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'In the Heights' recoups $10 million investment
"In the Heights," the Tony-winning musical celebration of Latino life in an upper Manhattan neighborhood has recouped its $10 million production costs, 10 months after it opened on Broadway.
New York Daily News |
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Professional Singer From China: ‘Divine Performing Arts’ dances touched me 100 percent’
n January 4, the Divine Performing Arts International Company completed its eighth show in Los Angeles.
The Epoch Times |
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Rock star fantasy
MOLINE, Ill. and#8212; A lot of people with normal hearing are terrified of dancing.So people with a hearing impairment must be even more terrified, right?Not actress Marlee Matlin, who's been deaf since she was a child. Matlin competed in the sixth season of "Dancing with the Stars" and now is part of "Dancing with the Stars and#8212; The Tour." The tour comes to the area tonight at the I ...
The Gazette |
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Book and film spotlight independent crafters across the U.S.
Faythe Levine, who honed her indie aesthetic in the Seattle music scene, now champions another form of DIY expression -- the world of crafts, which she documents in a film and companion book, "Handmade Nation."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Pemberton music festival cancelled
The Pemberton Music Festival has been cancelled for 2009.
Canada.com |
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Judge Gives OK for Music Fest
Grand Rapids --- The Rothbury Music Festival looks like a "go." It was a huge success last summer, but the property's been held up in bankruptcy court for months. Thursday one of the last legal obstacles was cleared. According to attorneys for the trustee there is nothing left to hold it up after the final loose end was tied up: the re-purchase of a piece of the property ...
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HDNet Presents Todd Rundgren: The Arena Tour
WHAT: The HDNet Concert series presents " Todd Rundgren : The Arena Tour," on Sunday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET .
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INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Don't miss a chord of the 9th Annual Cooper's Glen Music Festival at the Radisson in downtown ...
Check out the Annual Cooper's Glen Music Festival's schedule. Find out who's playing where and when, even listen to the band. Learn about workshops offered and costs too. • INTERACTIVE: Click here to check out the 9th Annual Cooper's Glen Music Festival's schedule. • VIDEO: An open jam from the 2008 Cooper's Glen Music Festival
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Biales, Ronstadt preview New York engagement
Songstress Lisa Biales and Cellist Michael Gilbert Ronstadt will perform in Oxford on Saturday, Jan. 10, at
Dayton Daily News |
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How Sandisk's slotRadio Turned a Good Idea Into a Horrible Product [Bad Ideas]
Sandisk's slotRadio plays super cheap 1,000 song packs on microSD cards, something that should be awesome. But a serious of disastrous design choices have turned it into one of the worst products...
Gizmodo |
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Concert Promoter Wanted In Several States
A concert promoter who several local merchants said bilked them out of money to help put on a New Year's Day Gospel concert is wanted in several states, WXII12 News has learned.
WXII-TV Winston-Salem |
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New Music: Telepathe: "In Your Line" [MP3/Stream]
Are Telepathe human? Or are they dancer? The Brooklyn duo refine their hybrid of gorgeously haunted dream-pop and beat-heavy UFO trunk-rattlers with "In Your Line", from their upcoming debut full-length, Dance Mother . "The killers!" Busy Gangnes and Melissa Livaudis intone hypnotically. And, emphasizing the final "t" like a slow-mo Mark E. Smith... thuhh : "The hunt!" The ...
Pitchfork |
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Pemberton music festival cancelled
The Pemberton Music Festival has been cancelled for 2009.
Dose |
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CSO Names Palermo As New President
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra announced on Thursday that James W. Palermo of Chicago would take over the reins of the CSO as President and Chief Executive Officer.
CBS4 Denver |
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Ethiopia: Country Liberalises Radio And Television May Follow, Supports Thriving Local Film Culture
London — The Ethiopian Government is best known for the tight control it has exerted over the political process of the country.
AllAfrica.com |
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Musician's journey continues with debut CD release
Many people who know Adam McCaffery will be shocked to hear he’s releasing his debut CD, The Long Road, with a performance at the Golden [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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Cisco offers home hub for media sharing
(AP:LAS VEGAS) Banking on the idea that consumers want new ways to tap their ever-growing collections of music, photos and videos, Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a media hub that lets people access and share songs, pictures and movies all over the home _ and from afar, over the Internet.
INO News |
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Willie Nelson: Few Dreams Left
Jan. 8, 2009 — The biggest dream in Willie Nelson’s life was to play music, and it’s one he’s been living out on the road for decades. The kind of dreams that people have in their sleep — those come few and far between for Willie.
Great American Country |
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Dolly Parton: New Project, New Honor
Jan. 8, 2009 — Dolly Parton is already an American cultural icon and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame; now she’s taking part in an aural U.S. history lesson and joining yet another Hall. The history effort is a three-CD project titled This Is America that features Dolly among 56 artists and songwriters who’ve recorded songs that tell the story of the United States, embracing Native ...
Great American Country |
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Cleveland's Waterband releasing 'Drops in a Bucket'
Waterband Folkadelic pop and funk Hometown: Mantua Years performing: 8 Day gigs: Professional musicians and ultrasound machine technician After re-forming to its original lineup just over a year ago, Waterband -- David "Dreadlock Dave" McDougald (bass, vocals), John Welton...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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'Backstage Passes': Rocker Kooper's memoir
Al Kooper is no fan of Wikipedia. The 65-year-old rocker, known as the "Forrest Gump of rock 'n' roll" for his uncanny ability to show up during historic moments, says he is bemused by the numerous myths that are printed about him. "I'll give you $50 if any...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Digital Music Sales Reach New High In Canada
Sales of digital music in Canada increased in 2008, but were not enough to make up for the loss of physical album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan Canada. Overall album sales declined 8.5 percent compared to 2007, which shows that the digital growth did not offset the decline in physical sales during the year. More than 40 million digital tracks were purchased in 2008 representing an ...
WebProNews |
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Jimmy Page - Page Manager Led Zeppelin Are Over
Plans for JIMMY PAGE and JOHN PAUL JONES to hit the road as LED ZEPPELIN in 2009 have been scrapped - because the rockers can't find a singer to replace ROBERT PLANT. Just ...
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Elvis Presley - Graceland In Partymode For Elvis Birthday
ELVIS PRESLEY fans have flocked to the late rocker's former Graceland home for a party to celebrate what would have been his 74th birthday, hosted by his ex-wife ...
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JVC's latest boomboxes do touch control, iPod integration
Full-blown boomboxes definitely aren't as popular as they once were, but there's still something curiously attractive about buying a music system that can be slung upside one's shoulder when the mood strikes you. To that end, JVC has introduced a new trio in its micro audio system, with the UX-GN6 boasting a "wake-up" sensor that turns the rig on when motion is spotted and a "laser ...
Engadget |
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