Rhode Island Annual Jazz Festival

Rhode Island Annual Jazz Festival, Five years ago, Newport Jazz Festival George Wein businessman told me that talking about the mythical past of the festival was great, but that “some people get even better or we will not be around much longer.”

As the festival is set to take over Fort Adams next weekend, Wein, the entrepreneur who co-founded in 1954, is to keep an eye on the numbers, and likes what he sees.

Speaking last week, Wein said the festival is far ahead of his ticket sales from last year’s numbers. He is the projection of 14,000 people for two days at Fort Adams and says, “I think growth is there.” And it is gratifying for him not only from the point of view, but for what it says about the direction of the festival and its audience: It points to the party program “pure,” featuring a variety of legends jazz and up and newcomers, with little of the kind of crossover pop R & B and many jazz festivals provide.

He and the team at the Newport Festival Foundation are busy arming the groups who will accompany the bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding wunderkind Saturdays and Sundays. So far, will be accompanied by Anat Cohen, Justin Brown, Leo Genovese and Sarah Caswell, Saturday, and Ambrose Akinmusire, Uri Caine Ramaswamy, Shalini, Terri Lynne Carrington and Aaron Burnette Sunday. Some of these players will already be at the festival, and some are brought from New York.

Putting it all together is “hard work, but it’s fun,” says Wein. It is also worth, he says, to get some partnerships going and break the feel of a band doing a whole other band and doing a whole and on and on the weekend. “What happens now is really creating a sense of festival,” says Wein, 85. “… I feel like a kid again!”

Wein says he is looking forward to hearing the music, of course, but will actually be keeping an eye on how musicians go to the public. Spalding, for example, is doing “some really deep. I am very interested in audience response, and that is the key to the future.”

He is also interested in reaction to the Japanese pianist Hiromi, who will play solo on Saturday and Sunday with his new trio and the dynamic Trombone Shorty, “which is actually more entertaining than the group we have.

“Everything has a purpose, but no one [act] I know what will happen.”

For the first time in its history, the jazz festival is running as a non-profit, Wein says he has had a positive effect on the sponsors, as well as giving you the ability to attract donations. He adds, “The future is not certain yet. I mean whether it can continue if something happens to me. You can not make money without [sponsorship] support in Fort Adams, even with a full house.”

The company Newport Alex and Ani jewelry is sponsoring the third stage (such as sold-out festival, which concludes Sunday in Fort Adams) and bracelets to give everyone at the festival. They are the first company in Rhode Island to get a big sponsorship, either in Newport festival: “That’s a great thing, and I think it’s great,” says Wein.

But it all comes down to players. In 1954, the motto of the Newport Jazz Festival was “Jazz from J to Z” and in 2011, says Wein, who remains true.

“The show must go on what happens in jazz. This is what musicians are playing. Jazz music has always been one of the musicians.”

The Newport Jazz Festival begins Friday with a concert by Wynton Marsalis and Michael Feinstein in the Hall of Fame Tennis Internatonal, in Bellevue Avenue. Continues Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 7 pm at Fort Adams. For tickets, information and a full schedule, go to www.newportjazzfest.net.

To Kill A Mockinbird Gregory

To Kill A Mockinbird Gregory, Mary Badham was 9 years old when she was hired to play Scout in the 1962 film “To Kill a Mockingbird” – too young to be aware of the civil rights movement going on around the south, too young to be on set when the scenes were filmed room.

“I do not think we even saw scripts,” said the former child actress who auditioned for the role intelligent, but daring in a “cattle call” in her native Birmingham, Alabama “were children, and in those days there are things deemed inappropriate for children to listen. ”

Badham, 58, shared memories of working on the film and her long friendship with many of the other actors after the screening of the film Wednesday night at the State Theatre. The exhibition was part of the 50th anniversary of the Traverse City Film Festival the film, one of the draws at the festival this year.

“We could have sold six projections of this,” said Executive Director Deb Lake Film Festival. “It was one of the most anticipated for tickets in the list of almost everyone. As soon as announced, there were people calling and saying, ‘called my daughter (or son) after Harper Lee. This is just a film that has changed so many lives. ”

The Depression-era film based on a novel of 1960 by Lee won three Academy Awards and is considered by many to be one of the largest court dramas. It stars Gregory Peck as an attorney defending people in the south of a black man unjustly accused of raping a white woman.

