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Community news: Family Festival, Walk-n-Roll A-thon, Travis Weaver Children's Center
Under a harvest moon, children and adults of Washington Elementary School enjoyed the balmy weather Friday evening playing carnival games and snacking on pizza during the school's Family Festival. Holly Bragg, PTA first vice president, estimated...
Tags: Johnny Carson, Entertainment Events, PTA, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Amanda Bynes' 'vase' defense: How's it rank among denials? [Poll]
Amanda Bynes was released from custody Friday following her arrest on charges of reckless endangerment, marijuana possession and tampering with evidence after allegedly throwing a bong out of her apartment window in New York. The "Easy A" actress...
Tags: Justin Timberlake, Entertainment Events, Celebrities, Lindsay Lohan, Zach Galifianakis
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Birthday shoutout: Drew Carey
Drew Carey turns 55 years old today. Cleveland's favorite son started out as a stand-up comic, and parlayed that into an eponymous TV show playing off his image as an everyday Joe. Because of his easygoing manner and his talent for improv, Carey...Tags: Entertainment Events
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Amy Schumer talks about her journey from Towson to TV and concert stardom
The Baltimore SunAmy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days. So, let the star of Comedy Central’s...Tags: Entertainment, Curb Your Enthusiasm (tv program), Lena Dunham, Mount Vernon, Television
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Research, Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment Events, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Heart Disease
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But then a funny thing happened
I was on my way to a stand-up comedy gig in some Godforsaken place about three hours out of Los Angeles, and I asked the headliner, who was driving and rolling a joint simultaneously, if he knew anybody who might be able to tolerate me. He'd been...Tags: Entertainment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment Events
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Performing arts
This list is not all-inclusive Acting troupes/ensembles Albright Theatre Company 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia 630-406-8838; albrighttheatre.com Albright began with five dedicated members in 1974 and grew to 80, serving an audience of loyal...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Entertainment Events, Artists, Culture, Education
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Review: 'Sightseers' is bloody good fun
Murder is a funny thing that happens in Ben Wheatley movies, though it's never been droller, drier or deadlier than in "Sightseers," the British filmmaker's latest comic assault. He had help. Outré improv team Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, who star in...Tags: Entertainment, Holiday Vacations, Entertainment Events, Arts, Movies
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Commencement speakers, events at local colleges
A Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, a man of science with his own television show, a former high-ranking government official-turned-college professor and the president of a college in Ireland will be among the commencement speakers this month as members of...Tags: Science Channel (tv network), Cedar Crest College, Television, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Comedian David Steinberg performs one-man show at Bucks Playhouse
As a young man, David Steinberg moved to Chicago from his native Winnipeg to study at the Yeshiva, a Jewish rabbinical school. But on the way he went to see Chicago's Second City comedy troupe and became so enamored with its style of stand-up, he...Tags: Bucks County, Religion and Belief, Jerry Seinfeld, Entertainment Events, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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One night with comedian Marc Maron ...
Comedian Marc Maron is busier than ever. In addition to approaching nearly 400 episodes of his popular podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” his memoir, “Attempting Normal,” comes out from Spiegel & Grau April 30. And “Maron,&...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Entertainment, Jonathan Winters, IFC (tv network), Entertainment Events
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...Tags: Will Smith, Nick Robinson, Music Industry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Susanne Bier
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