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My Cousin, The Emperor "makes happily gnarly music" (TimeOut NY), "stands up for all that's still right with the genre of country music" (Under The Radar), and will "make you reconsider your long-standing dismissal of country music" (The Deli Magazine). Led by Brooklyn Singer-Songwriter Jason Reischel, MCTE "explores an alt-country sound that tips its hat to the indie rock scene while still maintaining a simple twang" (WNYC). This special CMJ showcase will feature an intimate solo acoustic performance by Jason Reischel.

Elizabeth & the Catapult focus on the songwriting talents of Elizabeth Ziman, whose music makes room for pop, coffeehouse folk, and downtown jazz. In early 2014, the band released Like It Never Happened, an 11-song collection that marks the bands first since 2010s The Other Side of Zero. Ziman has also toured with Sara Bareilles, Greg Laswell, Lenka and Kishi Bashi as well as singing backgrounds for The Shins and The Waterboys and playing drums in Kishi Bashis band.

With nods to early 4AD dreampop and chiming IRS Records-era guitar rock, Line & Circle pair rhythmic urgency and emotional restlessness with melodically rich vocals reminiscent of R.E.M. and Real Estate. Their self-titled debut EP, out 10/28, was recorded live in El Sereno by Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast's "Crazy For You") and mixed in Philadelphia by Jonathan Low and Brian McTear (The National, The War On Drugs).

PLAID BRIXX was formed in early 2013 by the band's lead singer Chris Duggan, who has led bands and written music since he was ten. The band's debut EP, Chemistry, is pop with a razor's edge of rock and an aftershave of punk.

Like Peter Gabriel in a Garagethats how Fictionist describes its fourth album, a self-titled surprise romp through the bands most formative influences. Feeling liberated at the end of a contract with Atlantic Records, the Provo, UT band disappeared into area studios with producer Nate Pyfer, a 2014 Grammy nominee, for an eight-week sonic bender. The result combines Fictionists heralded art-rock sensibilities with Cat Stevens songwriting, Phoenix-style glitchy analog electronics, and CHVRCHES electro-pop architecture.

Somebodys Darling is spearheaded by lead singer Amber Farris, whose unrefined yet tender vocals belt out blistering songs that command the attention of anyone in earshot. She's oft-likened to great singers such as Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi and Erika Wennerstrom (Heartless Bastards), but theres no borrowing, and you cant really make comparisons.

Hailing from Long Island, BRAEVES creates music that seems to personify a blissful illumination, harmonizing melodies that inspire.

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NBC's celebrated medical drama "ER" debuted in the fall of 1994 and aired its series finale 15 seasons later. Along the way, "ER" helped launch the careers of George Clooney, Julianna Margulies and Noah Wiley among many others. Combining the extraordinary talents of multiple award-winning producer John Wells ("The West Wing" "Third Watch"), best-selling author Michael Crichton ("Jurassic Park") and the creative team at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television, the venerated series "ER" explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room. The highly acclaimed drama series holds the distinction of being recognized as the most Emmy-nominated series in the history of television with 124 nominations. Crichton, Wells and Zabel served as executive producers, along with Christopher Chulack, Joe Sachs and Janine Sherman Barrois.

A winner of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, the series also earned 22 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in 1996, among many accolades. In addition, the cast was honored with four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series.

In its final season, the staff at County General Hospital included Abby Lockhart (Maura Tierney), a recovering alcoholic trying her best to juggle a demanding residency and motherhood while everything around her seems to be falling apart; Dr. Greg Pratt (Mekhi Phifer), an attending fighting for the chief spot on the floor as well as for a firm grasp on his love life; Neela Rasgotra (Parminder Nagra), a skilled surgical resident committed to growing in her craft as well as in her place on the surgical team; Sam Taggart (Linda Cardellini), a spirited ER nurse who is finally getting some time to explore life and love both in and outside the hospital; Dr. Archie Morris (Scott Grimes), the quirky-yet-talented attending dedicated to his work but constantly distracted by his own world; Tony Gates (John Stamos), a paramedic-turned-doctor who has overcome numerous obstacles to take on the rigorous challenges of life in the ER; Dr. Simon Brenner (David Lyons) the newest attending physician with a penchant for stirring things up, and Dr. Cate Banfield (Angela Bassett) as a tough-as-nails attending physician whose arrival shakes up the ER.

"ER" is a production of Constant c Productions and Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television.

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Richard Heidgerd, deputy chief of the Wallingford Fire Dept., shows new bunks for volunteer firefighters at the East Wallingford Volunteer Fire Station 8, Friday, April 4, 2014. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal

Published: October 24, 2014 | Last Modified: October 24, 2014 01:25AM

By Leigh Tauss Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD The Planning and Zoning Commission has approved plans for an addition to the East Wallingford Volunteer Fire Department which will include a meeting room and two small offices. The old meeting room was converted into bunks so that volunteers could stay overnight to improve emergency response times.

