Death metal band offers life

CODY, Wyo. — The lights go down and thunderous strains of dense, foreboding music blast from the speakers. Teenagers start to thrash in rhythmic, kinetic fury as the region’s top Christian death metal band begins to play.

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Taking flight with ‘Peter Pan’

Everyone knows pixie dust and happy thoughts make Peter Pan fly.

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Father-son artists create colorful works from old oil containers

In an ambitious and green effort, Bill Drum and his son Chris are turning used oil drums into works of art that often depict native animals.

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Weekly Webb: Healing with words, nature’s inspiration

It was a cheerful bunch.

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Best bets

Looking for a fun way to spend your time and money this weekend or into the next week? Here are some top picks from The Gazette’s Cathy Ulrich and Jaci Webb.

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Holiday Food and Gift fest hits Metra

The 24th annual Holiday Food and Gift Festival, presented by D&D Productions and Billings Gazette Communications, will be held on Saturday and Sunday at MetraPark Expo Center.

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YPR plans special programs

To commemorate the Thanksgiving holiday and November as National Native American Heritage Month, Yellowstone Public Radio will broadcast several special programs next week.

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Redbone to return for Babcock show

Leon Redbone is returning to Billings to perform Wednesday, April 14 at the Babcock Theatre.

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Effort under way to preserve bluesman’s birthplace

JACKSON, Miss. — The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson’s life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.

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Top 10 on iTunes

Here is a list of iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Nov. 16, 2009:

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Guide: Public radio

Today, 2 p.m.: The musical migration of blues-driven jazz from the South to Chicago is explored on “Riverwalk Jazz.”

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MSUB’s Gregori set to play clarinet recital

Maggie Gregori, a clarinet student at Montana State University Billings, will present her junior recital at 7:30 tonight in Cisel Recital Hall on the MSU Billings campus. The recital will include works by Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Krommer and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She will be assiste…

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Museum to play host to chamber players

The Yellowstone Chamber Players will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Yellowstone Art Museum.

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‘Altar Boyz’ takes jabs at religion, pop-music culture and more at ABT

The acclaimed musical comedy “Altar Boyz” is being staged in Billings at the Alberta Bair Theater on Saturday night.

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Jones takes indie-influenced detour on ‘The Fall’

Norah Jones ditches her old band, and most of her trademark piano playing, for her latest release “The Fall.”

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Guide: Art spaces

Guides: Art spaces

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Artworks by Rocky seniors go up at Tech Hall gallery

Rocky Mountain College is presenting the work of a trio of graduating art majors at the Ryniker-Morrison Gallery in Tech Hall. Opening reception is today from 4 to 6 p.m.

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Moore’s ‘Capitalism’ misses Oscar’s short list for documentaries

LOS ANGELES — Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.

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Film review: Inspirational ‘Blind Side’ surprises with emotional depth

Sandra Bullock retrieves much of the career momentum that “The Proposal” gave her and that “All About Steve” threatened to kill with “The Blind Side,” a surprisingly smart and moving drama about a steel magnolia who doesn’t truly bloom until she takes in a homeless teen and …

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