NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — In its heyday, the stage at Newport's Opera House hosted everything from performances of vaudeville and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to appearances by abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — In its heyday, the stage at Newport's Opera House hosted everything from performances of vaudeville and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to appearances by abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The nonprofit group that owns it hopes to make it into a centerpiece of live performance and a gathering place for the seaside resort town already known around the world for its jazz and folk festivals.
While thousands of music lovers flock to the city every summer for the Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival, there are limited venues for live music, said Jay Sweet, the festivals' executive producer.
Because of those limitations, they are always on the hunt for more places that can host musicians during a festival weekend, he said.
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — In its heyday, the stage at Newport's Opera House hosted everything from performances of vaudeville and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to appearances by abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The president of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, said he is "grateful" for the "passion and courage" demonstrated by a mob of students who had taken over his campus and driven a professor to teach off campus due to concerns for his safety.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Latest on fatal stabbings in Portland, Oregon (all times local): 4:50 p.m. Cellphone video shows the suspect in the deadly stabbings of two men who intervened in an anti-Muslim rant against two young women on a Portland train going on a racist tirade a day earlier. Police Sgt. Pete Simpson confirmed
Police in Manchester, England issued a picture of the arena suicide bomber holding a blue suitcase and asked anyone who might have seen him with it before the attack to call a confidential hotline.
Leaders of financially strapped Hartford are struggling to persuade state legislators facing their own budget crisis to come up with tens of millions of dollars in additional aid to help the city avoid bankruptcy and ultimately become economically stable.
Since its debut in 1852, the Allentown Fair has been a source of spirited, end-of-summer entertainment. Only twice in its history did the fair take a break. The first time … Click to Continue »
Canadians were treated to a spectacular display of northern lights on Saturday night and into Sunday morning, and some were fortunate enough to photograph the light show.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — This offseason’s biggest position battle is again in Denver, the quarterback-crazed city where John Elway and Peyton Manning both left the game caked in confetti and continue to cast long shadows. The Broncos, a team with a dazzling defense and ambitions of a deep playoff run, must decide which young quarterback will
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - This offseason's biggest position battle is again in Denver, the quarterback-crazed city where John Elway and Peyton Manning both left the game caked in confetti and continue to cast long shadows.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — This offseason's biggest position battle is again in Denver, the quarterback-crazed city where John Elway and Peyton Manning both left the game caked in confetti and continue to cast long shadows.