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The Week: January 12-15, 2009
Winter break is coming to a close, as are the early January entertainment doldrums. Warm up this week with a book reading by Laura Schaefer, along with live music by The Whomping Willows with Justin Finch-Fletchley, Juice, Dangergrass, and Invade Rome.
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Angola: Theatre Actors, Promoters Get Homage
Luanda — Angolan playwrights, theatre actors and promoters of the period before Independence, such as Rodão Ferreira, Armando Correia de Azevedo and their colleagues, who dedicated themselves to the development of this art in the country, in the 1970s and 1980s, were paid homage last Saturday in Luanda, by the Angolan Theatre Association (AAT).
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Harriman-Jewell Series Presents Soprano Danielle De Niese in Her First American Recital
Arias and songs by G.F. Handel, Edvard Grieg, Hugo Wolf, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Barber, and George Bizet.
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Blake files for divorce after Amy gets close to another
It looks like the writing is on the wall for Amy Winehouse's union with Blake Fielder-Civil. The jazz singer's husband, who's back in jail, is understood to have instructed a lawyer to begin divorce proceedings after seeing pictures of her getting cosy with another man in the Caribbean.
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(17/01) Fiori Musicali concert
FIORI MUSICALI will be hosting an evening of music by Franz Schubert for their New Year concert at Sulgrave Manor next week. (12/01/2009 11:38:08)
Buckingham Today |
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New music album for President
INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has launched his third music album featuring 10 original songs.
Adelaide Now |
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The Xfm New Music Award 2009 – Vote Now!
Phil Clifton, nu-thrash kings, and some fans. A recipe for carnage? Maybe...
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LG Display to supply flat panels to Apple
SEOUL, South Korea — LG Display Co. has reached a long-term deal with Apple Inc. to supply flat panels to the iconic maker of computers, music players and smart phones. The contract between the two companies is for five years and calls for LG to receive an advance payment of $500 million sometime this month, the South Korean company said in a regulatory filing today.
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Introducing KDE 4: Amarok 2.0
Introducing KDE 4: "Finally, Amarok 2 has been released. The 1.x series were the champions on music management (on BSD and Linux) and playing during KDE 3.x time. Actually, it was preferred on all desktop environments, shells or plain windows managers."
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'Slumdog Millionaire' Wins 4 Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS -- "Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to its underdog theme at Sunday's Golden Globes, sweeping all four of its categories, including best drama and director for Danny Boyle. Kate Winslet won two Globes all on her own, best dramatic actress for "Revolutionary Road" and supporting actress for "The Reader." "The Wrestler" also had two, dramatic actor for Mickey Rourke and best song for ...
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Ocarina makes beautiful iPhone music
We live in interesting times, especially when it comes to technology. I can't wait to see what's in store for us 10 years from now. I'm also gratified to know that I really won't have to wait 10 years to see some pretty amazing stuff. There's always something new and exciting happening right now and just around the corner. This year's Consumer Electronics Show being held this month in Las Vegas ...
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Motown anniversary
Celebrate 50 years of Motown memories. Look back at the legacies of musical giants and big turning points.
Detroit Free Press |
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Local woman ambassador, works for good of U.S., Panama
During her 1976 valedictory speech at Wildwood High School, Barbara Stephenson quoted a passage from "Walden Pond" by Henry David Thoreau: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
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Sounds of Hawaii will serenade Washington in honor of Obama
It might be a long way from Waikiki to Washington, D.C., but steel guitarist Alan Akaka says Hawaiian music will still be played from the heart by musicians making the journey to perform for the various events marking President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.
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What You're Doing: 1/12
See what a friendly game of rock, paper, scissors can get you.
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Bluegrass historian not backing down
From the 1930s to the '50s, one of the South's best-known musical acts was a Charlotte string band called The WBT Briarhoppers, which performed on WBT-AM radio. Authors Tom and Lucy Warlick of Clover, S.C., sought to write a history of the band with their 2007 book “The WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio.” But the book caused controversy by suggesting Bill Monroe, ...
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Day by Day This week in Charlotte
Tuesday Evolutionary Event: Paleontologist Donald R. Prothero speaks on “Evolution: What the Fossils Say & Why It Matters.” 7:30 p.m. Spirit Square. 704-372-1000. Due on DVD: “Appaloosa,” “Brideshead Revisited,” “Lakeview Terrace,” “Swing Vote.” Wednesday Hotel California: Classic rockers the Eagles land at Time Warner Cable Arena. 8 p.m. www.ticketmaster.com Thursday ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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"Boom Boom Rocket by EA on XBLA?"
This just makes me want to buy a new PS2 and copy of Amplitude.
EuroGamer |
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Benefit for Verhelst Recovery House
NACO, Ariz. — It was standing room only at Turquoise Valley Golf Resort on Sunday as musicians from Bisbee offered their talents for a six-hour show to support the Verhelst Recovery House.
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Introducing...Thunderheist
He saved her from hip hop, she saved him from obscurity. Canadian electro-pop duo Thunderheist need each other, and you need them.
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Inaugural organizers stage rehearsal
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Derrick Brooks puts his left hand on the book and raises his right, ready to take the oath of office. Dozens of cameras capture this moment in history, even though Brooks is wearing a name card reading “Pres.-elect Obama.”
New Haven Register |
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Zimbabwe: My Lyrics Do Not Fuel Violence - Winky Dee
Harare — TALENTED dancehall-ragga musician, Winky Dee - real name Wallace Chirimuko - has denied that his lyrics promote violence. Winky Dee is the most popular musician on radio these days, appealing to virtually all age groups and he insists that his lyrics are about self-defense.
AllAfrica.com |
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Zimbabwe: Open-Air Joints Rock Harare
Harare — THERE has been a boom in Harare's nightlife with the mushrooming of open-air joints in the capital dealing a death blow to some nightclubs.
AllAfrica.com |
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West wishes for 'less fans'
Rapper Kanye West is overwhelmed by his huge fanbase - insisting he'd love "less fans" so he can focus on making music which will please his core followers.
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London News and Reviews
In a recent terrific National Theatre production, Katie Mitchell summoned up the spirit of Euripides ’s Trojan Women, with captive females dancing to the ironically exultant sound of 1940s big band music.
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