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New Direction church choir's sweet sound captures top prize
The “How Sweet the Sound” church choir competition is, literally, glorious. Still, there could be only one winner among the eight area ensembles, and New Direction Christian Church walked way with top honors Thursday night, earning cash prizes and a trip to Atlanta Nov. 8 for the finals against winning choirs in 10 other cities. The competition was held before an enthusiastic audience of almost 5,200 at FedExForum.
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Music
Concert review: IRIS guest Uri Caine boogies to Brahms
The opener of the ninth season of IRIS was a wild ride, from the traditional (a solid Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony) to the roller-coaster boogie-woogie of Brahms.
Actually the boogie-woogie -- and blues, and stride piano and a rich mix of other jazz forms and invention -- were courtesy guest soloist Uri Caine, who took Brahms' "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel" and gave it an expression that would have stunned the old composers.
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Movies
Movie Review: "I Served the King of England" chronicles disastrous and marvelous
“Closely Watched Trains,” a 1966 Czech film by director Jirí Menzel, won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language feature. According to the blurb on the Criterion Collection DVD release of the movie, “Closely Watched Trains” is an often comic coming-of-age tale about a young man in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia who remains “oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him” as he “embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery..."
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Dining
Dining Spotlight: Elfo's is Italian for Grisanti fine dining
Elfo's Restaurant in Germantown makes a bold statement long before the first plate of food arrives at your table. Located in the building where Three Oaks Grill used to be, on a cozy stretch of old Germantown Road south of Poplar, the design of the new Elfo's is glamorous and refined. It's a conspicuous contrast to its across-the-street neighbor, the down-home Germantown Commissary serving barbecue in a former general store.
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Arts
Art Preview: Broad vision for creativity has home
Tuesday afternoon, several city of Memphis employees stood outside 2571 Broad Ave. in Binghamton, hard at work repairing a drainage collection box and pouring a new, wheelchair accessible curb. "They're busting their butts, trying to get it done by Art Walk," said 45-year-old painter Larry Patton.
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10.06.2008: First Congregational Church: Luna Nova Ensemble. 1000 S. Cooper. 901-278-6786.
10.09.2008: Helena-West Helena, Arkansas: Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival.
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The opener of the ninth season of IRIS was a wild ride, from the traditional (a solid Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony) to the roller-coaster boogie-woogie of ...
The Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, formerly known as the King Biscuit Blues Festival, famously has its roots in the old "King Biscuit Time" radio ...
The “How Sweet the Sound” church choir competition is, literally, glorious. Still, there could be only one winner among the eight area ensembles, and New ...
When Memphis-born jazz pianist James Williams passed away in 2004 at age 53, The New York Times and The Independent in London both marked the ...
Elfo's Restaurant in Germantown makes a bold statement long before the first plate of food arrives at your table. Located in the building where Three ...
There's a bit of moving and shaking going on in Memphis' restaurant scene, so let's get to it: The management of Interim Restaurant and Bar ...
Ouch! That's what our wallets are saying about right now as they're getting pinched. But at least we don't have to go hungry while we ...
The Tennessean's executive chef David Krog loves authentic Spanish food, "but it's hard to find and ever harder now, with all the current fusion trends." ...
“Closely Watched Trains,” a 1966 Czech film by director Jirí Menzel, won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language feature. ...
It sounds weird to say so, but I have what might be called an affection for movies about natural disasters, the collapse of civilization and ...
"Appaloosa" might be described as a routine Western, except that in the filmgoing culture of 2008, there's nothing routine about the pleasures of a well-made ...
Shock jock Howard Stern has embraced tradition. The radio talk show host known for hosting porn stars married his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, on Friday.
Tuesday afternoon, several city of Memphis employees stood outside 2571 Broad Ave. in Binghamton, hard at work repairing a drainage collection box and pouring a ...
Shakespeare, like you've never seen him performed before, is the least of Dan McCleary's ambitions. Sure, the play's the thing, and all that. But if ...
North Carolina painter Greg Decker has a show at Perry Nicole Fine Art, 3086 Poplar, through Oct. 31. Other shows opening this week:
With the presidential election closing in, now's a good time for a refresher course on American democracy. Michael Detroit plays an obstreperous John Adams trying ...
Michael Donahue’s After Dark visits karaoke night at Dan McGuiness Pub at 4698 Spottswood. Anyone can be a star on Wednesday nights. Choose from rap ...
The Blues Ball celebrated its 15th anniversary with fireworks, dynamic music and Memphis music legends. "Hallelujah Homecoming" was the theme of this year's bash, which ...
Remember Anderton’s, the Memphis restaurant/oyster bar with the fishnets, twinkling lights and pirate murals? It made you feel like you were in a 1950s time ...
Tiki torches -- those symbols of summer parties -- burned brightly as the season waned Saturday night at "Tiki Time on Town Square." The 16th ...
- Memphis producer films thriller here aimed at African-American audiences
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- Dining Spotlight: Elfo's is Italian for Grisanti fine dining
- Stage Review: "Avenue Q" has puppets but is fascinating adult-oriented comedy
- Church choir competition
- Concert review: Jack White and the Raconteurs at the Cannon Center
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