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Logan Layman and her UnXpected bandmates prepare for busy summer
When the photo above was taken back in March, 12-year-old Williamsburg resident Logan Layman already knew she was heading to north to play the Chicago Blues Festival on June 6 as part of a youth all-star band. Turns out, she's going to Chicago twice...
Tags: Music Industry, Chicago Blues Fest, The UnXpected (music group), Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Nellie McKay, quirky songstress, to perform in Hampton with string quartet
A Sunday story from my colleague David Nicholson included a nugget of exciting information. Nellie McKay, a piano-playing songwriter known for witty, irreverent tunes, will play The American Theatre in Hampton Nov. 1. Nicholson's story about the 2013-14...
Tags: Music Industry, NPR, Tameka Cottle, Music, Entertainment
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Tonys 2013: 'Vanya and Sonia,' 'Lucky Guy' lead play nominees
NEW YORK -- The Tony nominations announcement Tuesday morning brought good news to Christopher Durang’s dysfunctional-family tale "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" and the late Nora Ephron's period journalism weepie "Lucky Guy" with the two...
Tags: Amy Morton, Entertainment Events, Radio City Music Hall, Entertainment, Cicely Tyson
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Tonys 2013: Tom Hanks seeks a new kind of prize
NEW YORK -- Can Tom Hanks add a Tony Award to his crowded mantle? That’s one of many questions that emerged after the Tony committee announced its acting nominations Tuesday morning, with Hanks' name on the shortlist for best actor in a play for...
Tags: Amy Morton, Music Theater, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Entertainment Events, Alzheimer's Disease
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Fernando Jones Blues Camp for kids is coming to Hampton week of July 21
Jackie Scott, a Norfolk blues singer who has been involved with youth Blues Camps in Chicago in recent years, said that the concept will come to Hampton this summer. "My trip to Chicago was a success!" she wrote in a Facebook post on Friday. "Just got...
Tags: Music Industry, Eddie Shaw, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Buddy Guy, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Branford Marsalis: Q&A with a jazz sax master
Branford Marsalis, a Grammy-award winning saxophonist, doesn't like to be fenced in. He's played with jazzy rock bands, the New York Philharmonic and his own experimental funk ensemble, Buckshot LeFonque. Although he's not a staunch traditionalist like...
Tags: Music Industry, Customs and Tradition, Culture, Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis
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Back to the '70s: Arts center seasons to include Emmylou Harris, Todd Rundgren, Jackson Browne and Dr. John
Summer is when the area's performing arts centers announce their fall schedules. The Peninsula's two main centers -- The Ferguson Center for the Arts and The American Theatre in Hampton -- have plenty of interesting shows heading our way. As my colleague...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Natalie MacMaster, Holidays, Jackson Browne
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Family of Teen Who Died at L.A. Rave Receives $190K Settlement
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- The family of a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose at the Electric Daisy Carnival rave has received a settlement of nearly $200,000 as a result of a lawsuit against the organizers and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum....Tags: Trials, File Sharing, KTLA, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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Ferguson Center takes a prize in recent Veer Local Music Awards
My reporting last week on the Veer Local Music Awards missed a few choice categories, ones that were included in the print edition of the Feb. 15 edition of the alternative paper. Most significant was the Ferguson Center's victory in the Best Performing...Tags: Concerts, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Joshua Bell, Arts and Culture, Chrysler Hall
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Bay Days festival schedule includes local acts United Souls, EVER-G, Rylo, Gator Allmond
Bay Days organizers announced the full entertainment schedule for the giant outdoor festival happening Sept. 9-11 in downtown Hampton. The array of local musical talent playing the event looks strong.
Funk revivalists House and Sinnett, country-rockin'...Tags: Arts and Culture, Chesapeake Bay, Fine Arts, 311 (music group), Space Programs
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USC President Issues Warning Against Raves
KTLA NewsUNIVERSITY PARK (KTLA) -- The president of USC issued a warning to students Wednesday asking them to not attend raves, saying that drugs and other dangers "present serious risks to all who attend." "I wish to warn you about a specific danger that has...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, KTLA, Human Interest, Elections, Arts and Culture
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Christmas calendar: Events that inspire holiday spirit
Daily PressNOVEMBER Virginia Symphony Orchestra — Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien." 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 University Place, Newport News. Tickets start at $20. Coliseum Central Holiday Parade Presented by Peninsula Town...Tags: Concerts, Peninsula Town Center, Dancing, Arts and Culture, History (tv network)
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