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WASHINGTON DC — Waiting 100 days and with over 123,000 online votes, the baby panda cub born at Washington's Smithsonian National Zoo now has the name of Bao Bao, meaning “precious” or “treasure.” Tourists and local panda lovers crowded the zoo’s Panda Plaza to wait for the announcement and celebrate the cub’s name.
Bao Bao was born August 23 to Mei Xiang, one of the Smithsonian National Zoo's two pandas.
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Ford's Theater in Washington DC has opened a new Center for Education and Leadership. It honors the life of President Abraham Lincoln, who led the USA during the civil war in the 1860s. While attending a performance at Ford's Theater, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by an assassin and later died.
Close to 750,000 people visit Ford's Theater in Washington DC each year to see where President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Now visitors can go across the street to the house where President Lincoln died and then to the new Center for Education & Leadership next door to it.
Attractions include a 10 meter-high tower of 7,000 books on Abraham Lincoln, interactive exhibits, and artifacts. Visitors to the center can see re-creations of the train that carried President Lincoln's coffin and a barn where John Wilkes Booth, the president’s assassin was killed.
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The Museum of African American History and Culture is being built on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Americans will get their first national museum devoted exclusively to African American life, art, history and culture. When complete the Museum of African American History and Culture will be the Smithsonian Institution's 19th museum. The $500-million African American History Museum opens in late 2015 and is expected to attract more than 3 million visitors every year. The Museum of African American History and Culture will be the largest museum to focus on African Americans and will display thousands of artifacts.
"When future generations hear these songs of pain and progress and struggle and sacrifice I hope they will not think of them as somehow separate from the larger American story," said President Obama. "I want them to see it as a central and important part of our shared story - a call to see ourselves in one another."
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Chocolate Chocolate shop was voted Washington, DC's best chocolate shop.
Chocolate is sweet success for sisters Frances and Ginger Park, Korean Americans who opened Washington's first gourmet chocolate more than 25 years ago. quarter century ago. In addition to running their Washington DC Chocolate shop, the Park sister have published award winning books. The books embrace their family's roots and the American Dream.
Washington DC local government started a bicycle share program in September 2010. There are now 134 bikeshare stations with 1,100 bicycles in the nation's capital and the nearby city of Arlington, Virginia. The bikeshare program in Washington DC offers a wide variety of membership options including a one day, three days, a month, or a full year. Annual bikeshare memberships keep increasing beacause of the convenience and fair pricing many residents are finding with program. There are about 20,000 annual members who can walk up take a bike out. Also, about 90,000 visitors including tourists have used the Washington DC area bikeshare system.
"This is one of the many Bikeshare locations in southeast Washington. Renting a bike is as easy as 1.2.3. All you have to do is put in your credit card. Once the card is accepted, select the type of membership. The system will print your receipt and a code to unlock the bicycle. Enter that code in this digital lock, the light turns green and you are ready to roll."
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Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker tells the beloved Christmas story of the girl who falls in love with a Nutcracker Prince with Russian flair. Praised by the New York Times as "thrilling and expansive," the 40 impeccably trained Russian dancers leap, spin and lunge as you have never seen before.
Audiences love the Christmas party with magical toys, battles with an evil Mouse King and a journey through the glittering Snow Forrest. Unique to Moscow Ballet productions, Russian folk characters Father Christmas and the Snow Maiden escort Masha (Clara) to the Land of Peace and Harmony where she and the Nutcracker Prince are honored by emissaries from heritages the world over; African, Russian, Asian, European and Hispanic.
Set to Pytor Tchaikovsky's famous score, Moscow Ballet's production features lavish costumes, nine hand-painted backdrops with 3-D ornamentation and fanciful, larger-than-life puppets designed by a Russian master. A must see show for everyone in the family this holiday season!
America Remembers September 11 Victims VOA - September 11th, 2011
A somber quiet blanketed Ground Zero as readers called out the names of the thousands of people who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks, including their own family members.
Wearing blue ribbons in remembrance of the victims, many of the readers held back tears as they said the names, telling their fathers, mothers and other fallen family members that they miss and love them. Those in the crowd were equally moved, wiping away tears and clinging to family and friends.
