Rock and roll is truly 'world music' Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Of course, in the case of piano player Adam Weiner, those roots are in southern New Jersey, and for guitarist Dan Finnermore it's the southern half of the United Kingdom — Birmingham, to be more exact. But hey, rock and roll is one of the American ... |
On Art: Deceptive 'Textility' weaves its magic through VACNJ The Star-Ledger - NJ.com ... which just opened at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, shows basically two kinds of art objects: “Paintings Without Paint and Textiles Without Thread,” writes Joanne Mattera, who co-curated the show with VACNJ curator Mary Birmingham. |
 The Birmingham News - al.com (blog) | The Polyphonic Spree Set to Make Second Alabama Visit The Birmingham News - al.com (blog) We have made it work all over on small stages...Barfly/London, Empty Bottle/Chicago, Maxwell's/New Jersey, and a place is Oslo, Norway that escapes me now. We are especially looking forward to the Opolis/Norman and Bottletree/Birmingham shows. |
New Jersey HeraldAP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST New Jersey Herald AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST WASHINGTON (AP) - Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from ... |
 The Guardian | This week's new live music The Guardian After a winning, low-key debut album, the New Jersey band's second, Days, has performed a strange feat: upping Real Estate's game while keeping their core qualities of gentle charm intact. Nostalgia is a hot debate among music intellectuals at present. |
 al.com | The road to Carnegie: May debut another milestone in Alabama Symphony's rise al.com Assigned a May 10 slot, it will be joined on the festival by the symphonies of Houston, Edmonton, New Jersey, Milwaukee and Nashville. “This is a chance to capture wide national and international attention for the orchestra, and show that Birmingham ... |
Dondero Still Slays Bears at Highland With New Leveraged Loans BusinessWeek Dondero, a New Jersey native who took up hunting when he moved to Texas, decorates his office with trophies, including a boar, a giraffe rug and stuffed pheasants. Okada's office features a somewhat tamer collection of basketball bric-a-brac and ... |
How Twitter can sink athletes' college careers The Detroit News Wright, a cornerback from Ramsey, NJ, recruited by Michigan, posted controversial Twitter messages, deemed racist and sexist, according to NewJersey.com, that got him expelled from Don Bosco High. The website also reported the flap in part led to ... |
 The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | On Soccer: Tony Meola, Claudio Reyna should boost New Jersey presence in Hall ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com In the late 1980s, as the United States national team began to claw its way toward soccer respectability following a 40-year World Cup drought, there was a young, talented core of New Jersey players who were leading the way. For New Jerseyans, it came ... |
Legalize same-sex marriages in New Jersey? not unless 'we the people' say so Philadelphia Inquirer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knows that. Last week, he promised to veto any bill legalizing gay marriage. Responding to the somewhat hysterical criticism that he usually gets, like a Democratic assemblyman's comment comparing the governor to his ... |