Badham retired at 14 after making three more films. But she and Peck had a friendship until the actor’s death in 2003.

New Yorkers Cinsov James Faller and Jane waited in a waiting line about 40 deep to try to snag seats for Wednesday’s screening. Faller, who is in the festival to offer film and video inspection Productions New York City-based Hill Top, hoping to see the movie on the big screen first. To Cinsov be the first time I’ve seen on any screen.

“Growing up I loved the book,” Cinsov. “I do not know how (the movie) eluded me. We were expecting a retrospective that hit New York, but this seemed the perfect opportunity.”

Badham also appears in the documentary film festival “Hey, Boo, Harper Lee, and” To Kill a Mockingbird, “which tells the story of the novel and its author enigmatic. Books autographed publicity photos of actress and “Mockingbird” after reviewing the film in the morning on Wednesday.

Wendy Eager brought a publicity photo that he bought on eBay for Badham to sign.

“It’s just my favorite movie,” said Eager, of Chicago, which has seen the film about half a dozen times. “One of the best adaptations of a book.”

Eager said he recalls reading the book and act out scenes from it in the eighth grade. However, the film is as relevant today as they were then.

“You think about this book today, and could replace a Black Muslim one, and we’re back where we were,” he said.

Joan Murray saw the documentary to learn more about Lee, a reservations agent 34-year-old former airline had written five stories before her Pulitzer Prize-winning book was published.

“I found it fascinating that he never wrote a book after that,” said Murray, of Traverse City.

The private sector gave Lee her last interview in 1964.

Nascar Qualifying Results

Nascar Qualifying Results, In front of 15,000, David Ragan and No. 6 UPS / Hall of Fame / Ned Jarrett Ford won the Coors Light Pole for the 18th annual Brickyard 400 presented by BigMachineRecords.com with a lap of 49,182 seconds, 182,994 mph. This is the second pole of Ragan in 166 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. His last pole was at Texas in April this year.

This is also the second pole of Ragan and eighth top-10 start in 2011. To Ragan, is his first pole in five races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His previous best starting position was 16th in 2008.

Kasey Kahne and the No. 4 Red Bull Toyota will start in the front row after posting his 11 th among the 10 principles of 2011 and its sixth in eight races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Third row, Jimmie Johnson and / his No. 48 Kobalt Tools Chevrolet Lowe won his sixth top-10 starts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is the eighth in 20 races this season.

Kurt Busch and his No. 22 Dodge Shell / Pennzoil will start fourth, with Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge rounding out the qualifiers in the top five.