The moments of silence marking significant moments of the day have been equally somber, including those that recalled the times when the planes hit the North and South Towers. The thousands of people gathered at Ground Zero fell silent in tribute.
French-born American cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who also performed on the one-year anniversary of September 11, played a cello solo while the Honor Guard opened the family entrance of the Memorial Plaza.
Many people paying respect to loved ones traced their hands and made rubbings over the dark granite memorial where the names of the fallen are now inscribed.
Some mourners placed American flags, pictures, flowers and other memorabilia on the granite. Others were seen slumped over the memorial, covering their faces as they mourned as privately as possible.
Somber crowds also gathered at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon outside Washington, where 184 were killed when a third hijacked plane crashed into the west side of the building.
At the Pentagon, hundreds of gatherers sat in silence as members of the military stood over the memorial benches of those who died on that day, holding bouquets of white flowers in remembrance.
Panetta: Nobody Attacks US ‘and Gets Away With It’
Luis Ramirez | Pentagon
VOA - September 09, 2011
The existence of what U.S. officials say is a credible but unconfirmed terrorist threat is not changing President Obama’s plans to visit the Pentagon on the 9/11 anniversary. Commemoration events began at the Pentagon on Friday - under heightened security.
Under a drizzling rain, a large number of Pentagon employees gathered in the military headquarters’ courtyard to remember the day when hijackers slammed an American Airlines Boeing 757 into a side of the building.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was among those attending a commemoration ceremony for employees and other innocent victims who perished when the airplane crashed into and destroyed part of the huge structure.
“Though the gaping hole in this building has long been repaired, there remains a gaping hole in our hearts," he said. "We still feel deeply the loss of 184 people who perished here that morning.”
Roof-Top Beehives Sweeten Hotel Offerings Chefs harvest honey for restaurant
Julie Taboh | Washington, D.C.
VOA - September 02, 2011
Two chefs have taken the trend of buying and eating locally to new heights - up 10 floors above their restaurant, where they have three bee hives producing local honey for their menu.
High up on the rooftop of the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of Washington, executive sous chef Ian Bens and executive pastry chef Aron Weber are tending to honeybees.
"All these bees have been out getting nectar and now they’re coming in and they want to get back in the hive,” says Bens.
He and Weber wanted to have access to fresh, local honey to use in their daily menus for the hotel’s restaurant. So, two and a half years ago, they installed three bee hives on the roof and have been harvesting the liquid gold ever since.
They estimate about 60,000 to 90,000 honeybees take up residence in each hive at the height of nectar flow, which is from May through late July.
Each hive is made up of a number of wooden boxes which are stacked one on top of the other.
The bottom supers, which are usually deeper than the rest, house the queen bee, and her brood of baby bees.
The worker bees use the supers above that to store most of the honey they make.
Each super contains 10 rectangular frames in which the bees build a wax honeycomb. They use the structure for housing the queen’s eggs and storing honey and pollen to eat. As each comb is filled with honey, the bees seal it with wax, and continue to move higher up the hive, filling new frames of honeycomb.
The Fairmont’s rooftop bees travel up to five kilometers to collect nectar and pollen from plants and flowers in Washington’s parks and gardens.
Every month or so, during the warm weather, Bens and Weber remove the frames that have been filled and capped, to harvest the honey.
After the harvest, the chefs bring the box of honey-filled combs to their kitchen for extraction.
Bens uses a special warming knife to remove the thin layer of wax that the bees have formed on top of the honey. The beeswax will later be used to create natural skin products like lip balm, sunscreen and facial scrubs for the hotel's VIP guests.
Once the cells of honey have been uncapped, Weber takes the prepared frames to the extracting machine. He places them, two at a time, into what looks like a giant metal can, and turns the handle on top to set them spinning.
“What we’re going to do now is we have both frames in there, and we’re going to start spinning it, as we spin, the honey is going to go down the outside and drip down to the bottom,” Weber says.
This method helps the comb stay intact within the frame so it can be reused by the bees.
This afternoon’s extraction yields about 22 kilos of fresh honey which the Fairmont chefs will start incorporating into their menu.
