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It’s A Fur Ball In St. James

The 13th annual “Evening For Fhe Love Of Animals” will be April 3 at 7 pm – a “Fur Ball Event” at Flowerfield Celebrations Catering in St. James. More info: saveapetfurball.org, or call (631) 473-6333.

The money raised at this special “Fur Ball” will be used to continue Save-APet’s commitment to programs such as saving lives of homeless animals, pet adoption, spaying and neutering, feral cat TNR (trap, neuter and return), humane education and public awareness.

Admission is $10 per person, $250 per couple, and $1,500 for a table of 10 people.

The dress code for the event is casual, smart attire. The event will also include a silent auction, raffles, an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dessert, and live music, including a performance by harpist Ryan Taliercio.

Spring Fishing At Belmont State Park

A “Spring Family Fishing Festival” will be the special event at Belmont Lake State Park in West Babylon on April 5. For more information, log on to nysparks.state.ny.us/ parks. Admission is included with the regular $8 parking fee.

Event activities include fishing instruction, fish cleaning services, environmental exhibits, an inflatable slide (weather dependent), temporary tattoos, and a “Spring Fling” children’s casting contest in this familythemed attraction. Loaner rods and free bait will be

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available to participants throughout the day.

Wedding Expo At Martha Clara Vineyards

A unique “Wedding Expo” is slated for April 5 at 1 pm at Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead.

Admission is $10; call (631) 298-0075 for more information.

This event is an exposition gathering some of the East End’s most talented and creative vendors at one of Long Island’s most popular vineyards. Ticket includes one glass of wine.

For further information, write to molly@ marthaclaravineyards.com.

Learn To Crochet At Freeport Memorial Library

Everything old is new: Freeport Memorial Library (144 West Merrick Road) will feature Lupe Velasquez, who will teach crochet and knitting and help participants with their own projects, on Thursday, March 27 at 7 pm. Those attending should bring their own yarn and needles. Both beginners and experienced needleworkers are welcome.

Also at Freeport Memorial Library on March 27 at 7 pm: a program on World War II featuring Freeport resident Bernie Radar, who will discuss his experiences as a POW and present a film about his experiences.

Note: Those participating in these events much pre-register at the Library’s ASK Desk. For more information, call (516) 379-3274.

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Former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson performs at The Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington on March 29 ... A sure sign of spring: Many area Ralph’s Italian Ices locations are now open for the 2014 spring/summer season ...”Writing With Whitman,” a poetry writing workshop, will be April 5 begining at 2 pm at The Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center in Huntington Station. Information: waltwhitman.org.

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It (Finally!) Is Spring: New York Mets Take Citi Field

After such a rough, long winter, almost everyone is excited over the return of warmer temperatures and outdoor activities – including Major League Baseball with the New York Mets at Citi Field in Flushing. Tickets are on sale now; log on to mets.com or call (718) 507-TIXX for ticket orders and schedule information.

Upcoming special events at Citi Field for the perennial underdog Mets and their biggest star, third baseman David Wright: The home opening day is March 31 at 1 pm … Fans attending

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upcoming games of the first series against the Cincinnati Reds will receive premiums.

Free to all fans on April 4 will be a Mets David Wright T-shirt; free on April 5 will be a 2014 Mets calendar (first 20,000 fans); a poster of Wright, recently voted the “face of MLB,” will be given away to the first 15,000 fans who pas through the gates of the still-new stadium on April 6.

Protest Songs

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Famed area singer and guitarist Nina Gordon (not to be confused with the Veruca Salt singer of the same name) will present “Songs That Moved A Generation: Folk & Protest Songs Of The 1960s” on Friday, March 28 at 2 pm at the Hollis branch of the Queens Library, located at 202-05 Hillside Avenue. More information: (718) 465-7355.

Gordon will present songs and anthems often sung at the protest marches of the 1960s in an event more prescient after the recent death of one of the greatest voices of that era, Pete Seeger. Included will be music by Seeger as well as Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, and others, including “We Shall Not Be Moved, “If I Had A Hammer,” “Blowin’ In The Wind,” and many more selections; audience participation is encouraged. Those attending do not need to be Queen Library card holders.

Engineering Marvels At Hall Of Science

“Human Plus: Real Lives + Real Engineering” is the interactive exhibit on display through May 4 at The New York Hall of Science in Corona. More information: (718)699-0005 or log on to nysci.org.

This is an interactive exhibition of engineers and users who design tech-

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nologies to help themselves and others achieve their goals – from everyday routines to lifelong dreams.

Visitors can explore and create a range of low tech and high tech tools that extend human abilities, including controlling a DJ station using the wheels of a wheelchair, and discovering how neuroprosthetic limbs can be controlled by a user’s thoughts. Free with admission.

Movers, Shakers, & The Hottest News Jamie O’Neal: New Album On Charts

Platinum selling Grammy-nominated country star Jamie O’Neal has released her first new album, Eternal. The disc features O’Neal’s take on classic hits by Patsy Cline, Bruce Cockburn, Deborah Allen, Larry Gatlin, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Juice Newton, and Connie Smith, among others. “Eternal is a little different for me,” said O’Neal. “I grew up listening to these songs and was shaped by the artists who originally made them famous. It was an honor and a challenge to record such wonderful songs.”

Jr Gong: Gone Gold With Skrillex

Reggae star Damian “Jr Gong” Marley recently scored a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Goldcertified hit for his collaboration with Skrillex, “Make It Bun Dem.” This marks the first time Marley has reached Gold status since his Welcome To Jamrock album in 2006; the album’s title track also sold more than 500,000 units in 2005.

Skrillex reached out to Damian to be on the track, and the rest is history. When released in 2012, “Make It Bun Dem” hit blogs, clubs, and airwaves worldwide. The video has received more than 72 million YouTube views, an incredible feat.

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The ‘Paperboy” Is On Time

One of the hottest new acts around the globe – singer, songwriter, and guitarist Eli “Paperboy” Reed – has announced an April 29 release date for his debut album on Warner Brothers Records, Nights Like This. To celebrate, the charismatic multi-genre performer presented a live event at The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City on March 22. The new album, which Reed produced with his guitarist and longtime collaborator Ryan Spraker, represents a sonic evolution beyond the singer’s soulful roots, taking his affinity for classic R&B and blending it with the ebullience of modern pop music. The album features the teaser single, “WooHoo” as well as the current single, “Shock To The System” co-written with Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz & The Tantrums.

Reed will tour to support the disc.

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hose who keep up with the news know we're going through tough economic times. However, that doesn't keep Long Islanders from having some fun every once in a while. Long Island's close proximity to several casinos gives people a chance to win some cash and have a great time. Here are some events to consider while planning that casino getaway.

Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City is host to rock & roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis on April 12, and Charlie Ross’ One Man Lord of The Rings on April 17. This unique comedy show from the creator of One Man Star Wars is sure to delight both hardcore Tolkien geeks and casual and curious AC entertainment fans alike. For more information, visit harrahsresort.com, or call (609) 441-5000.

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appearances. The tribute show My Sinatra pays respects to “Ol’ Blue Eyes” on April 23, while Italian guitar virtuoso Zucchero takes the stage April 26. For more information, visit trumptaj.com, or call (609) 449-1000.

A bit closer to home, Queens’ Resorts World Casino brings Carribean gospel to the stage with One Man Lord Of The Rings At Harrah’s

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Girls return to the theater in support of their latest album, Beauty Queen Sister, while indie darling Ani Difranco takes the stage on April 22 promote her latest, disc, Which Side Are You On. "The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey brings his standup show to the stage on April 25. For more information, visit tarrytownmusichall.org, or call (877) 840-0457.

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts pays tribute to the history and culture of the 1960s by preserving the historic site of the legendary 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair.

This still-new venue continues to host a wide range of events that appeal to both children and adults.

Piano virtuoso Christiana Pegoraro plays Chopin on April 13, and "Saturday Night Live" alumni Colin Quinn brings his standup comedy to the stage on April 18.

April 26 brings a creative writing workshop for aspiring wordsmiths from grades K through 9. For more information, visit bethelwoodscenter.org, or call (866) 781-2922.

The Sherman in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania has long been a center of its community. Constructed in 1928, the Sherman was a host to

Rejoice; spring is finally here! While Long Island has some of the best venues around, stir-crazy readers looking to get out of town have a ton “Behold He Comes” on April 12, a of options within a two-hour drive. concert to celebrate the Easter season. Whether it’s music, film or dance, On April 26, Resorts welcomes there is something for everyone illusionist Rob Lake, who was named willing to take a trek. Throw in tons the “Top Illusionist in the World” by Allie Haze of kid-friendly options nearby, and At Caesars Entertainment. Top off the you have plenty of reasons to pack Trump weekend with a live DJ every up the car, roll the windows down Taj Mahal Saturday night. For more and hit the open road this spring. information, visit rwnewyork.com or The landmark Sellersville Theatre call (718) 215-2828. in Sellersville, Pennsylvania promises Atlantic City’s Tropicana Casino & a unique mix as April 16 sees Toby Resort welcomes beloved Motown Lightman and Leigh Nash of group and Rock & Roll Hall of Sixpence None The Richer share the Famers The Four Tops on April 12. stage; The Dan Band headlines the The racy women’s cabaret show next day on April 17. On April 24, Chippendale’s runs three nights from Brendan Cooney's Jazz Quintet April 17 through 19, perfect for that presents Not So Silent Cinema: The wild batchelorette party. For more Mark Of Zorro. Cooney's live information, visit tropicana.net, or call interpretation of the famous Zorro (609) 340-4000. soundtrack is sure to breathe new life As Jimmy Fallon enjoys sky-high nice craft brew. Foxwood’s Resort into the cinema Casino in Connecticut will get the suds ratings and Seth Meyers gets used to classic. Bo Bice of his new post at “Late Night,” comedy "American Idol" flowing with its Spring Beer Festival on April 13, and will bring laughs with legend and ex-”Tonight Show” host brings countryJay Leno embraces pseudo-retirement tinged rock to the D.L. Hughley and Don Rickles sharing with a show at Caesar’s Atlantic City stage on April 26. the stage on April 26. Twerking legend on April 25. For more information, Miley Cyrus brings her polarizing yet For more visit caesarsac.com or call undeniably catchy brand of pop music information, visit st94.com, or call (215) 257-5808.

There are few theaters in the area that possess the Toby Brightman & Leigh Nash At Sellerville Theatre storied history of the The Chance in Poughkeepsie. many events including live theater, Built in 1912, The Chance has music, and even controversial presented legendary performers as X-rated movies. The Sherman disparate as Muddy Waters, Pete is now more popular than ever, Seeger, Bob Dylan, The Guess Who, hosting comedy and music events. and The Ramones. The venue Acclaimed California Reggae/rock continues to be a popular tour stop band Dirty Heads rolls through on for a diverse range of musical acts.

The Four Tops At Tropicana April 10; popular jam-rock outfit Long Island pop/punk band Taking Quimby Mountain Band headlines (609) 348-4411. to the stage April 25. For more inforBack Sunday takes the stage on April on April 12. Ani Difranco will rock Jeff Foxworthy brings his signature 10 in support of its new album, mation, visit foxwoods.com, or call the house on April 28. Local redneck comedy to Mohegan Sun in (860) 312-3000.

