PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Underground Drummer/Composer Legend Richi Debonis (AKA "RVZ"), Brings His Acclaimed Nowtet to the Highline Ballroom, Performing Selections from the Celebrated Recording "The Nowtet Plays Zep!" on June 22 at 7 PM
- 12:53 PM — May 21 —
- Source: All About Jazz
Could be the ultimate crossover...of all time."Read More
“Be-Bop Guitars Meet Maggie Scott” at the Arsenal Center
- 10:04 AM — May 20 —
- Source: Watertown Patch - Watertown MA
The performance is the final show of this year's JAZZ at the Arsenal series which includes some of the best Jazz ensembles in the Boston area, many headed by faculty members of the Berklee College of Music. Read More
Milkshake Mayfield Kicks Off the Season's First Candlelite Concert
- 3:29 PM — May 19 —
- Source: South Cobb Patch - South Cobb GA
You know it's summer when the South Cobb Arts Alliance kicks off its annual Candlelite Summer Concert Series at the Barnes Amphitheatre. Read More
Weekend Planner: St. Patrick's Carnival, Tennisfest
- 5:49 AM — May 18 —
- Source: Bedford-Katonah Patch - Bedford NY
Why Go: Now in its 36th year, the carnival is an exciting event for kids of all ages. Read More
Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75
- 1:28 AM — May 18 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
The cause was multiple organ failure as a result of sepsis, Tom Goldfogle, his manager, said. Read More
Film Notes: MTV Movie Awards will include 'Perks,' Wiz
- 12:45 AM — May 18 —
- Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If you've been dying to get a look at anything from "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," a trailer will run during the pre-show for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on June 3. Read More
Film Notes: MTV Movie Awards will include 'Perks,' Wiz
- 12:19 AM — May 18 —
- Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
If you've been dying to get a look at anything from "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," a trailer will run during the pre-show for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on June 3. Read More
White Plains Weekend Planner: Snooki at Barnes & Noble, Wine & Food Weekend, Fire Department Open House
- 11:54 AM — May 17 —
- Source: White Plains Patch - White Plains NY
Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter , and check out the events calendar to make sure you don't miss a thing happening this weekend in the Hudson Valley. Read More
Weekend Planner: Get a County Park Pass, Third Friday, Tennisfest
- 8:13 AM — May 17 —
- Source: Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Patch - Tarrytown NY
When/Where: Followed by Third Friday events on Main Street. Read More
A Sarasota mom, 4 generations, and a legacy of music
- 10:56 PM — May 12 —
- Source: Herald Tribune - Sarasota FL
As a great-great-grandmother, Lillette Jenkins-Wisner typically has a full house every Mother's Day.
And for the legendary, classically trained 88-year-old concert pianist, it will end the way it always does — with a celebration of music.
"I'd play right up until I gave birth," Jenkins-Wisner recalls of her first captive audience, "and I could feel them kicking around in the womb. They were dancing while I was playing."
Today — after raising five children, who gave her four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren — the woman they all call "Gram" hopes she will leave a family legacy that comes as effortlessly as breathing.
"Music and laughter are the two most important things every human being possesses, whether they recognize it or they don't," she says. Read More
Biography
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