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- Area events for Fourth holiday weekend Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 1:54PMHere's The News-Gazette's by-no-means comprehensive list of area Independence Day events, organized by date (you can find your town in alphabetical order within the dates). read more
- United Islands Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:10AMImagine a summer weekend festival on several islands in Prague with some of the most innovative bands from around the world as well as the best local acts. Now imagine that festival is free. Impossible? Not for United Islands.
- Ana Moura, Portuguese singer, flourishes with fado Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:38PMAna Moura says she didn't decide to become a fadista , a singer of the fervent, longing-filled Portuguese music called fado, or fate. "Fado chose me," says the lush-voiced Portuguese singer, who brings the requisite...
- Voice recognition in Sync with simplicity Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 2:13PMFord Motor Co. claims to have tamed voice recognition with the latest version of its Sync technology by upping the number of commands a hundredfold while simplifying their grammar. View the full article HERE .
- Kingfisher Publishing Offering Lexile Measures for Popular Titles Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:36AMLeading Children's Book Publisher and MetaMetrics Identifying Reading Levels of Books
- Broomfield Enterprise upcoming events -- June 19 Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 1:15AMUpcoming events in and around Broomfield
- Music Review: Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra & Fanfare Ciocarlia - Balkan Brass Battle Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 2:34PMshare: digg facebook twitter For not only were the Romany a nomadic people who absorbed the musical influences of those whose territories they passed through, they were also survivors who learned quickly how to adopt the music of the local dominant culture so they could earn their keep as entertainers. Not only did the Romany people under the Ottoman Empire pick up brass music, they gradually ...
- Donny McCaslin: Big Love Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:42AMIt’s been said that New York is a big small town, but the Brooklyn jazz community is outright tiny.
- 6 things to do this week in and around Modesto Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 7:18PMThe biggest of the Graffiti Summer festivals kicks off tonight as the Official Kiwanis Classic Car Parade revs up downtown Modesto.
- Which star's favorite bands are Radiohead, Linkin Park, Tool, and Depeche Mode? Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 9:51AMSince Josh Groban burst on the scene more than a decade ago, he’s defied labels. Pop? Classical? Even he’s not sure. “When I walk in the music store, my album is under classical/pop/easy listening,” he told one interviewer. “It’s hard to...
- Summer arts preview: The best in DFW dance, theater and music Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 12:01PMWhen it comes to entertainment this time of year, nothing says "it's summer!" quite like outdoor (and indoor) arts festivals. Well, maybe not more than exploding trains and car chases in the movie theater, but you get our drift.
- Quite right Banksiaman. Even Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 10:34PMIn reply to Now It's Spain's Turn For Revolution : Quite right Banksiaman. Even the most powerful intent to create a democracy means little in the context of power and money remaining with a select few, who will do just what the previous regime did and rig elections, front the international community like they deserve it and watch the West eat it up as long as the oil keeps flowing. Even if they ...
- Thanks tadtieze, an Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 10:34PMIn reply to Now It's Spain's Turn For Revolution : Thanks tadtieze, an interesting and considered perspective and one which urges a long term view, which will be necessary I think. The utter disintegration of the Spanish left will require substantial effort to rebuild, redesign and will require some time. What worried me about the original piece, and more the pieces you cited from the 4th ...
- Protests in democracies are Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 10:28PMIn reply to Now It's Spain's Turn For Revolution : Protests in democracies are low-commitment, once-off pieces of activism until they begin taking the effort to substitute what they dislike for an ongoing, alternative system. If you wanted a revolution to produce a participatory, educated, consensual democracy, you’d 1st have to educate the voters on the invisible cogs of politics, like ...
- Thanks Doctor Tad I like Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 10:28PMIn reply to Now It's Spain's Turn For Revolution : Thanks Doctor Tad I like your Gemma Galdon Clavell a lot - she conveys an exhilirating enthusiasm - and I will follow her on-line from now on. As to the commentators on Egypt I would be somewhat more cautious. There is an awkwardness that comes when one is trying to shoe-horn events into a preconceived formula. I’m still not seeing any reports ...
- Susana Baca Traces 'Afrodiaspora From Peru to New Orleans Through Song Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 1:19PMSusana Baca has shed a remarkable amount of light on the music and culture of her Afro-Peruvian heritage. Over the course of 25 years and a dozen albums, she's not only brought out the music rooted in the oft-overlooked African presence along South America's Pacific coast, but brought attention to an entire "hidden" community -- the slaves brought by Spanish conquerors. So she never expected to ...
