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Today's Song of the Day puts the spotlight on the Pontiac Trans Am. The car was as much a movie and tv star as the actors who drove it. “Smokey & the Bandit,” “Knight Rider,” “Cannonball” to name a few. You have to wonder if its little brother Firebird was jealous.The Trans Am, named after the Sports Car Club of America racing series, was introduced to muscle-car lovers on March 8, 1969. The car was a Firebird on steroids. The 1960s birthed the age of muscle cars. Pontiac was competing with the Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Oldsmobile Toronado.
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Patrick Bringley was a museum guard at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than 10 years. In his beautiful memoir, he shares what he learned.
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Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat.Dr. Seuss Enterprises is celebrating the iconic children’s author’s 120th birthday with a free giveaway of “The Cat in the Hat” to U.S. residents who have a baby born this March 2.
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Nicoletta Pavarotti's presence in Southwest Florida for Opera Naples 2024 Festival Under the Stars is more than a tribute to her late husband; it's part of an ambitious project to build an opera museum and theater in Naples.
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Jim Morrison was accused of exposing himself on March 1, 1969, in Miami. He was arrested four days later and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior. "Break on Through to the Other Side" is our Song of the Day
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The power of music has the ability to bring us joy, comfort and motivation.Gospel music in particular, has long been that medium that connects followers to the message of hope and faith.The black church has a rhythm. From the preaching to the teaching, to the ministries to the choir it has a rhythm in it. There’s a soul to it. It really is the soul of the church which is still the soul of the black community. It has always been centered around preaching and music.
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Design, build and funding of the Lakes Park project lead by Florida Engineering Leadership Institute Class of 2023 graduates.
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Southwest Florida's new professional ballet company produces Carmen as a loving tribute to the late, great choreographer Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros.
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Ska music got its start in Jamaica in the early 1960s, the precursor to reggae. Ska’s biggest U.S. spotlight came February 23, 1993 when the New Ritz in Manhattan sold out for the Skalapalooza concert. Our Song of the Day, “A Message to You Rudy,” is an example of early ska.
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Immokalee's Guadalupe Center second-graders rejoin Hideaway Beach volunteers on Marco Island for day of fun, learning.After virtual pivot for pandemic and Hurricane Ian, decades-long ‘Buddy Day’ effort resumes in person.