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Saturday May 18 | Patch.com

5 Things: Spring Pops, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project and More

2. Today in Public Meetings: According to the town website, the only public meeting posted for today is a School Committee executive session, at 4:45 p.m. at the Central Administration Building, to discuss collective bargaining.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Fri May 17, 2013

The F-Word Blog

Aiming for the moon

Cazz Blase listens to Laura Mvula's debut album, Sing to the Moon, and finds there is much more to her wider output than the upbeat single 'Green Garden' would suggest Birmingham singer/songwriter Laura Mvula has a degree in composition from the Birmingham Conservatoire, learned the music composition app GarageBand while working as a supply teacher ... (more)

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Jazz, Erykah Badu, Black Entertainment, Soul, The 5th Dimension, Pop/Rock

Playbill

Christine Ebersole and Aaron Weinstein Offer Strings Attached May 16 at 92nd Street Y

Tony-Award winning singer/actress Christine Ebersole performs Strings Attached with jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein and his trio for the annual Kathryn W. Stein Memorial Concert May 16 at 4 PM at the 92nd Street Y. Ebersole and the trio perform classic standards from the 20s and 30s including "Jitterbug Waltz" by Fats Waller , "Ev'ry Time We Say ... (more)

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Thu May 16, 2013

SouthCoastToday.com

Nemasket River Productions presents musical cabaret fundraiser

Nemasket River Productions presents its 11th annual fundraiser, "Delightful, Delicious, De-Lovely," a musical cabaret of Cole Porter songs, at the new Boston Tavern restaurant , on Saturday, June 1 at 7 p.m. "Night and Day," "I Get A Kick Out of You," "You're the Top," "Begin the Beguine," "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - some of the cleverest, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Jazz, Frank Sinatra, Peru, IN

Wed May 15, 2013

Sonoma Valley Sun

De-Lovely debut

It's just one of those things for Ross Alzina and Cindy Brillhart-True in "Let's Misbehave," an original comedy centered on the songs of composer Cole Porter opening Thursday, May 16.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Park Record

Park City Singers tap the Great American Songwriters

The Park City Singers, conducted by Debra Cook, will perform the works of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter at St.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Irving Berlin, Park City, UT

Yahoo!

F. Scott Fitzgerald's glorious revival

When F. Scott Fitzgerald sat down to write The Great Gatsby in the summer of 1924 he was one of the US's hottest young writers, enjoying the expat's high life on the French Riviera and mixing with luminaries such as John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Cole Porter.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pop/Rock, Jazz

Mon May 13, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

HUTCH Makes World Premiere at Riverside Studios Tonight

"Lady Mountbatten sues over claims of an affair with black singer" ran British newspaper headlines in July 1932.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Baltimore Sun

When a dedicated director taps Cole Porter's genius, 'You Never Know'

Thanks to the tenacity of a director and a talented cast, fans of Cole Porter can get to know the composer's 1937 musical, "You Never Know," currently getting first-rate treatment at Prince George's Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Bowie, MD, Theater, Arts, Dance, Anne Arundel County, MD

Wed May 08, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

The Warner Theatre Welcomes Anything Goes This Weekend

The Warner Stage Company will present Cole Porter 's six time Tony Award-Winning Musical Anything Goes this weekend at the Warner.

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Related Topix: Theater, Anything Goes

The Huffington Post

George Heymont: The Fine Art Of Pleasuring A Big Black Giant

During March's Behind The Curtain Festival, as I watched semi-staged readings of Meghan O'Connor's In The Wings and Stuart Bousel's Pastorella , my mind wandered to the topic of musicals that deal with backstage life.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Theater, Arts

Mon May 06, 2013

Metropulse.com

Review: KSO's 'American Masters'

It is probably human nature to want to wrap things up in neat little packages, to summarize and categorize, to get a definite handle on a particular subject, to grasp central themes and premises -- in other words, to put complicated subject matter in simpler terms.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Classical, Stephen Sondheim

Sat May 04, 2013

MLive.com

The New Vic Theatre hopes audience will get a kick out of Cole Porter revue

American songbook fans will get a kick out of the New Vic Theatre show where anything goes, featuring songs that will get under your skin.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Kalamazoo, MI, Yale, MI, Entertainment

Fri May 03, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Warner Theatre Presents Cole Porter's Anything Goes, Now thru 5/12

Today, May 4 through May 12, the Warner Stage Company will present Cole Porter 's six time Tony Award-Winning Musical Anything Goes.

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The Gazette

Cole Porter music tapped for Pikes Peak Opera League benefit

Marcia Ragonetti and Steven Taylor star in ?A De-Lovely Evening with Cole Porter," a benefit for the Pikes Peak Opera League.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Jazz, Anything Goes, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

Thu May 02, 2013

Gazette.net

Cole Porter musical comedy opens at Bowie Playhouse

Raphael Talisman/For The Gazette From left, Ken Kemp as Baron Romer, Michael Iacone as Gaston, Nora Biddle as Madam Baltin and Christa Kronser as Maria in the Prince George's Little Theatre production of Cole Porter's "You Never Know." Raphael Talisman/For The Gazette Ken Kemp, of Gaithersburg, as Baron de Romer and Nora Biddle, of Edgewater, as ... (more)

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Related Topix: Jazz, Bowie, MD, Gaithersburg, MD, Greenbelt, MD, Entertainment

InsideHalton.com

Tempus Choral Society sings for spring

There will be nearly 100 voices on stage at the Tempus Choral Society's spring concert on Saturday .

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Wed May 01, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Mary Wilson show sings tribute to Lena Horne

Lena Horne was a movie star, one of the most glamorous women in the world and a stylish singer.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Stormy Weather, Musical Movies, Comedy Movies, Panama Hattie, Celebrities, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Lena Horne, Mary Wilson

Ralston Recorder

Diana Krall takes audience back to an earlier time

Diana Krall has built a memorable career as an interpreter of the music of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and their contemporaries, their heyday lasting roughly from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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Related Topix: Diana Krall, Jazz, Irving Berlin, Omaha, NE

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Letter: Teen Jazz Project concert offers hope for future

Forestall your doom and gloom -- the future is in good hands. Why? My husband and I recently attended a dynamic performance of the Teen Jazz Project at the Firehouse Stage.

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