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Fun story helps kids get organized
SHELTON --Barbara Mariconda isn't exactly a pack rat. Well, if she is, she sure is an organized one. But that's not the way her colorful character "Packy" starts out in the author's new children's
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The Secret Marriage, Theatre Royal, Glasgow Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner, Royal Festival Hall, ...
Among the greatest and best-loved operas, very few depend on behaviour unimaginable today. Rape, revolution, murder, suicide, infidelity, exile, corruption, poverty, sickness and greed still make the headlines, and a good production of a good opera can make a 400-year-old drama seem to happen in the now. Altogether trickier are those operas in which nothing of particular consequence happens, in ...
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Australian Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, London
With the centenary of the Ballets Russes coming up next May, the dance calendar will soon be wall-to-wall with Diaghilev tributes. Cannily, Australian Ballet has got in early with a bill that pairs a forgotten symphonic ballet by Diaghilev protégé Leonide Massine with an Aboriginal take on The Rite of Spring. Big Russian music plus big ideas ought to have guaranteed a certain fizz. Yet at ...
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The thrill ain't gone for blues fans in the Delta
Various signs are pinned haphazardly to a shack of unpainted cypress wood, topped with a roof of galvanised, corrugated steel. One of them says the dress code should not be "like this", pointing to a picture of a man wearing a back-to-front cap. Another one lists a number of other rules for those who enter. These include "No dope smoking", "no beer", and a defiant, "no rap music".
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Beastie Boys to headline Richmond vote concert
The Beastie Boys used to implore you to fight for your right to party. Now they want to remind Richmonders to use their right to vote.
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Award-winning chef shares La Dolce Vita recipe
La Dolce Vita Food and Wine Festival supports Austin Museum of Modern Arts' exhibition and education programs. This is the 19th year of the event. More than 50 of Austin's premier chefs offer food at the event. The evening also includes live music and a plethora of wine samples.
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Jamaica's Rocksteady king Ellis dies at 70
Jamaican reggae star Alton Ellis, known as the "Godfather of Rocksteady", died overnight of cancer in London, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 70 years old.
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Oktoberfest celebration launched
THE Oktoberfest Bavarian festival was launched at The Irish Harp of the Sheraton Doha yesterday. The celebration will run for 10 days. The event will feature two popular Bavarian entertainers, Andrea and Michael. The duo has been performing at Oktoberfest celebrations around the world.
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Music Review: Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Only By The Night may grow on me eventually, but so far it hasn’t grabbed hold of me like their previous releases. I am a big fan of Kings of Leon. I have enjoyed their albums and the couple of times I saw them live, so I was excited about another new release, but it’s not exactly what I wanted. They have veered slightly in a different direction, creating music that is more polished and infused ...
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Kids learn hip-hop dancing at the library
For sixth-grader Tomás Brookfield, hip-hop is fun because he enjoys moving his body with the music.
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Arroyo: China an ally despite melamine
MANILA, Philippines—Despite the melamine contamination scandal, President Macapagal-Arroyo has assured China’s outgoing Ambassador Song Tao that his country remained a key ally of the Philippines.
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Panama City POPS begins new season tonight
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Panama City POPS Orchestra will begin its new season tonight at the Arnold High School auditorium.
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Music video highlights: ALCS Game 1
Red Sox redux
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The Swansboro Mullet Festival
The rainy conditions in Onslow County caused the Swansboro Mullet Festival to close for the evening.
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Music video highlights: NLCS Game 2
Victory for Victorino
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Jazz Lives Here: Jams, Radio Shows Continue Well Into The Early Morning
As part of NY1's Jazz Lives Here coverage, Arts Reporter Stephanie Simon took a day-long tour of the world of jazz in New York City. Following is Part 3 of her six-part series.
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King Ferry Winery celebrates harvest time
KING FERRY -- King Ferry Winery opened its doors Saturday for a festival celebrating the harvest season, with tours, wine tasting, ice cream, music and food.
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Labelle's future is 'Now'
Some said the spacey-sexy, rock-soul trio was ahead of its times in the '70s, but a new album, 'Back to Now,' from Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash may find its audience in '08. THE METROPOLITAN Opera House in New York was invaded by aliens on Sunday, Oct. 6, 1974. Silver gleamed in nearly every seat, but the shine didn't come from musty family heirlooms. Instead, a multiracial ...
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"Stuff White People Like" led Lander to cyber fame
If you haven't heard of Christian Lander's blog "Stuff White People Like," you either have friends who don't forward e-mails or you've been too busy eating sushi while listening to NPR in your new pea coat to notice. Lander reads from his book, also called "Stuff White People Like," on Oct. 16 at Borders Books and Music.
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Stars make political statements on red carpet
It wasn't so much the red carpet as the red hoodie when Scribe showed his true colours at the New Zealand Music Awards on Wednesday night.
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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics
(AP) -- Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.
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Fly on the Wall
Larry Godwin v. Dirk Diggler ? Stop the presses! Start the porno music! Somebody call Burt Reynolds! The anonymous proprietor of one of Memphis' most revealing blogs is lawyering up in the face of a potential legal battle with the Memphis Police Department.
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Gypsy Kings
The musicians from Hungary who made gypsy rhythms popular worldwide, are in India to trace their roots Eight years ago Europe discovered a new kind of music - gypsy rhythms from a remote corner of Hungary.
IE via Yahoo! India News |
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Afghanistan: A country locked in a spiral of doom
Christina Lamb has been reporting from Afghanistan for 20 years. Here she offers a chilling frontline analysis of why we cannot beat the Taliban
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Piedmont Blues and Hash Bash returns to Abbeville
The rustling of fallen leaves on the street and the smell of barbecue cooking were some of the signs that this weekend was the time for Abbeville’s annual Piedmont Blues and Hash Bash.
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