Happiness Is. Heavy metal legends comedians showcase their talents at Connecticut on April 12. The wellFrom April 11 through 13, Trump Tesla appear on April 29. For more the "Comedy and Improv Open Mic" received “Classic Albums Live” series information, visit Taj Mahal in Atlantic City welcomes every Wednesday. For more presents Led Zeppelin II on April 25; thechancetheater.com, or call the annual EXXXotica Expo – the information, visit roots and R&B singer Delbert largest adult convention in the U.S. (845) 471-1966. sherman-theater.com, or call McClinton takes the stage on April 26 The convention is home to “The One of the few theaters in (570) 420-2808. in support of his latest album, Blind, Fannys,” the adult industry’s only fan America built before 1900, the If you’re looking to steal away for Crippled And Crazy. For more inforchoice award ceremony. With awards restored Tarrytown Music Hall has a weekend and catch some great live mation, visit mohegansun.com, or call been a success story throughout its being given out for categories such as entertainment, there are many off(888) 226-7711.

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The Biggest Events At Area Performing Arts Centers & Theaters Photo: Jorma Koukonen by Scotty Hall

recognized as one of the most influential guitarists of his generation. Still going strong, Kaukonen is considered by many to be a lynchpin of one of the greatest generations of modern music.

Adelphi Symphony Orchestra April 4 at 8 PM Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, Garden City Aupac. adelphi.edu

Jorma Koukonen March 30 at 7:30 PM Suffolk Theater, Riverhead Suffolktheater.com

A founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Kaukonen is set to perform his blend of finger-picking blues, folk, and ragtime guitar. Perhaps the nation’s leading interpreter of traditional blues and roots music, this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has been

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The program concludes with Carolina Beethoven’s much-loved Chocolate Symphony No. 6, the “Pastoral.” Drops

Carolina Chocolate Drops April 3 at 8 PM Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center whbpac.org

Easily one of the hottest roots touring acts at present, the Drops finally come to Long Island. Mixing hip-hop with

Christopher Lyndon-Gee conducts a program featuring a performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi, written following the unexpected death of the composer’s first wife, known as “Mi.” Soprano Carole Bertho, a specialist in 20th century French repertoire, is the soloist in this tender exploration of love and the individual’s relationship to God.

fiddles and banjos, cello, jugs, kazoos, and clacking bones, this Grammywinning roots band breathes new life into many old-time mountain jigs. This is the type of act that is propelling roots and Americana into the future, bringing new life to a wheezing art form. Also coming to WHBPAC: One of the nation’s hottest indie artists, Max Gomez, on March 29 at 8 pm. Gomez will be performing as part of WHBPAC’s “Breakout Artist Series,” and brings his considerable singer/songwriter skills to the big stage. Fans of such artists as Jackson Browne and John Prine will find a lot to like here, as Gomez melts traditional folk/rock styles with his own original bent on pop and rock music.

Hot Shows & Sounds All Around The Region Photos: Joan Osborne by Janine Morris; Amber Ferrari by Rich Balter Photography

Taylor Dayne/ Tracy Morgan The Space At Westbury Amber Ferrari February March 29 at22 7 PM Tickets: Ticketmaster.com Patchogue Theater The former “Saturday Night (631) Live” (who can207-1313 ever forget Brian patchoguetheater.com Fellows and Astronaut Jones?)

The Music Of Led Zeppelin Featuring The Windborne Symphony & Randy Jackson April 5 at 8 PM • NYCB Theatre at Westbury (800) 745-3000 • ticketmaster.com theatreatwestbury.com

and “30 Rock” star is back on the road, and his dip recent It’s a double of standup delicious appearances divas as the Baldwin-born have brought rave reviews. Log Dayne brings her canon of on to thespaceatwestbury.com to classic dance hits (“Tell It To view a hilarious recent clip of the My Heart,” “Prove Your Love,” legendary standup messing “Don’t Me,” “Every aroundRush with late night host Beat Of My O'Brien Heart,”on “Love Will Lead Conan the redheaded funnyman’s show.

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She’s also version of romantic love,” said Osborne. “Of course, it’s an debut in a major venue,of proved us performed the music Heart, endlessly interesting subject ... These are definitely some of utterly justified for pointing the spotStevie Nicks, Melissa Etheridge, the best songs I’ve ever written. To be able to say that at this light so brightly toward them. The and other female superstars. point in my working life is exciting.”

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The Biggest Events At Area Performing Arts Centers & Theaters

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Tao: Phoenix Rising April 5 at 8 PM Staller Center, Stony Brook University stallercenter.com

Tao returns to Staller Center by popular demand, as its last performance was a critical and public smash.

In this new production, athletic performers in contemporary costumes perform explosive Taiko drumming with innovative choreography and a dose of humor.

Tao has brought its performance to 17 countries, 400 cities, and five million spectators worldwide during its history. Each TAO performer brings

Long Island Guitar Festival April 2 through 6 • Tilles Center, LIU Post, Brookville tillescenter.org

The highly anticipated 22nd annual Festival will feature a host of performers including The Vida Guitar Quartet from England; guitarist, lutenist, and composer Frederic Hand; South African guitarist Derek Gripper (featuring music of the great Kora player Toumani Diabate); French guitar innovator Thibault Cauvin, Polish-born American guitarist Paul Cesarczyk; The Artesian Guitar Quartet; Pat Bianculli; Lisa Holsberg; Karla Moe; The Bishop McGuinness High School Guitar Ensemble; The Brentwood High School Guitar Ensemble; The LIU Post Guitar Ensemble, The Susan E. Wagner High School Guitar Ensemble, and emerging artist Koh Kazama. Log on for schedules and shows.

nontraditional flair to the group by drawing on their diverse backgrounds. These dynamic men and women will offer a young and vibrantly modern take on a traditional art form.

Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration April 6 at 3 PM Madison Theater at Malloy College, Rockville Centre madisontheatreny.com

Oscar “Andy” Hammerstein III has joined the cast of BPI’s Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration. This event honors the music of this team with songs from their collaborations.

The show features music from South Pacific, The Sound Of Music, State Fair, The King & I, Carousel, and Oklahoma!

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hile the New York Knicks’ Jason poor season garnered the Kidd attention of newspapers and sports talk radio in New York, the Brooklyn Nets and head coach Jason Kidd have quietly gone about their business.

The first two months of the Nets season were as disastrous as that of their crosstown rivals, but as soon as the calendar turned to 2014 the Nets started winning games. Ironically, the team’s upturn occurred after they lost arguably their best player, center Brook Lopez, who yet again suffered a foot injury that required surgery.

Kidd has proven to be a master at giving the right amount of minutes to veterans Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Joe Johnson while utilizing younger players Marcus Thornton and Mason Plumlee to spell them without a noticeable drop-off in production. If surly point guard Deron Williams could live up to what was expected of him when he signed a max contract two years ago, the Nets would be considered an elite NBA team.

Former Knicks Landry Fields and Steve Novak were in Brooklyn to play the Nets two weeks ago, and both admitted that they have been following the bizarre goings-on with their old team; they both noted that they felt badly for Knicks head coach Mike Woodson. Aside from paying more taxes by working in Canada, both players are understandably enjoying life a lot more playing for the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Raptors.

Madison Square Garden has long been known as “the Mecca of basketball,” and you can’t blame Knicks fans for wincing a bit when they hear that

By Lloyd Carroll phrase – but the Garden is certainly getting its share of college hoops action this year. Earlier this month, it played host to the Big East Tournament (sadly, the Big East Conference is a shell of itself from its 1980s and ‘90s glory days), while the NCAA Eastern Regionals will take place at MSG on March 28 and 30. The poor man’s Final Four, the National Invitational Tournament, comes into MSG April 1 and April 3.

New York Islanders general manager Garth Snow traded Matt Moulson and a number of draft picks to the Buffalo Sabres for left winger Thomas Vanek in spite of the fact that Vanek would be a free agent at the end of this season. Snow seemed to be gambling that Vanek would sign a long-term contract with the Isles. Unfortunately, Vanek rejected all of his offers, and Snow was forced to trade him to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a fraction of what Snow gave to get him in the first place. If this were a tax return, Snow’s trade would be classified as a short-term capital loss with negative carryover implications for years to come.

We Are The Rangers: The Oral History of the New York Rangers (Triumph Books), the latest book from legendary hockey writer Stan Fischler, should gladden the hearts of “Blueshirts” fans everywhere

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onderful Williams: Steven Williams, a 51year-old right-hander from Bellerose, earned his first LIGBT title on March 2 at AMF Wantagh Lanes. Williams defeated second place finisher Dave Soren of Long Beach ($500) 263-241 in the final shootout. Williams earned the $1,000 top prize by shooting a clean game, the only one in the shootout. Finishing third and earning $300 was a previous two-time champion, Jack Kampf of Levittown.

Other top finishers in Wantagh, beginning with fourth place: Nick DiGiacomo of Centereach; Daniel Goldberg of Douglaston; So Young Chin of Whitestone; Eric Vecchi of Islip Terrace; Anatoly Khodorkovsky of Brooklyn; Sal Mattera of Nesconset; Justin Kampf of Levittown; Jose Ferreira of Woodside; Frank Riccardo of Lake Grove; Dennis Freeman of Glendale; Alex Padmore of Jamaica; and Allen Seeley of Wantagh.

For complete results of the AMF Wantagh tournament and to learn how to get involved in future events, visit ligbtour.com.

Area Masters At Masters: Congratulations to area pro bowlers who acquitted themselves quite well at the USBC Masters at Brunswick Carolier Lanes in

as it is a breezy look at the team’s history. For some reason, Fischler shies away from writing about former head coach and head case John Tortorella.

The book was released too late to revise the chapter

on former Rangers captain Ryan Callahan, who was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Martin St. Louis when he couldn’t come to terms with Rangers GM Glen Sather on a new contract.

It was not surprising that the New York Jets

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Photos: John Conroy courtesy PBA, LLC; Adam Chase, Steven Williams courtesy LIGBT

North Brunswick, New Jersey; the finals were televised on ESPN on February 23. Finishing in the winner’s bracket at the mega-tournament was Adam Chase of Seaford, who bowling particularly well throughout the qualifying. Chase, a winner of LIBGT tournaments in the past, now ranks as one of Long Island’s finest young stars and is a sure bet for future success in tournaments around the region.

Barnes Burning: Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, defeated woman bowler New Hui Fen of Singapore, 493-483, in the two-game championship match to win the H.H. Emir Cup, a World Tenpin Bowling Association/PBA Adam International Chase Tour tournament, on February 28 at Qatar Bowling Center.

The victory gave Barnes his 17th PBA Tour title and his second PBA International Tour title. He previously won the Columbia 300 Vienna Open in October 2012.

His last U.S. PBA Tour title came in the PBA Viper Championship during World Series of Bowling V in Las Vegas.

Herrill Hilites: Here’s a new batch of high league scores from Herrill Lanes in New Hyde Park: Congrulations to Raj Kochar for rolling … wait for it … back-to-back 300 games, giving him three for the 2013/2014 season … Also: Bonnie

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Gortler 631 series; Greg Pandolfi 276; Jeanine Musacchio 677 series; Lorraine Donovan 224; Anthony Campagna 706 series; Larry Dimitriou 724 series; Rob Camerino 709 series; Ken Greco 277; Bob Morga 275.

“Win A Spot” Rolls On: The PBA and United States Bowling Congress (USBC) have renewed the PBA Experience “Win a Spot” promotion that allows adult and youth bowlers who participate in USBC PBA Experience Sport Bowling leagues an opportunity to win a voucher for an individual entry into selected PBA Regional tournaments.

The promotion is open to individuals who are USBC Sport Bowling members in good standing and parJohn ticipate in a PBA Conroy Experience League between January 1 and December 31, 2014.

