Loved ‘The Artist’? See LA’s old silent film spots
By SOLVEJ SCHOU February 19, 2012 12:00 AM LOS ANGELES — From around 1910 to the late 1920s, the silent film industry dominated Los Angeles. The movies were filmed everywhere, from Hollywood to bustling downtown to what was then a nearly barren valley area, on the other side of the Hollywood Hills. Without permits, unions [...]
Club Listings for Dec. 16-22
December 15, 2011 • Concerts• Dances• Nightclubs Blues Comedy DJs Irish Jazz Karaoke/Open Mike Piano Pop/Rock ReggaeConcerts · Holiday Cabaret with Joan Kirchner and Brian Billiter, 6 p.m. Friday, Jacob Sears Memorial Library, 23 Center St., East Dennis. $15. Reservations required. 508-385-8151. · Lisa Jason and the Nauset Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. Friday, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Julie Harris Stage, 2357 Route 6. $20, $15 students. 508-349-3011. [...]
Seniors thrive at center
Life goes on — it’s a natural fact — but it doesn’t have to be dull, lonely or confusing, said some local seniors. the 32,000-square-foot space in Salinas that once housed a Circuit City electronics store is now the home of Monterey Peninsula Wisdom Adult Day Health Care Center, an all-encompassing site where senior citizens [...]
New YCPrep music school offers lessons to York County youth
York, PA – Gretchen Dekker opened Ben Wesley’s notebook at the beginning of a recent piano lesson. She stopped before she wrote any reminders for her 13-year-old student. “I bet you don’t want me to write in your book in hot pink,” Dekker said. Ben was too busy practicing dominant seventh chords to notice her [...]
Q&A with piano-rocker Marco Benevento
Melodic, rockin’ and experimental, new York’s Marco Benevento first came into the spotlight as a member of the Benevento-Russo Duo with John Russo, hitting the festival circuit with sets at the like of Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo. On top of that, the musician is also known as the piano-man in the jazz-rock group Garage a Trois. [...]
Paulding Musical Christmas returns to Dallas Theater Saturday night – Neighbor Newspapers
Paulding Musical Christmas returns to the Dallas Theater for its third year on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. “It’s always a full house,” said promoter and master of ceremonies M.L. “Del” Delamont, of Hiram. On-stage talents will include gospel recording artist Kevin Harry, Paulding County’s young Hope Brothers (renamed American Hope as their 4-year-old sister joins [...]
Students experience cultural arts through music
October was a great month for Craven County Schools’ third- and fourth-grade students to experience the best of the cultural arts through music. the generous contributions of our community to both the North Carolina Symphony and Craven Concerts, inc. brought professional symphony and opera performances for our students to enjoy. On Oct. 21 about 1,500 [...]
Jazz Police – Alone at the Piano: Bryan Nichols Goes Solo at MacPhail, October 26th
Bryan Nichols studied classical piano with a “neighborhood piano teacher” but came to jazz on his own, developing his skills without formal jazz studies. He did participate in the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth (MITY) summer jazz program where he worked with veteran piano teacher Denny Malmberg. after graduating from Burnsville High School, he went [...]
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming events
Free Saturday Strolls and Plant Chats at Digging Dog Nursery: on Oct. 15. from 2 to 4:30 p.m., at 31101 Middle Ridge rd., in Albion. Free, informative guided tours of Digging Dog Nursery’s colorful garden borders led by horticulturist Deborah Whigham. The Saturday strolls, plant chats, and lemonade are free. www.diggingdog.com: 937-1130. Grace Hudson Museum [...]