Today, they pair it with local, artisanal cheeses for a savory cheese platter and also mix it into praline ice cream as a dessert offering.
They also use their harvest in the hotel’s signature BeeTini, a unique concoction made with vanilla vodka and fresh lemon juice.
Since Bens and Weber set up their hives, other hotels across the U.S. and around the world have been inspired to turn to beekeeping as a healthy and environmentally sustainable alternative for fresh, local honey.
Bens sees this as a growing trend.
“People are going back to nature. You can see it especially on the East Coast and West Coast. You see it in New York City. Urban beekeeping, I think, is huge. I think as we live more in cities we realize how much nature is important to us.”
So far this season, which started in May, Bens and Weber have collected about 45 kilos of honey for their culinary specialties. They expect their growing harvest to keep coming up sweet for years to come.
A memorial dedicated to American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Junior opens to the public Monday in a preview ahead of Sunday's official dedication ceremony.
The King memorial is located on the National Mall in Washington between memorials honoring iconic presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. This is the first memorial on the mall dedicated to someone other than a president or a war.
The 9-meter tall statue and long granite wall inscribed with key quotations from the slain civil rights leader will be officially dedicated Sunday - the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington and Reverend King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at the dedication ceremony.
The King Memorial is located at 1964 Independence Avenue, a reference to the year the Civil Rights Act was passed into law by the late president Lyndon Johnson.
The King Memorial is the latest in a series of additions to the National Mall in the past two decades. The Korean War Memorial was built in 1995. A monument honoring president Franklin Roosevelt was dedicated in 1997 followed by the World War Two Memorial in 2004.
Economists: Second US Recession, If It Hits, Could Hit Hard
VOA - Laurel Bowman | Washington
Some economists are worried that the United States is poised for another recession. They warn that a so-called "double-dip," if it comes, could be more painful for average Americans than the 2007-2008 recession. Jobs, incomes, output and industrial production are all weaker now than they were then. One sector that has been hit especially hard is housing.
Mark Hudson is a real estate agent in Washington, D.C., one of the areas that has been least affected by the housing and construction bust. He peruses the day’s list of homes for sale.
“We are down about 40 percent from June 2005 to June 2011 in home sales. That affects every potential area of the economy everywhere and we are, frankly, being close to Washington, in better shape then a lot of the areas of the country," he said.
One of the homes Hudson is currently trying to sell is in a historic district in a suburb of Washington.
He says he’ll sell the house for much less than he would have several years ago. And that reduced housing prices have a real impact on peoples’ personal wealth.
“If they had sold it a few years ago they would have cleared 'X,' now they are going to clear $100,000 to $150,000 less. That is money they could use in retirement or for buying a new house or for putting their kids in college, so it absolutely affects their personal wealth,” Hudson said.
Robust home sales and construction can help drive an economic recovery. But economist Karen Dynan says that probably won’t happen this time around.
“The real issue now is that demand is so weak because people don’t want to buy homes when their income prospects are so weak. When they are worried that house prices are going to fall further and until we can see that demand rise again we are not going to see home-building rise in a way that is contributing to economic growth,” Dynan said.
Many economists say that fear of the unknown is feeding consumers’ hesitancy. That fear has rocked global financial markets, following a downgrade of U.S. Treasury debt and a long-running and highly fractious political debate over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.
“Pessimism can be self-fulfilling. If a consumer wakes up one day and is worried about the future and doesn’t go out and spend, then retailers are going to see weak demand and they are not going to hire as much and income will weaken and that in turn will leader consumers to have even less inclination to spend,” Dynan said.
Hudson says that with his personal income down by more than 50 percent, he’s certainly spending less. And he’s worried about what’s to come.
“If there’s a recession, I don’t know what I would do because I have cut as much as I could, I believe. I guess I could do more but it would be difficult. I have cut as much as I can at this point, so it’s kind of a scary question,” Hudson said.
Teen Actors Make Portraits Come Alive
Unique summer job has students portraying historical figures
Susan Logue | Washington, D.C. - VOA - August 5, 2011
Photo: VOA - A. Greenbaum
Taylor Marsh performs for visitors at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Teenagers are making portraits come alive this summer at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., this summer.