Conroy’s Honors: From the PBA’s Bill Vint: New York City native John Conroy is well-known in these parts for his stellar tournament play, but now the honors are coming in droves for the 51 year old. On March 24, Conroy was scheduled to appear Washington, D.C., where he will be presented the American Ambulance Association’s highest honor, The Star of Life Award. Not bad for a man who is already the 2013 East Region PBA50 Player of the Year.

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released cornerback Antonio Cromartie and wide receiver Santonio Holmes. The moves freed up salary space, and were also done because both players appear to be past their primes. Cromartie was often beaten last season on long passes by receivers who will never be voted to the Pro Bowl, while the moody Holmes was injured for a good

By Lloyd Carroll Photos: Jason Kidd courtesy NBA; Miguel Cotto by Chamber Of Fear(Commons)

chunk of the 2013 season and never appeared to be in sync with QB Geno Smith when he was playing.

One reason why professional boxing has long been in trouble is that the sport’s promoters and cable partners are eager to put too many of their fight cards on pay-per-view. I am not against maximizing profits, but the problem is that boxing has not expanded its fan base, and promoters and cable executives seem to keep expecting the same customers to shell out $49.95 monthly – including cards when superstar fighters aren’t on the bill. A good case in point is the June 7 Miguel CottoSergio Martinez middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden. This will be a competitive fight featuring two good boxers, but neither is a household name to the masses.

Cotto is an oldlooking 33, while Martinez is 39 – although he still has dashing good looks.

Think of this as the real life version of last December’s fight flop film, The Grudge, that featured Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone as two old brawlers looking for a

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last big payday. I asked promoter and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum if he was concerned about whether the pay-per-view demand is there for this fight, and might it not be a better idea to broadcast it on regular HBO as a way of enticing sports fans who may not be boxing fans interested in the sport.

Arum loudly retorted “that I did not know what the f–k I was talking about” and that he does not care about “marginal sports fans.”

As luck would have it, Bernard Hopkins was in town the following day to promote his light heavyweight championship fight with Biebut Shumenov on April 19 at the Armory in DC. The delightful Hopkins, who will be 50 next January but still looks the same as he did 20 years ago, agreed with my assessment that the over-reliance on pay-per-view has hurt the growth of boxing. He took pride in pointing out that his bout will be telecast on Antonio Showtime.

Cromartie Michelle Beadle, whose “Crossover” show on the NBC Sports Network was an unmitigated flop, has quietly returned to the site of her greatest success, ESPN 2’s “Sports Nation.”

This will possibly be the last year that roving reporter Kevin Burkhardt will be part of SNY’s Mets broadcast team; he recently signed a deal to host Fox Sports 1’s new nightly Los Angeles-based baseball show. Fox executives obviously liked the job he did on NFL telecasts during his first year with the network.

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Film Reviews

300: Rise Of An Empire

Starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, and Rodrigo Santoro Directed by Noam Murro Warner Brothers

After the fall of King Leonidas and the brave 300, Xerxes (Santoro) and his Persian horde, led by his vengeful commander Artemisia (Green), stand poised to annihilate all of Greece. It falls to the Athenian hero of Marathon Themistokles (Stapleton) and his tiny, overmatched navy to oppose them — but will their courage and sacrifice rally free Greece to their cause in time to spare them all a watery tomb?

Seven years after the release of 300, Xerxes, Queen Gorgo (Headey), Ephialtes (Andrew Tiernan), and a whole new host of beefcake are back for more bloody fun in the ancient world.

Like The Godfather: Part II, 300: Rise Of An Empire serves as both prequel and sequel to the first film, and an unusual confluence of production and scheduling exigencies (related primarily, it seems, to Frank Miller’s involvement in the production of the Sin City follow-up) has it showing up in theaters well before the graphic novels are completed. For the fanboys, it marks an early kickoff to a hotly anticipated summer season of action and sci-fi films. For the merely curious, it’s the video game looking thing from those omnipresent commercials with that Black Sabbath song.

For everyone else, there’s always Mr. Peabody & Sherman.

Rise Of An Empire serves up in great heaps nearly everything its predecessor offered: ecstatic, hyper-stylized visuals; bombast in the extreme (a potentially good thing, the grandiloquence of the first film having been a huge part of its audacious charm); and unapologetic violence, all steeped in a veritable ocean of machismo. It is gleefully bloody; compared to the first films mere buckets of the stuff, this is the dancing fountain at the Bellagio.

Where 300 was intimate, restricted as was the

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Persian army by the terrain of Thermopylae, Rise Of An Empire is vast, depicting huge fleets of ships crashing into one another on roiling seas. And therein lies its Achilles’ heel, as it’s not as relatable as the first film. While this is certainly a function of scale – watching immense vessels batter each other into kindling is awe-inspiring – it lacks the visceral thrill of seeing one man, hopelessly outnumbered and facing certain death, hack his way to glory through a maelstrom of whirling steel. It is also attributable to the ridiculous performances of the leads. Stapleton is wooden and uninspiring as Themistokles, and he seems completely overtaken by the notion that excessive volume can somehow pass for conviction. Eva Green is entirely too camp to be badass, and in a film that plays its types this straight, that’s a formula for guffaws. Not that the actors have a lot to work with; the dialogue here consists mostly of pseudo-philosophical claptrap masquerading as profundities and ponderous speechifying. In comparison to the prodigious quotability and sheer brass of 300 (“This is Sparta!” not only became the subject of innumerable uproarious GIFs and made its way into the Urban Dictionary, it was referenced in everything from “The Daily Show” to “Robot Chicken”), it’s like listening to Ben Stein read the phonebook. Here’s hoping Zack Snyder and company elevate their game for what seems the inevitable third installment.

If only for the spectacle, 300: Rise Of An Empire is worth a look. Will it ever be mentioned alongside such hallowed second chapters as The Empire Strikes Back and The Two Towers?

Not bloody likely.

– Michael Lee

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Prince sure knows how to pick them – the Minnesota mighty mite realizes that Dulfer is among the finest contemporary saxophone players in the world, and in that light she’s backed him on countless tours and albums.

Since then, the Dutch blonde beauty has forged a solid career in smooth jazz and funk, and her live shows are as exciting as her string of chart-topping jazz albums. If you’re on the fence, don’t be – Dulfer offers top-flight original music in a bold way that’s accessible and fun.

Calendar

Tuesday, March 25

Nassau InterRObang Productions present Open Mic Night – Amityville Music Hall (Amityville) Jazz Jam Session – Walk Street Tavern (New Hyde Park) Rickey Roche – Paddy's Loft (Massapequa) Jimmy Kenny Band – Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Rumblebrush/Johnny Mac Band/Blue Velvo – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Suffolk The Robert Cray Band w/special guest The Blind Boys of Alabama – The Paramount (Huntington) Open Mic Night w/Mike "The Godfather" Clemente – O'Reilly's Pub (Oakdale) Acoustic Open Mic Nite hosted by David Jon Paisley – 50 Yard Line (West Babylon) Open Mic – Comiskey Park Bar (Saint James) Open Mic with Dan Acosta + DJ Harry-Oke –

Your Guide To Local Events The Thirsty Scholar (Holbrook) The Cogs Singles Open Jam – Gator Blue (East Islip) The Psychic Sisters – Boulton Center (Bay Shore)

NYC/Queens Solo Piano – Kitano New York Hotel (NYC) Mindless Self Indulgence – Irving Plaza (NYC) The Allman Brothers Band – Beacon Theatre (NYC) Tyrone Birkett/Emancipation – MIST Harlem (NYC)

Wednesday, March 26

Nassau Tommy T. Mudcat Blues Jam w/Mike Nugent and Ian Petillo – The Breakers Bar (Bayville) Donny Celenza & Nina Gordon – Mickey Malone's (Floral Park) Blues Jam w/Joe Vicino Band – Sunset Grill (Seaford) Jerry Costanzo And His Trio – Don Lorenzo's

Restaurant and Lounge (Glen Cove) Open Mic hosted by Robert Sloan – Front Street Pub (Massapequa Park) Acoustic Blue – Runyon's (Seaford) Open Jam hosted by The Night Owls Band – Phat Daddy's Pub (Oceanside) Wonderous Stories – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Suffolk Open Blues/Jazz Jam – Park Avenue Studios/Briggs Music (Huntington) Open Jam w/Ed The Hat & Friends – The Diamond Club (Ronkonkoma) Open Mic hosted by Johnny B. – Quogue East Pub (Quogue) The Cogs Singles Open Jam – The Stadium (Bohemia) Danielle Bradberry /Dustin Lynch/Kelleigh Banen/Will Hoge/Lindsay Ell/Chuck Wicks – Patchogue Theatre (Patchogue) Kyle Fitzpatrick's Open Mic – Brickhouse Brewery (Patchogue) Whiskey Road – Nutty Irishman (Bay Shore)

NYC/Queens Paula Atherton & Interplay – Battery Gardens (NYC) Open Mic with Lesly Bernard and The Tony Stevenson Band – Tillman's (NYC) The Allman Brothers Band – Beacon Theatre (NYC) Kevin Johansen + The Nada – Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) The Lox, French Montana & Action Bronson w/Funk Flex – Best Buy Theater (NYC) I-Octane Album Release Show – S.O.B.'s (NYC) Rufus du Sol – Highline Ballroom (NYC)

Thursday, March 27

Nassau Tacos & Tunes Open Mic hosted by The Benoir Trio – The Long Beach Hotel (Long Beach) Jazz and Sushi Night – Allegria Hotel (Long Beach) Frank Walker Open Mic – Mugsy Magee's (Massapequa) Salsa Night – Holiday Inn (Carle Place)

Jazz Jam – Wickers Club (Hicksville) Open Mic Night – Spice's Restaurant (Baldwin) Classic Rock & Blues Jam w/Curt Arnel & Friends – Callahan's (East Meadow) Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Longo – Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) Jazz Night: Marty Phillips/Daryl Pooser/Bill Smith – Viana Hotel + Spa (Westbury) Jason Crosby Band, The Crosby Brothers and more – Still Partners (Sea Cliff) Joni Project (Joni Mitchell Tribute)/The Other Shoe/Live Band Karaoke – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Suffolk Comedy Series presents Ralphie Mays – The Paramount (Huntington) Project Vibe – Publick House (Southampton) Live Jazz with Anthony Raffa – Cirella's (Melville) Fusion Collective – Hennessy's (Huntington) Open Mic – Zebra Club (Copiague) Acoustic Open Mic with Dave Christian – Lefty's (Lindenhurst) Sceneless Scene Showcase w/Dreamt The Sea, Enemy of the State, The Atrifact, Can You Believe This Guy – 89 North (Patchogue)

NYC/Queens Henning Stumm/Eliana Marcia/Banda Azul – Giovanna's Restaurant (NYC) Tiny Bubbles Burlesque – Bubble Lounge (NYC) Comedy + Trivia Show – LIC Bar (Long Island City) The Piano Guys – Town Hall (NYC) Josh Garrels – Gramercy Theatre (NYC) Mishka/Sarah Blacker – Knitting Factory (Brooklyn) G-Eazy/Rockie Fresh/Tory Lanez/Ground Up/Kurt Rockmore – Irving Plaza (NYC) The Infamous Stringdusters – Bowery Ballroom (NYC) Cheyenne Jackson w/special guest Stephanie J. Block – Birdland Jazz Club (NYC) Rakim – S.O.B.'s (NYC) Jake Shimabukaro – Highline Ballroom (NYC) Keiji Haino w/Pete Swanson – The Wick (NYC)

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Calendar Friday, March 28

Nassau Slap Jackson – Blue Parrot (Massapequa) Wonderous Stories – Sunset Grill (Seaford) Jim Belushi & The Chicago Board of Comedy – NYCB Theatre at Westbury Big Shot/Tommy Mulvihill & PJ Cardinal – Mulcahy's Pub (Wantagh) Beernutz/The Zoo – The Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) The Acchords – City Café (Garden City) Spoonwalk/The Mystic – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore)

Suffolk The Melody Rose Quartet – The Elks Club (Huntington) The Long Island Banjo Society – VFW Hall (Copiague) Kendall Madison Benefit – Stephen Talkhouse (Amagansett) Trouble No More (Allman Brothers Tribute & Southern Rock)/Willy & The Poor Boys (Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute)/Madco (Bad Company Tribute) – 89 North (Patchogue) Decadia/DJ Sparky – Nutty Irishman (Bay Shore) Bad Love (Eric Clapton Tribute Band) – Carmody's (Rocky Point) Cecile McClorin Salvant – Boulton Center (Bay Shore) Alchemy Intl Presents Approaching Troy – Zebra Club (Copiague)

NYC/Queens Children of Bodom – Irving Plaza (NYC) Sweet Licks with DJ Souljah + DJ Marcus – Tillman's (NYC) Ralphie May – The Wellmont Theater (NYC) Dream Theater – Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC) Red Baraat's 3rd Annual Festival of Colors/Mandeep Sethi/Falu – Gramercy Theatre (NYC) The Allman Brothers Band – Beacon Theatre (NYC) Lady Gaga – Roseland Ballroom (NYC) Afterwork Latin Grooves Happy Hour feat.

