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Powerful, innovative effects make 'Superstar' a stunner
The national touring production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" that came to the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts last night proved to be absolutely stunning on several levels.
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Music DVD Review: Jethro Tull - Jack in the Green: Live in Germany
Eye and ear candy that the Tullheads will appreciate. Watch the Bach-inspired flutist of rock 'n' roll's beard turn gray. Jethro Tull's latest DVD, Jack in the Green: Live in Germany, is a varied collection of good, and good enough performances spanning 22 years. Laying it down on the mandolin, harmonica, or Tull's trademark flute is frontman Ian Anderson as he leads the English...
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Concert Review: Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert At Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 05/14/08
Guitar wizards go head to head in flash! bang! wallop! fret frenzy. It's a strange old world, this world of instrumental rock guitar. It's a world where the pre-show entertainment consists of fans heading down to the stage to take pictures of the amps, pedals and effects racks. And the roadies tuning up. And pictures of other fans taking pictures of pedals. Yes, really. Which would explain why ...
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Music Review: The Cat Empire - So Many Nights
Some empires fall to pieces while others flourish. Some empires fall to pieces while others flourish. In the case of Australia’s The Cat Empire, the funky-ass melodies and jazz/ska/rock/Latin/whatever fusion of their sound has helped the six-piece prosper while many others would have long crumbled under the pressure.Beginning as a trio in 1999, The Cat Empire didn’t put out their first...
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Leading article: Tone deaf
It should be obvious by now that politicians and popular musicians make for a combination about as stable as Amy Winehouse's beehive on a heavy night out. Yet it seems there is nothing that will stop those who crave our votes trying to appropriate pop music, or its exponents, to add some glamour to their campaigns, or to sprinkle a little stardust on themselves.
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Scheduled To Appear - May 15
Normally, we don't start talking about the weekend until Friday (mostly to keep ourselves from obsessing about it). This week, however, we're going to make an exception.
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Spotlight on Singing and Music
How can you stay true to your vocal style? What's the best way to expand your range? Can singers find success far from the lauded stages of Broadway? In this spotlight, Back Stage examines the many facets of being an actor-singer, particularly for those on the West Coast.
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'Thriller' among cultural treasures
WASHINGTON - The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance.
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Success at the first Multicultural Festival
The Laguna Town Hall was a busy place on Saturday, May 10 as it hosted Elk Grove’s first Multicultural Arts Festival & World Market. The weather was warm and sunny, and people gathered to watch a variety of shows, eat, shop and participate in the arts and crafts.
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Taking it to the clouds
There's more to the XLive festival than just the headline act – hip hop star Missy Elliot. Like any true festival, this Genting Highlands-hosted event – starting at 7pm tomorrow evening - will see multiple stages featuring a fair selection of international and local acts.
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2008 Summer event guide: Attractions
Summer is a popular time at Utah's permanent attractions, from Lagoon to Thanksgiving Point to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. It will be a particularly busy summer at Hogle Zoo, with the debut of Oasis Plaza and the Conservation Carousel.
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2008 Summer events guide: Festivals
Utah is home to many summer festivals, including the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City, Utah Festival Opera in Logan, the Moab Arts Festival and Swiss Days in Midway.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Device helps heart failure patients when transplant unavailable
Right now, there are about five million people in America suffering from heart failure. Many of them would benefit from a heart transplant, but because most of them are over 65, they're often not eligible for the operation. But now, doctors at Mayo Clinic are studying a device that is not only keeping people with heart failure alive longer, but it’s giving them a better quality of life.
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Climate Issues And Art Combine In Two Exhibitions
In honour of the annual United Nations World Environment Day (WED) celebrations on 5 June, the Natural World Museum (NWM) and Te Papa are pleased to present Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit in partnership with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the Ministry for the Environment, and the New Zealand Government.
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Sea change: Cruising? Really? One Daily News writer stows her preconceptions for a four-day cruise
It all started a few months ago, when I was desperately trying to come up with an original birthday present for a boyfriend who already had it all.
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iPod And iPhone Connectivity Now Available
Singapore Airlines announced the first-ever flights featuring iPod and iPhone connectivity on KrisWorld starting this week on its newly reconfigured, all-Business Class Airbus A340-500 flights between New York and Singapore, and between Los Angeles and Singapore from August.
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CNN - Michelle Obama Gets Heat From Tennessee GOP
In A Preview Of The Political Onslaught Michelle Obama May Face In The Fall, The Tennessee Republican Party Unveiled A Web Video Thursday Highlighting Her Comment That She Was Proud Of America "For The First Time In My Adult Life."
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National Auto Dealers’ Foundation Donates $400,000 to Restore Athletic Fields in New Orleans
After sustaining substantial damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the athletic fields at Lusher Charter High School were unusable and in need of funds for restoration.
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Kristofferson rolls into town to support local theaters
When last we encountered Kris Kristofferson, he was playing a private party in a tent outside a Red River Street club, neck-deep in the hoopla of SXSW 2006. The idea was to premiere songs from his first album of new studio material in a dog's age.
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College names semifinalists for president
The Morgan Community College presidential search committee has named four semifinalists for the MCC presidency.
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Geri Halliwell to wed
Geri Halliwell is getting married. The former Spice Girls star - who has a two-year-old daughter Bluebell - is planning a September wedding with her backing dancer partner Ivan 'Flipz' Velez.
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Contra dance goes for afternoon start
The Historic Jonesborough Dance Society welcomes Asheville band Spring Chickens and caller Fred Park to Saturday’s contra dance at the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center, 117 Boone St.
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Jubilee Music Fest: Pickin’ for the schools
ROGERSVILLE — The inaugural Jubilee Music Fest will be held Saturday at the Jubilee Gallery, featuring nine music acts, to benefit music and art programs at Hawkins County high schools.
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Twain, husband split after 14 years of marriage
She was a small-town beauty who overcame a tragic childhood to pursue her dream of country music stardom. He was a rock producer 17 years her senior whose Midas touch took her to the top of the charts. The whirlwind romance of Shania Twain, 42, and Robert (Mutt) Lange, [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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Jump, Jive & Jamfest Starts Friday In Texarkana
It's time to jump, jive and jam. And folks were busy Thursday setting up for the two day festival. The seventh annual Jump, Jive and Jamfest will kick off Friday at the Celebration Square, in downtown Texarkana.
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