Event showcases Latin American food, culture
April 30, 2012 by GINA BORG
Filed under Food & Dining, Variety
Taste of the Americas is immersing more than mouths in Latin American culture. The event will showcase Latin food, music and dancing. Several Central and South American countries will be represented at the culinary level. La Parrilla, Agua Linda, Las Conchitas Caliente, Cali N Tito’s, Señor Sol, Tlaloc El Mexicano and Picante’s will represent a wide [...]
HEROs puts on ‘big’ event
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Duo’s New Orleans style combines for ‘juggling act’
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Year-end concert shows off a cappella appeal
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Four-piece a family affair
It will take but a moment to enter England in 1819. The band is made up of brothers Andrew and Dan Callaway and their father Liam, as well as Jon Alcon. Andrew and Dan began filling in for members of their dad’s band in their youth. “When the drummer couldn’t make it, I would play [...]
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Longtime quartet appears in Athens
Tonight’s entertainment will have some strings attached. The St. Lawrence String Quartet formed in 1989 and is an Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University. It consists of cellist Christopher Costanza, violist Lesley Robertson and violinists Geoff Nuttall and Scott St. John. Costanza has been playing cello since the age of 8 and entered the group [...]
Josh Gracin headlines Delta Gamma benefit concert
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UGA Miracle to host 24-hour dance marathon
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