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El hablador del jazz latino
South Florida Sun-SentinelPoncho Sánchez ha recorrido el mundo como embajador del jazz latino. Pero últimamente se ha convertido en un historiador que busca llevar a sus seguidores a donde todo comenzó. Eso serÃa la ciudad de Nueva York en 1947, poco después del encuentro entre...Tags: Heineken International, Bars and Clubs, Charlie Parker, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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Tapping into Maryland's rich dance history
Who knew that Baltimore had such happy feet?
Three icons of tap dance who were famous nationwide — known colloquially as Baby Laurence, Buster Brown and Hawk — were born in Charm City and first perfected the "shim sham" and "cramp roll" and...Tags: Savion Glover, Theater, Concerts, Ella Fitzgerald, Customs and Tradition
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PBS treats Baltimore's Cab Calloway as an American Master
It's not often in judging the biography of a great artist that you can just pick up the phone and call one of the people who knew him best — and remains a principal keeper of the historical flame.
But that is exactly the case with Cab Calloway, the...Tags: Movies, Concerts, Customs and Tradition, Classical Music (genre), Sports
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For a swingin' ride, catch this Cab
Zap2ItWithout Cab Calloway, it is hard to imagine there would have been a Michael Jackson or a Prince or hip-hop moves. If that sounds like hyperbole, tune in to PBS' "Cab Calloway: Sketches," an "American Masters" presentation airing Monday, Feb. 27 (check...Tags: Biography (genre), Animation (genre), Cartoons, Movies, Savoy (music group)
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A sense of history
"History is the greatest narrative," the Rev. Heber Brown III told more than 20 people in the pews Feb. 17 at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church.
The church held a Black History Month event that was billed as "a celebration of north Baltimore's black history,"...Tags: Religion and Belief, African-American History Month, Baltimore County, Black History, Belvedere Square
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Clarence Clemons tribute concert in Norfolk will feature E Street Band members, Southside Johnny, Gary U.S. Bonds
As reported this morning by Daily Press staffer and Bruce Springsteen enthusiast Mike Holtzclaw, Norfolk in January will host a pair of events paying tribute to the late sax player Clarence Clemons.
Clemons, a key member of Springsteen's E Street Band...Tags: Bon Jovi (music group), The E Street Band (music group), Concerts, Jackson Browne, Ticketmaster
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Black History Month 2012 TV schedule
Channel Guide MagazineHere are some notable new and returning television programs profiling memorable people, themes and events in African-American history, in celebration of February's Black History Month. Programs and times are subject to change; check back throughout the... -
The last days of a despot, Or: A nervous man sings a nervous song
Tribune Media ServicesIt won't work. Talking to Barbara Walters, interviewer to the stars, Syria's bloody dictator acted as if he were just an innocent bystander to his country's sufferings. Rather than their cause. By now Bashar al-Assad's act may not fool even Bashar al-...Tags: Revolutions, Muammar Gaddafi, Religious Conflicts, Syria, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Norfolk's Discovery concert series to return with Pokey LaFarge, Magic Slim, Cowboy Junkies
Norfolk's Discovery Music Series has been importing high-quality, slightly-under-the-radar acts for years now. It's great to see that the series is still alive and kicking. Staff members announced the fall 2011-winter 2012 shows this week. As has been the...Tags: The Decemberists (music group), Koko Taylor, African Americans, File Sharing, Apple iTunes
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Like/dislike: Nona Narcisse
By day she is Lily Hindrew, but by night she is burlesque seductress Nona Narcisse. The 26-year-old from Santa Fe, N.M., is one of the producers of Slow Burn Burlesque, a professional dance and variety show based in New Orleans. Once a fashion student,...Tags: Al Pacino, Ella Fitzgerald, Apple iPod, Frank Sinatra
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Jake, Elwood and Huggy, all singing the Euro blues
So at the Auditorium Theatre – the 3,929-seat Auditorium Theatre – one currently finds an Australian Elwood Blues, a British Jake Blues and aEuropean cover band, all working, along with a trio of women called the Bluettes, for Dutch producers....Tags: John Belushi, Metal and Mineral, Tammy Wynette, Chicago Hotels, Building Material
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The Help
Fox 5 San Diego StaffIt has its heart in the right place. It has a great cast. It will get nominated for lots of awards. It’s an entertaining film, but very flawed. It’s the story of black maids in Mississippi in the ‘60s, working for rich white families...Tags: Salman Rushdie, Emma Stone, Movies, Alzheimer's Disease, Theft
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