American Song Festival Opens in Saratoga Springs
The Saratoga performing arts center hosts the American Song Festival through Sept 2 with overtures dedicated to major composers. The opening night spotlights The Beatles, followed by tributes to Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan, and the Gershwin brothers. Helen Reddy and Paul Williams host the finale awarding $25,000 to top entries.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Mike Post
Post
Mercer Ellington
Duke Ellington
Mercer
Bob Dylan
Dylan
George and
Ira Gershwin
Making biscuits and garden cooks at Vermont Steak House
By Edward Pinsonneault the piece offers cooking tips from biscuits to roasting vegetables. It references placing dough close for soft sides and apart for crust, stir frying romaine and escarole, and using oven space to cook rice and vegetables. It ends by praising vegetables at The Vermont Steak House in Bennington Vermont.
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Vermont
Main St
Bennington
CAASV Art Show Draws Heavy Crowds in Bennington
The 7th Annual Art Show and Sale at First United Methodist Church Bennington closed after a seven day run drawing several hundred visitors including tourists and locals. Noted works included Nancy Frazier winter landscapes Barns Frank Howards Good Shepherd Window and Kenneth Woods mountain and wildlife paintings. Exhibitors were widely favored in voting and the Community Arts Association organized the event with Methodist Church help, offering a sale venue for New England artists.
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First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Nancy Frazier
Frank Howard
Methodist Church
Kenneth Wood
Community Arts Association
New England
Big E opens September 13 with star lineup and midway
The Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield runs Sept. 13 to 22 featuring Tony Orlando and Dawn, Donna Fargo, Mac Davis, The First Edition, Barbara Mandrell, Arthur Duncan, the Oak Ridge Boys, and the Jack O'John Trio. Free coliseum shows, a Royal International Circus, an Eastern States Horse Show, a New England Farm Festival, and a large livestock show accompany a refreshed Funland and new East Coast Shows rides. Daily parades at 4 p.m., gates open 8 a.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. Sundays.
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Springfield
Mass
Brooks Memorial
Big E
Tony Orlando
Dawn
Donna Fargo
U.S.A
Mac Davis
Elvis Presley
Davis
Kenny Rogers
Barbara Mandrell
Arthur Duncan
Lawrence Welk
Primo People
Oak Ridge Boys
Jack O’john
Funland
Dreikorn
Children’s Theatre
Garray
Tomio
Coca-Cola
Mitchell
McDonaldland
Ronald McDonald
McDonald’s
Sven Johnson
Ron
Better Living Center
Youtharama
Handicrafts Corner
Avenue of the States
Storrowton Village
Farmarama
New England Grange
Tom Rush Benefit at SPAC Draws Major Folk Acts
A benefit concert for the Citizens Committee on Mental Health takes place at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Saturday Sept 14 starting 2 p.m. Lawn tickets are 3 and amphitheater 3.50. Other artists include Weather Report Blue Oyster Cult Ken Lyon Tombstone and David Bromberg. Tickets available at the festival box office. For info call 587-3330.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Tom Rush
Citizen’s Committee On Mental Health
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Weather Report
Blue Oyster Cult
Ken Lyon
Tombstone
David Bromberg
Boston
Jackson Browne
Joni Mitchell
Rockport
Rush
Portsmouth
N.H
Concord
Groton School
Groton
Mass
Dickens
Harvard
Cambridge
Prestige Records
Zandys Bride at Harte Theatre features Hackman Ullmann
Gene Hackman plays a crude rancher who orders a wife from Minneapolis and Liv Ullmann portrays a quiet, moral newcomer. Their volatile marriage reveals clash and consent, ending without clear reconciliation as the film folds into a bleak conclusion. Rated PG and showing at Harte Theatre on Main Street.
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Zandy
Gene Hackman
Liv Ullman
Harte Theatre
Main Street
Big Sur
Minneapolis
Liv Ullmann
Ullmann
Hackman
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Woodbury Woodchucks
West Mountain
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