Monterey festival kicks off a spectacular fall jazz season (San Jose Mercury bi13060863 Resident artist Joshua Redman and veteran saxophonist Wayne Shorter are among the many Monterey highlights; Branford Marsalis brings a new project to Stanford; variety the keynote a superb San Francisco Jazz Festival lineup; and extraordinary area percussionist Babatunde Lea puts together a special quartet for shows Santa Cruz

Your guide to Slow Food Nation exposition (San Jose Mercury News) bi13060863 If you're thinking about going to Slow Food Nation San Francisco weekend, the time to start planning now. There are so many events scheduled for the three-day celebration of American food that there's no way to hit them all

The fast track guide to Slow Food (San Francisco Chronicle) bi13060863 Come Labor Day weekend, 50,000 people are expected to descend on San Francisco to taste farm-fresh produce, sample biodynamic wines, learn how bread made, and get back to a time when people made meals from scratch. The organizers of Slow Food Nation,..

A bountiful classical music season kicks off week (San Jose Mercury News) bi13060863 From Opera San Jose's 25th anniversary to the Steinway Society's excellent recital series, a world premiere of San Francisco Opera and more Mahler from the San Francisco Symphony, fall promises outstanding listening for lovers of classical music

Big Sur's music scene after the fire (Santa Cruz Sentinel) bi13060863 The locals can't smell much anymore, but visitors to Big Sur surely can. Approaching Big Sur from the north, along one of the most famously picturesque stretches of roadway the world, you can catch lingering the air: the acrid odor of smoke and ash

UC overtime up 12.4% to $135 million '07 (San Francisco Chronicle) bi13060863 Three nurses the University of California system earned more than $90,000 overtime last year. A police officer at UC Irvine earned almost $65,000 for extra work. And 60 UC employees made more than $50,000 each overtime pay during 2007, up from 43..

Concerts (Stamford Advocate) bi13060863 POP/ROCK Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, The Klein, 8 p.m. Sunday If Pat Benatar's status as a cultural icon needed reinforcing the 1980s, Cameron Crowe took care of the lookalikes "Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Obama accepts nomination, electrifies, inspires crowd (Oakland Tribune) bi13060863 DENVERThere simply no way to describe the rush of emotions I felt as I sat Thursday the crowd of 84,000 people who turned out to see Barack Obama accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field

No longer driven by 'Crazy'-ness, Gnarls Barkley a happy 'Odd Couple' ( bi13060863 Grammy-winning Atlanta duo perform at San Francisco's Slow Food Nation..

Senator Theater owner rallies against more concerts at Belvedere - Bizjou bi13060863 Senator Theater owner rallies against more at Belvedere Bizjournals.com, NC - 15 hours ago Tom Kiefaber said Tuesday that the proposed bill, would allow up to 30 , festivals and other events every year the Square, undermine ..

?Velvet Elvis? to rockabilly chamber concerts - Stoneham Sun bi13060863 ?Velvet Elvis? to rockabilly chamber Stoneham Sun, MA - 13 hours ago Velvet Elvis, a regional band that plays 1950s rock ?n? roll classics, open the Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series at Town Common. Dover outdoor concert series danger of cancellation Wicked Local Sherborn all 3 news articles..

Kidney surgery sideline BSO?s Levine - Boston Herald bi13060863 Boston Globe Kidney surgery sideline BSO?s Levine Boston Herald, United States - 5 hours ago Levine, who conducted the BSO?s opening at Tanglewood the Berkshires past weekend, was not available for comment. Breaking: Levine to miss Tanglewood Boston Globe Surgery Forces James Levine to Bow Out of Tanglewood New York Times James Levine withdraws from 2008 Tanglewood Gramophone WBUR - Boston Globeall 144 news articles..

Concerts Set For Green - Hartford Courant bi13060863 Set For Green Hartford Courant, United States - Jul 8, 2008 SUFFIELD ? - Wednesday nights month on the North Green, the town sponsoring a series of on the center of town. This Wednesday on the North ..

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