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...some members of the community say the contract should never have been signed. Juan R. Vega, the office manager of the Chelsea Commission on Hispanic Affairs and life-long Chelsea resident, says the commission, which is currently suing the city, believes the program sets a poor precedent for educational reform...
Past concerts sponsored by the council have lost considerably more. A 1989 Suzanne Vega show lost $20,000 and a Ziggy Marley performance lost $15,000 in 1990. Last year's De La Soul concert lost the council more than...
Heinicke was also in a position to ensure that the council didn't repeat mistakes made with the Suzanne Vega and Ziggy Marley concerts. But once again, the council did not gauge student interest in De La Soul, and the event drew only a tiny number...
Criticism has also centered on the council's inability to produce a successful concert. In addition to last year's De La Soul performance, the council absorbed a deficit of $15,000 from a failed Ziggy Marley concert two years ago. And in 1989, a Suzanne Vega appearance cost the group...
MAYBE THIS IS THE LIBERATION OF SUZANNE VEGA. Hearing DNA's hip-hop remix of her popular tune Tom's Diner has obviously encouraged the breathy folk singer to venture beyond the safety of her acoustic guitar. Her latest album, 99.9 F degrees, is a bold experiment in both verse and technology, with Vega's haunting images now pegged to electronic percussion and warped-sounding keyboards. Two of the more raucous songs, Rock in This Pocket and Fat Man and Dancing Girl, are even hot enough to hit the dance circuit. But unvarnished Vega fans need not fret: the album...