India blacklisted Karl Rock, a YouTuber of New Zealand descent for a year for visa violation, ANI news agency reported on Saturday citing officials from the Union Home Office who confirmed this development. The vlogger had previously claimed that the government had added him to the blacklist without giving him …
Read More »“News for the Rich, Whites and Blues”: New Book Says Chasing Subscription Dollars Bad for Journalism
The highest quality types of media coverage are increasingly “about the elites, for the elites”, and everyone is suffering. Usher says changes in America’s media must be seen against the backdrop of the country’s political polarization and social inequalities. As the media searches for subscription dollars against advertising dollars, the …
Read More »Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Music Festival canceled for 2021
Dierks Bentley’s 2021 Seven Peaks Music Festival has been canceled. “The current capacity restrictions put in place by local health authorities” are to blame, according to an Instagram post on the festival’s official account. The organizers of Seven Peaks announced the news on Friday, July 9. Passes already purchased for …
Read More »No need to be blue about JazzFest: Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues has a full week planned
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) – For over 25 years, mid-July in Sioux Falls was synonymous with JazzFest. The music event that brought artists like Joe Walsh and Sheryl Crow to Yankton Trail Park for a free concert was on hold after 2019. But for music lovers who want to remember …
Read More »The Rock at 25: Bay-hem begins, the last great crusade of Nicolas Uncaged and Connery
The Rock (16, 137mins) Directed by Michael Bay **** The title of Michael Bay’s mid-90s magnum opus refers to the nickname – affectionate or otherwise – given to the former island prison off San Francisco. Since 1973 however, Alcatraz has been better known as the Tourist Trap, siphoning cash from …
Read More »NRL 2021: New Zealand Warriors, Cronulla Sharks, Jazz Tevaga, Shaun Johnson
Jazz Tevaga celebrated with Shaun Johnson in Auckland after the great Kiwi agreed to return to the Warriors, but he has a personal score to settle with the Cronulla star on Sunday. The pair are close to the pitch but fierce rivals and when the Sharks beat the Warriors 46-10 …
Read More »Hot, dry weather causing more blue-green algae at Metropolitan Lake
item The recent hot, dry weather in Minnesota causes blue-green algae to bloom earlier and more often. (FOX 9) ROBBINSDALE, Minnesota (FOX 9) – Alex Her has been fishing panfish and carp at Crystal Lake in Robbinsdale for as long as he can remember. “This is the lake of my …
Read More »With Delta Variant Surging In Colorado, A Country Music Festival Continues
Dr Rachel LaCount grabbed a metal hoop in a playground and circled with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of Colorado National Monument into a blur tinged with red. LaCount has lived in Grand Junction, Colorado, a city of 64,000 people, most of his life. As a hospital pathologist, …
Read More »Destination West Virginia: Seneca Rocks | WDVM25 and DCW50
SENECA ROCKS, W.Va. (WDVM) – Deep in the heart of the Monongahela National Forest lies Seneca Rocks, which provides the perfect place to unplug, breathe in the mountain air, and enjoy stunning views. The climber’s paradise in Pendleton County has a lot to offer than it initially seems. Jeremiah Hyslop, …
Read More »The launch concert of the Montclair Jazz Festival is postponed to Thursday, July 15
COCOMAMA’s eight-piece Latin American jazz orchestra has been described as a virtual UN of women, whose members hail from five countries on four continents. / Montclair Jazz Festival Due to the extreme weather forecast due to Tropical Storm Elsa, the 12th Annual Montclair Jazz Festival Kickoff Concert has been rescheduled …
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