Iraqi Shiites mark holy day under high guard
Ashura, the 10th day of the Muslim month of Muharram, marks the day the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein was killed in 680 in a battle in Karbala against the army of Yazid.

DEDRICK: Big start is brewing to year in beer
Colorado hosts plenty of outstanding beer festivals, none bigger than the Great American Beer Festival each fall. This weekend's Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival might be the biggest festival anywhere measured on a different scale.

Festivals and a farewell for NJSO
SAED HINDASH/THE STAR-LEDGERThis will be music director Neeme Järvi's final season with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's annual January festivals are all about a New Year boost. Each three-week festival's overarching theme gives musicians and...

ReelzChannel Relocates To Land Of Enchantment
Network moving from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Albuquerque.

Showing Dance on Film, Kirov to Busby Berkeley
The Dance on Camera festival does a stalwart service in bringing together a selection of new features and shorts.

2008: The year in music
By Jeff Hahne It was quite a year in the concert world. Ministry's final tour stopped by Tremont Music Hall; FemmeFest drew local acts to Visulite Theatre, SKNet Cafe and Double Door Inn; Bruce Springsteen rocked Time Warner Cable Arena; Radiohead helped kick off a Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre season that included mini-festivals like Projekt Revolution, the Vans Warped Tour and CrueFest; the ...

Downtown Alive! switches to festival format
Downtown Alive!, which had been a weekly celebration in downtown Aurora, is switching format and location for next summer. The city is changing the event to a format of four, two-day festivals, and the site to Galena Boulevard, after a decade on Downer Place.

T In The Park - Festival Organisers Listen To Fan Forums
Organisers of the Download and Wireless music festivals are to give fans a greater say in the running of the events.Music promoter Live Nation plans to roll out a ...

Rita Edmond Instrument | Vocals
During an era when there are many female singers who are attempting to sing jazz, Rita stands apart from the crowd.

Jesse Davis Instrument | Sax, alto
Jazz - All About Jazz | Music, Clubs and Culture

Hubbard's movie channel moves to New Mexico
The Twin Cities-rooted ReelzChannel will consolidate operations in the burgeoning "Hollywood Southwest."

Wind of change
Inventor lights up Glastonbury Tor by using the elements

Weird and wild festivals of 2009
RIO CARNIVAL Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America When: February 22-25 Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its wildly decadent carnivals and is regarded as the party capital of the world. Around half a million visitors flock to the city each year for the Rio Carnival, a wild four-day celebration during the peak of Rio's summer. Considered an act of farewelling the pleasures of the flesh, ...

Migrating birds -- one of winter s most dramatic spectacles
Millions of birds, representing hundreds of species, have arrived to the Central Valley from chilly Canada in search of warmth, food and shelter. To celebrate their presence, Chico-based naturalists are holding the huge Snow Goose Festival on January 22 through 26. Smaller gatherings ? of birds and birders ? are planned for Davis, Vallejo and other informal nature spots around Northern California.

New law threatens to close Lowcountry thrift stores
Thrift stores and consignment shops have become hot spots for parents looking to find inexpensive used clothing for their children. Now, a new law threatens to wipe those stores out of business.

Jazz history
A soon to be released DVD will tell the history of jazz in Forbes and the Forbes Jazz Festival Committee is calling on locals with any footage of jazz in the town to make a contribution.

Dance legends set Summadayze ablaze
Not only was it the first of many dance music festivals to hit Perth in 2009, Summadayze will surely go down in history as one of the biggest and best of the year. Dance music legends Underworld and

?STEEL HOMES? RECEIVES NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - Short Film Uncovers The Secret World Of ...
?Steel Homes?, by Odd Girl Out Productions and Quark Films, takes us inside the world of a self storage warehouse, uncovering the hidden treasures and secrets behind the locked doors.

Community preserves Magyar culture
SPRINGFIELD ? The younger dancers attired in white with brightly colored ribbons, vests and hats steadied themselves and prepared to dance the traditional dances of the old country.

Born: March 6, 1942 | Died: October 28, 2004
In the 1960s and 1970s, Robin Kenyatta was one of the more original players in the new sound of jazz. Unafraid to put his alto sax through unexpected twists, Kenyatta became famous for his free jazz performances.