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Walla Walla wine bloggers conference featured rock stars of Washington wine
Walla Walla got its name from a Native American phrase meaning “place of many waters.” Today, it’s a place of many wines.
The Walla Walla Valley, extending into Oregon, is home to more than 100 wineries and is one of the biggest wine-producing areas of Washington State, which is among the top five states for U.S. [...]
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Poster exhibit features two decades of Pearl Jam pinups
Pearl Jam’s Ten Club is throwing a poster party.
The Ten Club’s “Rock N’ Art Poster Convention” is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Showbox at the Market. Admission is free, and the show is open to all ages.
The convention features exclusive posters from gigs around the world in the last two [...]
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SXSW: Beer, barbecue, Cheap Trick and the future of music
AUSTIN, Texas — Norwegian “girl group” Cocktail Slippers was one of dozens — if not hundreds — of bands closing out the first full day of music at the 2010 South by Southwest music conference, known as SXSW or simply “South By” to those who make the trek each year to Austin for the one [...]
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2010 SXSW music conference: ‘Tomorrow Happens Here’
With more than 2,000 musical acts from across the country and around the world performing on more than 80 stages in downtown Austin, Texas, the SXSW Music and Media Conference is a mind-boggling week of sonic and sensory overload.
Now in its 24th year, SXSW brings together artists, media, managers, promoters and music fans — all [...]
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2010 Pop Conference brings Nile Rodgers, Janelle Monae
The 2010 Pop Conference, a gathering of music fans, critics, performers and academics, is April 15-18 at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
The keynote address April 15 is a roundtable discussion with Nile Rodgers, Joe Henry and Janelle Monae.
The ninth annual conference is free and open to the public, [...]
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