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April 27, 2010
Vegas Mob Museums, Set to Go to the Mattresses
LAS VEGAS - The people of Chicago debate the Cubs versus the White Sox. In Philadelphia, the cheese steak purveyors Pat's and Geno's have long divided the citizenry. Soon, the residents of Las Vegas - and the millions of people who visit - will be able to argue over which museum best depicts the moral turpitude of organized crime. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/us/25vegas.html
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Author: JENNIFER STEINHAUER
April 27, 2010
Jazz students get stunning new home in Kohl Building at Oberlin Conservatory of Music
OBERLIN, Ohio - Rarely has a structure at Oberlin College borne more weight. It's not even finished yet, but already the new Bertram and Judith Kohl Building going up next to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music is being viewed as the very keystone to the school's future.
But just as the bright, modern edifice -- slated to open this week with celebrations featuring Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby -- has seemingly risen from...
Link: http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2010/04/new_kohl_building_puts_oberlin.html
Author: Zachary Lewis
April 27, 2010
By the People, For the People - Soldiers and Sailors Monument
With unabashed Victorian zeal, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument rises 125 feet above Public Square in downtown Cleveland, topped with a triumphal stone column supporting the statue of the Goddess of Freedom. It's hard to miss. But until now, asking the average Clevelander to identify the memorial would have elicited only a puzzled stare.
This is not surprising. For years, the landmark was grimy and uninviting, its interior-a shrine to Cuyahoga County veterans...
Link: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2010/may-june/cleveland-now-then.html
Author: Arnold Burke
April 27, 2010
Community Center Theater renovation planned
Let's just say that you bought tickets to your favorite musical but had to sit in the back because those were the only seats available for a wheelchair user. Or you're a woman who needed to use the bathroom at intermission, but the lines were so long you had to miss the first 10 minutes of the second act.
If you've been to the Community Center Theatre since it opened in 1974, you could...
Link: http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/25654/Community_Center_Theater_renovation_planned
Author: Jonathan Mendick
April 26, 2010
Looking at new life for landmark; Capitol Theatre eyed for UM-Flint
FLINT, Michigan - It's possible Flint college students could someday rehearse, perform and study music in one of the city's most treasured landmarks.
And the historic Capitol Theatre could be transformed into a music school with a recital hall, classrooms and elaborately ornate concert space, according to a feasibility study done for the University of Michigan-Flint.
But restoring the one-time entertainment hot spot famous for its Italian Renaissance architecture would have a hefty...
Link: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/04/looking_at_new_life_for_landma.html
Author: Beata Mostafavi
April 15, 2010
Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby to Appear at Jazz Themed Celebration at Oberlin
Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby will each give performances and receive honorary degrees from Oberlin College during the school's grand opening celebration of its new home for jazz studies. The two-day celebration, scheduled for April 30 and May 1, will honor the new Litoff Building and include concerts, jazz films, workshops, a panel discussion and the honorary degree ceremony.
1Architectural drawing of the Litoff Building, courtesy of Westlake Reed Leskosky 2Robin Eubanks,...
Link: http://jazztimes.com/articles/25969-stevie-wonder-and-bill-cosby-to-appear-at-jazz-themed-celebration-at-oberlin
Author: Aubrey Everett