Bronx Horns – S.O.B.'s (NYC)

Your Guide To Local Events Garland Jeffreys – Highline Ballroom (NYC) An Evening with Groucho – Queens Theater (Flushing Meadows, Corona Park) Rob Derke & The NY Jazz Quartet "Blue Divide" – The Kitano (NYC)

Saturday, March 29

NYC/Queens Children of Bodom – Irving Plaza (NYC) The Allman Brothers Band – Beacon Theatre (NYC) Mobb Deep – Gramercy Theatre (NYC) Cool Hand Lou & The Downtown Daddy-O's – The Thai Rock Restaurant (Rockaway Beach) Cheyenne Jackson w/special guest Stephanie J. Block – Birdland Jazz Club (NYC) The Night Owls Band – The Luna Restaurant (Manhattan) An Evening with Groucho – Queens Theater (Flushing Meadows, Corona Park) Switchfoot w/special guest The Royal Concept – Terminal 5 (NYC)

Nassau Northport Breeze – Blue Parrot (Massapequa) Revolver – Sunset Grill (Seaford) Acoustic Blue – Memories (Williston Park) Pulse – Mulcahy's Pub (Wantagh) Jon Anderson – Landmark on Main Street (Port Washington) 45 RPM/Peat Moss – Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Wayne Sabella Trio & Eddie Sessa – City Café (Garden City) Tiberius – Still Partners (Sea Cliff) Tuesday Afternoon (Moody Blues Tribute)/Black Grouplove - March 27 Ice – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Terminal 5 (NYC) Suffolk Max Gomez – The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Open Mic hosted by Foreverman & Joe Brown – Mug's Pub (Smithtown) The Glazzies/Lone Sharks – Stephen Talkhouse (Amagansett) East Coast Collective presents Today's Mixtape Festival – 89 North (Patchogue) Nine Deez Nite – Nutty Irishman (Bay Shore) Mavis Staples – Suffolk Theater (Riverhead) Randy Jackson w/Youth Be Told and Robin Eve – Zebra Club (Copiague) Remedy – Legacy Bar and Grill (Coram) The Last Hombres – Boulton Center (Bay Shore)

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Sunday, March 30

Nassau Carolyn Harding Trio Jazz Brunch – Diletto's Restaurant (Westbury) Tree House Studios Open Mic – Ziggy's Corner (Massapequa) Rich Walker – The Brokerage

Suffolk Dream Theater – The Paramount (Huntington) Sunday Jazz Jam feat. Melody Rose – Declan Quinn's (Bay Shore) Bobby Sexton/Don Sands R&B Jam – Picollo (Huntington) Open Mic – Comiskey Park Bar (Saint James) Susan & Gerard – Napper Tandy's Pub (Northport) East Coast Collective presents Today's Mixtape Festival – 89 North (Patchogue) Mavis Staples – Suffolk Theater (Riverhead) Richard Shindell – Boulton Center (Bay Shore)

NYC/Queens Open Mic w/Anthony Gibney – Diving Bell (Sunnyside) Bossa Nova Brunch – S.O.B.'s (NYC) Tony Middleton Trio Jazz Brunch – Kitano New York Hotel (NYC) Comedy with Hannibal Buress – Knitting Factory (Brooklyn) Lady Gaga – Roseland Ballroom (NYC) The Ataris Reunion Tour/Authority Zero/Drag The River/Gasoline Heart – Gramercy Theatre (NYC) Terry Riley & Gyan Riley – Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) Jesus On The Mainline – Joe's Pub (NYC) Jay Stolar & Caroline Pennell – Highline Ballroom (NYC) An Evening with Groucho – Queens Theater (Flushing Meadows, Corona Park)

Monday, March 31

Nassau Industry Night – Allegria Hotel (Long Beach) Open Mic hosted by The Reflectors – Connolly Station (Malverne) Open Mic & Jam – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore)

Suffolk Open Mic Night w/Kenn – Village Lanterne (Lindenhurst) Open Mic Night w/Dave Drew – The Bartini Bar (Babylon) Open Mic Comedy Show – Fin's Pub (Oakdale)

NYC/Queens Open Mic Jazz for musicians and singers w/The Jon Weiss Trio – Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) The Music of Paul Simon – Carnegie Hall (NYC) Jam with Richie Cannata – The Bitter End (NYC) Black Sabbath – Barclays Center (Brooklyn) Mishka – Wonder Bar (NYC) Open Jazz Jam Session – Kitano New York Hotel (NYC) Lady Gaga – Roseland Ballroom (NYC)

Calendar

Tuesday, April 1

Nassau InterRObang Productions present Open Mic Night – Amityville Music Hall (Amityville) Jazz Jam Session – Walk Street Tavern (New Hyde Park) Rickey Roche – Paddy's Loft (Massapequa) Grand Central – Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Body & Soul – City Café (Garden City) Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Frank Walker – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore)

Suffolk Open Mic Night w/Mike "The Godfather" Clemente – O'Reilly's Pub (Oakdale) Acoustic Open Mic Nite hosted by David Jon Paisley – 50 Yard Line (West Babylon) Open Mic – Comiskey Park Bar (Saint James) Open Mic with Dan Acosta + DJ Harry-Oke – The Thirsty Scholar (Holbrook) The Cogs Singles Open Jam – Gator Blue (East Islip)

NYC/Queens Solo Piano – Kitano New York Hotel (NYC) KraftWerk 3-D – United Palace Theater (NYC) Daley – Highline Ballroom (NYC) JD Samson, Whitney Day, Average Jo and more – Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) Regina Carter CD Release Celebration – Birdland Jazz Club (NYC)

Wednesday, April 2

Nassau Tommy T. Mudcat Blues Jam w/Mike Nugent and Ian Petillo – The Breakers Bar (Bayville) Open Mic/Donny Celenza & Nina Gordon – Mickey Malone's (Floral Park) Blues Jam w/Joe Vicino Band – Sunset Grill (Seaford) Jerry Costanzo And His Trio – Don Lorenzo's Restaurant and Lounge (Glen Cove) Open Mic hosted by Robert Sloan – Front Street Pub (Massapequa Park) Eddie Sessa – City Café (Garden City) Amanda Camille – Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Wonderous Stories – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Open Jam hosted by The Night Owls Band –

Your Guide To Local Events Phat Daddy's Pub (Oceanside)

Trio – The Long Beach Hotel (Long Beach) Jazz and Sushi Night – Allegria Hotel (Long Beach) Suffolk Open Blues/Jazz Jam – Park Avenue Frank Walker Open Mic – Mugsy Magee's Studios/Briggs Music (Huntington) (Massapequa) Open Jam w/Ed The Hat & Friends – The Salsa Night – Holiday Inn (Carle Place) Diamond Club (Ronkonkoma) Jazz Jam – Wickers Club (Hicksville) Open Mic hosted by Johnny B. – Quogue East Open Mic Night – Spice's Restaurant (Baldwin) Pub (Quogue) Classic Rock & Blues Jam w/Curt Arnel & Friends – Callahan's (East Meadow) The Cogs Singles Open Jam – The Stadium (Bohemia) Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Longo – Mr. Beery's (Bethpage) NYC/Queens Jazz Night: Marty Phillips/Daryl Pooser/Bill Caravan Palace – Best Buy Theater (NYC) Smith – Viana Hotel + Spa (Westbury) Paula Atherton Wayne Brady – & Interplay – "The What's My Battery Gardens Line" Tour – NYCB Theatre at (NYC) Open Mic with Westbury Lesly Bernard Eddie Sessa – and The Tony City Café (Garden Stevenson Band City) – Tillman's Steve Fratini & (NYC) Friends – Still Partners (Sea KraftWerk 3-D – United Palace Cliff) Theater (NYC) Dave Diamond/Live Lady Gaga – Roseland Band Karaoke – Macca Nation March 29 Ballroom (NYC) K.J. Farrell's K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Scott Stapp (The (Bellmore) Voice of Creed) – Irving Plaza (NYC) Suffolk Three of Clubs – Spring Tour of Carolina Chocolate Drops – The Westhampton 2014/Flagship/Little Daylight/Terraplane Sun – Beach Performing Arts Center Gramercy Theatre (NYC) Project Vibe – Publick House (Southampton) Javelin/Delicate Steve – Le Poisson Rouge Live Jazz with Anthony Raffa – Cirella's (NYC) (Melville) Rale Mimic & Lage Lund – Why Not Jazz Room Fusion Collective – Hennessy's (Huntington) Open Mic – Zebra Club (Copiague) (NYC) Smoke DZA "Dream.Zone.Achieve" Album Acoustic Open Mic with Dave Christian – Release Show – S.O.B.'s (NYC) Lefty's (Lindenhurst) Regina Carter CD Release Celebration – Joan Osborne Acoustic Duo – Boulton Center Birdland Jazz Club (NYC) (Bay Shore)

Thursday, April 3

Nassau Tacos & Tunes Open Mic hosted by The Benoir

NYC/Queens Henning Stumm/Eliana Marcia/Banda Azul – Giovanna's Restaurant (NYC)

Tiny Bubbles Burlesque – Bubble Lounge (NYC) Comedy + Trivia Show – LIC Bar (Long Island City) We Are The In Crowd/William Beckett/Set It Off/State Champs/Candy Hearts – Gramercy Theatre (NYC) Shpongle: The Museum of Consciousness Tour/Desert Dwellers – Irving Plaza (NYC) Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet – Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) Alfredo Rodriguez Trio feat. Lionel Loueke & Henry Cole – Jazz Standard (NYC) We Are The In Crowd – Highline Ballroom (NYC) Regina Carter CD Release Celebration/Marques Stinson O'Farrill Trio CD Release Celebration – Birdland Jazz Club (NYC)

