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Check out Darryl " dancing man 504 " Young this weekend @ the Broadmoor fest
this Saturday, May 15, 4:30. He'll be @ the opening of the Wilson Charter
School, located in Broadmoor. ( He'll also be starting early @ his house
across the street from Wilson.
Darryl teaches ki...
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Brandon Franklin, saxophonist with TBC Brass Band and assistant band director at O. Perry Walker High School, was murdered on May 9 at the age of 22. There will be a Peace Walk in his memory on Wednesday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hollygrove neighborhood.
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Do you feel lucky, New Orleans? Well, do you?
It is indeed your lucky day, because you just hit the musical jackpot
straight from Spain: Enrique Bunbury will be in town soon.
Who is Mr. Bunbury, you say? Ask the twenty thousand fans that went, along
with me, to see him du...
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A ruptured well continues to spew millions of gallons of crude oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, endangering wetlands and crippling the coast's fishing industry. Check out our online resources related to this catastrophe, as well as photos from the Gulf Aid benefit concert an...
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Lena Horne, a singer and actress who became one of the most popular entertainers of the last century, died May 9 at age 92. Horne’s musical career continued into the late ‘90s. One of her final recordings was a duet with Frank Sinatra on the song “Embraceable You.” Thousands a...
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Just arrived in New York and went straight to Jazz at Lincoln Center. The 15
finalist bands and winning community band were about to play at the
prestigious 15th Annual ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON High School Competition and
Festival which got underway Saturday, May 8th at JALC's...
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Down here in the South we have some water problems. Too much water in
Nashville.
Too much oil in the water down here at the end of the world, where the land
hit’s the water, then gives in.
If the oil (spill) hits the marshes, kills the grass and everything that it
sustains...
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A year after the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and became the largest marine oil spill in history, things are not back to normal. Find out more about current benefits and ways that you can help clean up the Gulf.
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