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Nine Inch Nails come to SeaGate Centre
Nine Inch Nails is coming to Toledo for the first time in 2½ years, with its Lights in the Sky tour set to land tomorrow at SeaGate Centre. Hopefully, the electric company will have a few extra gigawatts stashed away. Few bands are as high-powered, literally and figuratively, as the industrial rock ensemble led by Trent Reznor. With banks of computers, digital samplers, and effects units to go ...
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End the summer with a Labor Day festival
Looking for a fun way to wind up your summer before putting the beach towels away and sending the kids back to school? Here are some festivals scheduled for Labor Day weekend around the country.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Web Watch
National Scenic Railways www.byways.org From the Santa Fe Trail to Kentucky's Country Music Highway to Maine's Acadia Byway, this site maps out the 126 diverse roads designated as scenic byways by the U.S. secretary of transportation.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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LOUISVILLE, KY.: WorldFest, Aug. 29-30
Louisville's cultures and nationalities will be celebrated at the sixth annual WorldFest on Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29-30. The festival, which is free, will be from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. both days on the city's Riverfront Belvedere, at Fifth and Main streets.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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'Sleeping Giant' never fulfills potential
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- To create his new work, "Sleeping Giant" -- which had its world premiere Saturday evening at MASSMoCA -- choreographer Lawrence Goldhuber assembled an intriguing array of collaborators. His cutting-edge ensemble includes the avant-garde chamber music quartet Tin Hat, the video designer Janet Wong (who is also associate artistic director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane ...
Albany Times Union |
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Something old, something new to end Philly season
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- On Saturday night the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Charles Dutoit concluded their summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with a program of just two works. One is a 20th century classic, Orff's "Carmina Burana," while the other has ink that's practically still wet.Jennifer Higdon's Concerto 4-3 premiered just this past January in Philadelphia and was ...
Albany Times Union |
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It was the best of the times, it ... oh, you know the drill. Our two major theatre festivals (Stratford and Shaw) dominate the summer theatre scene and they aim so high, that when they fall, it can sure be a belly-flopper.
Toronto Star |
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Bands find the real money is in concerts
If this year's rock concert touring roster smacks of déjà vu, with more than 30 acts in the Top 100 ticket sellers harking from the 1970s and early 1980s, it doesn't mean the concert business is losing steam.
Toronto Star |
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Rainn Wilson is a very different drummer
"Office" actor Rainn Wilson may be the most famous corporate geek on TV. But the weirdo persona comes with baggage: It makes it hard to get cast as a rock star.
New York Daily News |
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Big Muddy shakes its blues
All things considered, everything is rolling along smoothly as the annual Big Muddy Blues Festival preps for its big weekend Aug. 30-31 on Laclede's Landing.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Much ado over music and realms of reality
There's more to come from CTV's music channels. Much, much more. As in MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic, recently acquired with the purchase of the former CHUM group, and now benefiting from the vast resources of their new corporate bosses.
Toronto Star |
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Cuyahoga County communities with oil, gas wells
UPDATED: 04 :33 a.m. EDT, August 24, 2008 Jessica Hurley, 9, of New York, screams her lungs out for her favorite Jonas Brother, Joe Jonas, as he and his two brothers walk onstage at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Aug. 22, 2008. "I'm so excited, you can't even know, " said Hurley.
The Plain Dealer |
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Red Rockets of yesteryear
Take a transfer back in time with T.O.'s historical streetcars
Toronto Sun |
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Paul Theroux, godfather of modern travel writers, retraces famous train journey
CAPE COD, Mass. — Even seekers of the world need a return address or two, and Paul Theroux has settled well between the Hawaii home where he raises honeybees and this scenic retreat that allows him room to grow tomatoes, swim, play bocce ball and organize his memories from across the time zones.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Sals king turns 65, parties on
Earl Barish of Salisbury House turned 65 this month and celebrated in style at the Fort Garry Hotel with family and friends, who enjoyed music, food and drinks. Lifelong friends the Cogan brothers were in attendance and longtime friend and business partner Bob Blahnik enjoyed the festivities.
Winnipeg Free Press |
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Host China makes breakthrough with first Olympic rhythmic gymnastics medal
As rhythmic gymnastics powerhouse Russia claimed its third consecutive Olympic rhythmic group tittle, host China also celebrated its breakthrough in the sport after its quintet snatched a surprise silver medal, the country's first Olympic rhythmic medal on Sunday. Russia, after its ace gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva won the individual gold a day ago, added to Russia's medal tally with the rhythmic ...
People's Daily |
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Garage band idol
Let us listen to your original song, and we'll tell you if it sucks or not
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Coastal community news briefs for Sunday, Aug. 24
Elks to hold bingo OCEANSIDE ---- Oceanside Elks Lodge 1561 will hold bingo at 1 p.m. Aug. 24 at 444 Country Club Lane. Call (760) 433-1561.
North County Times |
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Woodchuck Hunting — Part II
I made the statement last week that I consider myself proficient at panfishing and woodchuck hunting. My credentials are that I catch over 500 to 1,000 bluegills, black crappies and perch each year. We have a wonderful supply of frozen fillets in our freezer to feast upon and give to folks every year. I have written several columns over the years about that fishery. If God gives me the time, I ...
The Daily & Sunday Review |
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Annual pier benefit scheduled for Oct. 4
The Pier into the Future nonprofit organization will hold its annual Pier Under the Stars fundraiser on Oct. 4.
Ventura County Star |
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Frankie Avalon given special festival post
Singer and actor Frankie Avalon will serve as honorary celebrity chairman of the fifth annual Thousand Oaks Arts Festival, organizers announced.
Ventura County Star |
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Landed role in `Gone With the Wind'
Fred Crane, a former Los Angeles classical music radio station announcer who achieved a slice of film immortality as an actor who played one of the handsome Tarleton twins in the 1939 movie classic Gone With the Wind, has died. He was 90.
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Where did you go on vacation this summer?
"Disney World. I love (the ride) Tower of Terror. It takes you up into this huge hotel and pulls you up and drops you down. I didn't think it was scary. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is fun. It takes you in a room where they have videos of Aerosmith. It's like riding through a limo in Beverly Hills. The place we stayed at was right next to Sea World."
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Evolutionary theory of music sounds unsure
Why do humans act the way we do? Evolutionary biologists often give the simplified answer: Because we're driven by the instincts that helped our ancestors survive.
The News Journal |
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Music
The queen of pop has begun her world tour in the UK, appearing before fans on a throne as a retinue of dancers wriggled their way across a stage at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
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