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Ben delivers ten-FoldPiano sensation comes to the MCA for a stellar performance
Monday night, the University of Maine welcomed piano-based musician Ben Folds to a packed MCA. The three-hour performance ran right on schedule and surpassed the expectations of the young crowd. After splashing into the music scene in 1997 with "Brick," in the misnamed trio "Ben Folds Five," Mr.…
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Acts return for second roundSemi-final round of The Project narrows down the competition
The five-act, two-and-a-half hour semi-finals for The Project on Tuesday night in Memorial Union opened with The Choice Professionals. Singer Nick Mather sat down at a piano on stage right and trumpeter Karl Varian stood in the center of the stage, blowing out notes on his horn.…
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Students make preparations for exhibition opening Friday
Carnegie Hall will host the 2006 Student Art Exhibition from April 7 to May 4. The opening reception is on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., in conjunction with an awards ceremony for the art on display.
For this event, the second student art exhibit this school year, around 100 works from over 60 artists will be displayed.…
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Cuban-based musician shares music, experiences
Instead of discussing United States-Cuban relations through words, Pablo Menendez did it through sound.
The Cuban musician visited the University of Maine with a presentation entitled, "A Walk Between Two Worlds" on Monday afternoon in the North Pod of Memorial Union.…
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Would you care to dance?Bangor restaurant Thistles offers tango for Tuesdays
For the first time in recent memory, the state of Maine is keeping up with the latest trend, at least when it comes to tango. That's because Thistles restaurant in Bangor has been hosting Tango Tuesdays for the past year.
"We were actually ahead of the trend," said Santiago Rave, who is co-owner of Thistles along with his parents, Alejandro and Maria Rave.…
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The ins and outs of 'Inside Man'Action thriller a departure from director Spike Lee's usual fare
The premise of Spike Lee's film is relatively simple. A gang of men dressed as painters enters the New York City Bank with the obligatory barrage of vulgar threats and heavy artillery. They are led by Dalton Russell, played with impossible coolness by Clive Owen, and have a definite planned course of action.…
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Sparks the RescueBand Spot
Sparks the Rescue, arguably Maine's hottest band right now, are playing Bumstock later this month. The band, which has been labeled emo, screamo, pop and post-hardcore, has exploded in popularity since cementing their lineup last year and have grown an obsessive following in southern Maine.…
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Wrestler Robinson is one 'fine' athlete
"The Finely Tuned Athletic Machine Luke Robinson, ladies and gentleman," commissioner Matthew T. Michaels yells as Robinson walks out during intermission to sell his FTAM shirts. Robinson, outside of the ring, dresses in collared shirts and dress pants, a far cry from his in-ring attire, which consists of tight, silver spandex shorts that read "FTAM" with a thunderbolt splitting the acronym.…
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Keeping it all together
Everybody has their own little "good luck charm." For some, it's a pair of lucky underwear or a hat. For others, it's a run-of-the-mill rabbit's foot keychain that their grandfather gave them when they won the Little League tournament back in fifth grade.
For me, it's a sunshine yellow stone I found on the beach in Orient, Long Island.…
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WMEB top 20
1 YEAH YEAH YEAHS • Show Your Bones
2 STEPHEN MERRITT • Showtunes
3 BUILT TO SPILL • You In Reverse
4 MATES OF STATE • Bring It Back
5 POLYSICS • Now Is The Time!
6 STROKES • First Impressions Of Earth
7 VINES • Vision Valley
8 BAND OF HOR…
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Go.
MUSIC
Soul Lemon
10 p.m.
Tuesdays
Blues Cafe, Orono
Roost
10 p.m.
Thursdays
Blues Cafe, Orono
ENTERTAINMENT
New Horizons Wrestling
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 6
VFW Hall, Old Town
$6 for students, $8 General Admission
Late Night in the Union and Hawaiian Dance Party
9 p.…
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Unsolved mysteries, sketchy allegationsRambling fool
I have a confession to make. I woke up this morning with absolutely no idea what I was going to write about this week. I was at a loss. I spent a huge part of today, which, right now, is Monday, with that fact lurking in the back of my mind, teasing me.
"You have no idea," it said, sounding eerily like the Emperor from "Star Wars.…
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Sudoku
The Rules:
Each row (horizontal line) must have numbers 1-9 in any order but each digit can only appear once.
Each column (vertical line) must have numbers 1-9 in any order but each digit can only appear once.
Each 3x3 box must have numbers 1-9 in any order but each digit can only appear once.…
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