| Club owner looks way beyond the beach | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:07:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | Think Nikki Beach, and dance-until-dawn night clubs, champagne sprays on the sand and four-poster beds by the pool come to mind. Now Nikki Beach owner Jack Penrod wants you to think bigger -- hotels, resorts and even a cruise ship, all bearing the Nikki Beach moniker and its stamp of über hip luxury. ''We want to grow the brand. That's what it's all about,'' says Penrod, who opened the first Nikki Beach Club on South Beach a decade ago. It has since grown to span 18 restaurants and clubs in seven countries. Starting this year, Penrod is steering the Miami Beach-based company into a new phase that encompasses branded hotels, casinos, golf courses, beach resorts, condos and villas. The move falls into the growing ''lifestyle'' trend in the lodgings industry where luxury brands are bestowing their names -- and cachet -- on hotels.... | |
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| | | 2006 party season launched with Spirit | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:09:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dust off your dancing shoes, it's that time of year again. The Rotary Clubs of Ancaster are kicking the holiday party season into high gear with thesixth annual Spirit of Ancaster Gala dinner and dance on Nov. 18. This year's event will be held at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club and proceeds will be directed to fulfilling Rotary's $500,000 funding commitment to the Ancaster Rotary Centre's athletic, cultural and social programming. "The Spirit of Ancaster, like all our fundraising events, is important because it helps fund what we're all doing to improve the quality of life in our communities and internationally," said event co-chair and AM Club vice-president Carolyn Seabrook-Ferguson. "With the money we raise, we aid the development of the community, sponsor sports teams and introduce Canada to international students through our youth exchange program." Tickets and a few corporate tables are still available.... | |
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| | | Cha-cha, salsa, hip-hop, waltz, boogaloo? | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 1:26:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Start out at the Booth Playhouse this weekend and see how the pros do it. The N.C. Dance Theater's Innovative Works performances are the highlight of the season -- short, fun, flirty. The dancers "created an aura of pent-up urges ready to explode," critic Steven Brown said about one of the numbers. That ought to get you in the mood. After the show, have some flirty fun yourself. Go across Fifth Street to any number of dance clubs. Right across the street are Phil's and Connolly's. Cross Tryon and you'll find Grand Central, and Latorre's, which has salsa and dance lessons. Walk down to Trade Street for Time for hip-hop. Cross Sixth Street for The Forum and Bar Charlotte. WHAT: Innovative Works at 7:30 tonight and at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; http://ncdance.org.... | |
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| | | Friends & Neighbors | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:29:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | Talented, inspiring, and motivated. Mary Wagner Nosek has dedicated most of her life to dance and theatre, now through her knowledge, experience, and love of the arts she is bringing talent to the younger generations of Douglas. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941, to talented musicians Nosek's first childhood memories began in Warrenville, ILL. However, Nosek's most heart warming memories come from the country lifestyle they lived in their 1837 farm house where they had ponies, chickens and raised crops. Her parents wanted Nosek and her two brothers to be raised in the country; there they lived a Tom Sawyer lifestyle. Nosek recalls getting up early to weed along other farm duties; she'd also swim in river hole, craw fish and go river rafting with her brothers. Nosek said, "We had the best time as kids, we were very patriotic, involved in the community and church, and were installed a love for the arts at an early age." Leaving behind her childhood, Nosek began her professional dancing career at age 13 with the Fine Arts Ballet Company in Chicago.... | |
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| | | Strip clubs vow to fight Burl. City restrictions | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:32:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | Two strip clubs in Burlington City have hired lawyers to fight an ordinance that would require the clubs to obtain city-issued licenses and do away with private dance rooms. Attorney Daniel R. Aaronson said the ordinance is an attempt by the city to put the strip clubs out of business. He said the ordinance violates the First Amendment and will not stand up in court. At a City Council meeting last night at which a vote was originally scheduled, Aaronson said the strip clubs will sue the city if the ordinance is approved. This is not a threat, he said. It is a fact. It is a promise ... We will fight back. The council postponed the vote on the ordinance from last night until next month, but several council members voiced their support for it.... | |
