Celebration News

A committee formed in Mesa to honor a slain civil rights leader with an annual parade is finding trouble keeping pace with the economy.

The Church Women United of Sedalia celebrated World Community Day on Saturday, in conjunction with their annual Human Rights Celebration.

Ah, stick season, that wonderful time of year when the ground is as bare as the trees, the temperature begins to drop precipitously, and the only excited people around these parts are anxious hunters champing at the bit.

Three concerts are coming up at Wheaton College in Wheaton. The college's conservatory will present a concert titled "A Celebration of Music by Haydn" at 7:30 p.m. Nov.

The NAACP will hold its Freedom Fund Banquet/100th Year Celebration at Halifax County Senior High School on Saturday at 6 p.m. Featured speaker will be the Rev.

Steve March Torme, son of legendary jazz singer Mel Torme, and the Wisconsin Homegrown Jazz Quintet, five accomplished musicians all with state roots, headline the 29th edition of Lawrence University's annual Jazz Celebration Weekend.

Florida Farm Bureau Federation will honor the late Alfred Donald Nelson, a Sumter county farmer, and Marion Tidwell, a west Florida cattleman, with its highest honor, the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award, at its 68th annual meeting Oct.

The Department of Music is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a yearlong series of concerts and events.

He has captured a 7-foot python, investigated the grisly murder of a woman whose body was locked in a basement freezer, helped make a particularly crime-plagued neighborhood safer, and watched as Canton farmland evolved into bustling neighborhoods.

We haven't seen much of Seor Nerd since The Man decide to ruin all the weekend fun in the back room at Cafe Coco, putting the kibosh on his much-beloved monthly hip-hop night The Holla.

Colin Powell presents GW alumna and Undersecretary for Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth with the Colin Powell Public Service Award.

A ceremony at Fulton County's landfill Wednesday celebrated two occasions - the 20 years of operation of the facility and a ribbon-cutting for the new gas-to-electric building expected to be fired up early next year.

Hundreds of people have celebrated the achievements of a community leader who was instrumental in raising money for a Hindu temple to be built in the city.

Kathleen Mueller admits she doesn't like to be in the limelight. But for the area's Catholic community, she's a shining star.

The Hurricane Valley Arts Alliance invites area residents and artists to attend an Oct.

Lifelong Dover resident Kevin McEneaney, owner of McEneaney Survey Associates, has received the 2009 Ashton Hallett Conservation Award in recognition of his 18 years of land conservation leadership.

The 76 acres his listeners were sitting on soon will become tribal trust land for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Chief George Wickliffe promised Saturday.

Actress Marlee Matlin will speak to Tri-State residents at The Centre on Tuesday, part of Evansville's Celebration of Diversity lecture series.

Stepping Stones will hold a oeTailgate to the Tunesa featuring the party band Celebration at 7 p.m. Nov.

Madonna wants to have another child. The Celebration singer - who has daughter Lourdes, 12, son Rocco, nine, and adopted children, David and Mercy, both four - is incredibly busy raising her family and touring, but has not ruled out the possibility of extending her brood further.