Friday, April 4

Nassau Rock It Fuel – Sunset Grill (Seaford) Daft Punk Tribute/Andy Putnam – Mulcahy's Pub (Wantagh) The Retros/Nine Deez Nite – Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Sweetwater – City Café (Garden City) Solid State Band – Eleanor Rigby's (Mineola) King Cobras – Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Hat Trick – Swing The Teapot (Floral Park) The Quantum – CJ's (Franklin Square) Art Garfunkel – The Space (Westbury) Fivestone/45 RPM – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore)

Suffolk The Melody Rose Quartet – The Elks Club (Huntington) The Long Island Banjo Society – VFW Hall (Copiague) The Suburban Brothers Band – Lily Flanagan's (Islip) Acoustic Blue – Sealevels (Brightwaters) Mullet/No Excuses – 89 North (Patchogue) The Spring Fling Comedy Showcase starring Marla Schultz, Teddy Smith, Moody McCarthy and Steven Scott hosted by Paul Anthony – The Paramount (Huntington) O El Amor/DJ Sparky – Nutty Irishman (Bay

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NYC/Queens Bayside w/Four Year Strong, Daylight, Mixtapes – Best Buy Theater (NYC) Sweet Licks with DJ Souljah + DJ Marcus – Tillman's (NYC) Lady Gaga – Roseland Ballroom (NYC) Shpongle: The Museum of Consciousness Tour/Desert Dwellers – Irving Plaza (NYC) Psychedelic Furs – The Wellmont Theater (NYC) Cher Lloyd – Stone Pony (NYC) Alfredo Rodriguez Trio feat. Lionel Loueke & Henry Cole – Jazz Standard (NYC) La Macanica Popular, Psychedelic Salsa – S.O.B.'s (NYC) Nerdlesque Festival – Highline Ballroom (NYC) Regina Carter CD Release Celebration – Birdland Jazz Club (NYC) Lindsey Cohen – The Bitter End (NYC)

Saturday, April 5

Nassau The Bobcats – Blue Parrot (Massapequa) Liverpool Shuffle – Sunset Grill (Seaford) The Music of Led Zeppelin performed by The Windborne Symphony and vocalist Randy Jackson – NYCB Theatre at Westbury Thunder Road – The Inn/Brasserie 214 (New Hyde Park) Pulse – Mulcahy's Pub (Wantagh) The Benjamins – Nutty Irishman (Farmingdale) Wayne Sabella Trio & Eddie Sessa – City Café (Garden City) The Rockinghams – Eleanor Rigby's (Mineola) John Kourie & The Hambones – Swing The Teapot (Floral Park) Natural Red – CJ's (Franklin Square) Jay Mohr – The Space (Westbury) Tequila Meyhem (Hard Rock) – Still Partners (Sea Cliff) Catfish John/Halfstep (Grateful Dead Tribute) –

Your Guide To Local Events K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore)

Lewis Black/The Rant Is Due – The Wellmont Theater (NYC) Miley Cyrus/Icona Pop/Sky Ferrena – Barclays Center (Brooklyn) The Night Owls Band – The Luna Restaurant (Manhattan) Alfredo Rodriguez & The Invasion Parade – Jazz Standard (NYC)

Suffolk Open Mic hosted by Foreverman & Joe Brown – Mug's Pub (Smithtown) 20 Years After – Napper Tandy's Pub (Northport) Fingerstyle Guitar – Congregational Church of Huntington (Centerport) Long Island Musicians' Tribute to Warren Zevon – University Café (Stony Brook Sunday, April 6 University) Nassau The Electrix/East Chief/Leah Kay – 89 North Carolyn Harding Trio Jazz Brunch – Diletto's (Patchogue) Restaurant (Westbury) New York Funk Exchange – Stephen Talkhouse Tree House Studios Open Mic – Ziggy's Corner (Amagansett) (Massapequa) Cher Lloyd Rich Walker – w/special guest The Brokerage Jackson Harris – (Bellmore) The Paramount King Cobras – Big Daddy's (Huntington) 45 RPM/Peat (Massapequa) Moss – Nutty Prunebelly Irishman (Bay Syndrome Shore) Fundraiser feat.

Motion Ocean the best of 60s & and the guests – 70s – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore) Brickhouse Brewery Suffolk (Patchogue) Bayside - April 4 The Cocktails – Cher Lloyd – The Giacomo Jack's Paramount Best Buy Theater (NYC) (Amityville) (Huntington) P.M. Overdrive – Elijah Churchill's Publick Sunday Jazz Jam feat. Melody Rose – Declan House (Northport) Quinn's (Bay Shore) Nancy Atlas/Caroline Doctorow/Inda Eaton – Bobby Sexton/Don Sands R&B Jam – Picollo Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor) (Huntington) Magician Gary Farrar – Bay Way Arts Center Open Mic – Comiskey Park Bar (Saint James) (East Islip) Surrender/Chris Dejon/Sunday Driver – 89 The Bo-Keys & John Nemeth – Boulton Center North (Patchogue) (Bay Shore) NYC/Queens NYC/Queens Loudness/Lost Legacy – Stage 48 (NYC) Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Eric Stonestreet – Best Open Mic w/Anthony Gibney – Diving Bell Buy Theater (NYC) (Sunnyside) Y&T/Streetlight Circus – Stage 48 (NYC) Bossa Nova Brunch – S.O.B.'s (NYC) Barbara Carroll Duo w/Bassist Jay Leonhart – Tony Middleton Trio Jazz Brunch – Kitano New Birdland (NYC) York Hotel (NYC) Nerdlesque Festival – Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) Comedy with Hannibal Buress – Knitting

Factory (Brooklyn) Lady Gaga – Roseland Ballroom (NYC) CombiChrist/William Control/New Years Day – Gramercy Theatre (NYC) Tam Lin – Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 3) (NYC) Metropolis Ensemble w/Andrew Cyr, Avi Avital, Quartet Senza Mizura – Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) Alfredo Rodriguez & The Invasion Parade – Jazz Standard (NYC)

Monday, April 7

Nassau Industry Night – Allegria Hotel (Long Beach) Open Mic hosted by The Reflectors – Connolly Station (Malverne) Singer Songwriter Night – Big Daddy's (Massapequa) Open Mic & Jam – K.J. Farrell's (Bellmore)

Suffolk Open Mic Night w/Kenn – Village Lanterne (Lindenhurst) Open Mic Night w/Dave Drew – The Bartini Bar (Babylon) Open Mic Comedy Show – Fin's Pub (Oakdale) Surrender/Chris Dejon/Sunday Driver – 89 North (Patchogue) NYC/Queens Open Mic Jazz for musicians and singers w/The Jon Weiss Trio – Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) Jam with Richie Cannata – The Bitter End (NYC) Open Jazz Jam Session – Kitano New York Hotel (NYC) Lady Gaga – Roseland Ballroom (NYC) The NYC's Choreographer's Ball – Highline Ballroom (NYC) Mingus Big Band – Jazz Standard (NYC) Broadway at Birdland – Birdland Jazz Club (NYC)

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Arts Announcements

Photo: Garden Of Eden by Stan Katz

the next show dates.

SSeerreenna a ddee D uo Long Island Banjo Society

VFW Hall, Copiague Fridays at 8 pm; (516) 889-2184; libanjosociety.org All banjo players – beginners, advanced, and professional – are invited to play along at these rehearsals. Music fans are welcome to come and listen; refreshments are available.

Art David Jacobs: Sight & Sound Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead Through April 27; (516) 463-5672; hofstra.edu/museum The prominent Long Island artist is the subject of this exhibition.

Karolak & Lefebvre Maurice N. Flecker Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Selden Through April 3; (631) 451-4093; sunysuffolk.edu Contemporary New York artists – Jason Karolak, a painter, and Antoine Lefebvre, a new media artist and sculptor – are brought together for this exhibition.

Free Winter Concert Series Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River Sundays at 2 pm; isliparts.com The Islip Arts Council’s annual series welcomes Serenade Duo (March 30).

Good Old Dance Band St. Sylvester’s Parish Center, Medford Check website for show dates; (631) 730-3333; goodolddanceband.com The regular monthly show of Mike Virostko and his 17-piece swing band.

Dancing, raffles, and more. Log on for

Social Security BroadHollow Theatre, Elmont April 5 through 19; (516) 775-4420; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theatre Company: The comedic travails of an art-dealing couple.

Ivy Lane Players

Singles Singles Association Of Long Island Various event locations; meetup.com/ singles-association-of-long-island Write to singlesassociationoflongisland@verizon.net for more info.

Cliffhanger Studio Theatre, Lindenhurst Through April 19; (516) 775-4420; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theatre Company: An old-fashioned thriller that mixes in laughs along with the chills.

Crossing Delancy Theater Three, Port Jefferson’

Garden Of Eden: One-Act Play Festival

Keep Me In Your Hearts: Long Island Musicians’ Tribute To Warren Zevon University Café, Stony Brook Universtiy April 5 at 8 pm; universitycafe.org This tribute to the off-kilter legend – also a benefit for WUSB – features area artists Russ Seeger, Dave March, Bill Herman, Kerry Kearney, Cindy Lopez, Claudia Jacobs, Pete Mancini, and Bob “Hootch” Paolucci.

Lindsay Ell Theater The Music Man John W. Engeman Theatre at Northport Through May 18; (631) 261-2900; engemantheatre.com Engeman Theatre: A lavish new production of the legendary Broadway classic; who can forget such stars as Robert Preston, Bob Hastings, and Dick Van Dyke as Harold Hill?

Children/Family The Wizard Of Oz The Showplace at Bellmore Movies Through March 30; (516) 599-6870; plazatheatrical.com Dorothy, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion – you know the drill, and so do your kids.

Concerts Country Music Night Patchogue Theater March 26 at 7 pm; (631) 207-1313; patchoguetheatre.com A night of rising stars features Danielle Bradbury, Dustin Lynch, Kelleigh Bannen, Will Hoge, Linsday Ell, and Chuck Wicks.

Send arts notices to gtmag@optonline.net one month before your first event.

Godspell CM Performing Arts Center, Oakdale March 28 through April 19; (631) 581-2700; cmpac.com CM Performing Arts: The Steven Schwartz musical based on “the gospel according to St. Matthew.”

Hobbies Long Island Auto Replica Society Henrietta Acampora Recreation Center, Centereach Third Thursday of every month at 7 pm; (516) 884-2270; (631) 946-6335 The L.I.A.R.S. monthly meetings are open to anyone with an interest in building scale models of automobiles.

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Quartet BayWay Arts Center, East Islip Through March 30; (631) 581-2700; broadhollow.org BroadHollow Theatre Company: The classic comedy by Ronald Harwood centers on four opera singers and their attempts at a “comeback.”

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Through March 29; (631) 928-9100; theatrethree.com Theater Three: Susan Sandler’s famed romantic comedy.

Proof Levittown Public Library March 28 through April 5; (516) 731-5728; ivylaneplayers.com Ivy Lane Players: David Auburn’s drama, directed by Colleen Britton.

Fifth Annual One-Act Play Festival The Playhouse At St. Paul’s, Northport March 28 through 30; (631) 223-8053; northportplay.com Thirteen one-act plays will be presented during this highly anticipated yearly event. Log on for shows and performance times.

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“I was waiting for ‘that moment’, where I knew The Chris Robinson who I was, and what I In Good wanted to say as an artist Brotherhood … you know, that ‘lightCompany bulb’ moment we all On Charts hope to come to in Singer Paul anything we strive to Rodgers recently achieve,’” said Pharo hit #1 on about beginning work on Mediabase’s her debut album, proClassic Rock duced by the multichart with “I Thank You.” The Grammy Award winning Andrew Dawson. “The song, the lead moment” came when she single from The was in the studio with Royal Sessions – King Logan (of Rodgers’ collecTimbaland’s production tion of classic crew) working on the R&B songs – Jo Dee Messina: preview track “Con Artist.” Pharo marks the third recalled thinking: “I want my record Country Star Gets Fan Input #1 for the record, to have this kind of feel ...

