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2 hrs ago | Marshall Democrat-News

Lyceum review: 'Hello, Dolly!' more comic on stage than in film

Elements of a production are always lost or changed when converted from stage to screen -- the nature of the mediums makes this inevitable.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

North Texas e-News

French Quarter Festivals, Inc. announces details of 9th Annual Satchmo SummerFest

This free family-friendly Jazz Festival is dedicated to the life, music and legacy of New Orleans' native son, Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Masthead Online

Vanity Fair portraits exhibit coming to the ROM

Vanity Fair is bringing its exhibit of its portrait photography to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto beginning Sept.

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Times-Picayune

AeroMexico launches new nonstop flights from New Orleans to Mexico City

Mexican airline Aeromexico is offering non-stop flights to Mexico City from New Orleans starting Tuesday.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

WWOZ

Satchmo SummerFest Schedule Announced

Hot jazz, hot topics and hot friends a ' it must be Satchmo SummerFest ! The ninth annual festival, put on by French Quarter Festivals Inc.

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Mae West in New York

Mae West: July 6th

Louis Armstrong [4 August 1901 - 6 July 1971] was a versatile and innovative singer and jazz trumpeter nicknamed Satchmo.

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4 WWL-TV

First direct international flights set for takeoff at Armstrong

NEW ORLEANS Early Tuesday morning, the first AeroMexico flight will lift off from Louis Armstrong International, offering the first direct international flight out of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

NY1

New Yorkers Celebrate Birth Of Jazz Legend

Sunday, July 5, 2009 68 F Some New Yorkers spent the Fourth of July soaking in the sounds of a jazz legend.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

About Last Night

TT: Out of the past

On Friday NPR broadcast a story by John McDonough about the last great reunion of veterans of the American Civil War, which took place in Gettysburg in 1938.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

Jazz fest fans were treated to the voice and expressive faces of Dee Dee Bridgewater Thursday night.

There was a lot of Ella and Kurt in the air Thursday night as singer Dee Dee Bridgewater took the stage with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra to close out the Jazz Winnipeg Festival mainstage concert series.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Marshall Democrat-News

Next up at the Lyceum: "Hello, Dolly!"

The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre continues its 49th season with Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!" The show will run Wednesday, July 8, through Saturday, July 18.

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Sun Post News

John Hall: Jerry Velasco fan club says 'Goodbye Dolly' to a real loyalist

Dolly Sadell has been one of the most dedicated music-loving regulars in the Jerry Velasco fan club present and accounted for at most every one of his weekly Thursday-night all-star jams spanning the past 10 years at the Jonny James Steak House, CJ's, Molly Bloom's and more recently Adele's at the San Clemente Inn.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

About Last Night

TT: And...they're off

I'm in downtown Los Angeles, where I'll be seeing Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles in David Mamet's Oleanna tonight.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Airport Business

New Orleans airport projects to create 6,300 jobs

CityBusiness Staff ReportsNew Orleans CityBusiness A dozen improvements projects totaling more than $357 million and creating more than 6,300 jobs are set to take place over the next three years at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, according to Kenner Mayor Ed Muniz's office.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

WNYC-AM New York

Toledo's Blind Pianist

Art Tatum , born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, learned to play the piano by ear, developing a very fast playing style while maintaining accuracy.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

NOLA.com

New Orleans airport director takes leave of absence amid insurance investigation

New Orleans Aviation Director Sean Hunter has stepped away from his job at the Louis Armstrong International Airport as federal investigators examine insurance matters involving his family, Aviation Board Chairman Dan Packer said.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

NOLA.com

Mercury hits 104 in New Orleans, hottest day ever

An electronic sign outside of a bank on Veterans Boulevard in Metairie gives drivers some hot news as the metro wide sizzle continues Wednesday.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

WWL-TV New Orleans

Airport getting a facelift with renovations, improvements

Louis Armstrong International Airport is taking off in a new direction, with a host of changes and renovations planned for the coming years, officials announced Wednesday.

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NOLA.com

Excessive heat warning issued for New Orleans area; city opens cooling-off locations

Metairie YMCA Camp Counselor Esperanza Red tries to stay cool in the shade of her umbrella as she watches children swimming pool on June 18.

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All About Jazz

RADIO/PODCAST: Internet Radio Station Devoted to Chicago Jazz Artists

AccuJazz Internet Radio continues its weekly roll-out of creatively programmed jazz channels today with the launch of 'Regions: Chicago," a streaming channel playing over 1,000 songs by artists who have called the Windy City home.

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