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This Week
Concert The All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam Besides presents and breakfast, there's another tradition that has taken root: this annual free evening concert at the Kennedy Center. The Jazz Jam features host/vibraphonist Chuck Redd, pianist Robert Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeter Tom Williams,...
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New Year's Eve Listings
Latin music fans who check out the Mike Torres Band's annual New Year's Eve show in Manteca - this year set for the FESM Hall - will get more than just funky grooves from an iconic Stockton band. Tickets include a champagne toast and party favors. 8 p.m.
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Entertainment Calendar
FRIDAYSTRAWBERRY SINGLES DANCE Plant CityMusic by Mike Laine.WHEN: 8-11:30 p.m.LOCATION: 1405 S. Collins St.COST: $5 members, $8 guestsPHONE: 863-644-7363, 813-752-7279SATURDAY SOCIAL SINGLES DANCE LakelandWHEN: 8-11:30 p.m.LOCATION: Sesame Grotto Building, 3030 Morgan Combee Road
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Every great filmmaker is allowed one bad film. For , his first was his worst. An intelligent director, Fincher cut his teeth on television commercials and music videos before making his feature debut in 1992 with Alien 3 , a forgettable and regrettable installment in that particular sci-fi franchise.
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A swan song for hip-hop artist Cola Zone?
Cola Zone’s forthcoming album – the 13-track “Immortality Skeems” – is bound to be a local hip-hop classic, further proof of the rapper’s masterful flow and grasp of street aesthetics. But, unfortunately for hip-hop fans, it may also be his last. Photo caption: Antonio Johnson, aka Cola Zone, describes his music as “cinematic hip-hop.” Photo by Laura J. Gardner The Journal Gazette
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Pick your party: There are so many options for New Year's Eve, it may be hard to choose
Because of some unfortunate circumstances, Stockton's big New Year's Eve screamo-rock show at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium with A Skylit Drive, Dance Gavin Dance and others has been canceled.
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People in the news
The stock market is in the tank, the plant is closing and the neighbor is losing his home … the perfect time to go to a concert, by one measure.
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Treat Yourself to World-Class Entertainment After the Hectic Holidays
December is a month dedicated to gift shopping, preparing for the holidays, office parties, and hosting friends and families at your home. After all the hustle and labor to make the holidays special and magical for all in your life, it's time to treat yourself.Divine Performing Arts is many performances presented as one, ranging from grand classical processions to touching ethnic and folk ...
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New Year's Eve Specials
Unless noted, specials are available Dec. 31, reservations are requested, prices are per person and tax and tip are extra. 1 Bleu: Five-course menu includes a bottle of Piper Heidsick champagne per couple. Live jazz; fireworks follow at Haulover Pier. 9-10:30 p.m.; 10295 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour; $175. 305-455-5460.
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Greenwood residents from other countries share their traditions
There’s no place like home for the holidays, but when “home” is in another country, visiting is not always realistic. James Waweru came to the United States from Nairobi, Kenya, six years ago.
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Music-filled knitting shop in Los Angeles is a real pearl
Rocker Julie Edwards, a.k.a. Heisenflei of Pity Party, stitches together the worlds of music and needle craft at her Atwater Village store. She finds comfort and joy in both pursuits. The Christmas Sweater Festival at the Echoplex music club was holiday programming for the tongue-in-cheek generation. The Echo Park venue was awash in appliqued snowmen, flashing pompoms and teal-colored ...
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Music Emilíana Torrini Icelandic musician’s third global album hits close to home.
Since Emilíana Torrini hails from Iceland, it would be natural to expect similarities to her country’s most successful musician, Björk. To the ears of...
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Music Rivers Cuomo Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is back with a second collection of solo navel-gazing.
Throughout his career, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has been on a quest for authenticity. A follow-up to last year’s Alone, Alone II is an...
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Wayne Hancock: Texas maverick
Country rocker Wayne Hancock plays San Jose's Blank Club
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Thursday DJ Lazardi
DJ LAZARDI Local DJ spins infectious dance music on Christmas night. Details: 11 p.m.; Dream Nightclub, 1532 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4444; $20.
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Jesus Center serves up food, music
CHICO -- Retail sales may be down, auto and home sales may be hurting, but for Bill Such it has been a banner year.
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Leading Off: NFL predictions finished on a sour note
Bee Sports Editor/Opinion These NFL predictions finished on a sour note As we dream of a "White Christmas" (Bing Crosby says "may all your Christmases be white"), it's time for this sports editor to face the music. We threw out eight predictions for the NFL season Sept. 1. As the NFL enters its final weekend, let's be accountable and see if that crystal football is cracked: 1. The ...
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The making of a green ogre
NEW YORK – It’s a little after 6 p.m. in the star dressing room at the Broadway Theatre, where a sign on the door warns: “Do not disturb. Shrek makeup in progress.” Photo caption: Brian d’Arcy James stars as Shrek in “Shrek the Musical.” It’s based on the popular DreamWorks films and the book by William Steig. Photo by Associated Press
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Vermillion group The Kickback begins tour at Nutty's North & The Glory Holes return with 70s 'feel good' music
While local rock group The Kickback recently signed with Fishbone bass player Norwood Fisher's record label, NS5, and opened for the Plain White T's Nov. 18 in Sioux Falls, they're not going to rest on their laurels. "Unfortunately, it's never as it appears. One good show and signing to a little label gets you very little. It's a very slow first step for us...but it's a good kick off," says band ...
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What are your New Year's Eve plans? We have a list of events to choose from
The Johnny Holm Band gets a jump on the New Years Eve parties with its Saturday "Resolutions Can Wait" bash at the Sioux Falls Arena, 1201 N. West Ave. The music and prize giveaways begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door (includes a donation to the Childrens Inn) $20 VIP seats with champagne toast, snacks and exclusive seating for the party. The band plays in most of the ...
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2008 a banner year for concerts, despite poor economy
NASHVILLE The stock market is in the tank, the plant is closing and the neighbor is losing his home the perfect time to go to a concert, by one measure. The concert business grossed just under $4 billion worldwide in 2008, the most ever for a year and up almost 13 percent over last year, according to Billboard magazine. "Overall, it's been a pretty good year for touring," said Ray ...
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Facebook says bye to Project Playlist
WASHINGTON -- Social network Facebook has severed ties with Project Playlist, just days after rival MySpace cut its links with the fast-growing music-sharing startup over copyright violation fears.
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Heller to play 1st violin at All-County festival
The Rockland County Music Educators Association has selected Nina Heller, a ninth-grader at Rockland Country Day School in Congers, to play First Violin at the Junior All-County Music Festival on Jan. 10 at Clarkstown South High School in West Nyack.
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Caroline Sullivan: Why male guitar bands are set to be very last year - the future is solo women with synths
Every now and then pop music undergoes a dramatic shift, and if you believe the people who influence what we listen to, we're currently on the verge of just such a new-broom phase. Out, according to record labels, are the male guitar bands who have dominated the charts and airwaves for much of the decade; in are solo electropop artists who have arrived en masse from Planet Quirky. If things ...
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Kurt Cobain's broken guitar sells for $100,000
London, Dec 24 : A smashed guitar that once belonged to late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain has been sold at an auction for USD 100,000 (68,493 pounds) 14 years after his death.
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