In Portland Oregon, Habitat for Humanity homes are built to be Platium-LEED certified. So who says we can't make a difference on Global Warming because it will cost too much?
John Mayer will kick off a North American tour in support of his upcoming release, for his new album Battle Studie , beginning February 8th in Charleston, South Carolina, and will feature supporting acts Michael Franti and Spearhead. Tickets for the majority of dates are planned to go on sale to the general public on November 21st, with an American Express card member pre-sale window from November...
The Dutchess & The Duke make great albums (including this year’s Sunset/Sunrise ) and as someone who just saw them for the first time recently, I can tell you they are a great live band as well. So in the spirit of you getting up and getting out to see them, I have tour dates, a lot of tour dates. And for those that don’t know them, I have a song called “Hands.” Check it...
The Hidden Cameras are currently touring North America with labelmates Gentleman Reg and stopping off in DC on Saturday night at Rock & Roll Hotel . If you'd like to attend the show and take someone sexy with you, e-mail me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com by tomorrow night at midnight. Please use the subject line "Origin:Orphan." Tour Dates: 11/04 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge...
Between NYC and DC, you'd think I would have gotten to see Real Estate by now. Not the case! Super thrilled to be catching them tonight at Black Cat. It's a Mainstage show with doors opening at 8pm and tickets are just $12. Tour Dates: 11/04 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie 11/06 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 11/07 - Boston, MA - Great Scott 11/08 - Ithaca, NY 11/09 - Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore...
In case you missed his fantastic MFNW sets at The Woods and The Crystal , Langhorne Slim is back in Portland on November 4th in support of his fine new album, Be Set Free . If you haven’t experienced a Langhorne Slim concert, we highly recommend that you do. After seeing one of his performances, you’ll be kicking yourself for having missed him on previous go arounds. The above was good...
( EMAILWIRE.COM , October 30, 2009 ) FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. -- Bankruptcy Creditors' Service, Inc., published Issue No. 141 of CATHOLIC CHURCH BANKRUPTCY NEWS today. The 31-page newsletter contains stories with these headlines: 01786 FAIRBANKS FILES 2ND AMENDED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION 01787 8 CREDITORS' MOTION TO LIFT STAY TO PROCEED TO TRIAL 01788 FAIRBANKS' OBJECTION TO CLAIM NOS. 21 AND 25 01789 WILMINGTON'S...
News from Portland last week about the growth of the High School for Recording Arts (HSRA) network: the network, which started with a high school in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1996 and has since established schools in New York and Los Angeles , has just been recommended for school board approval to open a new school in Portland, OR. The basic mission behind the schools is to provide students with a learning...
Fans of Skillet can win the ultimate concert experience, but they've got to work for it! By helping promote Skillet's Awake and Alive Tour, one winner plus a guest will receive free tickets to the show, a meet and greet with the band and the chance to make an appearance in Skillet's video footage, which will be posted online along with a personal shout-out. Visit the contest website to enter the sweepstakes...
Saosin's US tour starts on November 6th and will be supported by P.O.S., Innerpartysystem, and Eye Alaska. Nov 6 - House of Blues - West Hollywood,CA Nov 7 - Senator Theatre - Chico, CA Nov 8 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA Nov 10 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR Nov 11 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA Nov 13 - Murray Theatre - Murray, UT Nov 14 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO Nov 15 - Beaumont Club...
Not 24 hours after the Twitterverse was abuzz with YΔCHT's stellar CMJ performance, the Portland, Oregon duo of Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans could be found delivering their manifesto-driven laptop-pop to a sweaty crowd at last night's MFG-curated Discotheque party held at the newly opened Temporary Spaces Two. The night opened with earnest and adorable Bobby Birdman (and computer) crooning...
For all you cats in the Portland, OR and Flemington, NJ areas, this is a great event for you to be checking out — Wonder Woman Day! The event — which takes place on Sunday — will go to benefiting domestic violence centers (as this month is indeed National Domestic Abuse Month). Over the past three [...]
Wanna see Headlights at DC9 on Sunday night (10/25) for free? Wanna win a copy of their latest album Wildlife on CD or vinyl? If so, e-mail me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com with the subject line "Sparkle Motion." - First prize winner gets a pair of tickets + a copy of Wildlife . - Second prize winner gets a copy of Wildlife . I'll choose winners and notify them by 5:00 pm ET tomorrow (10/23)....
Wonder Woman Day, the fourth annual celebration of Wonder Woman, which also serves as a charity benefit for domestic violence shelters and crisis lines, is this Sunday, October 25, 2009, in Portland, OR and Flemington, NJ. Check out their site for more details. 1 Comments At October 22, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote: Are those Hernandez Bros. Wonder Women? [...]
Sen. Barack Obama has seen his share of large crowds over the last 15 months, but his campaign said they have not approached the numbers gathered along the waterfront here right now. The campaign, citing figures from Duane Bray, battalion chief of Portland Fire & Rescue, estimated that 75,000 people are watching him speak. The scene suggests this is not an exaggeration. The sea of heads stretches