In that Veteran country music superstar Jo as “I Can’t Stand song, I was saying what I wanted to Dee Messina, in partnership with the The Rain” say exactly how I wanted to say it,” Made In Network, is creating a new climbed to #1 she said.

“I could never have done music video for her latest single, Most Added at when I was a teenager.”

“A Woman’s Rant,” with the help AC Radio, and of her fans, who were invited the record itself to film clips of their personal debuted at #1 on Chris Robinson: interpretation and reactions the Billboard of the scenes portrayed in His Brotherhood Takes Off Blues Albums The Chris Robinson Brotherhood will the song.

Chart. release its new full-length album, “I am always approached by “Recording in Phosphorescent Harvest, on April 29 people telling me that this song is analogue about their life,” said Messina was a about the inspiration to involve return to her millions of fans with the the reality that I know and creation of the video. “We want love so well,” said Rodgers. to tell real stories directly from “Thanks to radio for spinning the people who have shared them the tracks and to the fans for with us.” listening outside of the box.”

Asking fans for their reaction With The Royal Sessions, to the song stays in the spirit of Rodgers pays homage to the her “My Time, Our Music” legendary hits of Stax/Volt, campaign, which has been Goldwax and Hi Records, successfully funded by a Kickstarter featuring many of the initiative.

In fact, her Kickstarter musicians who played on the campaign now ranks as the most original tracks. successful one ever to come out Paul Rodgers of Nashville and, at the time of Haley Pharo: via Silver Arrow Records. The band its completion, ranked as the All Sounds For All People –- Robinson (lead vocals, guitar), Neal 15th largest funded music campaign Casal (guitar, vocals), Adam in Kickstarter.com history, proving the Pop, rock, and dance artist and MacDougall (keys, vocals), George artist’s worldwide popularity. singer/songwriter Haley Pharo will Sluppick (drums), and Mark Dutton Learn more at jodeemessina.com. release her self-titled debut album (bass, vocals) –- will also hit the road April 8 on Haywire Records. Though in conjunction with the album’s her name may be new to the public, Jo Dee release. The tour officially starts for Pharo, it’s been quite the journey.

Messina April 29 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, California, with dates confirmed into late May (and more to be announced; none listed for this region as of yet).

Robinson, of The Black Crowes, seems thrilled with the direction of his band, as well as the new songs.

“The best perspective I have on what’s going on in my life –- good and bad – is what comes out in the songs,” said Robinson. “As you move on in time, you get older, you have relationships. Some of them are good, some fail.

Friends. Drugs. Life. Death.

People come, people go.

Songwriting is a completely different emotional response to your life and to what it means, to in some poetic nature, put it out there.”

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Pop/rock artist Heidi Merrill, a Nebraska native and a current resident of New York City, will open for Tyler Hilton and Anna Nalick in March and April for their separate East Coast tours.

Merrill’s first EP, The Way I Feel, features singles such as “Feelings Gone” embrace the emotions encountered after a breakup. Shane Koss and John Hogg, producer and writer of Merrill’s EP, allowed Merrill to input a new feel to her sound. The sultry singer lists artists as disparate as Sinead O’Connor, Evanescence, Leona Lewis, Robin, Sarah McLachlan, Life House and Kings Of Leon as influences.

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Coldplay

THE GOOD TIMES LIST: EPIC FLOPS & DUDS

Lady Gaga: At press time, Gaga’s poor-selling ArtPop album was being blamed by several business journals for a terrible 2013 fourth quarter for Universal Music Group.

When she hosted “Saturday Night Live,” people raved – but it’s been all downhill from there.

Justin Bieber: When the Canadian and American Olympic hockey teams – and the citizens of both countries – make an unofficial pact that “the loser keeps Bieber,” it tells you everything you need to know. His recent singles have all been bombs as well.

It doesn’t help that most recent headlines paint him as a douchebag.

Robin Thicke: Still waiting for that follow-up; hope daddy Alan is giving his meagerly talented child of privilege investment strategies.

Bruce Springsteen: Too many tracks on his newest album, High Hopes, make “Outlaw Pete” sound like “Born To Run.” The album languished at #48 on the Billboard Top 200 at press time.

Ruben Studdard: New album an utter phhht; Arby’s new Ruben sandwich got more press.

Arcade Fire: Reflektor was no The Suburbs. How ironic.

Hiatus Or Not, Ready To Rock

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n Monday, May 19, British rock superstars Coldplay will release their sixth album, Ghost Stories, via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. Fans can pre-order the new Ghost Stories disc now; a deluxe CD edition of the album featuring three bonus tracks is available from Target at target.com/ coldplay. The album can also be pre-ordered now from iTunes at iTunes.com/Coldplay.

Fans who pre-order Ghost Stories will receive an instant download of the first single from the album, “Magic.” The single can also be streamed at YouTube.com/coldplay.

Back on the boards and ready to perform for the first time in years, Coldplay headlined the opening night of the first US iTunes Festival at South By

Southwest on March 11. The performance streamed live and on-demand worldwide for free via the iTunes Store.

The new album’s track list: “Always In My Head,” “Magic,” “Ink,” “True Love,” “Midnight,” “Another’s Arms,” “Oceans,” “A Sky Full Of Stars,”and “O.” Ghost Stories marks Coldplay’s first new album in

quite a spell. The last studio disc was Mylo Xyloto in 2011; 2012 brought a live CD/DVD package featuring the superstar group in its concert best. Now, Coldplay – lead singer Chris Martin, guitarist Johnny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will

Champion – take on a new effort with a decidedly different array of sounds this time out, according to industry wags who have heard a few of the cuts.

Coldplay has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and won numerous awards, including seven Grammy® Awards, six Brit Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards. The band’s 2008 album, Viva La Vida, charted at #1 in 36 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

Coldplay headlined numerous festivals in the months leading up to their last album’s release, including stops in the U.S. at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Austin City Limits Festival, The iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas, and Atlanta’s Music Midtown. No word yet on future touring plans, but if the past is any indication of the future, this major act will likely take part in another world trek before too long.

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Longtime “hometown band makes good” Taking Back Sunday – the area group that’s now a nationally touring sensation for almost a decade – will deliver a special acoustic performance on Monday, April 14 at Revolution in Amityville.

Doors will open at 5 pm, with an autograph signing at 5:30; the show will begin following the signing. For more information, log on to revolutionli.com – however, at press time, the show was listed as “sold out” in what might be a record for the Amityville music hall.

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Hot Artists & Events Rocking The Area Scene Daft Punk Tribute At Mulcahy’s The unique Daft Punk Tribute headlines world famous Mulcahy’s Pub & Music Hall in Wantagh on April 4 at 9 pm. Formed by group of friends in Toronto, this unique show aims to be a live performance of the music of the “robotic” French DJs – with real instruments, no backing tracks, electronic gimmicks, or loops.

Tickets for this special event are available via ticketweb.com, at the Mulcahy’s box office, or by logging on to muls.com. For information, call (631) 783-7500.

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Tickets for the 8:30 pm concert, preceded by an open mic at 7:30 pm, are $25, or $20 for FMSH and Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club members. Advance tickets may be purchased in advance online at fmsh.org using a credit card, or at the door (cash and checks only).

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Five Towns College: A Special Saturday

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Rockville Centre’s Dan Marquardt’s just-completed feature-length documentary film, This Is My Long Island, will premiere on March 27 at 7 pm at The Bellmore Movies in Bellmore in a screening with limited entry; write to awgrassproductions @gmail.com for more information.

Marquardt’s film covers cover as many aspects of Long Island as he could, a wide-ranging view of subjects and people including the political entities of both Nassau and Suffolk Counties; environmental organizations such as The Citizens Campaign for the Environment and Richard Amper of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society;, music legend and Twisted Sister leader singer and frontman Dee Snider; the charity rganization Long Island Cares; former Major League Baseball star Frank Catalanotto, who played for the New York Mets in the last season of his career; and other notable Long Islanders. More information: longislandfilm.com. Note: You must be on the guest list to attend.

A limited number of tickets may be available for purchase once the invited guests are in. Otherwise, This Is My Long Island will soon be coming to a film festival near you.

Five Towns College will offer its next “Saturday Seminar & Workshop”for high school or college students and adults on March 29. Classes offered will be in audio recording, music, music business, and theatre arts. All seminars and workshops are non-credit classes, so no prerequisite classes are required. Classes will be offered at the Five Towns College campus in Dix Hills, located off Exit 50 of the Long Island Expressway. Any questions about the workshops can be answered by calling Admissions at (631) 656-2110, or by visiting ftc.edu to view a brochure. Five Towns College also offers monthly open houses for new and transfer students. Attendees can learn about Five Towns College’s degree programs in music, media, education, and the performing arts. Applications are still being accepted for the summer or fall semester, and scholarships are still available.

At Five Towns College, students receive hands-on-experience needed to compete in the worlds of music, media, education or the performing arts.

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Studio News

Is spring finally coming? While we wait for a string of days with temperatures in the 60s, here’s news that is always hot: The best of what is coming your way from area recording studios and rehearsal halls: Vudu Studios in Port Jefferson remains one of the area’s most successful cutting-edge recording

Dead Love Dove, Arcane Smile, Carbon Tigers, Prospect Hill, The Atlicic, and many more. Learn how you can be the next national breakout act to record at Vudu by logging on to vudustudios.com.

Blokhed Studios and Tom Stiegler – profiled by the Soundcraft USA website last fall (usa.soundcraft.com)

Tides Of Man studios, with up-and-coming artists from around the county traveling to Long Island to work with Mike Watts and staff. Acts to lay down tracks there during the past few months have included As Days Fade, Gates, Green Or Blue, An Old Friend, Tides Of Man, Este Coda,

– continues to be the professional’s choice for major league recordings.

The famed jazz fusion band that loves the music of legendary jazzman Chick Corea, Scogeojam, recently worked with Stiegler. Learn a lot more by logging on to blokhedstudios.com, or call

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Sabella Studios of Roslyn Heights – known for decades as one of the top recording facilities in the east – was recently the cover feature for the March 2014 issue of Roslyn Life Magazine. In February, Eric Gerwatowski and his band worked with Jim Sabella, Mike Mulieri, and the crew at Five Sabella for some sessions. Towns Also in: The Island College Conference. Justin Ryan’s new single, “I’m Good (For Now),” produced by Jim Sabella, is now available wherever music is sold. Learn how you can be the next big-time act to work at this time-tested studio by logging on to sabellastudios.com.

Recently issued was Odd Fellows Rest, the comeback album by The Last Hombres. The band – comprised of Russ Seeger, Michael Meehan, Paul Schmitz, Tom Ryan, and Chris James – will headline Boulton Center in Bay Shore on March 29, with fast-rising roots band Butchers Blind opening. Tickets: boultoncenter.org.

Savage Sounds Recording Studio in West Hempstead has been a host to a huge number of rock, hip-

hop/rap, R&B, and rock artists.

Their website (savagesoundsinc.com) offers mixes recorded by Lew Savage and the crew at the studio, offering prospective clients an inside peek at the type of quality sound they can expect to achieve. Lew Savage ranks among the top audio professionals

working in the region; he cut his teeth “behind the scenes” in the music industry interning and assisting at the famed hip-hop /’studios D&D Recordings in 1995.

