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Lost in music and dance

BLOGGER Fred Gratzon recommends it as one of the ‘lazy’ ways to success but finding your calling is anything but easy. Some may be born knowing it, others discover it by accident while the rest just have to work hard and hope they get it right. For Nicholas Timothy Thin and Jane Teo, finding their calling [...]
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The Week Ahead: Sept. 5 — Sept. 11

A listing of cultural events this week.
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Community Calendar

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Steve Poses: On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Rittenhouse Square

This is the second in a series about Philadelphia's neighborhood farmers' markets. For the past five years -- since I moved into Christina's apartment and...
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London Olympics: on time and under budget?

The UK prescription for avoiding the worst effects of the global recession? Stage an Olympics. by Michael Goldfarb, GlobalPost LONDON, U.K. Economists were surprised last week when British output in the second quarter was revised upwards by a fraction of a percent. That fraction can probably be traced directly to the Olympic Park in Stratford, at the city of London's eastern edge.… [ Read more ...
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Fiddle or violin

The instrument is the same whether you call it a fiddle or a violin.The difference is in how it’s played.
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Daniel Pearl honored at concert at Lakeridge community

TORRINGTON — Todd Mack was in his element.
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Ditch the flute and get swotting, students told

Oxford's head of admissions tells candidates it wants the academically gifted, not 'second-rate historians' who play the flute.
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FODfest concert to be held tonight at Lakeridge community to honor fallen journalist

TORRINGTON — The legacy of Daniel Pearl, a New York journalist who was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002, has nothing to do with his violent death — it’s about peace, music and fellowship. Tonight, at a fundraising concert for FODfest (Friends of Fallen Journalist Daniel Pearl), members of the Lakeridge community will celebrate that legacy and raise money for the festival’s efforts as ...
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