- Chica's restaurant plans big opening Tuesday Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 9:25AMEmployees have been hired, a new manager is in training and the owner of Chica’s Mexican Restaurant is preparing to open the downtown business for dinner on Tuesday. Lisa Eagle, owner, has ...
- Cinco event attracts largest crowd ever Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 11:29AMMexican heritage and culture were celebrated by a large crowd with entertainers and vendors to the borough’s 10th annual Cinco de Mayo Festival.
- School Digest Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 9:16AMDISTRICT 68 Dates to remember: March 10 - No school, 1 p.m. Parent Teacher Conferences March 11 - No school/Teacher Institute Day March 12 - Student Council Fun Fair! March 15 - 4:30 p.m. Market Day pickup; 6:30 p.m. 2011-12 Kindergarten Parent Meeting March 16 - 1:30 p.m. eighth grade …
- Four clubs for celebrating Cinco de Mayo all year long Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 11:08AMFind out where to get your noche latina on all year long!
- Celebrating la promesa solemne Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 1:13AMA few rhythmic steps forward to the beat of an Azteca drum, a few rhythmic steps back, a few more forward, a few back.
- Venue ventures: Los Angeles offers variety of music locales for fans of all tastes and budgets Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 3:54PMVampire Weekend and Beach House play at the Hollywood Bowl in West Hollywood.
- Music and Market opens 23rd season May 3 at Concord's Todos Santos Plaza Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 2:55PMMay flowers are a sign of the coming summer season, but Concord residents know they are in for summer fun when Music and Market returns to Todos Santos Plaza.
- The weather's great (but getting anywhere will be a nightmare...) Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 6:36PMMotorists face one of the busiest days on the roads in several years today as a combination of a late Easter, back-to-back bank holidays and Mediterranean-style weather threatens to bring gridlock to popular holiday routes.
- Broadway bonanza: ´Rock,´ soul and ´The Addams Family´ Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 1:49PMA little ´80s rock, a dash of ´50s soul — and something altogether "ooky": That´s the recipe for the Wharton Center´s 2011- ´12 Broadway season.
- Albums of the Week: The Bad, The Good – The French Horn Rebellion Vs. Nedry Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 1:48PMI’m impressed with this week’s album releases. As I peruse the list of upcoming CD releases for the week, there are always clear indications of what is to be categorized as bad, good, and great. But this week, I found it hard to find the “bad”, and was almost intrigued to compile a list of [...]
- Tom Engelhardt: Sleepwalking Into the Imperial Dark: What It Feels Like When a Superpower Runs Off the Tracks Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 1:58PMHave you noticed how repetitiously our president and others insist that we are "the greatest nation on Earth"? When the U.S. was actually "the greatest," no one needed to say it over and over again.
- Living heritage Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 6:13PMUnique foods, festivals, sports, arts and crafts find their way to Unesco’s list of cultural treasures.
- Neighbors Calendar Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 8:16PMTo get listed in the Broward calendar of events, please go to MiamiHerald.com/events and click on “+add to our listings’’ on the upper right. A simple listing is free. Be sure to choose the category that best suits your type event as your main category for search purposes. Listings at this site also appear in print free of charge on a space-available basis with preference given to nonprofit ...
- Community Calendar Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 5:56AMFranklin Park Herald-Journal with news of Northlake welcomes items for the Community Calendar as well as items for Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Newsmakers. Items must be received a minimum of 14 days prior to publication, but earlier is better. E-mail items to oakpark@pioneerlocal.com; fax to (708) 383-3678 or by mail to: Pioneer ...
- Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra: Changing of the guard: Young singers join annual pops concert, long-time ... Wednesday, April 6, 2011 @ 4:30PM"Brilliant brass, bright beginners, and boat races." Those are the words that Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Kevin Lines used to describe the final concert of the orchestra's 48th season, according to a news release from the organization.
- Punk’s eye view of pop culture down the years Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 7:47PMThe Clash were perhaps the greatest British band to come out of the 1970s, and guitarist Mick Jones was central to their success. Now a new exhibition of Jones’ pop memorabilia can be seen in Norwich.