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Another relatively new facility you should be aware of is the unique Music Box LI, where monthly rehearsal rooms are available with 24hour access – it's like practicing in your own place. This exciting new studio is located in the central South Shore, convenient to all of Long Island; learn more by calling (516) 643-5179, or write to sandrasellsli@hotmail.com.

Five Towns College in Dix Hills is a great place to begin a pro audio career. To learn more, call the staff at (631) 656-2100.

Evolution Soundstage is a top facility that must be experienced by serious area musicians wishing to record video demos –

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Beck is back in a big way. His new album, Morning Phase (Capitol), entered the U.S. albums chart at #3, selling more 87,000 copies in the week following its February 25 release.

Morning Phase’s first week tally bests the 84,314 opening week of Beck’s previous album, Modern Guilt, despite the market Photo: being down more than 70 Peter Hapak percent since that record’s 2008 release. Morning Phase also debuted #2 in Canada, #4 in the UK, #5 in Australia, Switzerland, and The Netherlands, and #8 in New Zealand – all representing Beck’s highest chart positions ever in each country, with the exception of Canada, where Morning Phase ties the #2 peak position of 2005’s Guero. Beck will perform on April 1 on “The Ellen Degeneres Show,” which should add hundreds of thousands of copies to his tallies … With his seventh studio album, Riser, singer/songwriter and country music superstar Dierks Bentley earned the #1 position on the Billboard Country Albums chart upon its debut. Riser also marks his fifth career debut in the top spot on the country charts.

Bentley will begin a nationalwide tour to support the new disc on May 9 … Area darlings Bayside’s new album, Cult, landed in at #24 for Billboard’s Top 200 Albums – the highest chart debut of their career. Even more impressive: Bayside topped the Vinyl Chart at #1, which marks Hopeless Records’ first ever topping of that category.

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Opening for The Last Hombres is Butchers Blind, whose sound hearkens back to a simpler time

he veteran Americana band The Last Hombres – Russ Seeger, Michael Meehan, Paul Schmitz, Tom Ryan, and Chris James – will headline The Boulton Center in Bay Shore on Saturday, March 29; fast-rising area roots band Butchers Blind opens. For tickets and more information, log on to boultoncenter.org.

The first 200 ticket buyers will receive an The Last Hombres advance copy of Odd Fellows Rest, the recently released CD by The Last Hombres. before rock The headline act is comprised of & roll was divided into several of the area’s best-known a million musical talents, all of whom small happen to work in the same roots Butchers Blind rocking group. The band has quite sub-genres and songwriting was still the a history: After releasing the wellorder of the day. One may be able received Redemption on Koch Records, The Last Hombres toured to hear the influences of Uncle Tupelo, Gram Parsons, The Bryds, with Levon Helm playing and The Band in their songs, but legendary clubs and live radio

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LGBT NEWS Here’s Entertainment: Here TV (heretv.com), America’s only gay television network, has announced the television premiere of “From Here On OUT,” the premium network’s first-ever original sitcom.

Written and created by Terry Ray, who also stars, the first two episodes of this new series make their

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One problem: Sam is secretly straight. To keep their show on the air, Jimmy and Sam conspire to convince the network that they have become a gay couple.

From Here on OUT, Sam must live publicly as a gay man while he, Jimmy, a pool boy, a diva maid wannabe actress, the network

From Here On OUT

television broadcast premiere on Friday (March 28); check local listings for carriage on your cable system.

“This series brings a full-frontal sensibility to a retro sitcom,” said producer/actor David Millbern.

“Injecting broad comedy into the Here TV space has created a truly fun experiment.”

Directed by Sam Irvin, the sixepisode series also stars Juliet Mills (QB VII, “Nanny & The Professor”), Suzanne Whang, T.J. Hoban, Adrian Gonzalez , and newcomers Austin Robert Miller and Michael Lanham.

This outrageous new comedy goes behind the scenes at LGBT premium cable network Here TV. “From Here On OUT” centers on the adventures of asn aging gay writer, Jimmy Randall, as he tries to get his dream project made into a television series.

Susan Berland After years of failed attempts, Jimmy finally sells his show to the 18-year-old president of Here TV. However, Jimmy must hire an openly gay leading man or the series will not go forward. Jimmy casts the sexy, talented Sam Decker.

president, and his nanny-receptionist struggle every week to make a new television show ... and in the process, a new family.

To find out how to get Here TV, go to heretv.com/AGetHerePage.

Here TV is also available as a YouTube paid channel.

Berland’s Work: In recent weeks, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) kids from the streets of Russia to communities around the world have seen a country arresting its own citizens for being gay and witnessed a father of a talented NFL draft pick express his disapproval when Michael Sam Jr. came out as gay. Safe Harbor coach to the LGBT community, Susan Berland, expresses that this is not the message we want to send to LGBT young people.

“Reading Michael Sam, Sr.’s response to his son’s coming out breaks my heart,” Berland said.

“I know first-hand the long-term impact that kind of response has on LGBT kids. It affects their self-esteem and can lead to depression and substance abuse.” Today, Berland coaches parents and their LGBT kids with the goal to build a bridge to acceptance and understanding.

Berland believes it is possible to move past the space of confusion and rejection. For parents who love their child and want to understand, there are tools available to move toward acceptance and understanding. “Love denied is a tragedy, and it is time to bring in the healing,” Berland said.

Community groups, anti-bullying organizations, and families around the world can download Berland’s “A.C.C.E.P.T. Manifesto” to share.

Download The A.C.C.E.P.T Manifesto and learn more about Berland’s work and projects at susanhopeberland.com.

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Books & Notes: Hal Leonard Corporation – best known for publishing music books –has branched out in the past couple of years with its Applause Books line, which as issued books on topics such as The Three Stooges and “Saturday Night Live.” Just issued on Applause is The Zombie Film: From White Zombie to World War Z, a look at one of the horror film world’s most popular sub-genres. With a detailed filmography of more than 400 movies stretching back to the genre’s earliest days, the book begins with such classics as White Zombie (1932) starring Bela Lugosi, but also examines lesser-known films such as The Ghoul (1933) with Boris Karloff, and the exploitation film Ouanga (1936). The book moves through the hybrid science fiction zombie films of the 1950s, including Invasion Of the Body Snatchers (1956), then slashes through bloody Euro classics by filmmakers Lucio Fulci and Amando de Ossorio.

In The Zombie Film, writers Alain Silver and James Ursini detail the work of director and writer George Romero, who revamped the genre beginning with Night Of The Living Dead (1968), and the zombie film’s blossoming in the new millennium with mainstream works like Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later (2002), the comic Shaun Of The Dead (2004), the popular TV series The Walking Dead (which debuted in 2010), and the summer blockbuster World War Z (2013). Also given their due are thoughtful low-budget zombie movies such Zombies Anonymous (2006) and The Dead Outside (2008). The Zombie Film features more than 500 illustrations, as well as sidebars on such subjects as zombie literature, zombie myth and history, zombie comics, and literary sources such as H. P. Lovecraft and Richard Matheson.

Sports & More: The sports trading card and memorabilia company Upper Deck is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and will unveil a 250-card multi-sport set utilizing a design similar to its inaugural 1989 baseball card set this summer.

Upper Deck will also distribute special 25th anniversary autograph, dual autograph, and quad autograph cards randomly to Upper Deck Certified Diamond Dealers as a “thank you” for their support over the years at the 2014 Las Vegas Industry Summit this month. Also, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced they’ve made multi-year agreements with Upper Deck to be the exclusive licensed manufacturer of NHL Trading Cards beginning with the 2014-15 season.

“Our standard in 2014, as it has been every year since 1989, is to maintain Upper Deck’s position as the industry leader by continuing the tradition of quality craftsmanship, authenticity, and innovation,” Upper Deck president Jason Masherah said. “We are proud of the extensive portfolio we’ve created over the last 25 years, and we’re excited to let fans know that we have several significant announcements planned over the course of the entire year, with some major activations tied to trade shows like the National Sports Collectors Convention and GenCon this summer.”

“I believe our most influential innovation has been the certified autograph card, going way back to 1990 with Baseball Heroes, and authentic autograph cards continue to be incredibly important to the industry,” Masherah said.

“Our collectors can attest to the fact that opening an Upper Deck pack and discovering an autograph card from their favorite players is an incredible thrill. It is that experience that helps bring collectors closer to the game, and that is something you can expect to see from Upper Deck in the future.

Upper Deck will continue to provide fans with the most innovative, highest quality cards and collectibles available in the market.”

Learn more at upperdeck.com.

RHYTHM TRACKING

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regular subject online these days is the death of the album. It’s a cause of concern for older folks and not of the slightest interest to the younger ones – but then, why would it be? The current consumer grew up with Napster and all the illegal download sites that emerged within minutes of each other worldwide. There was no need to go to the record store, no worry about something being sold out – in fact, no need to worry about not having enough money to get all the latest tunes that you wanted. It was heaven, wasn’t it?

For many, it still is.

Eventually, iTunes, Amazon, and other sites popped up where you could actually buy things, and believe it or not, people did.

However, in this brave new world,if you liked a song, you could buy the song instantly, and nothing else. The event of “the album” was a thing of the past.

In classic rock days, there was no single released from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; you bought the entire album or you got nothing. You really wanted “Stairway To Heaven”? Well, Led Zeppelin made it clear to their label, Atlantic Records, that the tune was not to be released as a single; you had to buy the entire album.

In these cases, it was no problem; the albums were iconic moments in pop music history, and everyone knew every track, what was on side one and on side two. This was the era

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of vinyl, and things continued into the cassette/8-Track era. When the compact disc came along, things got fuzzy … and greedy. The labels charged a fortune for CDs back then – $15, $16 – and they began to not release singles, or even discontinue singles when they became popular; “Ice Ice Baby” and “Can’t Touch This” were two prime examples.

Soon, hit songs by The Fugees (“Killing Me Softly”) and No Doubt (“Don’t Speak”) were not released as singles at all; you had to buy the expensive CD (or, if you had connections, a bootleg mix tape). Into this perfect storm soon came the Internet, Napster, illegal sites, and the rest is history. You take the tracks you want, albums be damned.

Sure, CDs still sell, but at a fraction of the amounts that hit albums used to before the MP3/downloads revolution. As a result, bonding with an artist while listening to an entire album has become a thing of the past, as has the collecting of favorite artists. For most, it is now the collecting of songs, and when those songs burn out, they are gone; nostalgia is decidedly not in these days.

Is it sad? Yes, it is in a way, but those who grew up in the past two

The Roccos

Singularly Or As A Duo, An Original Musical Force

Who: Michael and Kristina Rocco are a multi-facted Long Island-based musical couple who have released several albums as solo artists, as a duo, and as members of several groups.

The Artists & Their Sound: From their bio: “Kristina Rocco is a tenured high school teacher from Long Island, New York, and holds a Master of Arts degree. When she’s not teaching, you’ll find her singing on stage or in studio. From a young age, Kristina’s life would be dominated by her musical aspirations. As a high school student, she was a member of numerous theater companies including The Long Island Performing Arts Center (now The Spotlight Players) and The James Street Players. During that time, she also belonged to the award-winning show

decades have nothing to compare it to, and you can’t miss what you never had. Are the labels that got too greedy during past decades partly to blame? Yes, they are, but ultimately technology is the foot soldier of progress, and there’s really nothing to be done about it – but those of us of a certain age, we’ll always have The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, sides one and two.