The next step s is to go out to bid for a contractor. Work could begin over the winter or by spring, said Fire Chief Richard Heidgerd.

Certainly as soon as possible, Heidgerd said. Were ready for that work.

The project will cost $150,000 and was already included in the 2014-15 budget. The 1,100-square-foot addition, which consists of a meeting room and two 10-by-11-foot offices, will effectively double the size of the 1,300-square-foot station.

Heidgerd said the room will be used for meetings and training. Construction will not interfere with emergency service.

The company has over 30 volunteers. Since the bunks were brought in last year Heidgerd said the company has been in very cramped quarters.

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A library and conference space are included in plans for an expanded museum at the Eugene Field House, the poets boyhood home in downtown St. Louis.

The expansion would be in a one-story, 4,000-square-foot addition connected to the house by an elevated, glass-walled walkway.

Members of the St. Louis Preservation Board voted Monday to grant the plan preliminary approval. The house, built at 634 South Broadway in 1845, is a National Historic Landmark and a City Landmark.

Architect Dennis Tacchi, of Eureka, designed the addition, which would be on the site of Walshs Row, a dozen attached houses demolished in 1936 except for the Field House. Its windows and stone sills recall the sites row houses.

Betsy Bradley, the citys cultural resources officer, pointed out to the board that the walkway is the only portion of the project covered by city and federal landmark preservation rules.

Fundraising for the $2.7 million project is underway. The Eugene Field House Foundation hopes to begin building the addition next year, said Kimberly Larson, the foundations director.

The addition would house an expanded version of the foundations Dred Scott exhibit. Eugenes father, Roswell Field, was a lawyer who had prepared a court appeal for Scott, a slave who had sued for his freedom.

Larson said in an interview before the board meeting the addition also would give the museum room to display a large collection of Fields poetry and writings its current owner plans to donate to the foundation.

Eugene Field was born in the Greek Revival-style house Sept. 2, 1850. He lived there only six years until his mother died. Eugene and a brother then went to live with relatives in Massachusetts.

He returned to St. Louis in 1876 to work for five years at the Evening Journal. He earned fame in 1888 for the poem Little Boy Blue. Newspaper readers knew him as a satirist. He was a columnist in Chicago when he died in 1895 at age 45.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) -- Several businesses have recently closed in NuLu but those who workthere say the changes are positive.

NuLu is known for its locally owned restaurants and boutiques, and with the news of Taco Punk closing it's made some wonder whatthe East Market District'sfuture looks like.

"NuLu is definitely becoming one of the top retail/restaurant areas," said Scott Howe with the NuLu Business Association.

Howe is also a real estate agent. He says within the last few weeks, in addition to Taco Punk, two stores -- Canoe and Alter Ego -- have also closed.

He said new plans for Alter Ego are already set in stone.

"We have a new business called Bermuda Highway. It's a men's and women's fashion store. they should be opening soon," Howe told WDRB.

He said Katie Toupin, the leading lady of Louisville band Houndmouth is the investor behind it. He said the store will also have an event space in back where musicians will play.

Howe wouldn't talk in detail about the future of Taco Punk but says there's been a lot of interest in the building.

"The space now is probably one of the most desired places in the city so someone will be in that space pretty soon," he said.

Also opening in the near future is Feast BBQ in the old Cake Flour building. Feast BBQ's other location is in New Albany.

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RICHMOND, Va. The Scotts Addition Pumpkin Festival returns this year after a smashing success in 2013.

There will again be goodies prepared by local restaurants, craft beer, music, and lots of kids activities.

Last year over 10,000 attended the festival, which was the first in decades to close down the popular thoroughfare of the Boulevard.

This year we have expanded the area a little bit, weve added a VIP zone, said Brook Stone, the event chairman for the Scotts Addition Business Association.Weve added a larger kids zone, with more kids activities and a larger space.

Movin Mania, which is Bon Secours childhood obesity program, is a key sponsor of the event.

We feel the pumpkin festival is a family-friendly event, said Tunstall Bagley-Willis, the Movin Mania Coordinator for Bon Secours.

Tunstan Bagley-Willis, Broc (short for Broccoli) and Brook Stone talk about the upcoming Pumpkin Festival.

For kids, expect crafts, music, interactive opportunities and the mobile Class A Room will be on site providing healthy treats and fun snacks.

Weve also added our biggest feature, which is our Family Movie Night, at the Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center immediately following the event, said Stone.

The festival runs from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and immediately following the event families can head over for movie night. A double-feature will air starting with Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, followed by Monsters, Inc.

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Hotels are expected to collect a record $2.25 billion in fees this year, according to a report by the New York University School of Professional Studies. To some degree, that amount reflects a slight increase in the number of rooms that have been occupied. But for the most part, its a result of hotels levying more fees and charging higher amounts.