They put on makeup and make final alterations to their costumes. It’s like being backstage in a theater, but in this case the stage is the museum itself.
Dressed in a blue velvet suit and carrying a cane, just like the woman in the portrait behind her, Taylor Marsh looks like a younger version of educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune.
She's one of 10 students participating in "Portraits Alive!" at the National Portrait Gallery. Like most of the students, she came to the program because she's interested in theater.
VOA - A. Greenbaum
Taylor Marsh performing as educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
“I had no idea what this program was going
“I had no idea what this program was going to be about,” says Marsh. She was told they would be doing tours of the museum, but the tours they give rely on acting skills.
“I look for students who are interested in the performing arts,” says Geri Provost Lyons, who is in charge of the program.
“They choose a portrait, and they do research on the people that are in these portraits, and then they perform in costume a monologue which they have written.”
Students spend the first four weeks preparing, then perfecting and rehearsing their monologues in front of each other.
“Writing the monologue was the hardest part,” Marsh says. She was one of the few students who didn’t pick an entertainer or movie star.
Bethune was born in 1875, just a decade after the end of slavery. She founded a school for African American girls in 1904 and organized the National Council of Negro Women in 1932. In 1936, she became an adviser to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
“It wasn’t really the occupation I thought of, it was more the person in general,” says Marsh. “She was a strong woman, she had a lot of things going for her, and I wanted someone who was headstrong.”
Sydney Hall chose Hollywood star Katharine Hepburn, who died in 2003. “I didn’t know anything about Katharine Hepburn. I was just passing her portrait and I thought she looked very angelic in it, and she looked very cool.”
Hall says the program has had an impact on her. “I don’t spend a lot of time in museums. DC born and raised and I’ve been to all the museums, but now I’m actually taking the time to learn.”
Rashawn Alexander portrayed Latin music star Selena, who was murdered by a fan in 1995 at the age of 23. She was an icon for young people, and Alexander was impressed by how she gave back to the community, offering a free concert to students who improved their grades.
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Student actress Rashawn Alexander portrays Latin music star Selena, who was murdered by a fan in 1995.
“I picked her because me and her have a lot in common," says Alexander. "We both want to see kids do well in our community.”
Alexander says she, too, now takes time to read about the art work in the galleries, instead of just glancing at it.
Geri Provost Lyons says that’s true of a lot of the students in the program. “They will take time to go to different museums and learn more and want to see more.”
And that, she says, is one of the goals. As for the students, it doesn't hurt that they get paid for the performances - $7.25 an hour.
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Williams Sisters Team Up in Pro Tennis League
Parke Brewer | Washington, DC - July 21, 2011
World Team Tennis, an innovative, three-week-long professional league in the United States started by legendary women’s player Billie Jean King, is still going strong in its 36th season in the United States. And the team in the nation’s capital, the Washington Kastles - led by Venus and Serena Williams - has been tops in the league this season. Like the others who are competing this month in the league, they not only play but also give back to the game.
When they are not competing for Grand Slam tennis titles, American stars Venus and Serena Williams spend a lot of time giving back to the game, conducting free clinics for young children. That is a regular part of match days in World Team Tennis.
Venus said it gives her a good feeling when she sees the high interest level, especially among ethnic minority children.
“It’s great to see young people playing in general, but also seeing young African-Americans playing tennis is fantastic, too. But I think my main focus is just young people playing and mostly doing positive things with their lives,” she said.
Younger sister Serena agrees.
“You know it’s really cool. You come out and you help the kids or you watch them play, and you never know what one kid or two kids, or however many kids, you can ultimately influence,” said Serena.
World Team Tennis officials say they hope these clinics can spur continued growth of the sport.
Venus and Serena have another sister who lives in Washington, and Serena said playing for the Kastles here in the nation’s capital is a bonus.
“I love playing for the Kastles, and I love playing for the city, and I love the city. And it’s so beautiful, and now we’re right on the water. So it’s just amazing playing in an amazing stadium and it’s great,” said Serena.
