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Nick Reynolds, 75, dies; a founding member of the Kingston Trio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad-striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio, died Wednesday in San...Tags: Hawaii, Death, Peter, Paul, and Mary (music group), Heart Attack, Hospitals and Clinics
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'South Central Farm' documentary screens at Palisades Film Festival
A 24-minute documentary about the 2006 fight to save a South Central Los Angeles community farm from being sold to developers is being screened in the shorts program at the Palisades Film Festival on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
"South Central Farm: Oasis in a...Tags: Movies, Farms, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Willie Nelson
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Filmmaker Todd Haynes finds the many sides of Bob Dylan in 'I'm Not There'
Sentinel Movie CriticFirst, he was folk music's Second Coming, a young man with a storied past that tied him to Woody Guthrie's legacy. He was the ambitious social striver, dating his way into folk-music royalty by taking up with older folk superstar Joan Baez. Then Bob...Tags: Movies, Richard Gere, Death, Todd Haynes, Bob Dylan
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Odetta Holmes dies at 77; folk singer championed black history, civil rights
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the 1950s, has died. She was...Tags: Tracy Chapman, Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups
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Singers Fill 'Little Boxes' for 'Weeds'
Zap2It.comShowtime has rounded up a decidedly quirky assortment of artists to cover the show's catchy theme, "Little Boxes." Those little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, may all look just the same, but the opening credits for the Emmy...Tags: Billy Bob Thornton, Movies, Elvis Costello, Film Festivals, Death
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TV Party: 'Victory Garden'
Nothing makes us feel more alive than weeding in our garden on a summer morning. And by "weeding in our garden" we mean watching "The Victory Garden" on PBS while we sip Bloody Marys after a night out with Lindsay Lohan. Even so, the thought of kneeling...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Lynn Anderson, Death, Gaming
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Years apart, lovers reconnect
Special to the Los Angeles TimesNICHOLAS DELBANCO is admirably prolific. He has written 16 books of fiction and edited seven others, including anthologies of writing by winners of the Hopwood Awards, which he oversees at the University of Michigan. And he has written seven nonfiction...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Death, Bob Dylan, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Arts and Culture
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Comics relief
Tribune staff reporterBy Wendy Smith To those who think rock 'n' roll created the postwar generation gap, David Hajdu says: Think again. " Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry added the soundtrack to a scene created in comic books," he declares in his intelligent, entertaining...Tags: Billy Strayhorn, Chuck Berry, Arts and Culture, Culture, Philosophy
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Midwest events
Chicago Tribune reporterILLINOIS July 17-20: 46th Antique Tractor, Steam Engine and Gas Engine Show, Channahon (51 miles), 815-467-3004. Train rides, flea market, food, entertainment, corn maze, farm playground and more at the Dollinger Family Farm. July 18-19: Quincy Area...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Indiana, Channahon, Chicago, Vehicles
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King speech shook America 40 years ago
Baltimore Sun StaffIt was a violent time with violent prospects. But instead of rage and fury, he gave America a dream. Forty years ago today in Washington, 17,000 combat-ready troops prepared for what only seemed inevitable. Stores closed and chain-locked their doors;...Tags: Bobby Darin, John Lewis, Death, Norman Mailer, Minority Groups
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Rock, Pop, Country, Etc. Listings
BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Dec. 15 - Anne Murray: "What A Wonderful Christmas." 3 p.m. Mortensen Hall. April 30 - Bobby McFerrin plus guests. 7:30 p.m. Mortensen Hall. •Call for tickets. Schedule subject to change. 166 Capitol Ave.,...Tags: Wynonna Judd, Connecticut, Ben Folds, XL Center, Garde Arts Center
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Demonstrators say no to war
Tribune staff reportersAs President Bush declared that he would allow one more day for diplomacy to avert a war with Iraq, a colorful crowd of thousands jammed Daley Plaza Sunday to sing, shout and chant against a U.S.-led invasion. It was Chicago's contribution in a worldwide...Tags: Sprague, Values, Chicago, Studs Terkel, Pakistan
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