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Busy band Green River Ordinance to rock Snowden Grove
The members of the Ft. Worth, Texas, pop-rock band Green River Ordinance have been spending a good bit of time in the Memphis area lately. They recorded most of their major-label debut, Out Of My Hands, here last summer at producer Paul Ebersold’s Seven Four Seven Studios. They returned earlier this year for a set at the Beale Street Music Festival. And next week, they share the stage with Collective Soul and Gavin DeGraw at Snowden Grove Amphitheater’s Summer Nights $10 concert series.
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Music
Despite college degree, Andrew Bryant still the music man
Andrew Bryant has something to fall back on now. This spring the Mississippi singer-songwriter earned his degree in history from Ole Miss. With a wife and new child, Bryant is hoping the degree will lead to a teaching job, a more stable source of income than the life of a traveling troubadour and indie recording artist. But Bryant has no plans on giving up on music, just moving things around to accommodate it
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Dining
Dining Spotlight: Wang's Mandarin House revisited
Food writer Jennifer Biggs and deputy metro editor Peggy Burch dine out often, and sometimes together. When they do, they talk about the food, the service and the atmosphere, dialogues we'll share in reviews of favorite old Memphis restaurants as well as restaurants just making their debuts. This week, they visit Wang's Mandarin House on Park Avenue near Ridgeway.
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Arts
News in the arts: 'Cigarette Girl' set for Aussie premiere
Longtime Memphis moviemaker John Michael McCarthy leaves town Tuesday for an almost three-week tour of Australia that will include the premiere Friday of his latest feature, "Cigarette Girl," at the prestigious Revelation Perth International Film Festival.
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07.04.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: 4th of July Donkey Races. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.06.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.07.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
07.08.2009: Ozark Folk Center State Park: Old Time String Band Week. 1032 Park Avenue. 870-269-3851.
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