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Spillville, in Winneshiek County, Iowa, is steeped in history -- in particular, because of a certain visitor a little more than 100 years ago.

Thinking of thinking about how to contact your far flung friends and family for Thanksgiving? Don't want to spend hours on the phone running up the bill or face Walmart and the Post Office and buy a whole passel of greeting cards? Peiper gave me a subscription to the online animated Jackie Lawson greeting card site as a birthday present.

When I lived in Wyoming, I used to drive across the plains for hours on my days off.

The Grand Rapids Symphony will present "Thanksgiving Spirit" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at DeVos Performance Hall.

Itzhak Perlman is an extraordinarily sensitive and emotive violin player, and he reliably takes us on a compelling narrative journey.

Brentsville High School's Marching Tigers Band came home with six trophies from the Godwin Invitational marching band competition held Nov.

The EIU Symphony Orchestra rehearses in Dvorak Concert Hall Wendesday evening in preparation for its Mendelssohn concert.

A hallmark of the best classical music is its ability to usher in a world, taking you with it.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Thursday, November 5, 2009 Last updated: 5:40 pm The Pittsburgh Symphony's program called "Classical Favorites," performed Thursday afternoon, is somewhat misnamed.

6 and continues through Nov. 21 at the BalletMet Performance Space. The program includes pieces by artistic director Gerard Charles, dancer Adam Hundt and faculty member Maria Glimcher, as well as Twyla Tharp and Michael Uthoff.

The outlook for international classical concerts at Yarmouth's Hippodrome Circus is looking bleak because of poor ticket sales - sparking a use it or lose it warning from bosses.

''A Musical Triptych,'' this Sunday's entry in an ongoing series of benefit recitals for the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, brings together a disparate trio of musicians, all of whom are connected in one way or another.

The Sinfonietta opened its this year's light classical series with a mixed bag of works by nationalist composers.

TOKYO --The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has always been a good orchestra. But the concert it presented under Paavo Jarvi on Sunday afternoon in Japan's Suntory Hall firmly established Cincinnati as one of the great orchestras of the world.

There's a game my friends like to play, when the cameras come out at parties, called "Little Face, Big Face." Little Face is the sweet, family-portrait smile.

The Yorba Linda Symphony Orchestra has expanded beyond it original boundaries and has grown into a new name, The Southern California Philharmonic.

THE GREAT LOS ANGELES WALK 4 IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21! Join us as we hike down Adams and Washington Boulevards, from Downtown Los Angeles to Venice Beach.

Top Stories YAHOO! Most Recent Local News MICHAEL C. MOORE By Michael C. Moore MMOORE@KITSAPSUN.COM Sunday, October 25, 2009 BREMERTON - It wasn't a 300 game, but the Bremerton Symphony's first experience with Bowling in many - too many - years was plenty close enough to be classified as a success.

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck, 88, returns for his 15th appearance at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Such transparently self-interested claims came this week from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, SDTC, a "clean energy" promoter, a potential boondoggle set up under the Liberals, which is in danger of running out of funding.