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Getting rad at the Watts Towers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShould a Tony Hawk-endorsed skateboard park be a neighbor to South Los Angeles' cultural landmark, the Watts Towers? In what could become a battle between athletics and aesthetics, the answer will be up to city officials, who figure to get an earful from...Tags: Public Officials, Janice Hahn, Anglicanism, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arts
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Beatles debut album released 50 years ago
It was 50 years ago today….a Beatles album came out in the U.K. That would be the Fab Four’s debut album, “Please Please Me,” released March 22, 1963. To mark the occasion, the Beatles official website is posting the five-minute...
Tags: The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, United Kingdom, Eric Idle, John Lennon
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3 Cohens, many influences
UPDATE: Due to inclement weather in the Northeast and the resulting flight cancellations across the region, the 3 Cohens concert scheduled for Feb. 9 has been canceled. Tickets will be refunded at the Miniaci box office. George Wein's Newport All-...
Tags: Tel Aviv (Israel), Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ornette Coleman, Music
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The Go Guide Weekend Preview: This is not Del Boca Vista
It's been nearly 20 years since Jerry Seinfeld began visiting Del Boca Vista, the fictional South Florida retirement community where parents Morty and Helen battled crotchety neighbors, ate dinner at 4:30 p.m., didn't run their AC much and reaffirmed...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Port Everglades, Miami Heat, A-Trak, Services and Shopping
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Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend
In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...Tags: University of the Pacific, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Music
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To do today: Foreigner, Jon Faddis and "Weird Florida"
Music Foreigner: Foreigner will let 'er rip 8 tonight at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The group's album sales exceed 70 million, with multiplatinum songs that include "Cold As Ice," "Juke Box Hero," and "I Want To Know What...
Tags: Lionel Hampton, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Dizzy Gillespie, John F. Kennedy
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Obama's next four years: Tune in to jazz
Any president's second term offers another shot at fulfilling dreams that got away the first time around. So while President Barack Obama is strategizing on immigration, unemployment, the deficit and, oh yes, the fiscal cliff, I'd like to add one more...
Tags: Wynton Marsalis, Joe Williams, Illinois Jacquet, Music Industry, Bobby McFerrin
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Jazz lovers, it's time to give thanks
Chicago jazz listeners have a great deal to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend: Muriel Anderson: Three years ago, the mighty Chicago jazz guitarist John Moulder enriched one of his many engagements at the Green Mill Jazz Club by sharing the stage...
Tags: Holidays, Thanksgiving, Music, Columbia College Chicago, Entertainment
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Appreciation: Pianist Dave Brubeck's gift for timing endures
When thinking about Dave Brubeck, you can't help but also consider time, and not just how much of it fans received from the prolific jazz pianist up to his death Wednesday at age 91. A titan of West Coast jazz, Brubeck was linked with California for...
Tags: Duke Ellington, Ornette Coleman, Music, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck
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Clementine expands brunch menu at Creative Alliance
The Baltimore SunFans of Sunday brunch at Clementine at the Creative Alliance have more to choose from. New brunch options include oatnut French toast with caramelized bananas and maple syrup, grilled center cut Duroc pork chop with poached eggs, gravy and toast; pork...Tags: French Toast, Brunch, Dining and Drinking, Chet Baker, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Five for your planner: Monday, Nov. 12
1. Hospice benefit A benefit for Hospice of Washington County. The evening will include hearty hors d’ oeuvres, cash bar, Tom Riford as emcee, testimonials from three Hospice of Washington County families and five songs performed by Karen Taylor-...
Tags: Education, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Music, Quincy Jones, Colleges and Universities
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Five for your planner: Sunday, Nov. 11
Five for your planner: Sunday, Nov. 11 1. Comedy for everyone Actor and comedian Sinbad will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Shippensburg University’s H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, Pa. The program is...
Tags: Education, Christmas, Schools, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Music
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