After playing downtown in a temporary stadium last year, the Kastles home venue, which features a unique multi-colored court, now is on the Potomac River. And it has been filled to capacity for all of their games this season.
At one match, even first lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters came out to cheer the home team.
World Team Tennis features men and women in singles, doubles and mixed doubles, and has its own scoring rules and regulations.
Venus Williams likes that aspect of the league.
“Every game counts, so even if you don’t win your match, if you get some games for your team, ultimately that can lead to a win for everyone. So everyone has to contribute an equal part, and that’s what really makes it unique,” she said.
Serena Williams said she enjoys being her older sister's teammate.
“She doesn’t necessarily give me advice. We just go out and do our best and try to play well for the Kastles. We’re both really excited to be playing for the same team,” said Serena.
And the Washington Kastles, which also features doubles specialist Leander Paes of India, has been the best this season in World Team Tennis, becoming the first team to clinch a playoff berth by winning their first 13 matches.
Rosanne Skirble | Washington, D.C. - July 19, 2011
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Photographers like Josefina Mateo from California hold up the tourist traffic in the orchid room at the US Botanic Garden.
A plant in Namibia survives on fog. Visitors can get a rare look at the Welwitschia or Desert Onion on display at the U.S. Botanic Garden, a glass-domed building at the foot of the United States Capitol in Washington.
Opened in 1820, the U.S. Botanic Garden houses more than 10,000 plants in exhibits which reflect the world’s deserts, jungles and other landscapes. Rare and endangered species are spotlighted.
Horticulturalist Ray Mins says the lush varieties in and around rocks of an artificial lava flow and waterfall in the Hawaii room, drive that message home.
“Hawaii has one of the smallest land masses in North America, but has the largest percentage of endangered species. Almost every plant you see in this room is endangered.”
Mins points out Brighamia or “Cabbage on a Stick” whose population has been decimated in the wild due to overgrazing, development and competition from invasive plants.
Mins says the delicate balance between plant and pollinator has been upset “The pollinator of that plant is extinct and there’s no natural way for that plant to be pollinated, although in captivity you can pollinate it.”
Jody Johnson represents Pollinator Partnership and was among two dozen exhibitors who were recently stationed at booths along garden walkways. Her group promotes the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems.
She says beyond the birds, bees and butterflies are other important pollinators to watch. “Bats, geckos, and flying squirrels being examples that people don’t know about.”
Like all flowers, orchids are dependent on pollinators. The U.S. Botanic Garden has some 5,000 species which are grown and propagaged at the garden's research center.
The way they are rotated 200 at a time into tree trunks and branches along a misty forest like walkway captivates Californian Josefina Mateo, and her family, visiting from the Philippines. “I saw this little nook in the corner with orchids from the Philippines. That got me excited.”
As his sister-in-law takes pictures, Raul de los Santos gets a closer look at an orchid he rarely sees at home.
“Having this represented helps especially for my kids to understand that there are certain things to be more aware of in the environment. We’re losing a lot of the special species that we have.”
Horticulturist Mins is troubled that so many orchids, like the ones in this display, are endangered, largely from illegal collectors.
He says the orchids help teach a lesson to passersby. “We hope that people see the beauty of native and endangered plants and can walk away understanding that actions that we take as humans and as gardeners really can affect plants and what we can do at home can help protect endangered species.”
Nancy Guyer of Clinton, Maryland comes to the garden to relax and is moved by what she sees.
“When something is gone from the world, there is no getting it back. And everything on earth was put there for a reason, and it all affects how we live.”
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Expected to Draw a Million Visitors
Dora Mekouar | Washington, D.C. - July 08, 2011
Photo: VOA - A. Klein
Master weaver Nkerisapa Lewano, a participant in the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, is a member of the Ngurunit Basket Weavers Group in northern Kenya, a program sponsored by the Peace Corps.
Colombian coffee growers mingle with Peace Corps volunteers and some of the nation’s finest rhythm and blues musicians at this year’s Smithonian Folklife Festival, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
This year’s event spotlights Colombia’s rich bio-cultural diversity, the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps and the powerful influence of rhythm and blues music in American popular culture.
