A-Cappella News

Come June 21, as you walk down Broadway, you'll be wondering, what's that sound? Down the stone steps of The Shedd, the summer wind will carry the all-women vocals of SheSings 2013 - the Women's A Capella Festival, with concerts, workshops and a whole lotta musicians.

The soulful sounds of R&B will echo through New York's parks over the upcoming months as SummerStage presents soul artists both classic and contemporary at stages across the city.

The weather Sunday, June 16, was excellent - sunny and warm but not hot - as it seems to accompany what has become an annual Father's Day tradition in Belmont.

Fanilows rejoice! Barry Manilow 's official Facebook page has just announced that a special week-long pre-sale of a special selection of tickets for a handful of dates of the upcoming Atlanta premiere of Manilow & Bruce Sussman 's musical HARMONY will begin tomorrow, running through June 26 before general public tickets go onsale on July 1 for the ... (more)

For those who lived through the 1970s disco era, the bell-bottoms and polyester are just a sweet memory away.

The Mississippi Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America is now accepting new members.

2.The Belmont Public Library will have special visitors coming by today: Dorothy and the Scarecrow from the Metrowest Family Theater's production of The Wizard of Oz ! at 3:15 p.m. in the Assembly Room.

What i needed was my cut off jean jacket, a scruffier beard, a seemingly endless supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and all my rowdy friends to be a part of the experience.

The National Weather Service has issued a special weather warning for Belmont and the rest of Middlesex country for thunderstorms that could pack torrential rainfall and strong winds result in flooding in low-lying areas.

Almost a year to the date after a community meeting at Belmont's Beech Street Center to discuss the changes it would propose, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority yesterday, Monday, June 17, announced improvements to the Route 73 bus/trolley line, one of the MBTA most heavily-used lines running from Harvard Square to Belmont's Waverley ... (more)

A group of private equity funds led by Prairie Village-based Plaza Belmont Management Group acquired Labriola Baking Company for an undisclosed amount.

More than just a singing group, the Yale Whiffenpoofs are one of the oldest collegiate a cappella groups that seeks to connect cultures through music.

The following was provided by the Standing Room Only concert series: The Standing Room Only concert series invites music lovers to subscribe to the 2013-2014 season, "Back By Popular Demand."

Belmont's Theresa Sacco, an employee of the the Executive Office of Administration and Finance, was recognized by Gov. Patrick this week as one of 78 managers who graduated from the Commonwealth Management Program, representing all eight secretariats and 37 agencies across the Executive Branch.

A few weeks ago N.C.'s stalwart hard rock band Valient Thorr filmed a new video around town.

He is more than 60 years old and has spent 46 of those years perfecting, performing, inventing and reinventing the art of puppetry, combined with ventriloquism.

Belmont residents Christian Domos and Christina Keefe were two of 83 seniors to graduate from The Rivers School in Weston last Friday, June 7. Throughout his time at Rivers, Domos excelled in Latin and in art, and he has spent much of his free time volunteering at the food bank, at a soup kitchen in Boston, and at the Massachusetts Association of ... (more)

It was standing room only at a special meeting held for those living in the Monte Bella neighborhood Thursday night.

My Happy Face beat Girl Code by 2A1 2 lengths in the $88,200 Lotka Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at muddy Belmont Park.

Common Core is taking on the same description as the NSA, IRS and DOJ: Creepy. Joy Pullman, with the Heartland Institute, joined the show to talk about the intrusive Federal Government overreach in our school system.