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“Second Chance” zAmya Theaters extended run Saturday Sept 15th 1pm Elliot Park 1000 E 14th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Music by mick laBriola & Momoh Freeman  

Eskimo nebula (NGC 2392). In its first glimpse of the heavens following the successful December 1999 servicing mission, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a majestic view of a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star. This stellar relic, first spied by William Herschel in 1787, is nicknamed the “Eskimo” Nebula (NGC 2392)…

Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is remembered for his 1966 soul jazz single “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy“, a crossover hit on the pop charts (it was also covered by The Buckinghams). He worked…

Roger “Ram” Ramirez – piano, organ, composer, (1913 – 1994) Rogelio Ramirez (also known as Roger or Ram) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 15, 1913. He arrived on Ellis Island in 1920.He was raised in New York, was recognized as a prodigious talent and by 13 was a professional musician, and…

Albert Aloysius Casey (September 15, 1915 – September 11, 2005) known professionally as Al Casey, was a jazz guitarist who was a member of Fats Waller’s band during the 1930s and early 1940s. Casey was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City and studied guitar. He was a…

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“Second Chance” zAmya theaters production with the Homeless Community. 4th and last performance at Minneapolis Downtown Library Friday 9-14-18 5pm. Music by mick laBriola & Momoh Freeman. Featuring music of The Coasters, Nina Simone, Allen Toussaint, Bob Marley, Otis Redding, The Meters, Fats Domino, Joe Zawinul, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Cox, The Animals etc

Seen here from an edge-on perspective, UGC 1281 is a slightly warped dwarf galaxy with an apparent visual magnitude of 12.6. It is located in the constellation of Triangulum, about 18 million light-years away from our Solar System. The bright companion to the lower left of UGC 1281 is the small galaxy PGC 6700, also…