- Urban legends: which city is really the world's best? Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 1:42AMParis, New York, Sydney, London, Melbourne - which is the best? Here, five writers tell us about their kind of town.
- Book review: Is This The Real Life? The Untold Story of Queen Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 8:31PMIs This The Real Life? The Untold Story of Queen
- Best of the North Bay 2011 Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 4:47PMA stage dripping with banjos, sweat and hootenanny tunes. Feet stomping on a dance floor for hours to DJs spinning beats. Teenagers tearing into their instruments as if there's no tomorrow. Walls covered in photos, art, T-shirts and hand-painted skate decks.
- Kevin Danzig: A lifelong musician with folk roots Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 3:55PMThere's musical gold waiting to be discovered in Vail. Musicians with years of experience and tremendous talent perform at bars and restaurants all over town as part of the local apres circuit. Kevin Danzig, a modern folk and ac Copyright 2011 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Kevin ...
- Rocky Mountain Brassworks going Celtic for Broomfield Auditorium show Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 1:16AMSt. Patrick`s Day has come and gone, but Broomfield residents can still catch an evening of music from the Emerald Isle.
- 2011 summer camps & classes Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 11:40AMAdventure Day Camps on Lake Grapevine
- 2011 summer camps & classes Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 5:42PMAdventure Day Camps on Lake Grapevine Description: Let your kids experience the great outdoors w
- Reportlinker Adds Global Bridalwear Industry Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 6:02AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide Exile Ends with Rapturous Welcome Home to Haiti Saturday, March 19, 2011 @ 10:45AMJean-Bertrand Aristide, the pastor-turned-president last seen in his native Haiti making a rapid, undignified exit seven years ago, has returned home to a rapturous welcome, injecting another variable into a febrile election atmosphere 48 hours before a drawn-out presidential race climaxes. read more
- Aristide's welcome home to Haiti Saturday, March 19, 2011 @ 2:37AMSeven years after he was ousted in rebellion, former president arrives on election eve talking of Haitians' plight Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the pastor-turned-president last seen in his native Haiti making a rapid, undignified exit seven years ago, has returned home to a rapturous welcome, injecting another variable into a febrile election atmosphere 48 hours before a drawn-out presidential race ...
- Blackbaud to Host Social Media Strategies Panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 4:30PMPanel features leaders from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Foursquare, March of Dimes, and Make-a-Wish Foundation discussing social web initiatives that benefit nonprofits.
- Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America By David Talbot (Simon & Schuster, 2010) Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 12:58PMIt was more than 25 years ago, while researching a story in a dark alcove of UC Berkeley’s little-visited newspaper library, that I chanced upon some transcripts from the first hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). What I discovered was shocking beyond belief.
- Blackbaud to Host Social Media Strategies Panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 10:36AMPanel features leaders from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Foursquare, March of Dimes, and Make-a-Wish Foundation discussing social web initiatives that benefit nonprofits. (PRWeb March 09, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/3/prweb8191631.htm
- The rise (or not) of Latin alternative music in San Antonio, and early SXSW spillovers Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 11:22PMHow many times do you have an unknown touring act who sings mostly in Spanish pack back-to-back shows in San Antonio? That’s exactly what happened to La Santa Cecilia at the Mix and Boneshakers a couple weeks ago. The person who brought them here can finally exhale.
- Married to the Mob Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 9:14PMPunk Funk Mob is a resolution, and a stylistic departure. by Lee Hildebrand We gonna say it loud, We're funky and proud, Femi Andrade and Quincy Ramone, co-leaders of Punk Funk Mob, wailed over the tightly syncopated grooves of Ramone's low-slung, popping bass, his brother Jeff Logan's scratchy, Jimmy Nolen-inspired guitar chunk-a-chunks, and Michael Williams' solidly throbbing traps. The ...
- North Central Community Calendar — March 10 Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 4:04PMshare: digg facebook twitter Send your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o North Central News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. North Central Baptist Hospital hosts support groups and free educational programs: couples ...
- 36 Hours in Orlando, Fla. Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 5:38PMFrom Left A wakeboarder on the advanced cable tow at the Orlando Watersports Complex; Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors, a dive bar; a display at Makr, which sells leather goods, in Winter Park.
- See You There! Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 12:22PMArtvoice's weekly round-up of featured events, including our editor's pick for the week: Music Is Art's Mardi Gras Jam at the Tralf on Friday, March 4th.