LEWISTON -- Canadian songstress Sass Jordan capped off Artpark's “Wednesday at the Gorge” summer concert series with a night of straight-ahead rock tunes that would be equally at home in a (preban) smoky, brick-walled club or venue perched high above the Niagara Gorge.
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Classical Music and Dance Briefing (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) 26 August 2008Ballet school grand opening ThursdayThe Milwaukee Ballet School will hold a grand opening from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at its newest and largest branch in the Sendik’s Towne Centre at Capitol Drive and Brookfield Road, Brookfield. ...
Junkman Sells DB HBR-5 To Record-Breaking Bonneville Madmen [Land Speed Record] (Jalopnik) 27 August 2008The Land Speed Record for the Grand Touring Sports Car Under 750cc had stood at 80.143 MPH since 1991, and what better car to make a run at the record than a Deutsch Bonnet HBR-5? That's what Mark...
DATE LINES / News and notes from the Bay Area arts scene (San Francisco Chronicle) 25 August 2008Leigh to be honored British actress Sally Hawkins will receive the Spotlight Award at the 31st Mill Valley Film Festival for her work in Mike Leigh's latest picture, "Happy-Go-Lucky." Hawkins and Leigh will be interviewed onstage during the festival on Oct....
Stratford's 2009 Phèdre Is a Co-Pro With A.C.T.; McKenna Will Star (Playbill) 21 August 2008American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced Aug. 21 that Jean Racine's play Phèdre will be one of its productions for the 2009-10 season in a first-time co-production with Canada's world-renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival. In recent days, Stratford announced the title, to be directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff, for its summer 2009 slate.
The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf Announced at Palo Alto Art Center (Art Daily) 24 August 2008Learning to Build, 1989 / Sterling silver, wood, copper, 4” x 3” x 1” / Collection of the Chiwoo Craft Museum, Seoul, Korea / Photo credit: John Wilson White, Phocasso, San Francisco.
Build with tree roots, watch your home grow (New Kerala) 22 August 2008London, Aug 22 : A shelter made from living tree roots could protect one from earthquakes, or even help grow entire homes, thanks to eco-architecture, a concept being developed by Tel Aviv University.
Downtown Wilmington concert series to continue Fridays through Oct. 31 (The Wilmington Star-News) 20 August 2008Fans of the Downtown Sundown Concert Series are getting a reprieve. The free, weekly live shows, which were slated to end last Friday, have been extended through Halloween.
Comments on this story are moderated (Toronto Star) 19 August 2008STRATFORD–In his first solo season as artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Des McAnuff is keeping all the promises he made when he was appointed last March.