MansfieldNewsJournal
March 8, 2012
Performers will bring 'Abbey Road' to life
MANSFIELD -- Classic Albums Live will present a re-creation of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" album -- note for note, cut for cut -- at 8 p.m. March 16 at the Renaissance Theatre, 138 Park Avenue West.Tickets, starting at $21.50, are on sale at the Renaissance Box Office and
www.mansfieldtickets.com (ticketing fees apply); $10 tickets for back-row balcony seats may be purchased two hours before the performance, in person only, cash preferred.Founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, Classic Albums Live has become the ultimate destination for music lovers wanting to hear the greatest rock albums performed live without all the gimmickry and cheesy impersonations.
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The Tribune
March 8, 2012
Sandals hotel targets Beatles memorabilia
SANDALS Royal Bahamian is in the process of acquiring memorabilia from the February 1965 visit of the legendary rock band, The Beatles, to the Bahamas.On March 1, Sandals Royal Bahamian welcomed its first guest into its newly refurbished Manor Building, now renamed the Balmoral Tower. The name change harkens back to a time when the block of rooms were part of the Balmoral Club, a property famed for hosting the crème-de-la-crème of 1940's society.The Balmoral Club is famed for hosting British Royalty of another kind. In 1965, The Beatles embarked on filming their second feature film, "Help!". This movie was to be different from their first feature film, 'A Hard Day's Night'. 'Help!' had an increased budget and was filmed in colour.
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New-Press
March 8, 2012
Legendary Lennon and his Art
Although they had very different styles as artists, Yoko Ono remembers how often husband John Lennon would halt work on a piece and call her over, saying something like, “‘Yoko, Yoko, just come look at this.’ And he’d throw it in the trash can, sometimes,” she said.But plenty of his works survived, as Southwest Floridians will be able to see today through Sunday at “Imagine There’s No Hunger,” an exhibit benefiting the Harry Chapin Food Bank and consisting of Lennon’s drawings, sketches and written word.“We had very different ways of expressing our creative endeavors,” Ono said. Lennon was the more conventional and figurative of the two. “But I have a very critical eye and I’m very finicky. I was really surprised that he was so good.
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