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Battle of bands to aid Lyric outreach
... Shelley Koppel Staff writer skoppel@YourVoiceWeekly.com Friday, January 22, 2016 STUART – The Lyric Theatre is gearing up for an epic Battle of the Bands. Middle and high school students from Martin and St. Lucie counties are invited to submit videos of their groups on YouTube from Feb. 15-March 14. Finalists will be selected by judges from the League in combination with YouTube ratings. Finalists will be announced by April 15 and will compete May 7 on the Lyric stage. Bands may compete in o ...
/news/1930-battle-of-bands-to-aid-lyric-outreachSearching for bands to ‘battle it out’ to benefit education
... Your Voice Weekly, Friday, January 29, 2016 Shelley Koppel Staff writer skoppel@YourVoiceWeekly.com TREASURE COAST — The Lyric Theatre is gearing up for an epic Battle of the Bands. Middle and high school students from St. Lucie and Martin counties are invited to submit videos of their groups on YouTube from Feb.15-March 14. Finalists will be selected by judges from The League in combination with YouTube ratings. Finalists will be announced by April 15 and will compete May 7 on The Lyric stag ...
/news/1951-searching-for-bands-to-battle-it-out-to-benefit-educationMayall’s the be-all and end-all of British Blues icons
... By Shelley Koppel St. Lucie Voice Setpember 15, 2016 At various times, the Bluesbreakers, the British band that brought the blues to Britain, had Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and a touch of Cream named Eric Clapton. Behind it all was the man known as “The Godfather of British Blues,” John Mayall. More than 50 years after he formed the famed Bluesbreakers, Mayall is still performing and recording. In May, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. John Mayall and his current band will perfo ...
/news/2212-mayalls-the-be-all-and-end-all-of-british-blues-iconsDeadPhish Orchestra at Lyric: Alive and doing swimmingly!
... By Shelley Koppel St. Lucie Voice Take a few friends who loved playing the music of both the Grateful Dead and another great jam band, Phish, and a desire to form their own group … and the result is the DeadPhish Orchestra. Paul Murin, guitarist for the group of Colorado musicians who will take the stage at Stuart’s Lyric Theatre on Oct. 7, spoke about why this blending of two very different bands worked and about why they picked the name. “There’s a very well-known Dead tribute ban ...
/news/2215-deadphish-orchestra-at-lyric-alive-and-doing-swimminglyMore shows must go on! Lyric adds numerous acts
... By Shelley Koppel St. Lucie Voice Sept. 16, 2016 The Lyric Theatre has announced several additional shows to its 2016-2017 season. The first, DeadPhish Orchestra, is new to me. It appears to be what you’d get if the Grateful Dead and Phish had a love child, a jam band weaving the music of the two great bands together. They take the bluesy sound of the Dead and the edgy funk of Phish and blend it together. The band, which started as a group of Colorado friends playing Phish songs, has become ...
/news/2218-more-shows-must-go-on-lyric-adds-numerous-actsCrosby: A legend plays The Lyric
... St. Lucie Voice, 10-7-16 By Shelley Koppel Staff writer The Lyric Theatre is still adding to its season and the first new act is a legend. Singer-songwriter David Crosby, a founding member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, will celebrate his latest album, “Lighthouse,” Nov. 22 with a few of his friends, Michael League, Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis, at the Stuart venue. The double Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will perform songs from the album, as well as some of his bigges ...
/news/2254-crosby-a-legend-plays-the-lyricReel in the years at Lyric’s ‘Decades Rewind’
... St. Lucie Voice, Nov. 4, 2016 By Shelley Koppel Staff writer If you love the music of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, prepare to rock out with Decades Rewind at Stuart’s Lyric Theatre Nov. 16-17. Decades Rewind gets its name from the fact that the show starts at the 1980s and works its way backwards. Along the way, you’ll hear music from Abba to Led Zeppelin, from Cyndi to Chicago, from Madonna to Marvin Gaye. The show is the brainchild of Peter Gatti and Mark Blinkhorn, two Tampa-based mus ...
/news/2263-reel-in-the-years-at-lyrics-decades-rewindThey’re standup guys!
... St. Lucie Voice New Dec. 2, 2016 By Shelley Koppel Staff writer OK, so a Jew, and Irishman and an Italian walk into a bar … No, I’m not about to begin a joke that could land me in a lot of trouble. That’s the beginning of the title of a Dec. 18 show at Stuart’s Lyric Theatre. The rest of the title is “An Evening of Clean Standup Comedy.” The night features comedy legend and Lyric favorite Freddie Roman as well as Jeff Norris and Richard Minervini. You get to guess which one fits wh ...
/news/2293-theyre-standup-guysArt and theater combine
... sand mandala to help purify the earth and inhabitants. (Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO) Don’t think of it as a lost work of art, she said. It’s an act of connecting us all in peace. What’s so beautiful about the mandala is its impermanence,” Fontaine said. “It is in the moment and reminds us to live in the moment.” “They will give half the sand to those attending the closing ceremony and the remainder they’ll disperse in the St Lucie River,” she said. “The waters carry the ...
/news/2296-art-and-theater-combineKids will adore ‘Flat Stanley’ … and mom & dad might too
... St. Lucie Voice News Friday, December 9, 2016 By Shelley Koppel Staff writer Children, and a lot of grown-ups, too, love the story of “Flat Stanley,” the little boy who makes a wish to have adventures and do amazing things. When a bulletin board hears his wish, it falls on him and makes him flat, so he can be sent around the world in an envelope and slide under doors. He does, indeed, have many adventures, stopping a robbery at the Louvre and surfing off the coast of Hawaii. The story was ...
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