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Three Rivers Arts Festival takes to streets with portable galleries
It's shedding for good the familiar yellow pavilions that for years sheltered the visual arts component of the festival ...
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Concerts, teas continue season at Crocker House
Crocker House Museum, Mount Clemens' Victorian-era reliquary, has entertaining and educational events all year, from formal teas to historical re-enactments.
Macomb Daily |
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Family and friends say goodbye to Mr. K
HAMILTON — Those who knew and loved Ken Glidewell gathered in his hometown to remember the man and the music.
The Hamilton Journal News |
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Sterofidelics create virtuosic sounds
[ When guitarist Chris Padgett and violinist Melissa McGinley established their duo Stereofidelics nearly two years ago, their repertoire consisted primarily of bluegrass and classical-tinged numbers, demonstrating their proficiency on their respective instruments.
Athens Banner-Herald |
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Octet by Schubert a mature masterpiece
The sixth of the Bank of America Chamber Music concerts at Memminger Auditorium featured Franz Schubert's rarely performed "Octet in F major."
The Post and Courier |
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Early Music delivers creative hit parade
It may have been warm in Charleston Saturday, but the audience at the Early Music Series heard some really "cool" music at the First (Scots) Presbyterian Church. Charleston Pro Musica and the Madrigal Singers teamed up with a program of hit parade music from the 14th through the 17th centuries. It was an innovative and creative hour of music put on by college students, (the Madrigal Singers), ...
The Post and Courier |
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'Music in Time' paints soundscapes
Program IV of John Kennedy's Spoleto USA "Music in Time" series explored the journeys of soundscapes by offering three small works that evoked different terrains.
The Post and Courier |
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Pearl Harbor survivor finally told his stories
James Riley Wire loved to serve his country, even with his final wish.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |
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Community Links
April 9 was the 11th anniversary of the death of Yank Rachell, one of the true legends of the blues, who lived in Indianapolis from 1956 until his death in 1997. He was especially known as the "Blues Mandolin Man," not only because he played this little-used instrument for the blues, but also because he was one of the true masters of the blues mandolin, with masterful folk musicians such as Rich ...
Bloomington Alternative |
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Browsing!
PIANO PARTY Author will read story of her music odyssey Author Peri Knize will read from her book, "Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Waccamaw Higher Education Center in Litchfield Beach.
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Festival of Reading invaded by aliens
Readers of all ages could browse for new books, play games, listen to music, and even interact with a few aliens.
WBIR-TV Knoxville |
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Biking Between The Rockies And A Hard Place
I confess. I signed up for a women's mountain bike workshop - in the mountains. I know I am approaching middle age. I know I live in a state as flat as a pancake.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Chorale Masters In Tune For Its 30th Anniversary Season
Many of the finest moments in the area's cultural history have come from the mouths of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, the area's acclaimed choir. Whether on its own or matched up with The Florida Orchestra, the group has played an enormous part in helping define the local arts, as well as giving music lovers nourishment over three decades.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Good food, good music, good turnout at Boys' Haven festival
E.J. Fontenot and Russ Gloede serve up crawfish during the Boys’ Haven Music and Crawfish Boil on Saturday at Ford Park in Beaumont. (Tammy McKinley/The Enterprise)
Beaumont Enterprise |
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Skatepark fundraising show draws crowd of 150
HOLLIDAYSBURG - When the people behind Blair Bike and Board, the local effort to build a skateboard and bicycle park in Altoona, were looking for a way to raise funds, one idea came naturally. "The proper way to do that is to introduce it with music," said Laine Kelly, 20, as she collected donations Saturday at Legion Park.
Altoona Mirror |
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Classical music fests coming up
Classical music enthusiasts usually hit their stride from September through May, considered by most musical entities to be prime time for audiences. But just because it's summer, schools are out, swimming pools are open and amusement parks are at their peak, people don't stop listening to music. Virginia has a wealth of classical music festivals at venues ranging from schools and churches to ski ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Performance artist digs into American fears in ‘Homeland’
“Homeland,” Laurie Anderson’s ruminative snapshots of freedom, fear and war as they relate to contemporary American culture, is paradoxically titled. “The term ‘homeland’ — Americans don’t use that,” Anderson said last month in a phone interview from her hotel in Spain. “Followed by ‘security,’ that’s an oxymoron.” Anderson, a violinist and performance artist known for productions that eschew ...
The State |
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Renovated Memminger wows audiences
The first week of the Spoleto Festival USA started off with a lot of talk about buildings. The Memminger Auditorium has been renovated and turned into a super-sized black box theater that can be used in multiple ways. The first time I was in the auditorium, in 1999, all the seats were piled in a mound, pigeons perched in the rafters and the stage had been turned into a basketball court. The ...
The State |
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CRITICS' PICKS: This week's best bets
GAS PRICES might be keeping you home more often this summer, but that doesn’t mean you can’t hear beach music. On Saturday, The Sensational Epics will kick off the free Summer Concert Series in Finlay Park. Bring a picnic, football or Frisbee, and pretend you’re on the beach (though you can’t bring a cooler, pet, grill, radio, bike or skateboard). Beverages will be sold at the shows, which run ...
The State |
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That was then: Spoleto Festival USA, 1981
Since Spoleto Festival USA started in 1977, the chamber-music series has been one of its most popular offerings. The concerts are held in the Dock Street Theatre — an early-20th-century re-creation of an 18th-century theater — where performers play in front of a curtain painted with a view of early Charleston from the water. Another thing that has stayed the same is some of the performers. In ...
The State |
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School panel affirms layoffs
HOLYOKE - Unable to find alternate ways to cut the budget, the school finance subcommittee again voted to lay off art, music and physical education teachers, guidance counselors and vice principals last night.
The Republican |
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Take5 today
For a lot of folks, Sunday is a nice, quiet day to do as little as possible. But guitarist Chris Rhodes has his plate full.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Active voice
Laurie Anderson, a performance artist whose productions have been called operatic, art-pop and stand-up comedy, looks like she’s performing from a DJ station. There are the keyboards, the Mac laptop, altered instruments and, of course, the music’s ambient roll. But her voice also sounds robotic, mechanical. It might remind many of the cyborg-like choruses on urban radio sung by T-Pain, Chris ...
The State |
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Performing arts calendar
BREVARD COMMUNITY BAND, featuring Charles Vernon, trombonist, 3 p.m. June 15, Porter Center, Brevard College. $10. Call 885-5456.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Get your chamber music fix
Music lovers have an opportunity soon to experience an art form that is powerful because of how spare it is.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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