Archive: 2003

The Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution have joined with the Federal City Council to create a National Music Center & Museum in Washington, D.C., Billboard Bulletin reports. According to Mayor Anthony Williams, the center will be a state-of-the-art facility to showcase America’s musical heritage.
The museum will be the core of a mixed-use development project to be built on the former site of the Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington D.C. It will have 55,000 square feet of exhibit space, including two performance halls.
The museum is scheduled for completion in 2008. There are no financing details at present. There are tentative plans for the Sinatra family to donate Frank Sinatra

Following in the footsteps of its history-making opening day last season, Killington opens Nov. 10, at noon for skiing and riding with top to bottom terrain from Killington Peak to the base of the K1 Express Gondola. Since Nov. 7, Killington snowmakers have been stationed at the helm of the most extensive snowmaking system in North America, making snow for opening day. An average of two-to-three foot base depths (deeper in some spots) can be credited to the resort’s access to 600 million gallons of water for snowmaking.
Killington plans to open with eight trails and two lifts across three distinct runs. Skiers and riders may access terrain via the K1 Express Gondola and the Glades Triple Chairlift. Trails include Great Northern, Rime and East Glade.
Killington traditionally sets the pace for early season skiing and riding in eastern North America. Because of its snowmaking capacity, by Thanksgiving, Killington typically has nearly 80 trails open for all ability levels, often two to three times more than the nearest competitor.
In other mountain openings, Copper Mountain in Colorado opened to the general public on November 1st. Mt.Rose-Ski Tahoe was recently blessed with 16 inches of snow and has opened as well. Snowbird in Utah, plans to pen on Saturday, November 14th.
Source skinet.com.

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Distance can create a sense of comfort and security, but it can also overwhelm, causing feelings of isolation and despair. So when Ben Gibbard was developing a title for the band

The United States drastically differs from other nations with respect to payment of public performance royalties. However, that may soon change in the artists

With his newest film, Elephant, writer/director Gus Van Sant continues his exploration into what it

On the heels of the acclaimed feature film documentary, Scratch, which chronicles the birth and evolution of the hip-hop DJ, the Scratch Tour 2003 features turntable masters QBert, Mix Master Mike, X-ecutioners, Z-Trip and the Original Jazzy Jay. Incorporating multimedia artists and opening sets by local DJs, the Scratch Tour proves DJs are more than equal to their traditional instrument peers

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Rhonda Mitrani’s new project, The Florida Room, advocates a collaboration of local artists, organizations and citizens, to create community events centered around art. It provides a platform for dialogue and an outlet for expression and education. The organization launched its quest with its documentary film festival, The Rebirth of Social Media. Now in its second year, the festival runs Nov. 13-15th with the theme

Skiing never made much sense to me. Every winter growing up in Milwaukee, a healthy chunk of classmates would be bussed up to a ski resort called Sunburst, leaving a few dozen of us pasty, fragile children behind. Not that I minded much; to me, a skier was placed in the same category as someone who would drive a car without a seatbelt on. A lunatic. I grew up in a conservative Jewish household-not conservative in the religious sense; we enjoyed a nice piece of shellfish every now and again. I mean conservative in the neurotic, overly cautious sense. I might not have been allowed to experience football, skiing, snowboarding, wrestling, hockey, or lacrosse. But I did turn out to be quite a fine yahtzee player.