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Milwaukie Daze
Parade will return Milwaukie plans to bring back its summer Milwaukie Daze Parade. Organizers canceled the annual parade and festival last year over disagreements about how it should be organized, said Ed Zumwalt, who used to coordinate the event.
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TODAY’S BEST BET
The 53rd annual Fine Arts Fiesta opens today at 10 a.m. on Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, for a four-day run featuring music, art, crafters, entertainment and food. Hours today, Friday and Saturday are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit
The Citizens' Voice |
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Adirondack Paddlefest starts Friday in Herkimer County
The 10th annual Adirondack Paddlefest, set for Friday through Sunday, is an annual rite of spring that attracts 5,000-plus paddling enthusiasts to the streets and shores of Old Forge, Herkimer County
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Let's do battle
The bassist in Argent Heart made an urgent, heartfelt plea to his band mates on New Year's Day: Let's enter Sherlock's Battle of the Bands.
Erie Times-News |
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MUSIC BITS: Nate Dogg is alive; Lil Wayne's prediction; Akon gone country; Plies gets 'Real.'
*Nate Dogg is not dead. The West coast gangsta crooner was rumored to have died this week in the wake of a severe stroke he suffered in January, but sources close to the artist have told Allhiphop.com that he is still very much alive and continues to recover from his stroke.
Eurweb |
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Clinic's open to experimentation; uninhibited invited to 'Do It!' too
Clinic's recording studio, singer Ade Blackburn says, is in an old building in the business district of Liverpool. The four-piece band ambles into the multi-story brick Princes Building, past all of the business folk in their suits, and into a studio filled with gear - instruments, a 24-track recorder, echo and reverb units - accumulated over the 11 years they've been together.
Tucson Citizen |
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'I'm finding my voice'
When they started, the mission of Blue Sky Mission Club was to explore indigenous music strains, especially rompin' zydeco and bouncy reggae.
Erie Times-News |
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Carter, Connick do their home work in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — As former President Jimmy Carter nailed down the front porch of a home under construction Wednesday, singer Harry Connick Jr. gave an update on the progress being made in the Upper 9th Ward, an area slow to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Music campus project approved
ASPEN One of Aspen's key nonprofit organizations got what it wanted from the Pitkin County Commissioners this week, in the form of approvals for redevelopment of the Aspen Music Festival and School's campus on Maroon Creek Road.
The Aspen Times |
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Benefit concert brings
This weekend, Sherwood is going Broadway. Voices for the Performing Arts will present "On Broadway," the group's fifth annual spring benefit concert, featuring the Sherwood Chorale, Children's Chorus and special guests. Performances are at 7:30 p.m.
The Oregonian |
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Elvis Presley - Elvis Medicine Bottle And Eltons Toaster To Be Auctioned
An empty medicine bottle from ELVIS' Graceland home and a toaster belonging to SIR ELTON JOHN are among the bizarre celebrity artifacts up for auction to raise money ...
ContactMusic |
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Teacher offers lessons to parents
Lisa Holewa was amazed by how easily her daughter's kindergarten class moved from one project to another.
Erie Times-News |
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Today's Highlight in History
On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by21-year-old Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Md., for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Bremer was convicted that summer of attempted murder; he is serving a 53-year sentence.)
Erie Times-News |
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Editorial: iTunes U
UC Davis recently became one of many universities across the nation to participate in Apple ' s iTunes U program. iTunes U allows college campuses to share multimedia podcasts through the popular iTunes software. This new tool can be beneficial to students, faculty and prospective students alike.
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Daily Calendar
Noon to 1 p.m. Join Colleges Against Cancer to learn more about cancer in the African American community. This event is part of Black Family Week.
California Aggie |
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Orchestra's founder prepares to bow out
Nearly 25 years after founding the Beaverton Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Charles Encell is ready to pass the baton to a new conductor. He and his wife, physician Gwen Isaacs, plan to move from Beaverton to Victoria, B.C. Encell, 58, is retiring from his job as a carpenter with Walsh Construction.
The Oregonian |
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The Hegg duo expands to a seven-member band
Named after an odd piece of clip art that has a World War II technology look to it, The Radio Specialists are musicians who play rock, jazz and other styles. There's also seven lead singers.
The Argus Leader |
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Living a good life
Even when Pete Good is working, music is playing in his head. "The music never shuts off - I'm thinking about it most of the time," Good says, playing a Martin acoustic guitar on the couch of his south Sioux Falls home. "But there are too many hours in the day to work on music full time," he says. "I tried, but I can't sit here and write and practice my guitar all day."
The Argus Leader |
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Reception slated for art exhibit
NORWALK - Diane Aeschliman's art exhibit reception will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave.
Stamford Advocate |
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Live music!
BENEFIT The Everyone Orchestra The Stanton Moore Trio anchors an all-star cast of musicians who are joining together for two days of improvisation and celebration to raise money for the fourth annual Pangaea Project Benefit. Moore – best knownas the drummer for jazz-funk combo ...
Portland Tribune |
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Small label, big reward
Not everyone wants to be a rock star. Behind the scenes of the local music industry, small, independently owned record labels are doing their part to get music to the fans, and, every once in a while, bump a local band into the big time. “Small labels are the backbone of the scene,” ...
Portland Tribune |
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"Mamma Mia!" star tunes up for homecoming
Littleton native Susie McMonagle stars as Donna in the road company of the Abba musical "Mamma Mia!" hitting the Buell Theatre on May 27-June 1. I love this showand McMonagle plays the lead (Meryl Streep has the part in the upcoming movie).
Denver Post |
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NEA establishes honors for opera
Soprano Leontyne Price, conductor James Levine, composer Carlisle Floyd and administrator Richard Gaddes will be the initial recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors — the first new genre-specific honors established by the agency in decades.
Denver Post |
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Washington DC
If the idea of jazz musicians playing rock songs smacks to you of pandering to popular taste, the way master chefs try to make hamburgers haute cuisine, then you probably haven't heard the Bad Plus (or chomped down on what Sophina Uong fashions out of ground beef at Maritime East in Berkeley).
The San Francisco Examiner |
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PARKER: Madly hatted crowd struts their chapeaus
A bevy of beauties put on some millinery magic Wednesday during the Women With Hattitude luncheon, a fundraiser in the Seawell Ballroom to benefit the Women's Voices Fund, an organization that supports the work of women playwrights at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Rocky Mountain News |
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