http://www.wacotrib.com The latest headlines from wacotrib en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., wacotrib Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:57:33 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/05/98/58/image_1358985.jpg http://www.wacotrib.com 5 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/20/11202009wacGWTWmashup.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/20/11202009wacGWTWmashup.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST New Moon rises today, the second film in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga series about teenage Bella Swan and a love life complicated by the supernatural. At the same time, the film adaptation of the Civil War epic Gone With The Wind marks its 70th anniversary next month, an occasion conveniently “celebrated” this week with the Nov. 17 release of a new digital Blu-ray version. Coincidence? Or opportunity for a mash-up between the two? http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/nibbles1119.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/nibbles1119.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Doc’s on Main Steakhouse and Saloon 510 S. Main, McGregor Phone: (254) 840-9100 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacKylePark.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacKylePark.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Texas country singer Kyle Park is counting the days until Dec. 1. That’s when he gets back into the recording studio for his first time since September 2008, when he recorded Anywhere In Texas. This time, however, the Leander native will be in the saddle as producer. That greater level of hands-on participation is a vote of confidence in Park, a measure of the progress the country singer-songwriter has made early in his career. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacbujazzbrief.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacbujazzbrief.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The Baylor University Jazz Ensemble will play a tribute to American composer, jazz pianist and band leader Duke Ellington at 7:30 tonightin the McCrary Music Building’s Jones Concert Hall. Admission is free. The ensemble’s program features Don Sebesky’s “Joyful Music Suite,” written for the centennial of Ellington’s birth in 1999, Dan Gailey’s arrangement of “Meaning of the Blues,” Tom Kubis’ “Alexander’s Big Time Band” and the premiere of Chris Clark’s “Long Time Coming.” http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009waccastingcrowns.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009waccastingcrowns.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Christian band Casting Crowns, which performs Friday night at Belton’s Bell County Expo Center, officially released its fourth CD, Until the Whole World Hears, earlier this week. That caused a temporary bit of confusion for band members, said Casting Crowns’ vocalist and keyboardist Megan Garrett: The group has sung songs from their new release since starting its current tour in September. “We’ve been singing six songs off the new album, even though it wasn’t out yet, telling people, ‘Here’s another one you haven’t heard,’ ” she said. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacpurcell.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacpurcell.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The Baylor University Early Music Ensembles will mark the 350th anniversary of 17th century composer Henry Purcell with “Orpheus Britannicus: Musick of Henry Purcell,” a concert of his work at 5:30 p.m. todayin the Armstrong Browning Library’s McLean Foyer of Meditation. Admission is free. The nine-musician group, led by Jann Cosart, perform on early violins, violas and bass as well as baroque trumpet and harpsichord. Today’s program includes selections from Purcell’s “King Arthur” and “Abdelazar;” his Pavane in Four Parts; “In Nomine;” and the Sonata for Trumpet and Strings. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wachwfbrief.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wachwfbrief.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Downtown Waco’s Phoenix Ballroom, located at Third Street and Webster Avenue, will offer a weekend of an author’s lecture and two music concerts, thanks to three Historic Waco Foundation “Talk of the Town” fundraising parties. Historian and author Douglas Brinkley (The Wilderness Warrior) will talk about his work at 8 p.m. Friday, following a dinner at 7:15 p.m. Americana singer-songwriter Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros plus Walt’s wife Tina will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday. Sculptor, artist and jewelry designer Bill Worrell will display his work at the ballroom beginning at 7 p.m. Rounding off the weekend’s entertainment midday Sunday is veteran Waco musician Classie Ballou, who will draw on his Louisiana roots for a Cajun jazz brunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Classie’s 10-year-old grandson Cam’ron will join his grandfather on drums and accordion. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacMonyMone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009wacMonyMone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST It’s been 10 years since an instructor in McLennan Community College’s commercial music department told Waco rapper Ramon Vigil that rap would quickly flame out — within five years. Rap is still alive and the style of rapping that Vigil grew up with, captured in such artists as LL Cool J and Run DMC, is now considered Old School. Vigil, 32, is still rapping under the name Mony Mone. Rap and hip-hop have taken him to such far-flung places as Miami, Fla.; the United Kingdom; and Rio de Janiero, Brazil. He’s just released a new album, The Proof, on iTunes, one largely produced by Dallas musician S-1 (Waco native Larry Griffin Jr., who performs as SymbolicOne or S1). He has his own recording studio, Grabamike Studio, and talent company/record label, Grabamike Entertainment. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009waclivepoetry.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/19/11192009waclivepoetry.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The heartbeat of a poem needs a voice. At least, that’s a thought that drives some local poets and poetry fans to live readings. “I think poetry is a very personal experience, but it’s a personal experience you can share with others ” said Hubbard artist and writer Laura Walton, who is active in Waco arts circles. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/13/11132009wacBloodbathfest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/13/11132009wacBloodbathfest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The new Texas Blood Bath Film Festival may not have the A-list talent or feature films set for national release, but that’s fine with founder Andrew Rose. The fest, held today through Sunday at the Bellmead Civic Center, offers director Kevin Tenney (Night of the Demons, Witchboard); a clip featuring Paranormal Activity’s Katie Featherston in an earlier horror movie, Walking Distance; world premieres of Sweat Shop and Midnight Drive-In; and Spirit Camp featuring Waco actress Katy Rowe. Oh, and more than 20 independent horror films and film shorts promising buckets of fresh and creative frights, shocks and gore. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacDignancut.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacDignancut.