Community Concert Hall announces performances for fall season
Concert hall reopens to in-person shows
DATE: Jul 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
ZZ Top: Bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies at 72
HOUSTON – ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio’s bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. He was 72.
In their Facebook post, guitarist...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46
DES MOINES, Iowa – Joey Jordison, a founding member of Slipknot, who drummed for the influential metal band in its most popular period and helped write many of its best-known songs, died Mo...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Wu-Tang Clan album sale pays off Martin Shkreli’s court debt
NEW YORK – An unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album forfeited by Martin Shkreli after his securities fraud conviction was sold Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, though prosecutors say it was enough t...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico
The Connie Mack World Series is underway at Ricketts Park this week. Pool play wrapped up over the week and the championship tournament is in full swing. The semi-final and final games will ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Prosecutors air more claims in R. Kelly case; 1 involves boy
NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex tra...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Native American blues band wants us to ‘Pray for our Planet’
Blue Mountain Tribe’s song, video gaining worldwide attention
DATE: Jul 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
‘We’re back on the road!’ Rolling Stones relaunch U.S. tour
NEW YORK – The Rolling Stones announced on Thursday the relaunch of their U.S. “No Filter” tour, which had been derailed by the pandemic, beginning in St. Louis on Sept. 26.
“I’m so excited...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico
SunRay Park and Casino will resume hosting Comedy Nights at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at the casino, 39 County Road 5568.
Listen to the comedy of Don Barnhart and Guy Fessenden while enjoyi...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Biz Markie, known for classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies
LOS ANGELES – Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57.
Markie’s representative, Jenni Izum...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music
Concert Series to benefit nonprofits
Rochester Hotel’s Secret Garden will again host The Community Foundation’s Community Concerts series from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays in August. Nonprofits to be benefited by the series are Bear ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community
Ex-Sex Pistols sue singer Johnny Rotten
LONDON – Two former members of the Sex Pistols are suing singer Johnny Rotten for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series about the anarchic punk rock icons.
Guit...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music
