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The first jazz recordings were made by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1917. Today we’re much more likely to be celebrating the birthdays of three great jazz artists, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk, all of them born in 1917. Happily, there is great film footage for all three, documenting their youthful as well as their mature moments as performers. "Scenes Through the Cinema Lens" is a free film retrospective focusing on the performing arts curated by Krin Gabbard, professor of Jazz Studies at Columbia University. He is also the author of Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus and Hotter than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture.

No doubt, Paul “Rawhide” Revere would have snuck Priscilla over to Sooner Rock (two hundred yards up the beach from Plymouth Rock, discovered by two Okies who stowed away on the Mayflower and jumped ship early, claiming the continent for a Pawhuska) for a little spoonin.’

Clark owned a small dairy farm in Delaware. Thinking to add to his larder, he bought a black steer at Dill’s auction down the road to fatten a beef for the family.

They love harrassin’ the new man, coffee in the shack, Sunday afternoons, tellin’ jokes, seein’ someone else get bucked off and Copenhagen.

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 He played with Central from 1945 until moving to South Sydney in 1947, making his Test debut in 1948 against New Zealand before being picked for the 1948/49 Kangaroo tour of Britain and France. In 1950, aged just 23, he led Australia to its fi rst Ashes win against Britain since 1920, one of his 24 matches as Australian captain. In all he went on four Kangaroo tours, including 1959/60 as coach, making his fi nal Test appearance against England on the 1956/57 tour.

The next opponent came to the table, the referee re-racked the balls and he potted a red and cleared the table a second time for a break of 135, making a worldrecord running break of 272. 

The concerts have been massive, with weekend crowds of up to 20,000 injecting millions of dollars into the local economy. And, if the memory of vigneron Brian McGuigan is correct, it all began with the band The Dingoes in 1973, playing on the banks of the Hunter River at Wyndham Estate.

Oh, they’ll give us a wide berth given a choice but they adjust very quickly to the company of men as long as you don’t stir ‘em up. Which explains why Zebu and not Charlois are worshipped in India. But start messin’ with a Santa Gertrudis calf and you better be lookin’ over your shoulder. Or pushin’ a sick braymer…he’s liable to charge your horse.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to present the return of Tony Award-winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole and Grammy Award-winning composer/pianist/singer Billy Stritch in "Snowfall" on Monday, December 18 at 7pm and Thursday, December 28 at 6pm. "Snowfall" will celebrate the holidays with seasonal material from the duo’s past shows, plus new songs like "Tennessee Christmas" and "The Man With The Bag." In the past, fans have packed this very special Christmas concert, enjoying Ebersole and Stritch’s signature tight harmonies, luxurious vocals and snappy conversation. Christine Ebersole is currently starring on Broadway in War Paint, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She also recently starred in Blithe Spirit, and is a two-time Tony-winner for Grey Gardens and 42nd Street. She has also garnered universal critical acclaim for her interpretation of beloved classics and standards in nightclubs across the country. In addition to stage, Christine Ebersole has delighted audiences with roles in films such as "Tootsie" and "Amadeus," and her television career includes cast roles in "Royal Pains," "Saturday Night Live" and … (read more)

 The Posinatus cup came to the fore again in 1998 when it was sold by Christie’s in Melbourne for $68,000 to an unknown buyer. The present-day three-handled Melbourne Cup began being presented in 1919, but Posinatus’s pure silver trophy, made in 1866, is a classic. It has birds, cherubs, smiling masks, tassels and at its base three splendid ladies in strapless evening gowns representing good fortune, wisdom and health.

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