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Teen abstinence program coming to New Oxford
A free, evangelistic concert encouraging youth to abstain from sex is coming to New Oxford High School 6 to 8:30 p.
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What's up today
The annual Armuchee Bluegrass Festival begins at 6 p.m. with a free cookout for those who purchase a three-day pass. The festival is at Armuchee Music Park, 899 Turkey Mountain Road. “A Part of It All,” a concert with Jared Bradshaw and Taylor Buice, will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Calloway Theatre at Shorter College. The Rotary Club of Rome meets at noon at the Coosa Country Club. ...
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Community Calendar: Portland
VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Esther Short Park welcomes the symphony to perform “Symphony Under The Stars.” 6 p.m. Esther Short Park Downtown Vancouver.
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Tons of fun for the young under Bumbershoot's umbrella
Bumbershoot may be best known for its music concerts, but it's also a child's paradise.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Frishberg Headlines 'Jazz at Newport' Festival
One of Portland’s most honored jazz pianists, Dave Frishberg, will lead an all star group to kick off the Jazz at Newport Jazz Festival, Thursday night, Sept. 4.
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An eclectic audience, star turns and a circus made for television
Such sweet folksy music is present in the ritual of the roll-call, when the different states that make up the United States of America...
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Bumbershoot's umbrella spreads over a broad range of performers
From Beck, T.I. and Lucinda Williams to Strange Fruit and Little Roy the Corduroy Boy, the 2008 Bumbershoot festival offers an extraordinary range of options -- music, comedy, dance, film, spectacle and visual, theatrical and literary arts.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Bumbershoot: Beck is a master of change in his alternate styles
Beck, the most elusive of alt-rock heroes, also has charted his generation's most eclectic trajectory. Where other '90s survivors have settled into roles as nascent elder statesmen (Pearl Jam) or rigorous outsiders (Radiohead), Beck Hansen walks a pocked and mysterious path.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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High energy L'il Ed Williams is a Chicago blues throwback
They call him "Little," but there doesn't seem to be a stage big enough to contain him.
Dayton Daily News |
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The Muppets return with a new film but the same sarcasm and humour
It's time to play the music, it's time to light the light. Memories of The Muppets, often through a 70s green tinge, are of people sporting bowl cuts and flares and sexual tension between a pig and a frog.
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Connick's Roots Firmly Planted In N.O.
As New Orleans faces the threat of Hurricane Gustav, the efforts of hometown hero, jazz crooner Harry Connick Jr., press forward.
Local 6 Orlando |
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Bobby Mackey’s Celebrates 30 Years
After three decades of country and bluegrass music, Bobby Mackey is celebrating a club of music, legends and history.
The Kentucky Post |
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Students Start The Year Drumming
Students and teachers drum up excitement at Miami Country Day School, and the activity they say carries a stronger message.
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ARTS + FEATURES
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra opens this year’s Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm.
St. Petersburg Times |
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Alfred and the National Guitar Workshop Take Bassists to New Lows with 5-String Bass
Alfred and the National Guitar Workshop introduce a new book for bassists guaranteed to push the limits, expand repertoire, and most important incorporate the 5th string, with 5-String Bass.
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Net devices for Rs 5,000 on the anvil
The country's tehcnology majors are now working towards providing low-cost Internet devices with prices as low as Rs 5,000 aimed at bridging the digital divide.
Express India |
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friday, august 29
rock, etc. Spirt Rock. Cheshire Cat. 8 p.m. Venger Collective Funk pop. Griboyedov. 9 p.m. Bikini Bottom Ska. Jambala. 8 p.m. Jam Party Rock. Manhattan. 8 p.m.
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Suge Knight gets bail on assault, drugs charges
Rapper and music mogul Marion (Suge) Knight has been released on bail of $19,000 US by a Las Vegas court.
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Blogger arrested for leaking Guns N' Roses MP3s
A blogger going by the name of Skwerl on music site Antiquiet was arrested by the FBI at 7:00 am PDT on Wednesday for making nine demo tracks from Guns N' Roses' upcoming album "Chinese Democracy" available to the public for download.
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Why go far? 20 fabulous sleeps in our backyard
At long last, our towns -- and our hotels -- again belong to us. Like boat parades and, yes, hurricane season, the culling of the crowds is an annual rite. And once the stars, paparazzi and sun-starved Winter People clear out of town, local lodgings always drop their rates. But with the economic blues on every mind, hoteliers in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties are offering up ...
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Phelps to present at MTV video awards
LOS ANGELES — He does comedy, writes books, and mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming? Certainly not Michael Phelps — not anymore, at least. But as a presenter at the 2008 Video Music Awards, all that fresh Olympic bling will certainly help.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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Bumbershoot films: A deluge of short movies
Bumbershoot offers one of the world's great short film festivals with a staggering 126 films from 24 countries.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Olympian Michael Phelps To Present At VMAs
He does comedy, writes books, and mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. Swimmer Michael Phelps, who took home a record-breaking eight gold medals from the Beijing Games, joins Miley Cyrus, Scarlett Johansson and Lindsay Lohan as presenters at the Sept. 7 VMAs telecast from Los Angeles.
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Back to school concert set to rock campus
As the school year is already underway, punk rock alternative band Cartel and pop rapper MC Lars will be rocking the University of Nevada, Reno campus through the night.
Daily Sparks Tribune |
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Every little bit Phelps: Swimmer a VMA presenter
He does comedy, writes books, and mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?
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