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Shepherdstown historian self-publishes book of town stories
richardb@herald-mail.comJim Price, Shepherdstown’s official historian laureate, has self-published a book titled “And so I did stories of Shepherdstown.” It comes out Nov. 11. Jim Price, Shepherdstown’s official historian laureate, finally finished his...Tags: Keith Alexander, Arts and Culture, Diabetes, Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine
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Singer-songwriter-fiddler Sara Watkins to open for Jackson Browne at Luhrs
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comSinger-songwriter and fiddle player Sara Watkins is known best for being one-third of the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band Nickel Creek. In 2007, the band decided to take a break. But Watkins' career was by no means on hold, and decided to launch...Tags: Entertainment, Fiona Apple, Arts and Culture, Jackson Browne, Awards and Prizes
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Carpenter Performing Arts Center announces 2013-14 season
The Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach has announced its 2013-14 season, which will include a typically eclectic offering of dance, music, cabaret and more. The center is located on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. The season will feature...
Tags: Entertainment, John Lithgow, Arts and Culture, David Benoit, Entertainment Events
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UPJ to host award-winning poet
Our Town CorrespondentThe 10th annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Reading is scheduled to take place March 20 at the Whalley Memorial Chapel on the Pitt-Johnstown campus. This year’s featured speaker is George Bilgere, an award-winning poet whose work is...Tags: Entertainment, John Carroll, Billy Collins, NPR, Arts and Culture
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Greek, Gibson 2013 concert schedules unveiled
Los Lobos, Carly Rae Jepsen, a symphonic tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, Diana Krall and a complete performance of English prog-rock band Jethro Tull’s “Thick as a Brick” Parts 1 and 2 by the band’s frontman Ian...
Tags: Barry Manilow, Arts and Culture, Dru Hill (music group), Cinco de Mayo, Guster (music group)
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Chamber music recitals fill the calendar
Two chamber music events — one this month, the other in April — are worth marking on your calendar. Music of Beethoven A brass quintet of Virginia Symphony players will give a free performance of the music of Beethoven. The concert is...
Tags: Entertainment, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Virginia Arts Festival, Festive Events, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Nombran nueva directora para la Casa Twain
El Hartford CourantCuando Cindy Lovell comienza su nuevo trabajo como Directora Ejecutiva de la Casa Museo de Mark Twain, ella no tendrá una gran curva de aprendizaje. Lovell, quien fue nombrada a la posición esta semana, después de una búsqueda a nivel nacional de seis...Tags: Sheryl Crow, Clint Eastwood, Mark Twain, United Technologies Corporation, Brad Paisley
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An Elector Prepares To Ratify Obama's Win
The Hartford Courant"Our marriage is like the Electoral College," says the narrator in "Marooned," a Garrison Keillor short story. "It works OK if you don't think about it." At noon Monday, I will be one of those thinking about the Electoral College, as I have the...Tags: U.S. Electoral College, John Adams, National Government, Voting, Government
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Geno Says Good Riddance To Schools Fleeing Big East
The Hartford Courant— Geno Auriemma has watched the erosion of the Big East from the sidelines, just another innocent bystander knowing that there really was nothing he could do to stop it or influence it. As Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Rutgers...Tags: Providence Friars, West Virginia Mountaineers, Big Ten Conference, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Marquette Golden Eagles
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Onion to People's Daily: 'Exemplary reportage' on 'sexiest man'
The Onion declared North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un the "Sexiest Man Alive," and People's Daily said yes, yes he is. The Chinese state news outlet missed the point entirely, which media everywhere gleefully pointed out. "The Onion dupes again," said U....
Tags: Cyber Monday, North Korea, Los Angeles Times, Washington, DC, Onions
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The kind of education you can't get from books
In her delicious memoir "The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker," Janet Groth recalls her more than two decades (1957-1978) as a receptionist on the 18th floor of America’s most storied magazine. During her early years at the publication...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Fiction, Literature
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Don't touch that NPR dial
For a confederation of supposed liberals, public radio can be awfully conservative. Ask someone to name a public radio show, any public radio show, and the chances are the answer will have been around during the Reagan administration: "A Prairie Home...
Tags: Entertainment, I Love Lucy (tv program), Computing and Information Technology Industry, NPR, Vehicles
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