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Atmospheric alt-rock band Dignan, formed in McAllen by language school friends, swings through Waco with Dead Sea Choir for a show at 6 p.m. Friday at Art Ambush. Keyboardist and vocalist Heidi Pleuger says the band’s growing success — fest gigs at South By Southwest and Pachanga, a half-million listens on its MySpace player — and road experiences, such as a recent broken van differential that canceled six shows, are maturing members not far removed from high school. The five-player band will take a performance break next spring as vocalist/instrumentalist Davy Palomo returns to school but will work toward a new CD as well as more road touring. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/Nibbles1112.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/Nibbles1112.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Lillian’s Cafe 3101 Beale St., Bellmead Phone: No phone yet. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacMVPplay.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacMVPplay.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST More than a half-century after Jackie Robinson became the first black ballplayer to integrate major league baseball, racial epithets haven’t lost their sting, even onstage. For Fort Worth actor Rick L. Spivey, who plays Robinson in the Dallas Children’s Theater national tour of “Most Valuable Player,” the occasional presence of the N-word in the play’s script initially gave him pause. “I read the script, and a lot of it seemed pretty strong for children’s theater,” he recalled, speaking by phone from a tour stop in Greenville, S.C. But the more he wrestled with the racial slur, the more he realized it captured the savage prejudice that Robinson battled quietly for years as major league baseball’s first black player. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacOmniumplay.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacOmniumplay.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The dinner guests awaiting a seat at the table in McLennan Theatre’s satiric production “Omnium Gatherum” promise a lively evening of conversation, if they’re not too busy arguing with each other. There’s the love-it-or-leave-it military novelist Roger (Seth Carter Ramsey), holding forth from the political right. There’s Terence (Mark Gold), a gay British liberal with a razor-sharp tongue. Khalid (Eddie Moralez), a Cambridge University grad like Terence, argues from the center, while Julia (Valencia Jones) smolders from a critical review of her novel by The New York Times. Lydia (Natalie Evans) is a fervent lesbian with a surprising secret, and Jeff (Tyler Nystrom) is a New York City firefighter and 9/11 veteran. Fluttering above it all is Suzie (Bree Harlow), a hostess who seems to channel Martha Stewart in being omnipresent, omniscient and omni-cheerful. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacdoyceedwards.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacdoyceedwards.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Waco-area music and piano instructors will perform a tribute concert for colleague Doyce Edwards at 3 p.m. Sunday at Baylor University’s Roxy Grove Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Fourteen pianists will play solo works for the tribute as well as one duo piano piece. Edwards is a longtime Waco piano instructor. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacjubileefest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacjubileefest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The latest Waco music fest aims to draw as much attention to its locale as the musicians on its stages. The Jubilee Music Festival, which debuts Saturday night with Texas fiddle legend Johnny Gimble and 10 local bands, will offer live music on four stages near the corner of North 15th Street and Colcord Avenue. It’s the nexus of Mission Waco, a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of inner-city Waco, and the festival will use several of its holdings as stages: the Jubilee Theatre at 1319 N. 15th St., the World Cup Cafe, the Mission Waco Youth Center and Jubilee Park. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009waczootunes.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009waczootunes.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The Baylor Symphony Orchestra and the Waco Youth Symphony Orchestra will provide the live music for families at Zoo Tunes from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cameron Park Zoo. Admission is zoo admission of $9 for adults, $8 for senior adults, $6 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for children ages 3 and younger. The kid-friendly concert, expanded from last year’s debut, will feature the Baylor orchestra performing at 2 p.m. and WYSO at 3 p.m. Dancers from Joy’s School of Dance will join the BSO on the piece “The Bremen Town Musicians.” http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacjazzharvest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacjazzharvest.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Jazz vocalist Lenny Williams will headline a program featuring Bigg Robb of the funk Zapp Band, Waco’s Smooth Jazz Quartet, Waco DJ Batman and host comic Walter Campbell in the BluJazz Harvest Festival beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Harker Heights Events Center, 710 Edwards Drive in Harker Heights. The adults-only evening will mix live music and comedy with food and drink from Hooters in Killeen. Entertainment begins at 8:30 p.m. VIP tickets cost $25, with remaining tickets priced at $20, $15 and $10; tables seating 10 also can be reserved. For reservations or more information, call (254) 371-4696 or go online at www.mosproductions.net. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacpaulmeyer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacpaulmeyer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Jason Collins, a Waco musician with multiple sclerosis, will join fellow musician Todd Gibson in a “Tribute to Paul Meyer” benefit at 7 p.m. Friday at Selena’s Table, 2004 N. Valley Mills Drive. Admission is a suggested $5 donation. The benefit is meant to raise funds for and awareness of Meyer’s Carpenter’s Hammer Ministry, created by the late Waco businessman to provide carpentry and home repair services for those who can’t afford them. Meyer died Oct. 26. Collins’ contact with Meyer led the philanthropist to found The Carpenter’s Hammer Ministry. Seeing Collins and his wife struggle with his wheelchair one morning led Meyer to build a entry ramp for Collins’ home, install special fixtures for the handicapped and cover some of Collins’ insurance expenses. Afterward, Meyer created the ministry to provide similar assistance for others. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacTXboyschoir.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/accesswaco/2009/11/12/11122009wacTXboyschoir.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=24 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Texas Boys Choir comes to Baylor The Fort Worth-based Texas Boys Choir, an ensemble with an international reputation, will sing in concert in Waco at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Baylor University’s Roxy Grove Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. The 49-voice choir, led by Artistic Director Bryan Priddy, features boys from fifth to 12th grade and is distinctive in that all four vocal parts — soprano, alto, tenor and bass — are represented.