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Forever returns with another class act
Now here's a show the retro-flavored Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater seems designed for: the reunion tour of '70s contemporary jazz act Return to Forever, featuring keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White. The band performs July 30. Tickets are $93.50, $78.50, $58.50 and $48.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Haitian bands party all weekend long
The 10th Annual Haitian Compas Festival will promote not just the country's flag and konpa music, but also relief for starving Haitians. Organizers of the 10th annual Haitian Compas Festival are collecting canned goods to send to their Caribbean homeland, which was rocked by food riots last month.
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Bravo! Seraphic Fire
Most Seraphic Fire performances showcase the choir as a collective, but this weekend's season-closing program, Music for Kings, will present Seraphic Fire members in the solo spotlight in opera and oratorio arias by Handel and Mozart. Patrick Dupré Quigley will lead the singers and a chamber orchestra in arias and choruses from Israel in Egypt, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of ...
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Opera to disco: 3 Divas sing it all
It's a unique being walking the Earth who can sing 10 vocal styles with two pairs of vocal cords. The three women of "3 Mo' Divas" sing from Puccini to The Pips; from arias to "I'm Every Woman."
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WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1998MUSIC - May 16There's always a Friday night party to be found in the city, and every weekend warrior from Bayonne to Bay Shore knows it. Tonight's 10-year anniversary bash for concert and party promoter GBH, however, caters to hipsters, scenesters, post-punkers, mods - and everyone who knows the difference and generally lets loose on weeknights. On hand, (or more accurately ...
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Soccer built on a mission
In Dustin Swinehart's 11 years as a high-scoring striker for the Charlotte Eagles, he has journeyed to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos and Haiti on offseason missionary trips. "We go to some of the hardest places in the world," Swinehart said. "It's truly humbling. Whatever we can do to help, we do. Sometimes, we play against a team that has no shoes. I'll think, `Hey, ...
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Great ideas for your next 48 hours
The public is invited to an opening reception for Erie nature artist Brian Pardini's new exhibit "When Trees Dream" on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Erie Art Museum Annex Gallery, 423 State St.
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Regional Briefs: Jury convicts man of cocaine possession
The six-person jury found Daryl Wayne "Cheetah" Johnson, of the 400 block of Martin Luther King Drive, guilty after a one-day trial.
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Davis Bike Church to hold first fundraiser tonight
The Davis Bike Church will be holding its first fundraiser in its four-year history tonight at Delta of Venus. A line-up of local DJs, including Mr. Glass, Dogtones and the Bike Church's own Deacon Morgan, will keep the turntables spinning for the evening.
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Kidding Around Summer Youth Program at Miami Art Museum
The Summer Youth Program at the Miami Art Museum kicks off with a free family event this weekend. Children and their families can take part in hands-on art activities. Guided tours, live music and refreshments will also be available. The event theme relates to MAM's exhibition, Shadows, Disappearances and Illusions, opening June 6, so the activities will include scratch art, photograms and ...
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Crossing cultures: Martha Munizzi climbing charts as she gives praise to God
Martha Munizzi is accustomed to double-takes.
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Best Bets
Indian Market & Powwow weaves art and storytelling into its colorful programming.
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M.I.A. can't keep the crowd down, and that's how she likes it
Some performers start a riot wherever they land, sending shock waves through the crowd and leaving anyone present helpless to resist the mayhem.
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Prowler alert in Silver Spring Township
The Silver Spring Township Police Department has been investigating an ongoing series of prowler complaints, according to Police Chief Jim Sadler.
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Harold Mabern at Smoke, NYC
Harold Mabern performed with his piano trio three nights at Smoke, on New York's Upper West Side, the weekend before Christmas, 2007. The one-time sideman for luminaries such as Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan and John Coltrane was accompanied by a suited white bassist and a white crew-cutted drummer.
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Norwegian Jazz 101: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2008
Since the early 1970s, the Norwegian music scene has received increasing international exposure, first through the German ECM label, but over time with an increasing number of Norwegian labels including Odin, NorCD, Curling Legs, Rune Grammofon and Jazzland.
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Love Henry
Introduced on the first track as “der Free Jazz Veteran,” Han Bennink lives up to his reputation on this live German festival concert recording.
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Faculty from Full Sail University Named "Teacher of the Year" By The 2008 Career College Association's Annual Awards
Two faculty members from Full Sail University have been named "Teacher of the Year" by the annual awards for the 2008 Career College Association (CCA). Brian Smithers, Department Chair for Audio Workstations, and Hunter Menning, Director of Audiotronics, were both recognized for their passion and dedication as outstanding educators.
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Let Nature Square
The band Shot x Shot excels in the art of group improvisation. A term tossed about too often without consideration for the words, 'group' and 'improvisation.'
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Studio turns decay into art display
BEACON - Abandoned buildings get bad reputations as community eyesores. But a group of Beacon business owners hopes to change the public perception of an industrial space that dates to the early 19th century.
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Make Someone Happy
Not that it ever totally went away, but the torch singer is making something of a comeback after years of neglect. Call it the Norah Jones Effect, but for some reason people are once embracing vocalists who can actually sing a song instead of emote and hit notes that make dogs start howling.
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Shakira uses fame to help the poor, eyes motherhood
MEXICO CITY (Reuters Life!) - Colombian singer Shakira is using her fame as a top-selling artist and hip-swiveling dancer to help poor Latin American children but she also has her heart set on a new role - mother to her own children.
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New projects mark Dia:Beacon's birthday
BEACON - Five years ago, the much-awaited birth of Dia:Beacon occurred after years-long gestation. This weekend, the modern art museum celebrates by opening some new art projects.
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Uganda: Kirk Franklin Here Next Week
HIS is Mr Energy we are talking about. He is like a fireball when he gets onto stage. So Ugandans should expect an air-tight performance. "Kirk Franklin will keep Ugandans on their feet, while blessing their hearts with a positive message," says Isaac Ruccibigango, aka Rucci, the concert organiser.
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Las Vegas Sun
The Bargain DJ Collective (9 p.m. Bunkhouse Saloon Bar & Grill) A variety of sounds on Thursday nights starting at 9. Dennis Miller (8 p.m. Orleans Hotel-Casino) If Dennis MIller had a resume, it would read something ...
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