August 2021

Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana, leaving New Orleans without powerMore than a million homes and businesses were without power Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi as Ida pounded the area.Associated Press, USA TODAYPhotos and videos posted on…

The Karnofsky store is no more. The building - a jazz monument known as a "second home" to young Louis Armstrong - collapsed on Sunday, rocked by heavy gusts from Hurricane Ida. A bit of what makes New Orleans New Orleans is nothing…

Get up, Detroit! Here is everything you need to know to get off to a good start this Sunday, August 29. Here's what's going on in town today.First, the weather forecast for the day: Wet and partly cloudy all day. High: 89 Low: 71.…

On some superficial level, Charlie Watts had always seemed the strangest Rolling Stone, one who was never really part of rock's most Dionysian force.While his comrades cultivated an attitude of debauched recklessness, Watts, the band's…

Portland, OR. Oregon Symphony brings back a favorite late summer party: the Free Waterfront Concert & Festival. The festival begins at 1 p.m. on September 4 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. It will also include a performance by the…

Houghton Park and the surrounding streets of North Long Beach came to life with live music, dancing and food trucks on Saturday as day two of Uptown Jazz Fest continued through the weekend. The event kicked off at 9 a.m. with a block party…

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TO the generations of customers who have walked into Twinkletoes over the past 62 years, it's more than a store. With ruffles and sequins everywhere - ballet, prom, jazz and tap shoes, tutus, leotards, bags and bows…

Charlie Brown, Julia Sugarbaker and Little Red Riding Hood will take the main stage at the Arkansas Repertory Theater as he returns to live productions, December 2-23 with "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Eric Schaeffer adapted the show…

Jazz guitar show The Campbell Museum Foundation and the San Jose Guitar School of Music are co-hosting a jazz guitar show on Sunday, August 29. Chris Shahin will perform jazz, Latin and American music on a nylon string guitar…