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Willie Clark on January 24th, 2012
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced four of the headliners for the festival's 11th year, including a return for Norah Jones, who appeared at the first Jazz Fest. Schedule to appear are:
Diana Krall, Friday, June 22. Tickets are $55-$120.
Dweezil Zappa, Tuesday, June 26, $40-$95.
Steve Martin & The
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Willie Clark on January 3rd, 2012
To the world he may now be known as Superchumbo, but to Upstate New York he will always be Tom Stephan. A former student of Rochester Institute of Technology (and the London International Film School), Stephan has had worldwide success, remixing tunes from artists including Missy Elliott, Kylie Minogue,
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Willie Clark on December 27th, 2011
For some performers, music is an art. For some it's a job. And for others, it's just a way to wind down. Local musician Alexander Bogs doesn't quite fit into any of those categories. He has become his music, crafting an entirely new persona dedicated to the performing arts.
But
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Willie Clark on December 13th, 2011
What comes to mind when you think of the holiday season? Presents, mistletoe, snow, or the occasional fruitcake or yule log? That's a good start, but it just wouldn't be that magical time of year without some hideous ugly sweaters. Now in its fourth year, RIPROC's Ugly Sweater Party
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Willie Clark on December 7th, 2011
The girls are back in town, and bringing a good old Christmas serving of rock with them. Albany-based Sirsy headlines the night. Part melodic catchy pop hooks, part heavier rock and guttural vocal lines, Sirsy is a dynamic two-piece fronted by Melanie Krahmer, who is not only the group's
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Willie Clark on December 4th, 2011
It's kind of hard to mess up Mario Kart at this point.
From banana peels to blue shells, the Mario Kart series has continually been a fun and entertaining racing experience, and the good news is none of that has changed with the Nintendo 3DS installment, "Mario Kart 7."
But, a few
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Willie Clark on November 30th, 2011
Well, it isn't "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time." As long as I have been gaming, that has been the gold standard; the benchmark that most games fall short of. Now, five years since the Wii's first Zelda outing, "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess," many are claiming
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Willie Clark on November 23rd, 2011
Put down those Black Friday shopping bags and treat yourself to something that will treat the ears but won't break the bank: The melodic blips, bleeps, and chirps of gaming sounds from the great days of old when video-game cartridges roamed the earth and discs were something you only
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Willie Clark on November 18th, 2011
"The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" (available on Nintendo Wii, rated E10+) finally hits stores on Sunday, November 20. Almost five years to the day of the release of its predecessor, "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess," the latest -- and some are saying greatest -- adventure in the
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Willie Clark on November 15th, 2011
For some people, food is just that: food. Fuel - ideally tasty fuel - that keeps the body plugging along. But for an increasing segment of the population, food and eating have become something else: a challenge. Another arena in which to test who is the top dog, leader
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Willie Clark on February 13th, 2012
After the startling midseason finale reveal that Sophia (Madison Lintz) had indeed been turned into a zombie, this week's return to "The Walking Dead" mostly dealt with everyone's reactions to the bitter end of a failed search and rescue attempt.
It came as no surprise that Hershel (Scott Wilson) demanded
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Willie Clark on February 10th, 2012
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced that the second show for Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers has also sold out. Martin will perform both shows on Wednesday June 27.
Martin's second show follows ticket sell outs for Norah Jones, Diana Krall, and Bonnie Raitt. 2012 Club Passes
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Willie Clark on February 10th, 2012
Strong with the force, this movie was not. I was a little surprised when it was first announced that George Lucas would be rereleasing the beloved "Star Wars" films in 3D. As much as he has made the movies cash cows ripe for slaughter, he is quite the technophile,
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Willie Clark on February 6th, 2012
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced the addition of a second show for Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers.
The newly added performance will take place at 4 p.m. on Wednesday June 27, prior to the sold out 8 p.m. concert that evening. Martin's original show sold out
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Willie Clark on January 31st, 2012
Three more upcoming shows to add to your spring concert adventures:
Pop/Rock: Matt Nathanson Sunday, March 4. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 6 p.m. $20-$24. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic.com.
Hip-Hop/Rock: Gym Class Heroes Friday, April 13. St. John Fisher Student Life Center, 3690 East Ave. 8 p.m. $10-$15. 385-8005. sjfc.edu.
Celtic Rock:
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Willie Clark on January 30th, 2012
The Jazz Fest has announced that the following shows have sold out:
Norah Jones June 29, 8 p.m.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers June 27, 8 p.m.
Bonnie Raitt May 27, 8 p.m.
Diana Krall, Friday June 22, 8 p.m.
Tickets are still available for Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa, Tuesday June 26, via
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Willie Clark on January 30th, 2012
Occasionally a band reminds me of a time when music was simpler. A time when MTV played music videos, the world only needed three chords to tell the truth, and punk was more about getting drunk and having fun than it was a record-label genre. Keaton reminds me of
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Willie Clark on January 26th, 2012
I haven't watched "American Idol" in a very long time (I'm talking William Hung era), but man, does it make me feel better about my own singing abilities. There are a lot of good things about Texas, but I didn't think that the Lone Star State had that
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Willie Clark on January 26th, 2012
Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) has left the building, leaving the show she helped build from day one.
The start of the episode picked right up from last week, with Catherine and D.B. Russell(Ted Danson) now MIA after getting ambushed. The whole team ran around, some knowing the pair was alive, some
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Willie Clark on January 23rd, 2012
I've never held much affinity for the clarinet. Then again, I'd never seen Dave Bennett before. Friday night, along with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Bennett and his group, the Dave Bennett Sextet, brought some of the best jazz improv I've seen this side of last year's Xerox Rochester International
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