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Cabin Fever Carnival around the corner
HOUGHTON – Cabin Fever Carnival is just around the corner. The MTU Preschool will present the Cabin Fever Carnival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts at Michigan Technological University. A fundraiser for the preschool, Cabin Fever Carnival is an event put on every year by the team at the preschool during the winter ter.
Stratford Shakespeare Festival teaches local students at Michigan State
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Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC $20.00 The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate In 1938, Café Society–New York City’s first fully integrated nightclub–was all the rage, and Hazel Scott was its star. Still a teenager, she wowed audiences with her jazz renditions of classical masterpieces by Chopin, Bach, and Rachmaninoff. Scott was a child prodigy, a… |
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Passing Performances: Queer Readings of Leading Players in American Theater History (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance) $13.20 From the suspect heroism of Edwin Forrest, paragon of 19th-century American manhood, to the “lavender marriage” of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the private lives of leading actors are unearthed in 14 stimulating essays by historians of American theater. The subtitle Queer Readings… is especially apt, in that Passing Performances continually addresses the promises and perils of “outing” f… |
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I Want to Be Ready: Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom $17.96 “Danielle Goldman’s contribution to the theory and history of improvisation in dance is rich, beautiful and extraordinary. In her careful, rigorously imaginative analysis of the discipline of choreography in real time, Goldman both compels and allows us to become initiates in the mysteries of flight and preparation. She studies the massive volitional resources that one unleashes in giving oneself … |
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Barenaked Ladies – Talk to the Hand: Live (Blu-ray Disc) $14.84 Beloved by fans for their witty lyrics and catchy melodies, the Barenaked Ladies present their acclaimed live act with this first-ever concert release. Performing in Clarkston, Michigan, just across the lake from their native Canada, the band offers li… |
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Three Days Grace – Live At The Palace 2008 – Explicit (Blu-ray Disc) $22.79 Canadian alternative metal band Three Days Grace heads south of the border to deliver an unforgettable performance at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The post-grunge quartet performs a number of hits, including “Let it Die” and “Rooster.” |
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Three Days Grace – Live At The Palace 2008 – Explicit (DVD) $12.46 Canadian alternative metal band Three Days Grace heads south of the border to deliver an unforgettable performance at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The post-grunge quartet performs a number of hits, including “Let it Die” and “Rooster.” |
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Marvin Sapp: Here I Am (DVD) $11.57 This musically themed release from gospel performer Marvin Sapp captures footage from a live performances recorded at the Resurrection Church in Grandville, Michigan. Some of the songs featured in the program include “Keep Holding On”, “Praise You Fore… |
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Pavlo – Mediterranean Nights (DVD) $19.47 Guitarist Pavlo demonstrates his considerable musical talents with this live recording, which was recorded in Michigan at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Pavlo`s conjures up a heady brew of Spanish and classical guitar styles as the show… |
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Recent American Art Song (Paperback) $49.01 Clifton (musicology, Central Michigan U.) presents a guide to art songs written by American composers since 1980, with concentration on those with English texts for solo voice and keyboard instrument. Songs are presented alphabetically by composer, wit… |
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Byron Cage: Faithful to Believe (DVD) $11.66 This musical release from the gospel vocalist Byron Cage captures a live performance recorded in Detroit, Michigan. Some of the tracks featured in the concert include “Give You Praise,” “For My Good,” “He Will Answer,” and more. |
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Art of Tradition (Hardcover) $55.44 Description not available. |
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Radio Silence (Paperback) $19.57 Responding to the sounds and excesses of the punk scene, less glamorous, more “hardcore” bands ripping faster tempos started popping up from southern California to D.C., Michigan to Vancouver. Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Black Flag are some of the be… |
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Keys to the Drama (Hardcover) $98.95 Sly (music theory, Michigan State U.) presents nine studies of sonata form by him and other music theorists from the US and Canada who analyze, from various perspectives, Beethoven`s String Quartet Op. 132, Mozart`s Marriage of Figaro, Mahler`s Third S… |
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Art of Clarinet Playing $13.77 Keith Stein was already a phenomenal clarinetist when he attended the very first session of the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan. Stein was then accepted into the Chicago Symphony, and became one of its youngest members. He earned a master … |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium $18.03 Play all of Flea`s basslines from all 28 tracks from the double-CD release, including: Charlie * Dani California * Desecration Smile * Especially in Michigan * and more. |
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The Stooges (Hardcover) $22.87 Formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967, the Stooges are icons of modern rock, influencing the fledgling sounds of punk, heavy metal, and hard core. From the beginning, lead singer and provocateur Iggy Pop (b. James Osterberg) astounded audiences with h… |
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Collusions (Paperback) $8.84 This unique five-movement set was a collaboration between Bolcom and Curtis-Smith, both on the faculty at the University of Michigan. For a year, each composer would write ten measures before passing the piece back to the other, making these pieces tru… |
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Film Music (Hardcover) $104.5 Wierzbicki (musicology, U. of Michigan) traces the development of film music by aesthetic trends and structural developments and the socioeconomic, technological, and cultural developments that were turning points in its history. He begins with “silent… |
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Steel Bridge Songs (Compact Disc) $7.92 The Sturgeon Bay Memorial Bridge on Michigan Street has long been an object of controversy in Door County, Wisconsin. Time after time, the 80-year-old landmark has had to prove its worth to avoid the wrecking ball. Since 2005, songwriters from acr… |
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Hollywood on Lake Michigan (Paperback) $14.86 Description not available. |