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Seeking unsung heroes for Mask Project
Hospice of Michigan’s popular Mask Project — a fundraiser for the non-profit organization — returns this year with a twist. Area residents are asked to nominate people they see as unsung heroes — anyone committed to helping others but not otherwise recognized.
Ludington Daily News |
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Macon Film & Video Festival keeps growing and showing
Now in its fourth year, the Macon Film & Video Festival, known as MAGA on the independent film circuit, has achieved critical mass.
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Pop to rock, Art Ambush will offer it all
Music lovers will have their choice of style as Art Ambush holds a montage of diverse bands in the upcoming week. Foxy Shazam will headline Saturday's show, which will also feature The A.K.A.'s, Dr. Manhattan and Cute As A Button.
Baylor Lariat |
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It all came together for Wheeler Band
Ridgway native Charlie Wheeler wrote and recorded blues-rock originals for years in his home studio. But that grew old.
Erie Times-News |
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FENNELLY COLUMN: Midstate arts calendar in full swing as MAGA approaches
Fasten your seat belts, folks. The midstate entertainment machine, already moving at a pretty good gallop, is about to catapult into the next dimension.
Macon Telegraph |
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KidsBest set for big screen
Aseries of international, classic, long and short films will hit the big screen at the Northampton Academy of Music as part of KidsBestFest.
The Republican |
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Singer says no 'ovey-dovey, mushy stuff' during Valentine's Day show
Singer-songwriter Sonia Leigh won’t be pulling any new tricks from her musical hat Saturday night, just because her appearance at the Hummingbird Stage and Taproom coincides with Valentine’s Day.
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A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival
Elizabeth Birkenmeier, whose play “Candlestick Park” won the full-length prize. Kari Lombard, author of “All at Once.” Marge Betley, guest dramaturg for the festival.
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Tickets go on sale for the March 14 Mega Music Fest at 10 a.m. Saturday
CD Entertainment brings the Mega Music Fest at 7 p.m. March 14 in the Bill Heard Theatre, RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, 900 Broadway.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
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SLO County Roundup
Paso Robles Free health screenings, cancer awareness education, live music and entertainment are scheduled for the fourth-annual 2009 Amgen Tour of California Lifestyle Festival next week. The free public festival travels to each of the races nine stages and will come to San Luis Obispo County for Paso Robles Stage Five race Thursday.
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Pianist doubles work, fun for concert
Vassilis Varvaresos will be playing two featured works at the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra's Valentine's Day concert Saturday, a hefty workload that he says was the idea of music director Kypros Markou.
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Beyonce Knowles - Knowles And Hudson Shine At Naacp Awards
Superstars BEYONCE KNOWLES and JENNIFER HUDSON have walked away with the top music honours at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image ...
ContactMusic |
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Madonna is top-earning musician
If anyone had any doubt that touring is where the money is in today's music business, a look at Billboard's top moneymakers of 2008 should hammer the point home.
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'Sweeney' breaks Morgantown's musical mold
Straight jackets, buckets of blood and razors are not usually items to include on a stage prop list. But on Wednesday night, a packed Creative Arts Center audience was swept into the brilliant nightmare that is “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” From its opening lyrics “Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd,” sung quietly, urgently, the audience is helplessly captivated. Starting at the ...
The Daily Athenaeum |
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Lily Allen to perform free secret concerts across 3 continents
New Delhi, Feb 12 : English singer-songwriter Lily Allen will perform three free secret shows for her fans on the MySpace social networking website across three continents - America, Europe and Asia.
New Kerala |
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Mag Launches Online Archive The venerable classical music magazine has opened in beta, at www.gramophone.net, "a ...
Gramophone Gramophone from April 1923 to the latest issue." Each page is available as a PDF image and a plain-text version, and access is free except for the current issue (which available to print subscribers).
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Anne Hathaway To Do Shakespeare In Central Park This Summer The Oscar-nominated actress will give what is apparently ...
Twelfth Night , directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan ( Proof ). The Public Theatre's other outdoor production this year will be JoAnne Akalaitis's staging of The Bacchae , with music by Philip Glass.
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Murder mystery dinner benefits children with cancer
Parables Events and country music artist George Shingleton will come together Saturday for the second annual Valentine’s Day Murder Mystery Dinner, a fund-raiser for Timmy’s Fund. Timmy’s Fund is an organization that is dedicated to raising funds for the families of children with cancer. All proceeds go toward families whose children are undergoing treatment at West Virginia University Childrens ...
The Daily Athenaeum |
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Double Door to offer a helping of JunkFood
While some dieticians contend that junk food is a leading cause of obesity amongst Americans, opinion holders in other fields have heaped praise on JunkFood. Voted “best local band” in 2005 by a The Washington Post reader’s poll, northern Virginia’s JunkFood will make its way to Morgantown tonight and perform at the Double Door. While this will be its first performance at Chic-n-Bones’ Double ...
The Daily Athenaeum |
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Russian ambassador to U.S. sees symbolism in Union Station exhibit
The Russian ambassador to the U.S. gently halted his entourage Thursday to listen to the music and smile.
The Kansas City Star |
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I'm jilting movies for hip-hop: Joaquin
Joaquin Phoenix is torn between two lovers in what he professes will be his last film. As he talks passionately about his new pursuits, it seems he's not torn between artistic muses. Movies are out, and music is in, Phoenix insists.
The West Australian |
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Poor Boys shakes up a Greek legend with a little Nirvana
Somebody must have told Stewart Legere to break a leg: the Zuppa star did just that a few days before Poor Boy opens at Neptune’s Studio Theatre. Legere plays Sherman Oakes, a troubled music superstar burning out fast after his rock diva girlfriend Ella dies. During one scene, he leaps down a set of stairs; Legere landed badly and wound up in a cast. He rushed from rehearsals to hospital, then ...
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J’ville celebrates Lincoln’s 200th birthday
An evening of music, dancing and toasts highlighted Jacksonville’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth Thursday night.About 300 people gathered at Cummings Hall on the Illinois College campus to honor the nation’s
Jacksonville Journal-Courier |
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Quick Cuts - Duffy Wants To Try A New Sound, Ne-Yo Sued, and More!
Eminem & 50 Cent Track Eminem is back with a bang as his new track breaks debut-week digital sales records. The song ...
MTV Asia |
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Mount Horeb hosts Love Musical Night of Praise
NEWBERN — The Mount Horeb Missionary Baptist Church of Newbern will host The Love Musical Night of Praise Saturday. The event will welcome the public out to enjoy the vocal stylings of gospel singers from around west Alabama.
The Demopolis Times |
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