticalNotebook
San Luis Obispo Local residents are invited to gather Thursday to watch Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. The event, which organizers have dubbed “Obama-rama: A Convention Watch Party,” will run from 5:30 to 9:30 p. m. at the Creekside Community Center, 3960 Higuera St. in San Luis Obispo. Attendees can watch Obama’s speech on a big-screen TV.
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