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Battle of the Tech Bands: Boston vs. Seattle (in Boston)
If you’re planning to be in Boston in early February, mark you calendar for Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands 3: Seattle vs. Boston.
For the last two years, bands from innovative New England companies have been battling for supremacy. But now the competition is going cross-country. (Read my review of last year’s battle of the [...]
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‘Land of the Sweets’ kicks up its heels with ’30s-style burlesque
If a traditional production of “Nutcracker” is too straight-laced for you, consider “Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker,” a spectacle that offers “a perfect mix of singing, acrobatics, glamour and smutty jokes,” says co-creator Jasper McCann.
The 1930s-style burlesque interpretation of the holiday classic by McCann and Lily Verlaine has been so popular that the [...]
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John Legend heads to Chateau
Those lucky enough to have tickets to neo-soul singer and pianist John Legend’s concert Friday, Aug. 28, at Chateau Ste. Michelle, will be interested in this New York Times review of his recent show at Madison Square Garden.
Critic Jon Caramanica describes Legend as “a soul gentleman with a latent naughty streak.”
The concert opens at 6:30 [...]
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Remembering the Beatles
Beatlemania consumed Seattle when the Fab Four played its first concert in 1964.
The Edgewater Hotel, apparently the only Seattle hotel to accept them as guests, will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Beatles’ stay at the hotel and the Fab Four’s first Seattle concert with a series of events Aug. 21.
Festivities begin at 9 p.m. [...]
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Alice in Chains sets Seattle date
Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, key players in the Seattle rock explosion of the early ’90s, performs Sept. 24 at the Moore Theatre.
Tickets, $25, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, at Tickets.com, at the Paramount Theatre box office, at 24-hour kiosks outside the Moore and Paramount theaters, online at STGPresents.org and [...]
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