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1 hr ago | Boise Weekly

TMP Premieres the Stunning 'Bad Winter' During At Last

Trey McIntyre Project's latest performance, At Last , followed the old wedding adage: "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue." The three-piece ballet consisted of "Leatherwing Bat," which premiered in 2008 and is set to the music of Peter Paul and Mary; "Bad Winter," which had its world premiere on Feb.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Arts, Ballet, Peter, Paul & Mary, Boise, ID

5 hrs ago | Patch.com

Protest Held Against Proposed Land Sale at Cross Farm Saturday

Despite cold and snow, about 40 concerned citizens attended a rally at a€ Cross Farm in Holmdel to protest a proposed legislation that would permit Holmdel's governing body to sell open space, a€ including parts of Cross Farm, to help cover a $2.5 million budget shortfall in 2012.

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Related Topix: Holmdel, NJ, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Monmouth County, NJ

9 hrs ago | WHDH

NJ Senate OKs gay marriage bill in milestone vote

New Jersey lawmakers gave their blessing to legalizing gay marriage for the first time Monday as the state Senate passed a bill that would allow nuptials for same-sex couples, despite Gov.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding, Chris Christie, US Governors, Assembly, Christine Gregoire

11 hrs ago | New Statesman

An open letter to Eric Pickles

Dear Mr Pickles, I'm writing to invite you to Peckham. People here feel that their high streets are being inundated with betting shops.

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Related Topix: James Grant, Greater London County, England, United Kingdom

15 hrs ago | Minnesota Public Radio

Enter to Win Ani DiFranco's Entire Discography

Ani DiFranco is celebrated as a feminist icon, a trailblazer, and an evocative performer.

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18 hrs ago | Albany Times Union

Have more, get more

Assemblyman Jack McEneny, top, questions NYS Correction Officers Benevolent Assoc.

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Related Topix: Assembly, US News, Baruch College, City University of New York, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors

Sun Feb 12, 2012

The Telegraph

Campus crowd gets into chhau groove

The Seraikela Chhau performances of about 60 young proponents - young college-goers in Ranchi - at a Sunday function assured the audience, including Assembly Speaker C.P. Singh, that tradition was well and truly alive and beating.

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The Waterloo Region Record

Finnan finds his stage voice again

Who would've thought Aengus Finnan would end up living out a theme introduced in two songs on his debut album? In the title track of Fool's Gold , released in 1999, he sings: "Every town has one who could'a made it ..." Twenty years ago, he was an artist of promise.

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Related Topix: Nanci Griffith

Patch.com

Photos: TJS 'Jokes n' Notes' Fundraiser

The Torey J. Sabatini PTO held its annual fundraiser Saturday evening at Torey J. Sabatini Elementary School.

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Related Topix: Joni Mitchell

Selby Times

Latest music reviews, including Leonard Cohen, The Fray, Gotye, Young ...

LEONARD Cohen emerges like a spectre from the shadows to deliver one of this young year's finest new albums.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Gotye, Leonard Cohen, The Fray

Scotsman.com

Campaign to save Janice Forsyth radio show gather pace

As fans fight to save the Janice Forsyth Show, Dani Garavelli explores the appeal of the woman who has united Scots worldwide and even MSPs across the political divide WHEN Billy Connolly was interviewed on the Janice Forsyth Show on Christmas Eve he enjoyed the experience so much he was audibly disappointed when it came to an end.

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Related Topix: Billy Connolly, Pop/Rock, The Vaselines

The Independent

Never mind the Sex Pistols - punk artist backs Occupy

His artwork for "Never Mind the Bollocks" helped bring the Sex Pistols' only studio album to the wider world, defining the image of British punk rock.

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Related Topix: The Sex Pistols, Punk, Ani Difranco

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Mid-Day Mumbai

Now, a documentary on director Sudhir Mishra

Jaideep Sarkar, who earlier made a documentary on rock band Indian Ocean, is using the life and work of Sudhir Mishra to look into the ethos of those who chose to make non-mainstream cinema While there have been a number of documentaries on the lives and works of filmmakers across the globe, very few Indian directors have been the focus of such ... (more)

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The Guardian

I was getting on so well with Gillian Welch. Then David Cameron butts in | Stewart Lee

Last week, I was reading Word , the culture primer for time-poor ageing hipsters, a midlife crisis in magazine form.

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Related Topix: Gillian Welch, Roy 'Chubby' Brown

Delaware Online

A foundation of strength

Artist Rachel Milano answers questions from a few Girl Scouts -- including Hannah Jones , 7, and Sarafina Mustafaa, 8 -- at the dedication of Milano's artwork at FilmBrothers studios in Wilmington.

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Related Topix: Rachel, Wilmington, DE, Painting, Arts, Newark, DE

Patch.com

Irish Group Blackthorn Performs in Farmington Hills

Michigan's favorite Irish group, Blackthorn, returns to Farmington Players Barn A at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10.

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Related Topix: Blackthorn, Farmington Hills, MI, The Irish Rovers

The Courier-Journal

Kennedy Bridge repair work to be rebid

Kentucky will seek new proposals for replacing the deck of the Kennedy Bridge after all the bids for the work came in over an engineer's estimate.

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Related Topix: The Kennedys, Louisville, KY

Acoustic Guitar

Pieta Brown

Her voice is soft and airy, swooping around the melody like Edie Brickell, while her guitar taps into the classic cadences of country blues and Southern folk.

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Related Topix: Pieta Brown, Greg Brown, Iowa

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Evening Sun

Local singers bring down the house

Director Eric Dundore leads Adams County s chorus through rehearsal on Friday. Dundore, of Mechanicsburg, was one of two guest directors to coach students for the Adams County Chorus Festival Concert.

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Related Topix: Adams County, PA, Mechanicsburg, PA, Soul, Martha and the Vandellas, Simon & Garfunkel, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Gettysburg College

Daily Mail

Mimi Alford: The day JFK took my virginity in his wife's White House bed

You've read the secondhand versions... now here is the explosive first-person account of how JFK took intern's virginity in his wife's White House bed 'Slowly, he unbuttoned the top of my shirtdress and touched my breasts': Mimi Alford describes how JFK seduced her in 1962 'Mr Powers looks a little tense - would you take care of it?' How JFK dared ... (more)

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