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May 17, 2008

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Concerts
Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Clearwater Theater
Puccini's Tosca @ Coronado Theatre
Throwdown, Poison the Well, The End, The Satire, Inveigh @ The House Cafe
Dance
Rockford Dance Company presents Alice in Wonderland @ Boylan Catholic High School
DJ
DJ @ Miranda's Pub & Grill
DJ @ Cousin's Bar & Grill
DJ @ Office Niteclub, The
DJ @ Brewskys
DJ @ Sports Page Bar & Grill
DJ @ Oscar's Pub & Grill
DJ @ Silver Lounge, The
DJ Madman John Stevens & the All New Music Video Dance Show @ Club Impulse
DJ Mike @ Fifth Alarm Firehouse Pub
DJ Tator @ Shooters Bar & Grill
DJ Tucson Ron @ Brew Haus, The
DJ With Double D @ The Breeze Sports Bar & Grill
Madman John & 1st Entertainment Services Video DJ Show @ Club Impulse
Exhibits
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation Exhibition @ Rockford Public Library
New Dimensions Gallery Exhibit: Star Student Art Show @ Womanspace
Southern Prophets: Visionary and Religious Outsider Art @ Rockford Art Museum
The Natural World Through a Lens @ Burpee Museum of Natural History
The Purse & the Person: A Century of Women's Purses @ Midway Village & Museum Center
Zhou Brothers: New Beginning @ Rockford Art Museum
Fund Raisers
Rockford Marathon Pasta Dinner @ Cliffbreakers River Restaurant
Karaoke
Bassline Entertainment with Esther @ Cimino's
Karaoke @ Cronies Grill
Karaoke @ Jayne's Place
Karaoke and DJ @ Rue Marche
Karaoke with Floyd @ Stoop
Karaoke with Mike @ Victory Tap
Live Music
Bare Bones @ Town Hall Lounge
Boulas @ J- Bears Place
Brother K @ Brio Restaurant, Wine Bar & Patio
Bullet @ Shooter's Bar & Grill - East
Chett @ Octane InterLounge
Crunchy Frogs @ JD's Sports Bar & Grill
Curtis, Ken @ Bistro, The
Dean Moriarty Jazz Band @ Underground at Kuma's
Dueling Pianos @ Cheers
Ernie & the Po' Boys @ Big Cities Lounge
Escape @ San Jose Restaurant
Fat Elvis @ JD's Sports Bar & Grill
Groove Walk @ Downtown Rockford
Gypsy Moon @ Backstop Bar & Grill
Hotrod Hank & the Hollowbodies @ CJ's Lounge
Hyde @ Krypto Music Lounge
Ifficial Reggae Movement @ Mary's Place
Juelane and Gid-e -Yup @ Jaks on South Park
Kriisty Rose and Still Fallen @ The Back Bar
Laura Bayliss Jazz Trio @ Irish Rose, The
Maxine Holler, Val Eddy. Bob Devita @ Gun Club, The
Mose Giganticus, The Emotron @ The Rock Box
Nielsen, Miles @ Krypto Music Lounge
Pistol Pete @ Scanlan's
Presumed Innocent @ Carlyle Brewing Company
Prime Time @ Cheers
Rick Burns @ Franchesco's Restaurant Pizzeria and Lounge
River City Band @ Bar 3
Ron Rainwater @ Cru
Second Wind @ 505 Lounge
Smokin' Gunz @ Chubby Rain - House of Tunes
Soul To Soul @ Mick & Tony's Eatery and Pub
Southern Heritage @ Scoobies Redneck Bar & Grill
Split Decision @ LT's Bar & Grill
Standing 8 @ Take 20
Starlite Radio @ Vinny's on Block 5
Steve Ditzell & Blue Lightning Band @ Rue Marche
Stone Free @ Two Wheel Inn
Tattoo You: A Rolling Stones Tribute @ Big Al's Bar
The Runabouts @ Grove, The
The Sensations @ Rascal's
The Silver Creek Band @ Country Oasis
The Usual Suspects @ Office Niteclub, The
Tom and Phil @ Butterfly Club
Tom and Phil @ Butterfly Club
Tres Elliot @ Pee Wee's Pub
Vintage Vinyl @ Swilligans Pub
Vista Cruiser @ Firefly
Sales/Shows
27th Semi-Annual "Pec Thing" Antique & Flea Market @ Winnebago County Fair Beergarden
27th Semi-Annual "Pec Thing" Antique & Flea Market @ Winnebago County Fair Beergarden
Farmer's Market @ North End Commons
Special
Animal Mania at Lockwood Park @ Lockwood Park Trailside Equestrian Center
Sports
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Kid's Night Candy Scramble- LM, AST, RR, SC plus School's Out Smash with School Bus Stunt @ Rockford Speedway
Rock River Raptors vs. Flint Phantoms @ MetroCentre
Theater
Children's Theater Project presents Disney's Aristocats kids! @ 118 Building, The
Disney's The Artistocats Kids @ 118 Building, The
Father of the Bride @ Community Building Complex of Boone County
Moonlight & Magnolias @ Clock Tower Resort
The Dining Room @ Rockford College
The Dining Room @ Rockford College
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05/18
E-I-E-I-O
Discovery Center Museum
05/23
Kantorei Spring Concert
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
05/23
Wine Club - "Washington Wines"
Brio Restaurant, Wine Bar & Patio
05/23 - 05/26
Young At Heart Festival
Loves Park City Hall
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No Matter Your Age, You Can Still Be Young At Heart
There’s something about a festival that can bring out the kid in all of us. This little fact means that Loves Park’s Young At Heart Festival is well-named.