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| | | Brazil Indians Do War Dance, Refuse to Leave Vale Carajas Mine | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:07:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil's Xikrin Indians staged a ``war dance'' at Cia. Vale do Rio Doce's Carajas mine in the Amazon region to pressure the world's biggest iron-ore miner to increase community aid to the tribe. The 200 Indians who occupied the mine on Oct. 17 armed with bows and arrows and war clubs refuse to leave until they can meet with Vale's management to discuss increases in financial aid, the company said on its Web site. Vale was forced to halt production at the mine yesterday. The Indians say their community, which borders the mining complex, must be compensated more for unexpected damage the company's operations cause on their land, said Raulien Oliveira, who coordinates the offices of Brazil's National Indian Foundation, or Funai, in Maraba, in Para state.... | |
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| | | Health Clubs Spice Up Workouts to Keep Members | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 7:14:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | As gyms compete with dance studios and adult sports leagues to hold on to members with ever-shorter attention spans, run-of-the-mill aerobics and other classes are getting an injection of creativity. So, sessions like "Karaoke Spin," "Pogo Bootcamp," and "Stiletto Strength," are springing up in gyms across the country. "People are putting in longer hours at the office," said Donna Cyprus, who's in charge of programming for Crunch Fitness. "The gym shouldn't be another chore." But, increasingly, the fitness-conscious view it exactly that way. Since 2000, the average length of a gym membership has dropped from 5.7 years to 4.6 years, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association. "With so many more clubs, it opens up opportunities for people to leave and seek a better alternative," said Brooke Correia, the industry group's spokeswoman.... | |
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| | | At the Clubs | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:09:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | (71 Waughtown St.): Open every night, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursdays: Karaoke. Friday and Saturday: R&B and classic soul with DJ Lemon-Lime. Mondays: Drink specials. No cover charge before 10:30 p.m. Call 722-3763. THE BLACK BEAR (1131 Burke St.): Open 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Members only. Call 724-5724. BUFFALO WILD WINGS GRILL & BAR (1045 Hanes Mall Blvd.): Open 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Karaoke. Most Wednesdays: Live music. TVs with satellite sports packages. See www.buffalowildwings.com or call 760-9233. BURKE STREET PUB (1110 Burke St.): Irish-style pub. Open 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 12:30 p.m.... | |
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| | | City boss calls for end to cheap booze | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:09:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | GLASGOW'S council leader Steven Purcell is backing moves to outlaw cheap booze in the city's pubs and clubs. Mr Purcell told an audience from the licensed trade that he supports a crackdown on binge drinking and wants a minimum pricing policy introduced. But he warned he will back tough legislation if pub and nightclub bosses fail to agree a voluntary scheme. Speaking at the Scottish Licensed Trade Association's annual dinner in Glasgow, Councillor Purcell said: "As a country we have to consider what our relationship with alcohol is." He called on the industry to consider the possibility of agreeing a minimum bar price for drinks across Glasgow. "Ultimately, doing this will make our city an even more attractive and safer place, bringing real benefits to licensed premises by encouraging more people to visit," he added.... | |
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| | | Dirty Dozen Brass Band touts brassy past | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 11:09:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | New Orleans has always been famous for its musicians and the clubs they play in. The Dirty Dozen Pleasure and Social Club always provided enough local musicians to play somber dirges at the rear of funeral processions during times past when many of the townspeople could not afford proper funeral arrangements. Once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, the band would explode into dance tunes and onlookers would dance jubilantly in the streets. The band was originally called The Crescent City Brass Band, but in 1977 the club decided to assemble eight of the musicians into a house band taking on the club's name, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Almost three decades after the band took the previous 75 years of traditional New Orleans music, combined it with funk, jazz, gospel and soul, and introduced it to the rest of the world.... | |
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