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choir Vocal Motion, averaging 30 performances a year. With the group, Kristina traveled all over the east coast, performing in venues such as Quincy Market, South Street

Seaport, Disney World’s main stage, Universal Studios, Epcot, and Niagara Falls.

As a senior, Kristina was voted ‘most likely be famous’ by her high school classmates.

“However, it wasn’t until she met her husband, Michael Rocco, that she began her career as a recording artist. Kristina met Michael (now her manager and producer) in 2002 during a theater production at Staller Center at Stony Brook University. Ironically, they played the roles of husband and wife.

Four years later, they were married. Michael was already composing music as a solo artist and for independent movies and theater productions. Merging Kristina’s beautiful voice and showmanship with Michael’s stellar composing and unwavering vision, The Roccos began recording music under the name Trail Of Stones.

“Their first album, 11:11, was released in June 2006, and was actually used as wedding favors. In 2007, TOS recorded their first pop album, The Answer. This album featured a remake of the classic ‘You Don’t Own Me.’ Although the album boasted rave reviews, Kristina and Michael were unhappy with the artistic direction in which they were heading. Their last TOS album, Bird On The Line, was released in August 2009. At that time, Kristina and Michael started performing as The Roccos. In 2010, they formed the hard rock band Blackout Parade and toured the tri-state area. In 2012, their doom metal project Herodias was born, earning Kristina and Michael international success. The same year, The Roccos released an album, The Way Home, followed by a regional tour. In 2013, Kristina released the album The Tower.” The new studio album Oil & Clay by The Roccos will be released in early 2014, followed by a live performance in honor of P.S. I Love You Day and The Alexis Pilkington Memorial Foundation.

“Kristina and Michael currently live in Ronkonkoma with their two cats.”

To Learn More About The Artists: Find The Roccos at theroccos.net, Twitter.com/ theroccos1, or find them on Facebook.

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COMEDY

Jazz & Blues

Laughs For Make-A-Wish Chris Roach

LI Comedy’s Charity Tour: The Long Island-based comedian and executive producer at Long Island Comedy, Paul Anthony, recently announced the launch of “The Make-A-Wish Comedy Tour.”

“The concept of the tour has been in the works for the past two years, and we are finally ready to launch,” said Anthony, who usually serves as emcee during Long Island Comedy’s concert events. “The concept is simply to help Make-A-Wish of Suffolk County grant more wishes through laughter. We’re launching the Make-A-Wish Comedy Tour right here on Long Jim Belushi Island & The with a Chicago series of Board Of comedy Comedy showcases in Suffolk County featuring incredible lineups of some of our favorite comedians. Each show will feature different comedians at different venues. All of the tour dates have not been finalized yet, but our first show is all set. Make-A-Wish of Suffolk County is one of the primary charities we support here on Long Island, and we just want to try and make a difference. The work they do every day with children and families they support is incredible. The comedians are all being very helpful and are getting involved with making the tour a success. We’re hoping to make this an annual fundraising event.”

The debut show of “The Make-AWish Comedy Tour” will be Friday, April 11 at 8 pm at Anthony Matthew Caterers in Medford. Tickets are $25, or $40 for a dinner-and-show package; log on to LIComedy.com for complete details. The lineup at press time for the show features host Anthony presenting Maria Walsh

and Chris Roach, with guest comedians to be announced soon.

Belushi’s Back – Board Of Comedy At NYCB Theatre: Coming up for yuks: Jim Belushi and his Chicago Board of Comedy headline The NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Friday, March 28 at 8 pm. Joining Belushi are Megan Grano, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad Morris, and Joshua Funk, with Trey Stone on the piano. Tickets are $69.50, $49.50, and $39.50 and are available online at ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000, or at the Westbury box office. For further information, please visit theatreatwestbury.com.

“We are not stand-up comedians,” said Belushi in advance of his current tour. “Our show is not a passive, sitback-and-watch experience. Most of the fun we have on stage comes from our inclusion of the audience – we get suggestions from them to begin

“It’s less a ‘show’ and more a party. At least it feels like one to me.”

– Jim Belushi each scene we perform and, in certain instances, bring them on stage with us to add to our performance. It’s less a ‘show’ and more a party. At least it feels like one to me. This group of actors brings me right back to how I started out in comedy. Maybe that’s why we have so much fun doing it.”

Belushi is an alumni of television’s “Saturday Night Live” and the Chicago-based Second City comedy troupe; he later starred in the ABC sitcom, “According To Jim.”

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John Németh

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John Nemeth Joins The Bo-Keys At Boulton

arp player and vocalist John Németh, formerly with the Blind Pig label, has signed with Blue Corn Music.

His first disc for the label – the Memphis-recorded Memphis Grease, featuring The Bo Keys as his backing band – will be released nationally in March. Németh and The Bo Keys will perform at Boulton Center in Bay Shore on April 5 … Today's list (February 11) of new releases in blues includes the latest by the current version of Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown (Goin' To The Delta); guitarist extraordinaire Danny Bryant (Hurricane); Blues Company (X-Ray Blues); and a new, live release from the legendary pianist Pinetop Perkins (On The 88s: Live In Chicago) … A surprise hit that's making its way up many blues charts at this writing is Big Al & The Heavyweights' Sunshine On Me; guesting on the disc are Allman Brothers Band stalward Warren Haynes as well as Anders Osborne … At press time, “House” actor Hugh Laurie's Didn't It Rain album was ranked at #9 on the Billboard Blues Chart, which only proves that a lot of people that wouldn't know blues from an umbrella stand obviously buy a lot of records

by TV stars.

– Bob Smith

Jazzify: Zipping The Modern Way

Spotify users can now explore the expansive world of jazz

effortlessly with Jazzify, the new app from X5 Music Group. Jazzify does for jazz what X5’s Classify and Bluesify apps have done for classical and blues – it helps Spotify users browse a vast and often challenging genre, making the discovery of new music easy and enjoyable.

Classify has become the world's biggest classical community since its launch last year, with 100,000 monthly users and 348,000 app installs. Similarly, Bluesify, which launched in October 2013, has helped completely new audiences discover the blues. More than 1,000 playlists and albums curated by blues experts span every form and era of the genre. Now, Jazzify is introducing one of America’s most cherished musical traditions to a new generation of listeners, while helping dedicated jazz fans discover Spotify’s deeper jazz cuts.

Jazzify features Bluesify numerous new releases that mix recordings from the historic Blue Note and Verve labels, letting users hear the very best jazz has to offer in one place. Users can browse by artist, featured instrument, time period and subgenre, from acid jazz and big band to hard bop and swing. The app suggests related music and offers a wealth of background information, helping listeners develop an understanding of one of the world's most intricate musical styles.

To try Spotify, Bluesify, or Jazzify, simply log on to spotify.com, or download the app on your favorite devices.

THE BOUNTIFUL GOURMET

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Chipotle: #1 For All The Right Reasons

There’s little question that Chipotle Mexican Grill, now an international sensation, has set the new standard for casual dining chains – and not just for its huge number of locations and the vast success it is experiencing. For taste, dining experience, value, and quality, Chipotle has done something never seen before in the chain restaurant industry: It offers quality food, all of the time.

And if you can claim with a straight face that you’ve eaten at McDonald’s, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or Wendy’s and have never had a substandard meal, we’d bet you have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell us as well.

The lack of quality in the fast food industry has long been a national punchline; the number-two burger chain, Wendy’s, routinely uses faux competitor’s food in its ads to attempt to prove how much better and fresher its menu items are. The truth of the matter is that mass-produced food brings massproduced results: Cold items, overcooked (or scarier yet, undercooked) selections, wrong orders, you name it.

The fact that even the biggest fast food chains seem to want to keep

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even full-time employees in minimum wage hell, and you get an underskilled, disinterested, unhappy work force that’s in charge of making your lunch. Good heavens.

It doesn’t seem that way at Chipotle, which is experiencing growth in an industry that’s struggling to keep such chains as Ruby Tuesday and the hideous Olive Garden/Red Lobster duo alive. The reason is that Chipotle is a wellthought out small restaurant with fresh, tasty food – that’s all that most customers are seeking in the first place. On a recent Sunday afternoon, we went to three different Chipotle

locations in Long Island. All had long (but fast-moving) lines, filled tables, and a general upbeat, youthful vibe. It sure beats the moribund area Burger Kings, where slow-moving counter staffs offer one of the moribund menus in the land, just multi-patty arteryclogging nonsense.

Here’s the difference with Chipotle: All the restaurants are company owned, not franchised; many of their menu offerings are actually healthy (with the glaring

It isn’t faux Mexican food, a la Taco Bell; a burrito at Chipotle actually tastes like a burrito.

exception of, say, a steak burrito with the works, which could feed two people); and the food is the type that can be prepared right before your eyes, sometimes in less than one minute. And, gum by darn, it’s really good. We recently stopped by the location in New Hyde Park and enjoyed a steak burrito, a salad with pulled pork, and a side of chips with salsa. We can’t think of a chain restaurant meal we’ve enjoyed even half as much during the past five years. It isn’t faux Mexican-style food, a la Taco Bell – a burrito at Chipotle actually tastes like a burrito. Chipotle boasts of its organically grown produce and natural meats, and one taste proves those claims aren’t just hype.

Even the chips are made daily. And to think – Chipotle will soon add healthier items, including a tofu “sofrita” to its menu.

Chipotle isn’t a bargain joint – lunch for two is around $20 if ordering larger items – but, obviously, people don’t mind paying for excellent quality. How successful is Chipotle? At press time, it’s stock price was more than $500 per share.

Chipotle is the new standard for chain restaurants, and we can state that it more than deserves its crown.

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The Alllman Brothers Band: The Road Goes On ... 45 Years

Celebrating its 45th anniversary as a working group, The Allman Brothers Band is in the midst of its sold-out run at New York City’s Beacon Theatre, with total of 14 sold-out shows running through March 29. In conjunction with this milestone anniversary, Epic/Legacy Records and the band have issued live archival CD and DVD releases.

In its first week of release, the CD Play All Night: Live At The Beacon Theatre 1992 entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at #43, as well as the Billboard Rock Chart at #12. At the same time, the DVD release of Live At Great Woods has vaulted onto the Billboard Top DVD Chart at #3.

More Allmans news: The veteran band surpassed the 1,000,000 milestone mark on Facebook (“We are honored so many of our fans want to be in touch with us. Facebook has enabled us to communicate with them in real time,” said the group in a press release).

Tegan & Sara are still on fire. This past year was a huge one for Canadian-born twin sisters, with the release of the girls’ seventh studio album, Heartthrob, which scored their highest first week charting position yet. They also Tegan scored their first & Sara mainstream hit with “Closer” and circled the globe on tour. Next up, the duo is taking off to sea with the equally red-hot Paramore as part of the Parahoy! cruise concert, then accompanying Katy Perry on the last leg of her international tour. In the meantime, they’ve got a run of 19 headlining dates, including a stop at Hammerstein Ballroom in June.

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Bonnaroo Lineup Is Bonkers

The lineup for this year’s Bonnaroo Festival – June 12 through 15 in Manchester, Tennessee – reveals once again why this may be the world’s biggest pop festival, with every genre of music as well as a ton of comedy performers on the bill. Here’s just a few of the mish mosh of headliners: Elton John, Lionel Richie, Kanye West, Skrillex, Tedeschi Trucks Band, “Saturday Night Live’s” Taran Killam, Jack White, Amos Lee, Vampire Weekend, and way too many artists to list here – there are current arena headliners listed in the thirties and forties on the roster. Score tickets before it’s too late at bonnaroo.com.

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