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Tin Horse - Rising Country Stars Play The Young At Heart Festival
Tin Horse is a group that seem to be doing everything right – at least if you believe the critics. CLTV News said that they are, “on the verge of super stardom." In referencing the group’s song “Take It to the Bank,” indie-music.com said that it, ” opens with such a good old-fashioned Nashville vibe, I expected to hear Johnny Cash’s voice come out of the speakers."
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Starlite Radio Releases First Full-Length Album
Starlite Radio's much anticipated first full-length album, "22 Blackbirds," is set to be released on May 31.
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Rockford Area Arts Council Celebrates with 2008 Mayor's Arts Awards
The Arts in Rockford varied and all inclusive! Its the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, multi-cultural dance  at Rockford Dance Company, “artist apprentice” program of RAAC at Rockford College, a graffiti arts exhibit at Spring Art Scene downtown and so much more!
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Pec Playhouse Theatre Searching for Actor for Godspell
Pec Playhouse Theatre is looking for someone for the role of Jesus in their upcoming production of Godspell.
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Children's Favorite Jim Gill Entertains Kids Big and Small at Young At Heart
This year’s Young At Heart Festival highlights Kids Day on Sunday May 25, 2008, featuring Chicago musician Jim Gill performing an “active play” family concert from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.
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Free Golf Clinics on June 1st
Rockford Park District invites youth and adult golfers for free clinics on Sunday, June 1st.
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Get Your Groove On - Groove Walk Is Upon Us
Groove Walk is a Rockford tradition and this year it will fall on May 17th.
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Sunday Morning Blues Podcast - 05/11/2008
Each week check out the Sunday Morning Blues Podcast hosted by Rich Gordon.  Click here to listen to the show.
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Mildred Berry Center To Host Regional Art Exhibit
In celebration of Mental Health Month in May, Mildred Berry Center will host “Trauma Reflected in Art” a travelling art exhibit from the Iowa Juvenile Home in Des Moines, IA. The exhibit will showcase more than 40 unique paintings, photographs, and mixed media pieces.
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Kindred
There are those CD’s that find a permanent place in your CD player. After listening to “Kindred”, you may just feel as I do and not take this CD out of your player for quite some time. 
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You're All I Need
You’re All I Need is the third CD from Rockford based jazz saxophonist Harlan Jefferson. It’s a disc that is at times sheer brilliance.
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Are You Listening Now
Sarah Vonderhaar is going to be appearing at the Clearwater Theater in West Dundee at the end of the month.  While she's not quite a local artist, she is based out of Lake Zurich - so, she's not far from it.
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Rhythm and Bows
Very few Rockford natives have earned critical accolades from publications as far reaching and diverse as “The Christian Science Monitor,” “Billboard” and “USA Today.” Randy Sabien is one of those people.
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Leaders of the Meownarchy
This EP from local band JCVD should please fans of frantic hardcore based extreme music. These guys are the real deal.
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City Of Echoes
Pelican is a Chicago band that’s headlining a show at The House Café in Dekalb tonight. Fans of doomy, stoner rock should appreciate some of the music onthis disc, but I’d say that overall their sound isn’t exactly a tight fit into that musical style. 
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