Let the stars come out
By SARA AGNEW
of the Tribune’s staff
Richard King is no stranger to the demands of the limelight. The owner of The
Blue Note nightclub is best known as Columbia’s man behind the curtain,
booking big bands and handling the business side of the local music industry.
McKellen to play Gandalf?
Alleged Hendrix sex tape on way
Blaine sets breath-holding record
MUSIC
Music and memories
By JOHN GEROME
of The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It’s no shock that the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum got a tepid response from Hank Williams Jr. on their plans for an exhibit on his family, from his iconic and troubled father through his own hell-raising days to his children’s lives.
Carly cooks with new Brazilian CD
By WAYNE PARRY
of The Associated Press
After four decades as one of the world’s top singer/songwriters, with a truckload of hits that have helped shape pop music, you might think there’s little new ground for Carly Simon to plow. And you’d be wrong.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
May’s days full of great plays, grand events at Missouri Theatre
By LYNN ISRAEL of the Tribune’s staff
There’s some good news in the mail this week, and I’m not talking about Uncle Sam’s tax rebates. The Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts is sending out its brochure for its grand opening set for May 21, and it all looks like a hoot, especially with singer Tony Bennett kicking off the renovation celebration of the 1928 building.
LIFTING THE CURTAIN
King Lear
ON STAGE
VISUAL ARTS
Art in the Park pulls in new artists
By ANNIE NELSON
of the Tribune’s staff
Art in the Park is just a month away, and some of the artists coming to the 50th anniversary of the art festival - an event June 7 and 8 at Stephens Lake Park, sponsored by the Columbia Art League - are first-timers ready to try out their art with Columbia festival goers. Learn more about the event at
artinthepark.missouri.org.
Poppy’s new exhibition celebrates inventiveness
Whimsical could be one of the words to describe a new exhibit at Poppy by artists from Missouri and around the nation. The show, which opened last week, features designers, jewelers and
metalsmiths. The artists include Janice Ho from Hannibal; Kathy Frey of Chicago; and Trish Stevenson and Kim
Caisse, both from Madison, Wis.
EXHIBITS
BOOKS
Civil War letters deliver message of human endurance and love
By JOSEPH FRAZIER
of Associated Press
The book "Go If You Think It Your Duty" isn’t the Civil War history of textbooks or lecture halls. It’s the kind we seldom see - the kind tucked away in forgotten, dusty packets of letters in forgotten trunks in attic corners.
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