Word: blanton
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...boys, remanded to home detention by a judge, are free to return to school. Englewood residents are now claiming police coercion and racial bias in the case. The police deny any misconduct. "These babies just did not do this," says Shirley Blanton, a close friend of the families. Now, to celebrate, she says, "the whole neighborhood is going to have a barbecue"--except, perhaps, for the kin of Ryan Harris...
...loose change. Just around the corner at the Wash Factory, R.'s eight-year-old buddy "E." was hanging around in hopes of earning some spending money. More soft-spoken than R. but no less ambitious, E. made a routine of dropping in to help manager Shirley Blanton keep the place clean. "He was always willing to pick up a broom," Blanton says...
...only having trouble imagining little kids committing an act so violent but say it's downright implausible that such featherweights--the boys weigh 50 lbs. and 56 lbs.--could drag Ryan more than a foot or so. "Every kid gets a little mischievous to get a little attention," says Blanton of the Wash Factory. "But something like this--no way. Not these two little kids." Echoes Cedric, a 15-year-old neighbor: "They got the wrong two people." Family members at the crime scene say that they were initially told by police that there appeared to be semen on Ryan...
...concert's second half continued the Ellington/Marsalis theme. Obscure Ellington tunes such as "The Giddybug Gallop" and "Anitra's Dance" from the Peer Gynt Suite preceeded the most impressive moment of the evening, "Jack the Bear." Ellington's double bass feature for Jimmy Blanton was competently played by bassist Ben Wolfe. However, the cameo appearance of pianist Marcus Roberts proved to be the highlight of the tune. Roberts stretched the harmonies of his blues choruses with Monkish lines, piano runs reminiscent of Ellington's "Ko-Ko" and an unparalled rhythmic concept. Following Roberts, Marsalis introduced LCJO's vocalist Milt Grayson...
...exhibition will feature student art pieces, the work of visiting artists, including local artist Donald Blanton, and works from the Hamill Gallery of African...