Word: concertizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maybe something was lost in the translation, but a crowd of concertgoers in Modena, Italy, heard Luciano Pavarotti say that MICHAEL JACKSON couldn't make it to the charity concert because Jackson's son "may be dying." It was shocking news, especially to the two-year-old's mother Deborah Rowe Jackson. "To hear that your child is dying and to find it on the news--and it not be true--is terrifying," she told Los Angeles' KNBC-TV before leaving to join her son and husband in New York City. She said PRINCE had a virus infection, which caused...
...performing arts." To this end, Mass MoCA has a theater, rehearsal spaces, an outdoor cinema and what the center boasts is "two performance courtyards." These are ordinary courtyards, enlivened by the buildings, elevated walkways and bridges that surround them. There's something peculiarly exultant about watching a Los Lobos concert in an abandoned factory. That peculiarity is Mass MoCA's chief...
Adios, Aretha. Desist, other divas. Jackie Washington has returned. Never heard of her? Well, that's because she exists only in this rascally Spinal Tap-ish faux documentary. On the eve of Jackie's comeback concert, an oily host (Tim Curry) takes us through her disastrous career: her one hit single, her flop blaxploitation movie (Whipped Creme). Whoopi, Liza and other no-last-name-needed stars contribute cameos, but it's the diva herself who really delivers. As Jackie, Jenifer Lewis purrs, snaps and belts--the complete funny lady in a roguishly funny film...
...Large audiences make these performances special, Lin said, noting the disparity between the mostly-filled Sanders Theater MSO concert and the 3,000-attendee Boston Symphony concert, held at the Reggie Lewis Arena athletic center in Roxbury...
...figure out how to get there. The plans were expensive and gave rise to the first-ever University capital campaign, pegged at the stupefying goal of $2.1 billion. The campaign, which has met with astonishing success, has given the deans a common goal that they have been pursuing in concert for more than five years...