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ABOVE PHOTO:  Crowds at the Alex Aiono concert at the Electric Factory Wednesday evening. By Kharisma McIlwaine YouTube has become a never-ending source of talent in recent years. If used correctly, it can launch a music career — particularly for unsigned music artist. Singer, songwriter, and musician Alex Aiono is a true testament to the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Derek Walcott (Credit: Nigel Parry from Faber) Saint Lucian poet and playwright Derek Walcott, who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, died March 17 at age 87. The Nobel laureate – best known for his collections “In A Green Night: Poems 1948 – 1960” and the epic “Omeros,” inspired by Homer’s “Iliad”…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at the recent press conference for the 2017 NFL Draft in Philadelphia.  (Photo: Bill Z. Foster) The City of Philadelphia released details for the 2017 NFL Draft Experience, an exciting, three-day festival taking place Thursday, April 27th through Saturday, April 29th on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Eakins Oval and…

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David & Tamela Mann star in popular comedy series ATLANTA–David Mann, Tamela Mann and company bring a new assortment of hysterical family situations and laughs in the third season of their hit Bounce comedy series “Mann & Wife.” Bounce will double the fun by kicking off season three with two new original episodes back-to-back 9:00-10:00…

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ABOVE POPTO:  Courtesy of the Kimmel Center By Anne Ewers, President and CEO, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Not all cultures have a unique word for art. What we in this country consider art is well woven into the fabric of many other countries and is not an amenity able to be removed with budget…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan.   (Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS) LOS ANGELES — Shemar Moore is set to return to “Criminal Minds” for the season finale of the CBS drama, a year after leaving the series. Moore starred as FBI agent Derek Morgan for 11 seasons before stepping away last year. CBS announced Thursday that…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tupac Shakur associated press NEW YORK — Snoop Dogg will induct the late rapper Tupac Shakur into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, while Pharrell Williams will induct Nile Rodgers during the ceremony in Brooklyn next month. The Rock & Roll Hall announced Wednesday additional guests who’ll be on hand April 7…

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Free all-day jazz festival is open at the public and will feature local student and professional jazz musicians The Philly POPS and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will present the School District of Philadelphia’s All-City Jazz Festival, a free day-long music event, on June 9. This will be the POPS’s third year presenting…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Lee Morgan  (Photo: Nationaal Archief, Herbert Behrens/Anefo) Film Review by Kam Williams Legendary jazz great Lee Morgan (1938-1972) was born and raised in Philadelphia where he received his first trumpet as a gift from his sister on his 13th birthday. He soon became a protege of Clifford Brown, who would die in a…

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BOSTON (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che (CHAY) is not backing away from comments he made about Boston, when he called it the “most racist city” he has ever visited. The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/2n34WDF) reports that the co-anchor of “Weekend Update” told a Boston University crowd Thursday about how he received angry messages…

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