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Belle Theatre's Peyton McCarthy commands the stage in Grounded as an F16 fighter pilot who is reassigned to fly drones from a windowless trailer in the desert outside Nevada after she becomes pregnant. McCarthy rises to the challenges presented by this ambitious one-woman show.
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When the Godfather of Soul spoke the audience listened.James Brown’s actions on April 5, 1968 during a concert in Boston de-escalated a situation that could have turned into a riot. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated the night before, and rioters were turning major cities into kindling.Brown's 'Can't Stand Myself' is the Song of the Day for April 5.
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Kaveh Akbar is a well-known poet, publishing regularly in The New Yorker and elsewhere. Now he has written a novel, and it is excellent.
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Most teens make their bedrooms their sanctuaries; not many make them into recording studios where they record hit songs. Enter Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell.Eilish recorded her first album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” on March 29, 2019.
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Ghostbird Theatre to perform play “Artificial Genesis” written by generative Artificial IntelligenceGhostbird Theatre Company is mounting a production of a new play titled “Artificial Genesis” about the end of the world brought about by artificial intelligence. The play itself was written by a generative AI model. We’ll take a closer look in a conversation with the show’s director Barry Cavin and his son Emory Cavin, who’s responsible for the AI interface design and programming that led to the creation of the play.
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Southwest Florida’s first large-scale mosaic is coming soon to the Fort Myers River District. It will be installed at The Ivy, a 274-unit apartment complex. While the tiles that comprise the five-foot-tall by 25-foot-long mosaic are being fabricated by a company based in Wales, Zimmer engaged popular local artist David Acevedo to design the mural on which it is based.
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Country singer Tammy Wynette already had been divorced twice when she recorded our Song of the Day, “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” on March 22, 1968. It's a song she came to know too well.
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Pop icon Carole King's highly introspective and self-deprecating character arc makes Beautiful The Carole King Musical great theater. Broadway Palm's production of the show is even more special because lead actor, Isabella Andrews, plays all the songs live.
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On March 15, 1972, Los Angeles police raided the studios of KHJ radio, fearing the station had been taken over by hippies or teenyboppers after the station played "Puppy Love" for 90 minutes straight.
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Discover the Celtic Spirit School of Irish Dance in Florida, where tradition meets discipline in mastering the ancient art form