Posted by Nick on June 30, 2008
Enjoy some free music thanks to L.L. Bean this summer during the L.L.Bean Summer Concert Series.
What is it?
Free Concerts every week at 7:30 p.m. in Discovery Park, Freeport, Maine
Bring your lawn chairs to L.L.Bean’s 10th annual Summer Concert Series in Freeport. Enjoy the incredible talents of local and national performers. From blues to folk and country to pop, there’s music for every taste — and it’s free!
Friday, July 4
Toby Lightman
Contemporary Pop
Saturday, July 5
Daryl Hall
Pop
Saturday, July 12
Kathy Mattea
Acoustic Country
Saturday, July 19
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Classical
Saturday, July 26
Buddy Holly’s Original Crickets
50’s Rock and Roll
Saturday, August 2
Brandi Carlile with guest Jason Spooner
Contemporary Folk
Saturday, August 9
Richie Havens
Folk
Saturday, August 16
The Jerry Douglas Band
Contemporary Bluegrass
Saturday, August 23
John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties
Contemporary Folk
Saturday, August 30
Lonestar
Pop Country
Sunday, August 31
Keb’ Mo’
Pop Blues
More info hereÂ
Posted by Nick on June 26, 2008
ComFest, otherwise known as the Community Festival, kicks off at noon tomorrow in Columbus, Ohio’s Goodale Park. This is in the Short North area and is easily accessible from I-670 and 315. The festival is known as the largest free, non-corporate urban music and arts festival in the United States.
ComFest runs from June 27 through June 29, 2008. Festivities start at noon tomorrow. You can enjoy six stages featuring local bands, live arts and cultural performers, and political activists. There is also a street fair that offers up local food vendors, artists and craftspeople.
Beer from The Columbus Brewing Company is sold at ComFest in large colorful mugs to offset the cost of the festival itself and to raise money for community projects and grants. All tips from the beer booths go to homeless shelters. ComFest’s “cause” for 2008 is The Ohio Healthy Families Act, which supports a grass-roots campaign to put an initiative on the ballot for the fall, general election, requiring employers to provide mandatory sick days for their employees.
The featured local artists for 2008 are Happy Chichester and Shaun Booker. Music reigns from Noon until 11 P.M. Friday and Saturday, and Noon until 9 P.M. on Sunday. Guest National Artists are Michelle Shocked and Black 47.
For more info, including a show schedule, visit ComFest.com today.
Posted by Nick on June 18, 2008
If you are going to be in the Cleveland, Ohio area soon, you will want to take note of the dates and locations below to make sure you can take advantage of some free food thatns to Marc’s.
Join Marty Allen and Paul Rado at select Marc’s locations this summer for free Hebrew national Hot Dogs, Nabisco Snacks & Lipton Iced Teas!
Saturday, June 14th
Marc’s Mentor on the Lake
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
5929 Andrews Road • Mentor on the Lake
Saturday, July 26th
Marc’s Strongsville
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
16224 Pearl Road • Strongsville
Saturday, June 28th
Marc’s Sheffield
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
170 Sheffield Center • Sheffield Lake
Saturday, August 16th
Marc’s Westlake
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
30050 Detroit Road • Westlake
Saturday, July 12th
Marc’s Garfield
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
12650 Rockside Road • Garfield Heights
Saturday, August 23rd
Marc’s Parmatown
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
7511 West Ridgewood • Parma
Posted by Nick on June 13, 2008
West End Live returns to Leicester Square this year where you can see some of London’s best West End performances for free at Leicester Square’s largest outdoor theater festival.
At West End Live you get to see some of London’s best West End productions all on one stage as well as experience the sounds of some medieval instruments and see a sneak preview of some exhibits from Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum. It is scheduled for June 21 and June 22 this year. Hours are from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM on Saturday and from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Sunday.
This year you can catch the best scenes from top shows including:
- Avenue Q
- Buddy
- Chicago
- Dirty Dancing
- Grease
- The Sound of Music
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
- Mamma Mia!
- Stomp
- The Lord of the Rings
For more info, go to www.westendlive.co.uk
Posted by Nick on June 4, 2008
If you are gearing up for a big summer vacation and plan on taking lots of pics you should be sure that you know how to format your xD card. While it would be unfortunate, something could happen to your card that would make it unreadable.
Card not initialized.
That is the error message you will get when your xD card needs to be formatted. Some people say that you can format the card while it is in the computer. I don’t know about that. But you can format it in your camera! Most xD cards are used with Olympus and Fuji camera.
Here are some directions from the Fuji S5100 user manual:
1. Turn the camera on (to Photography Mode, not Playback Mode).
2. Press the Menu/OK button.
3. Move left or right until you reach the Option Menu.
4. Move up to SET-UP and press the Menu/OK button.
5. There are 4 option screens. The Format option is in screen number 1, so you should see it immediately.
6. Move down to Format and then either move right or press Menu/OK.
