Category: Features
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Under the Streetlamp doo-wop show benefits Meadow Brook Theatre
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press Under the Streetlamp is bringing doo-wop tunes to Meadow Brook Theatre for two benefit shows July 20. At this show, a traveling group of young singers will perform a variety of classic doo-wop, Motown and old rock ’n’ roll hits to entertain while bringing in funds for the theater.…
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Concert Review: Ke$ha and Pitbull attempt “Best Night of your Life”
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press The Palace lit up with energy and action, as Ke$ha and Pitbull performed for the “Best Night of My Life” tour, Friday June 7. Ke$ha opened the show with a performance of “Warrior.” Screens onstage flashed with clips from her videos and smoke erupted from the stage as she…
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Concert Review: Lumineers enchant crowd at DTE Energy Music Theatre
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press INDEPENDENCE TWP. — With friendly conversation and folksy music, The Lumineers brought a fun, upbeat show to the DTE Energy Music Theatre on Thursday, June 6. The group’s 14-song, hour-and-20-minute show focused on tracks from their hit 2012 self-titled debut album, plus a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick…
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“The Kings of Summer:” A Q&A with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press “The Kings of Summer” follows three teenage boys, who are fed up with adolescence and their parents. They decide to run away from home and try to make it on their own by building a house in the woods and living off the land. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, a metro…
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Groovy Tie-Dye Flashback Friday
Stephanie Sokol for Stylit Tie-dye has been around for a long time. Recently making a comeback, the look has been popular around the world for a long time, and started being seen in the United States in the 1950s. In the mid to late 60s, more people started sporting the style, standing up against the…
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