With so many fees, its become harder for travelers to figure out what theyll be charged for in addition to what theyre paying for their room, says Cheryl Rosner, founder and CEO of Stayful, a boutique hotel deal site. You might not even know youve been hit with fees until you get your bill at checkout.

You often can avoid extra charges, though, if you know which amenities hotels typically add a fee for using. Here are eight common ones and advice on how to keep them off your bill.

Wi-Fi fee. This fee was ranked the most-dreaded charge in a recent survey of Stayful users. Rosner says that hotels often advertise that they have free Wi-Fi, but its only accessible without a charge in the lobby. If you access in your room, youll be hit with a charge which can be $15 or more a night. One way to get around the charge is to sign up for a hotel's loyalty program, which should be free, Rosner says. Generally, you'll get privileges such as free Wi-Fi immediately. Alternatively, if you have a smart phone you can use its tethering feature to make it a mobile hotspot that can supply Internet access to your computer, says Bob Diener, president of hotel booking site Getaroom.com. IPhone users should look for "Personal Hotspot" under the Settings menu. Data charges may apply, so check with your wireless carrier to be sure this is a cost-effective option.

Parking fee. In some cities, hotels charge as much as $45 a night for guests to park in their garages or lots, Rosner says. Check for free street parking or look for nearby parking garages that charge a lower rate especially if you use a coupon. For example, Icon Parking Systems has coupons for discounted parking rates in its more than 200 garages throughout New York City. Another option is to stay just outside the city because suburban hotels are less likely to charge for parking, says Isar Meitis, president of Last Minute Travel. Plus, youll probably pay less for your room.

Resort fee. These fees vary greatly by property but typically cover amenities and services such as towels and bottled water at the pool, spa or gym. Resorts dont always disclose these fees on their Web sites until youve gotten to the final stage in the booking process. However, hotel booking sites such as Stayful and Getaroom.com disclose these fees upfront, so it makes it easier to compare the fees that resorts charge. Meitis says that you should tell the resort upfront if you dont plan to use the services covered under the resort fee. Some properties will waive the fee.

Mini-bar fee. Most travelers know that the snacks and beverages in hotel mini-bars are outrageously overpriced. But did you know you can get charged for putting your own food in your rooms refrigerator? Simply moving an item in the mini-bar can result in a charge because many hotels use sensors in to detect when mini-bar items are removed. If you see a charge for something you didn't consume, show the hotel clerk that it's still there and contest the charge. Also watch out for those complimentary-looking bottles of water or baskets of snacks -- they might not be free. Even if you don't see a price attached to them, ask the front desk whether there is a charge.

Extra person fee. Check the hotels room-occupancy policy if you have more than two people in your party because you might get hit with a fee for having additional people in the room (rates usually are based on double occupancy). This can even apply to families traveling with children. Many hotels allow kids to stay for free, but the definition of a child can vary widely by hotel, Diener says. To avoid this fee, you need to be aware of it before you book so that you can search for another hotel that doesn't charge it.

Early check-in and late check-out fee. Check-in is typically 3 p.m., and check-out is usually 11 a.m. If you need more time, check with the front desk first to make sure you are not charged extra. Diener says you may be able to avoid the fee by signing up for the hotels loyalty program, which can include late check-out as a perk.

Baggage storage fee. So you avoid the late check-out fee by getting your bags out of your room in time. But you ask to leave them in storage for a couple of hours while you do more sightseeing. Just make sure to ask whether theres a bag storage fee because many hotels are now charging $1 or $2 per bag, Rosner says. If there is, try to talk your way out of the fee, or take your bags with you.

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SPEARFISH Plans on the Creekside Elementary School addition are moving forward, and school officials may be ready to send the project to bid as soon as the first week of December.

Jason Roberdeau, with Williams and Associates, the firm designing the additional space, updated the Spearfish School Board members on Oct. 11 of the progress.

Two wings of the school, on the north and south, will have two classrooms and one specials room each. Additionally, a conference room will be included.

Architects estimated the construction and related fees will cost around $1.25 million and another $250,000 or so in soft costs such as furnishing the four classrooms and two specials rooms. The board members approved a plan in September for $1.5 million in financing needed for the addition. The financing will be retired in December 2019.

Current plans show the drawings to be complete in November. And the bid is expected to be as soon as Dec. 4.

The school board is expected to then accept or reject the bids at its meeting on Dec. 8 or Jan. 12, 2015. If a bid is accepted on Dec. 8, construction may start during Christmas break.

The construction crews are to keep the impact to students to a minimum.

Creekside Elementary School was completed in 2011 with what school officials and designers thought would be plenty of room. That extra space was filled in two years. Currently there are eight sections of third grade and seven each of fourth and fifth grade. To add an eighth section of third grade, school officials turned a special education room into a traditional classroom.

Next school year there will likely be a need for a ninth section of third grade and perhaps a 10th section if numbers remain consistent for the 2016-2017 school year.

There are currently seven traditional classrooms in each of the three wings of the school.

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