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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 24, 2013
SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial
Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...Tags: Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Wrestling, Amy Grant, Apple iPhone
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Musicals to 'LeapFest,' 41 more shows for your summer
Just when you thought it was safe to get out of your house and into the long-delayed sunny season, Chicago theaters of all sizes unleash some of their most promising offerings of the year. When you're ready for a break from the beach and the ballpark,...
Tags: John Kander, Arts and Culture, LGBT Pride Month, Palace Theater, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Lease to Broadway's biggest theater sold to British company Ambassador Theatre Group
AP Drama WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million. Ambassador Theatre Group said Monday it has acquired...Tags: Arts and Culture, Atlantic Ocean, Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Theater, Broadway Theater
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Sugar Blue sweetens genre with jazz additions
South Bend TribuneSugar Blue hears mold growing on the blues these days, and he doesn’t like it. “If you can’t add anything to the canon,” the harmonic virtuoso says, “if all you can do is regurgitate another man’s ideas while...Tags: Music Theater, Music Industry, Charlie Parker, New York City, Theater
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Dillard falls short of top three at NYC jazz competition
The musical journey for 25 Broward County students ended a few songs earlier than expected Sunday night. Students from the Dillard Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale traveled to New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center. The students won an Honorable...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Coral Gables, New York City, Broward County, Broadway Theater
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Ella Fitzgerald, with unerring sense of swing, conquered jazz
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald, on what would have been her 96th birthday. The stylized doodle puts her in the spotlight on stage leading a quartet. Fitzgerald became the preeminent female jazz singer of...
Tags: Google Inc., Chick Webb, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Matthew Bourne, Ethan Stiefel part of Music Center's 2013-14 season
The new 2013-14 season of Dance at the Music Center will feature works by choreographers Matthew Bourne, Ethan Stiefel and Alexei Ratmansky. The season, which the Music Center announced this week, will also include return appearances by Ballet Preljocaj...
Tags: Arts and Culture, James Brown, New Zealand, Dance, Entertainment Events
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Stephen Wade: A telling tale of making beautiful music
Stephen Wade's affection for the Chicago in which he grew up and that he left long ago is passionate and palpable in the introduction to his astonishing book, “The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience.”...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Maritime (music group), Library of Congress, Dance, Entertainment
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A rosy new stage for Sugar Blue
These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue. In a few months, he'll be a father once more, his wife and bass player Ilaria Lantieri expecting their first child together in late May or early June. In the meantime, the two — who own a home in...
Tags: Count Basie, James Baldwin, Frank Capra Jr., Entertainment, Music
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Staff's picks: March 7-14
Top five things to do this week Cure for Cabin Fever Moreland and Arbuckle will give a taste of the Western Maryland Blues Fest Thursday, March 7, during the Cabin Fever Blues Bash at The Maryland Theatre. 6:15 p.m. doors open; 7 p.m. concert. The...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Wii, Xbox, Reformed
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DanceMasters Weekend is Nigh at Wesleyan, March 9 & 10
Wesleyan University has been holding its annual DanceMasters Weekend for 14 years now. It's hard to understate the significance of this event. Connecticut once had a vibrant year-round dance scene, with regular concerts by local dance troupes and...Tags: Middletown, Arts and Culture, Dance, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Levi Kreis, back on a Chicago stage
Tribune reporterLevi Kreis, the original Jerry Lee Lewis in "Million Dollar Quartet," is slated to perform at Davenport’s Piano Bar in Chicago. Kreis, who originated the role of the piano virtuoso Lewis in the Chicago production of "Million Dollar Quartet,"...Tags: Tony Awards, Unity (music group), Entertainment Events, Jerry Lee Lewis, Entertainment
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