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Music for all tastes this week
There's a little bit of everything on the concert circuit this week -- from the engaging folk-pop of Livingston Taylor to teen songstress Sonya Kitchell and the always-popular David Crosby and Graham Nash.
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Rails to Trails event includes handcar rides, chili cook-off
Rails-to-trails enthusiasts celebrating the recent acquisition of an 86-mile railroad corridor will be focusing on opportunities for recreation at a festival this weekend.
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Top 5 Loveland Reporter-Herald
The Loveland Performing Arts Association will present Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Triple Play will perform a concert of flair and virtuosity at the Roberta Price Auditorium at Thompson Valley High School, 1669 Eagle Drive, Loveland. Tickets are $20. Call 669-4546.
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‘I Do’ vows to entertain By Quentin Young Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT – If the neighbors of Scott and Mary Lou Moore are paying attention, they’re getting free nighttime entertainment. The Moores, owners of Jesters Dinner Theatre, usually charge for performances. But in preparing for a joint appearance in the two-person musical “I Do, I Do,” they’re doing a lot of rehearsing at home.
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Loveland Choral Society finds its world beat in planetary tribute ‘This Island Earth’ By Jeannie Lancaster For the ...
From master of ceremonies, Kermit the Frog, to the percussive beat of HeadTalk, to the hauntingly beautiful music of Paul Winter’s “Earth Mass,” the Loveland Choral Society’s (LCS) production “This Island Earth” promises to provide an eclectic, musical tribute to the beauty of our planet and the need to protect its resources.
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SLO’s poet laureate is more than just words
San Luis Obispo’s next poet laureate is an English teacher, radio host and published author. Cal Poly lecturer James Cushing will be sworn in as the city’s poet laureate for 2009 later this month, according to Kevin Patrick Sullivan, co-founder of the San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival. “He’s a very deserving poet to have that honor bestowed on,” Sullivan said of Cushing, who succeeds Dian Sousa ...
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Harwinton Fair begins Saturday
HARWINTON - A variety of animals, vegetables, baked goods and country music will be some the attractions at the 152nd Harwinton Fair on Saturday and Sunday on Locust Road. Children and adults will have their choice of events at the two-day celebration of northwestern Connecticut's agricultural heritage.
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Loveland Opera Theatre to delight with gala benefit By Jennifer Leigh Johnson Loveland Reporter-Herald
An elegant evening filled with the music of classical American composers Cole Porter and George Gershwin, a three-course gourmet dinner and a silent auction sounds quite “S’Wonderful.” The Loveland Opera Theatre will play host to its fourth annual benefit gala 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the McKee Wellness and Conference Center in Loveland.
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Denver pop quartet Meese aspires to be the soundtrack to everyday life By Jennifer Leigh Johnson Loveland ...
When the guys from Denver’s top pop group Meese wrote their hit song “The Start of It,” they had no idea it would be their start. “It was definitely the start of our ascension in Denver’s competitive music scene and ultimately of our careers,” says guitarist Nathan Meese. “We owe a lot to that tune. ... There’re still moments when I’ll be driving around doing errands, and it comes on 93.3 and ...
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'Infinite Playlist': Party on, Nick & Norah
'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" follows a couple of teenagers through a sleepless night of wine, women and a lot of songs. This is all played out against a musical soundtrack that becomes the biggest connection for the pair. Read comments
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Founded in 1970 and firmly rooted in this country's rich African-American tradition, the Philadelphia Dance Company, better known as Philadanco, has become one of the city's premier cultural ambassadors.
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Best Buy to offer musical instruments, lessons at select stores
Electronics chain to offer instruments, music lessons Consumer electronics giant Best Buy Co. Inc. is adding musical instruments to its entertainment repertoire at roughly 85 stores nationwide.
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'Language of Light' blends dance, music and creative lighting
ASPEN - Loren Wilder learned, early on in her college career, that being onstage didn't quite suit her. She loved the theater, but didn't at all like "the process" that got actors their roles.
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Concert for kids
Selections from Pirates of the Caribbean and other treasured music will be featured during ''The Symphony at Sea: Concert for Kids'' program at 1 p.m. Sunday with The New World Symphony, led by ''Capt.'' Steven Jarvi. Arrive early and check out the Instrument Petting Zoo. Lincoln Theatre, 541 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach. Tickets: $10; 1-800-597-333, 305-673-3331 or www.nws.edu.
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Diversions Articles
We all remember watching the music video to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" as a kid, and we were amazed. We weren't just surprised by his catchy lyrics or his renowned dance moves, but for his sense of style.
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Popkomm's Turkish Side Shines Through In 2008
Berlin’s annual Popkomm music industry conference partners with a new country each year, and this year Turkey will be in the limelight. There will be thirteen acts playing from the Balkan nation, as well as two panels on the Turkish music market and forty five exhibitors at the trade show.
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OBAMA SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO VIBE READERS: Presidential candidate writes a letter to be published in November issue.
*Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is using Vibe magazine's upcoming issue to speak directly to apathetic and unregistered voters. The candidate is given an entire page in the urban music monthly's November issue to make his plea.
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Stadium must aid deaf patrons
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Redskins were ordered to provide deaf and hard-of-hearing fans with "equal access to aural content" in the team's stadium, such as music lyrics, ads and other broadcasts on the public-address system. ... - Associated Press
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Pop Life: You grow, Ladyfest
The inspiration came several summers ago in San Francisco, and now Sasha Soukop is finally getting her own Ladyfest gathering in Grass Valley. Agent Ribbons, left, is one of the all-female and female-led bands that will perform Saturday at Ladyfest in Grass Valley. Also on the bill are Sasha & the Shamrocks, MaMuse, Ricky Berger and BeeSharq. KRISTEN COFER
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Hudson's old dream, music, is new dream
NEW YORK -- Two years ago, the biggest question surrounding Jennifer Hudson's career was whether she could act.
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Night of jazz to benefit center
PASADENA - "A Jazz Experience," a night of music and fun to benefit Casa de las Amigas rehabilitation center, is set for 6 p.m.
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Not another teen movie: You don't have to be 16 to love `Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'
When authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan decided to collaborate on the novel Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, about two teenagers who meet and fall in love over the course of a single night in the New York City underground music scene, they took turns writing alternate chapters -- Cohn wrote Norah's and Levithan wrote Nick's.
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Uganda: Suzanna Owiyo Here for Zamani Night
The Zamani musical concept is simple; get contemporary artistes deliver songs- this time not with a pre - recorded instrumental CD as back up, but with a live band complete with backup singers.
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Maroon 5: from pop to politics to Prince
With the respect Maroon 5 is given within the pop music industry, it's hard to believe the band has produced only two albums. The melodic, white-boy soul of the L.A. band's debut album Songs For Jane and its radio-perfect hits This Love, She Will Be Loved, Sunday Morning and Harder to Breathe, anchored by front man Adam Levine's effortless falsetto, earned the group the Best New Artist Grammy in ...
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