Hundreds of participants come to the nation’s capital for the 10-day event, which generally draws about a million visitors, according to Smithsonian spokesperson Becky Haberacker.
“The festival is a way to showcase cultural traditions from around the world,” she says. "And it’s a way to allow people to share their culture and their experience.”
'A Capitol Fourth' Features All-Star Cast; Jill Scott Scores Hit Album
VOA - Mary Morningstar | Washington
- July 04, 2011
'A Capitol Fourth' Concert Features Morrison, Sparks, Groban
Actor Jimmy Smits will host “A Capitol Fourth,” which takes place on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Performers at the Independence Day celebration include actor and Grammy-winning musician Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Josh Groban, Glee’s Matthew Morrison, Jordin Sparks, Little Richard with the Million Dollar Quartet, Broadway star Kelli O’Hara, and the National Symphony Orchestra. “A Capitol Fourth” will air live on PBS television.
Scott Scores No. 1 Album
Jill Scott's "The Light of the Sun" CD
R&B singer Jill Scott scores her first Number One on this week’s Billboard 200with her fourth album, The Light of the Sun. The 39-year-old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native will promote the album on her 17-city “Summer Block Party” tour, which begins on July 26 in Boston, Massachusetts. Mint Condition and Anthony Hamilton will open the U.S. concerts. Hamilton is featured on “So In Love,” the Top 10 debut single from Scott’s new album.
Colon Wins 'The Voice' Singing Competition
Javier Colon, the winner of the first season of the singing competition series, "The Voice," July 1, 2011
34-year-old Javier Colon is the winner of NBC-TV’s singing competition, “The Voice.” The Connecticut native earned a $100,000 record contract after beating out runner-up Dia Frampton. Colon is the former lead singer of the Derek Trucks Band. He was signed to Capitol Records, which released his 2003 and 2006 albums, but was later dropped from the label due to low sales. Universal Republic plans to release Colon’s new album in September. On July 27, the top eight finalists of “The Voice” will kick off a U.S. tour in Los Angeles. Joining Colon and Frampton on the outing are Beverly McClellan, Xenia, Vicci Martinez, Frenchie Davis, Nakia and Casey Weston. Plans are already underway for the second season of “The Voice.” It will premiere on February 5, 2012 following Super Bowl XLVI.
Goldberg to Emcee Tibetan Association Event
Whoopi Goldberg
On July 9, the Capital Area Tibetan Association will host “A Talk for World Peace” on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The event, featuring the Dalai Lama, is free to the public. Actress, comedian and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg will serve as emcee. Grammy-nominated singer Skylar Grey will perform a never-before-heard song as a tribute to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan People.
New Album Releases July 5:
“Drums Between the Bells” by Brian Eno “King of Hearts” by Lloyd
Look Who's Goin On Tour!
Styx band
Classic rock bands Styx and Yes will kick off a 21-city co-headlining tour on July 5 in Holmdel, New Jersey. Yes will be supporting its upcoming album, Fly From Here, due out on July 12. The latest album by Styx,Regeneration, Volume 2, is the follow-up to the 2010 seven-song EP, Regeneration, Volume 1, which features six re-recorded classics, including “Come Sail Away,” “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)” and “The Grand Illusion.”
The 2011 American Idols Live! tour will begin on July 6 in West Valley City, Utah. The lineup features Season 10’s top 11 finalists Casey Abrams, Haley Reinhart, Jacob Lusk, James Durbin, Lauren Alaina, Naima Adedapo, Paul McDonald, Pia Toscano, Scotty McCreery, Stefano Langone and Thia Megia. Although the annual tour usually features only the top 10 finalists, Casey Abrams was added after being “saved” by the judges during the competition. The 45-tour wraps up on September 9 in Rochester, New York.
'A Capitol Fourth' Features All-Star Cast; Jill Scott Scores Hit Album
'A Capitol Fourth' Features All-Star Cast; Jill Scott Scores Hit Album
Jill Scott's "The Light of the Sun" CD
Javier Colon, the winner of the first season of the singing competition series, "The Voice," July 1, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg
Styx band