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Ellicottville Fall Festival October 10 & 11 It's the oldest and largest Festival when the foliage of the surrounding hills is ablaze with color.

Nothing gives a concert a sense of occasion like the buzz of a capacity crowd, a point that holds just as true at small experimental spaces as it does at marquee destinations like Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall .

They formed the rock band Kings of Leon in 2002, and seven years later, after nearly instant stardom in the U.K., the band is finally charting in the States with its fourth album, 2008's Only by the Night.

Spanish speakers in New York know him as El Rey de la Radio - the King of Radio.

In the category of sudden and unexpected changes of scenery, the decision of filmmaking brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne to set their latest film, Lorna's Silence , in the Belgian city of Lige, may be the biggest surprise since Woody Allen traded the Upper West Side for Europe.

By Clive Young and Chris Walsh. New York --The passing of Michael Jackson on Thursday left his millions of fans in a state of shock and dismay.

Guy Charbonneau's remote recording studio, Le Mobile, was once again at the MTV Movie Awards this year.

Imagine Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and Etta James venturing into a magical forest to become musical blood sisters.

By Terri Heard -- Publishers Weekly, 5/18/2009 4:44:00 PM The venue was new and the main speaker, filmmaker Kevin Grevioux, had to cancel but the spirit of conviviality was undimmed at the 20009 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention held May 16 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia.

GALVESTON ISLAND, TXa 'The Tremont House, a Wyndham Historic Hotel and Historic Hotel of America, will reopen June 1 following the restoration of its first level, which suffered flooding last year during Hurricane Ike.

Two Cattaraugus County residents are under arrest, a 17-year-old Amish youth for drinking beer while driving in his buggy Monday night and a 22-year-old man for providing him with the beer.

LEON, N.Y. - Police cracking down on rowdy Amish youths ticketed a teenager for having beer in his horse-drawn buggy when they pulled him over on a western New York road.

Big Sam's Funky Nation, one of New Orleans' most energetic brass bands, had a crowd of thousands on its feet at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, the second day of the outdoor music fest.

Bon Jovi to headline jazz fest. April 23, 2009 03:58 PM ET Only about 350 people attended the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1970, and that number included gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and the other 100 or so local musicians who performed.