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Bruce Whitfield talks to award-winning musician Danny K about his plans for the Sweets from Heaven brand. At one time, Bonbons du Ciel was…

A Crossfield-based country glam artist - inspired by Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline - prepares for his final performance in Project WILD, a competition that seeks to find the next budding country and roots music star of…

Darla's tea garden (Photo by Jana Birchum) In…

A cruise ship with 700 passengers and crew turned away from its scheduled stopover in Miami to flee a warrant to seize the ship for more than $1.2 million in unpaid fuel bills.The Crystal Symphony, which was due to return to Miami on…

Father and son Jason and Chandler Kimball loved football. The Kimballs had season tickets for the Cardinals and even saw them play in the Super Bowl. For them, football was a religion. “It was spiritual watching Chandler play football,”…

2021 has been a bit of a strange year for movie releases, in large part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While there were challenges and still many delays, fans were able to enjoy many great new films. Some of them came from the…

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In November, Burghard Toelke, director and concertmaster of the Staatsbad Philharmonie Kissingen in Bavaria, Germany, was fired days after musicians in his orchestra staged a protest.At Toelke's initiative, the orchestra members demanded…

The Grammy-winning group performed in Jerusalem this week despite heavy pressure from pro-Palestinian activists. By Erin Viner The Black Eyed Peas, perhaps best known for the hit single "Where is The Love",…

With love ballads like "From the Ground Up" and "Speechless" making up a large part of their discography, Dan + Shay are used to fans using their songs to celebrate weddings, birthdays and engagements. But recently the duo gave a happy…

TIETON - Art exhibitions, a parade featuring dancing horses and a group of mariachis, as well as…

One could forgive to think that Maria Kalesnikava and Tatsiana Khomich are not sisters. Aside from the height of their voices and the same warm eyes, the…

The Hawai'i Contemporary has unveiled the names of forty-three local and international artists and collectives who are expected to participate in the 2020 edition of the triennial (HT22). Entitled…

TranspositionArtists: Musquiqui Chihying, Kate Cooper, COOL Magazine, Eusung Lee, Wunggyu Park "Transposition" is a term borrowed from both music and genetics, where it refers to a state in which a certain boundary is crossed. It…

Broadcast virtually from Rome, the goal of this five-day event is to transform food and agriculture and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 2 “No Hunger” . Pope…

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - The “Taiwan NOW” art exchange program will kick off on Saturday, October 2, combining…

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Rush's Geddy Lee will publish a memoir in fall 2022, presenting an "epic tale" of his life "on and off the stage."The bassist documented the still-untitled HarperCollins Project in a lengthy Instagram post, detailing how the idea developed…

In March of this year, Kazakhstan's most popular DJ and sound engineer Imanbek made history when he became the first person from Central Asia to receive a Grammy. How has the career of the young musician evolved since then?…

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UNIVERSITY PARK - After more than a year of uncertainty caused by COVID and a season of experimenting with virtual events, "I'm excited to share that we plan to return to in-person presentations in September," Center for the Performing…

NEW YORK - This time Barry Manilow didn't survive the rain.Unlike the Grammy-winning artist's 1980 hit, “I Made It Through Rain,” the superstar-laden “Homecoming…

SAN DIEGO - The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, a white sail floating from an open-air concert hall along San Diego Bay, was designed as this city's answer to the Hollywood Bowl: a summer scene from 85 million dollars for the San Diego…

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The Dublin Fringe Festival lineup for 2021, including more than 160 performances from 30 events in 16 venues, is announced today. From September 11 to 26, the festival returns to Project Arts…

From Da Vinci to the Wright Brothers, humans have been intrigued by theft for centuries. Although we could fly by plane, parasail, and even parachute, would it be amazing if we had the superpower of flight?"The story in Dragon butter,…

DJ Myrne At one point during his show at a Los Angeles club in February 2020, Singaporean DJ Myrne felt weariness set in. “I was like, 'Wow, I'm so tired. I was jet-lagged and complained so much,…

The second Artfeel 'Fantasy Night' of 2021 in The Woodlands is scheduled for June 30 at Market Street, with a full lineup of dancers and others available to performance art lovers.Launched in 2017, Artfeel was created by local arts guru…

“Salswing! " Rubén Blades and the Orquesta by Roberto Delgado Rubén Blades ProductionsThe legend of salsa music Rubén Blades has a moment - many moments, in fact - four years…

Today, Carolina Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced the largest single individual or family contribution to the CPA in its history. The $ 3 million donation from an anonymous donor to the CPA…

The Billboard Music Awards have returned to their regular May slot this year after a show delayed in October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was hosted live from the Microsoft Theater in…

After being stranded in New Zealand during lockdown, Amanda Palmer decided to stay. Since then she’s been exercising her renowned skills at making both friends and enemies. Amanda Saxton caught a boat over to Waiheke to…

The BRITs were the first small step towards bringing live music back to the UK. But in New Zealand, big shows are still going on thanks to the country's control over the Covid-19 pandemic. This opened up an…

In 2020, the physical Toronto Comic Arts Festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, replaced with an ad hoc social media blitz to help support creators and publishers. The 2021 event is still no longer a physical affair, but…

The Media + Emerging Technology Lab (METL) received a $ 25,000 Art Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support its Immersive Storytelling Residency. METL Director Ryan Schmaltz announced…

Princess Beatrice cut a relaxed figure as she appeared on a video message to crown The Littlest Yak with the 2021 Oscar Book Award - before congratulating the winners for creating such a `` great story. ''The Queen's 32-year-old…

Morgan Hill City Council this week unanimously approved new employment contracts with City Manager Christina Turner and City Attorney Don Larkin. The new contracts waive previously agreed cost-of-living wage increases for 2020-2021 and…

July 28, 2020 4:49 PM Posted: July 28, 2020 4:49 PM MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida man fraudulently obtained $ 3.9 million in federal coronavirus relief loans,…

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale's maritime portfolio is no longer a threat to Germany's Federal State Bank, as its decline is proceeding as planned despite the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Thomas Bürkle said on March 25. NordLB's…

(CBSDFW.COM) - Texas Speaker Dade Phelan calls the push to the US-Mexico border a humanitarian crisis. "I get daily DPS briefings, and what they're saying is a push we haven't seen in years." In an interview on Friday morning, Phelan said…

The RBI on Wednesday called on banks and NBFCs to immediately put in place a board-approved policy to repay / adjust "interest on interest" charged to borrowers during the six-month moratorium, in accordance with the court ruling…

LIVERMORE, Calif .-- (COMMERCIAL THREAD) - Performant Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: PFMT), a leading provider of cost containment technology services and related analytics, today reiterated its intention to focus future…

Credit Suisse canceled directors' bonuses, cut its dividend and announced the departure of two senior executives as the bank revealed £ 3.4 billion in losses following the collapse of investment fund Archegos.Swiss bank reeling from heavy…

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Life in the military can be tough, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic only make it more difficult. For some military personnel,…