The next stop on the NASCAR Sprint Cup will be the Brickyard 400 on Sunday at 13:00 on ESPN.
Time Trial Results
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
18th annual Brickyard 400 presented by BigMachineRecords.com
Statistics provided by NASCAR – Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 16:03 Eastern
Path Rating: 186 293 48 311 Casey Mears 08/08/04
Pos Driver Team Time Car faster Next
January 6 David Ragan UPS / Hall of Fame / Ned Jarrett Ford 182 994 49 182 0.000 0.000
Kasey Kahne April 2 Red Bull Toyota 49.200 182.927 0.018 0.018
/ March 48 Kobalt Tools Lowe Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 182 801 0034 49 234 0052
April 22 Kurt Busch Shell / Pennzoil 0087 Dodge 0035 49 269 182 671
Brad Keselowski May 2 Miller Lite Dodge 182 556 0118 49 300 0031
Best Buy June 43 AJ Allmendinger 49 330 182 445 0148 0030 Ford
July 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 49 351 182 367 Target 0169 Chevrolet 0021
August 24 Jeff Gordon drive to eradicate hunger Chevrolet 49 385 182 242 0203 0034
September 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 182 216 0210 49 392 0007
October 99 Carl Edwards Ford Ortho Home Defense Max 182 050 0255 49 437 0045
November 13 GEICO Toyota 182 024 Casey Mears 0007 49 444 0262
Mark Martin May 12 Quaker State / GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 181 969 0015 49 459 0277
13 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 181,895 49,479 0,297 0,020
November 14 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 181 892 49 480 0298 0001
15 27 Paul Menard Nibco / Menards Chevrolet 181,870 49,486 0,304 0,006
Jamie McMurray January 16 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet 181 848 0310 49 492 0006
17 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Huggies 181,715 49,528 0,346 0,036
18 16 Greg Biffle Ford Red Cross 49,537 181,682 0,355 0,009
19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Jimmy John 181,635 49,550 0,368 0,013
20 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 181,422 49,608 0,426 0,058
September 21 Marcos Ambrose Ford 49 617 181 389 0435 Stanley 0009
22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet 181,335 49,632 0,450 0,015
23 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevrolet 181,320 49,636 0,454 0,004
24 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil Depot 1/Office 181,251 49,655 0,473 0,019
25 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 49,687 181,134 0,505 0,032
26 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet 180,981 49,729 0,547 0,042
27 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row 180,926 49,744 0,562 0,015
Sleep 28 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron machine 180,912 49,748 0,566 0,004
29 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M & M 180,854 49,764 0,582 0,016
Martin Truex Jr. 30 56 NAPA Toyota platinum filter 180,618 49,829 0,647 0,065
31 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 180,610 49,831 0,649 0,002
32 51 Landon Cassill (i) Phoenix Building / Safety Benefits 180,133 49,963 0,781 0,132 Chevrolet
33 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 179,924 50,021 0,839 0,058
34 37 Scott Speed ??(i) Max Q Motorsports Ford 50,126 179,548 0,944 0,105
35 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing, LLC 179,451 50,153 0,971 0,027 Toyota
36 87 Joe Nemechek (i) AM FM Energy 179,297 50,196 1,014 0,043 Toyota
37 34 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 50,202 179,276 1,020 0,006
38 60 Mike Skinner (i) Big Red Toyota 178,990 50,282 1,100 0,080
39 71 Andy Lally # moving services to another 50,300 178,926 1,118 0,018 Ford
40 50 TJ Bell Chevrolet Smoke Green # 177,992 50,564 1,382 0,264
41 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Motorsports 177,939 50,579 1,397 0,015 Inception
42 7 Robby Gordon Dodge SPEED Energy 50,600 177,866 1,418 0,021
43 32 Mike Bliss (i) TMON 50,601 177,862 1,419 0,001 Ford
44 38 Travis Kvapil (i) Long John Silver Ford 177,413 50,729 1,547 0,128
45 46 Erik Darnell (i) Red Line 50,734 177,396 1,552 0,005 Ford
JJ Yeley 46 55 Front Row Motorsports Ford 51,009 176,439 1,827 0,275
47 77 Scott Wimmer (i) accelerating the Dodge Power 51,415 175,046 2,233 0,406
48 23 * Terry Labonte CRMone 51,577 174,496 2,395 0,162 Ford
* Required to qualify on time, OP – 35 best teams in owner points, PC – Past Champion, (i) ineligible for driver’s points in this series

Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox, A prosecutor in the appeal trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito went on the attack in a court in Perugia, Italy on Saturday in an attempt to fire an independent forensic expert report that could set the couple free from jail a case that has made headlines worldwide.

Knox and Sollecito were convicted in December 2009 and sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison respectively for the murder of Meredith Kercher 2007, a British student who shared an apartment with Knox in Perugia. Both deny wrongdoing and is expected to sentence will be overturned on appeal. A third person, Rudy Guede, was also convicted in another trial for her involvement in the murder and is serving 16 years. He has exhausted his appeals.

The two experts – Carla Vecchiotti and Stefano Conti – were appointed by the Perugia appeals court to conduct independent DNA testing on crucial pieces of evidence – the alleged murder weapon: a knife found at Sollecito’s house, and the closure of the victim’s bra, which is in the room where the British exchange student was murdered.

Casey Anthony To Seek Mental Health Treatment

Casey Anthony To Seek Mental Health Treatment, For all who want to listen to Casey Anthony’s version of history, do not hold your breath!

According to TMZ Anthony does not speak of any media until it is seeking professional treatment for serious mental problems. Sources close to Anthony gives us the scoop saying that she is seeking help for 3 reasons.

1. Casey realizes now that her questionable behavior when her daughter Caylee disappeared in 2008 came from “obvious mental health problems.”

2. Anthony still need help to cope with the “obvious trauma of losing her son.”

3. Casey spent nearly three years in solitary confinement in a prison in Florida, where he spent 23 hours a day in a 4 x 9 foot cell. TMZ’s source is connected directly to Casey, he says, “Stuck her head.”

For now, Anthony’s attorney, Jose Baez, will offer the field on behalf of the celebrities looked great. Baez States when Casey is healthy will have the final say on where and how your story will be told.

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