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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
A GOOD VIBE
Vibraphonist to play songs from new album BY
WILL C. FRANKLIN STAFF WRITER
Born and raised in Baltimore, Warren Wolf was introduced to music at a very young age. “It really came through my father, Warren Wolf Sr.,” Wolf said. “He is a
retired Baltimore City public school teacher, but he played music on the weekends. Just like any child, I would say, when they see their parents doing something that looks fun, I saw my dad playing vibes and various percussion instruments. So I started copying him.” For Wolf, copying his father playing the vibraphone lead to lessons, albums and performances, such as the one
AND THE WOLFPACK
STRATHMORE
n When: 7:30 p.m. Friday n Where: The Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda n Tickets: $30 n For information: 301-581-5100; strathmore.org
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show makes its way to Strathmore on Friday. PHOTOS FROM SANDY HACKETT’S RAT PACK
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THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE PROUDLY PRESENTS,
DIRECT FROM L.A., SANDY HACKETT’S RAT PACK SHOW
andy Hackett has built a sort of show business empire bringing the music, charisma and comedy of Las Vegas’ most enduring showmen back to the stage. And still, it is p particularly uncanny when he says “Hello” in his father’s voice. “I might slip into Buddy at any time,” he said of the iconic inflection belonging to the late comedian and star of screens large and small. “We’re rehearsing.” The production in prep — “My Buddy,” a
one-man show starring Sandy Hackett as his father, and directed by Sandy’s wife and producing partner, Lisa Dawn Miller — will open with previews in Los Angeles at the end of the month, prior to the launch of its official run in Ohio in late October. The homage, Hackett said, was born backstage, as he and his crew from “Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack” — which comes to Strathmore on Friday — would gather to exchange stories of old Hollywood. “I’d say, ‘Here’s another story about my
Music from the Rock BY
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Warren Wolf will be playing the Mansion at Strathmore on Friday. He says, “With this record, ‘Wolfgang,’ I wanted to showcase the beauty of the vibes and how classical music can be mixed with jazz. ….”
WARREN WOLF
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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
The BlackRock Center for the Arts is an “undiscovered jewel” that some people may not yet know about, said Executive Director Krista Bradley, who has plenty of ideas about how to change that. “Upcounty is definitely growing by leaps and bounds …. but BlackRock is not necessarily seen as a social and cultural destination,” she said. “We want to encourage people to do more of that.” The center is located in a complex of restaurants, stores and a library in the Germantown Town Center. “Arts play a role in bringing people together,” said Bradley.
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dad, [and] here’s another one,’” Hackett mused. The time, he said, was right. The Rat Pack revue, in fact, now in its fifth year and about to embark on its 2013-14 national off-Broadway tour, owes its heart and soul to dear old dad. “Buddy was a part of that group,” said Miller about those sultans of self-assured swagger, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. “He performed
Comedian Sandy Hackett is son of comedy legend Buddy Hackett.
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The rock-pop group from New Jersey Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools kicks off the 2013-14 season on Saturday at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. BLACKROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
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Screenings include Q&As and panel discussions BY
VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
Documentary film director Ben Kalina has always loved going to the beach, but he doesn’t think beach areas are good places to build, especially now, with seas rising because of climate change. Kalina’s feature-length documentary “Shored Up” takes a close look at the issue. “It’s about what kinds of things can [happen] when we settle in places that aren’t very hospitable to developers,” he said. “Shored Up” is the first of five documentaries, plus
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