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Van Halen to play Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville on March 3
Mohegan Sun announced this morning that Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Van Halen, fresh off a club gig at Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village, will play at their venue on March 3 at 8 p.m.
Tickets range between $110-$140 (ouch) and go on sale Saturday,...Tags: Wolf Gang (music group), Van Halen (music group), David Lee Roth, Services and Shopping, Ticketmaster
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Walt Disney, the maverick: A guest essay by Jon Favreau
I was born in 1966, the year Walt Disney passed away. He would’ve been 110 this week. I’m too young to have had a first-hand memory of him. In fact, I didn’t even know Disney was a man until late in my childhood. Disney was a place...Tags: Walt Disney, Amusement and Theme Parks, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal), Disneyland Park, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Former entertainer now focuses on music education at NSU
Fresh out of school and ready to teach at the university level, Wendy van Gent says she found her dream job at Northern State University.
Her main interest is preparing future music educators, which she gets to do as an assistant professor of music...Tags: Miami Beach, Western Michigan University, Netherlands, Theater, Teaching and Learning
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Bob Hare dies at 80; owner of Hermosa Beach coffeehouse that drew Beat artists
When Bob Hare opened his Hermosa Beach coffeehouse in 1958, he called it the Insomniac because it was open until 3 a.m.
He brewed his coffee in a 300-pound dry-cleaning boiler and served it to such high-profile members of the Beat Generation as Allen...Tags: Artists, Artists, Korean War (1950-1953), Lenny Bruce, Entertainment Events
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Friends of the Library: Libraries need maintenance, too
More than 100 years ago, the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie saw the potential for the public library to be the center of enlightened learning in every community. He offered to build libraries if communities would contribute land, furnish money for...Tags: Mountains, Landforms, Andrew Carnegie, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Celebrity Scoop: Casey Wilson
Zap2ItCasey Wilson, Penny on ABC's "Happy Endings," isn't sure but thinks she probably always was funny. Her first memory of working an audience was cracking up her parents. Her aunt left the room and she did a spot-on impersonation. "I don't even change my...Tags: Celebrities, Education, Dolly Parton, Debra Winger, Merle Haggard
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Bob Burnett dies at 71; member of folk group the Highwaymen
The members of the folk group the Highwaymen were freshmen in the same fraternity at Wesleyan University in Connecticut when they came together to perform at a campus party in 1958.
By their senior year, the quintet had a No. 1 single with their haunting...Tags: Country and Western (genre), Willie Nelson, Folk (genre), Mystic, U.S. Army
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Charges Dropped Against McDonald's Worker Accused of Beating Women
Associated PressA grand jury dismissed all charges Friday against a McDonald's worker accused of beating two irate customers with a metal rod in a fight caught on videotape. Jailed since the Oct. 13 confrontation, Rayon McIntosh was expected to be released late Friday...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Broken Arm, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, McDonald's
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Memories that bind
When we think about the year-end holidays, books often are at the center of our memories. Maybe we received a special book as a gift, and it became a cherished memento. Or maybe we read a book about the holidays each year, as a treasured part of our...Tags: Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (tv program), Jane Austen, Hanukkah, Fiction
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This Year's NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan To Perform At Artist Collective
The Hartford CourantWhen Sheila Jordan answered the telephone call from the National Endowment for the Arts informing her that she had just been named a 2012 NEA Jazz Master — one of the most prestigious of all jazz awards — she first thought that the stranger'...Tags: Substance Abuse, Social Issues, Family, Crime, Law and Justice, International Organizations
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B&B charm in the big city
NEW YORK — The innkeeper wore a Mets cap. He skidded his bike to a stop, removed his backpack, threw the bike's frame over his shoulder and trudged up the granite steps of the townhouse. It was raining, and from behind the wrought-iron doors we...Tags: Times Square, Carnegie Hill, Vermont, Upper East Side, Woody Allen
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No sibling rivalry for Elizabeth Olsen
Reporting from New York —
Elizabeth Olsen recently experienced something that had never happened to her: She was recognized by a stranger.
"It was really weird. I was walking in Tribeca and a guy just came up to me and said, 'I just saw the...Tags: Celebrities, Comedy (genre), Josh Radnor, Sundance Film Festival, Jennifer Lawrence
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