Jazz at the Library Showcases Burns Series and Recordings
The library highlights Burns's Jazz in ten installments tracing its arc from Gumbo to A Masterpiece by Midnight with extensive interviews and archival material. Wynton Marsalis impresses, and Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong thread through the series. New jazz CDs include The Best of Ken Burns Jazz and Armstrongs What a Wonderful World remastered. Also featured is Riding With the King by B B King and Eric Clapton.
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Ken Burns
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Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
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B.B. King
Eric Clapton
King
Clapton
Abilene Man Builds Slavery History Collection
Scott Price, a retired Army major from Abilene, started collecting a 125 volume set on slavery after a segregation shock in Alabama in the 1960s. He donated the set to Kansas State University along with other African American history works, forming the Richard Scott Price Anti Slavery Collection.
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Abilene
Scott Price
St. Louis
Price
Andrew Riddle
Alabama
Riddle
Negro Universities Press
Walgreen’s
Fort Riley
Kansas
Kansas State University
Lawrence
Roger Adams
University
Richard Scott Price
Snow Falling on Cedars Talk at Ottawa Library
The Ottawa City Library will host a 3 p.m. discussion of Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, led by Amy Fleury. This rescheduled event closes the Community: the Way We Live series, exploring community interactions with focus on Japanese immigrants in 1950s Pacific Northwest.
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Kansas
Cedars
David Guterson
Ottawa City
Amy Fleury
Washburn University
Pacific Northwest
Author Florence Smith to speak at Williamsburg event
Florence B. Smith, author of 41 western novels, including The Devil Comes to Franklin County, will speak at the Williamsburg Community Building at 11 a.m. March 21, hosted by the Williamsburg Community Library and the Senior Nutrition Site. Noon meals cost 2.50 with reservations due by March 19 to Hazel Brown or Eloise Bennett. reception and public welcome.
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Florence B. Smith
Smith
Franklin County
Baby
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Coons
Rebecca
Tony T. Jones
Amy
Lecom
Wal-Mart and Amazon May Form Strategic Alliance
Shares in Amazon rose over 26 percent after The Sunday Times reported a six week plan for a strategic alliance with Wal-Mart. Amazon would manage Wal-Mart online strategy while gaining a presence in Wal-Mart stores. analysts offered mixed views. Wal-Mart and Amazon declined comment.
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Amazon.com
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Britain
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Wal- Mart
Toysrus.com
Tom Williams
Henry Blodget
Merrill Lynch
Bob Buchanan
A.G. Edwards & Sons
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