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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Historic Deerfield to host Juneteenth Concert
DEERFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Historic Deerfield is hosting a Juneteenth Concert, featuring award-winning musician Jake Blount. Blount is a critically acclaimed interpreter of black folk music, whose work draws on centuries of African-American musical traditions. The concert will take place at the Deerfield Community Center, located at 16 Memorial Street, on June 19 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Springfield remembers upcoming 14th anniversary of EF-3 tornado This concert serves as part of Historic Deerfield's ongoing efforts to uplift and honor African-American history through programs and partnerships within the community. 'We are honored to welcome Jake Blount for this year's Juneteenth celebration,' said John Davis, President of Historic Deerfield. 'His music speaks to the deep historical roots and enduring legacy of Black artistry in America. This concert is not only a commemoration of emancipation, but also an extension of our commitment to telling a fuller American story, a goal we've pursued through projects like the Witness Stones Project, which honors the lives of enslaved individuals in Deerfield's past.' Tickets are available now, costing $25 for adults and $10 for children ages five to 17. Tickets cost $15 for Historic Deerfield members. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
43rd Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival returns to Townsend Visitor's Center
TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — Bagpipes, kilts, and battle-axes will return to Townsend May 17 and 18 for the 43rd Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival & Games. The annual festival will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Blount Partnership Townsend Visitor's Center. It features clans, competitions, Scotch tasting, sheep herding demonstrations, and performers from across the country. Athletic competitions include the open stone put, hammer throw, caber toss and sheaf toss. Cause of Knoxville apartment fire that impacted 22 residents revealed Multiple ticket pass options are available from $18 to $35, depending on the day and time. Festival goers can save time by buying online. First responders, seniors, veterans, active-duty military and students will receive a discounted rate with ID. Parking is available on the venue grounds for $10 per vehicle, which supports the Townsend Volunteer Fire Department. Visit for more information. Zoo Knoxville welcomes two new rhinos ahead of new exhibit opening The event is one of the oldest Scottish festivals in the country. It was founded in 1981 as the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Games and moved to the historic Maryville College in 2010. In 2022, the festival moved to its current home at the Townsend Visitor's Center, just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrance. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
First Look: Steelers Super Bowl IX team honored during Mel Blount's Celebrity Roast
First Look: Steelers Super Bowl IX team honored during Mel Blount's Celebrity Roast Members of the Steelers Super Bowl IX team and more were on hand for the @MelBlountYLI annual celebrity roast, honoring the 50th anniversary of the team's first Super Bowl. 🗒️ : — Teresa Varley (@Teresa_Varley) April 12, 2025 The Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl IX-winning team was in full celebration mode on Friday at the 2025 Mel Blount Youth Home All-Star Celebrity Roast. The celebrity roast is typically centered around one person for the evening—but with this being the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Steelers' first-ever Super Bowl title, the event instead focused on Super Bowl IX. Legendary four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw, who recently made headlines for his heroic actions at Pittsburgh International Airport, 'Mean' Joe Greene, John Stallworth, and other key members of the Super Bowl IX victory joined Blount at the event. Blount explained that the moment was bittersweet, as many of the Super Bowl IX-winning team have since passed away, which the official Steelers website detailed below: "I was a little bit sentimental of the fact that there's so many guys that are not with us anymore," Blount stated. "When you talk about this event being special, this couldn't be more special because of the accomplishment we made. But it's more than that. I don't know how to put it into words because you get kind of emotional." Bradshaw was designated as the master of ceremonies for the celebrity roast, which is perfectly fitting as he is one of the most entertaining Pittsburgh Steelers in history. Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl IX team on the 50th anniversary of winning the Steel City's first Lombardi Trophy.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Yahoo
Brute convicted in vicious subway hammer attack on NYC health department worker, faces 25 years
A maniac charged in a vicious subway hammer attack on a city health department worker is facing up to 25 years behind bars after being convicted by a Queens jury — with his victim telling The Post she's still haunted by the senseless assault more than three years later. 'Maybe once a year I have a mild recurrence of one symptom, but other than that I am fine,' Nina Rothschild said Thursday, one day after 60-year-old William Blount was convicted of robbery and assault. 'But I do live with the memory of the attack. There isn't a day that goes by when I don't think of it,' she said. 'I'm very happy and very relieved that it is behind me and that he will go away for a very long time.' Rothschild, 60, was walking down the stairs at the Queens Plaza E, M and R station on Feb. 24, 2022, when Blount came up behind her, slammed her in the head with a hammer 13 times and took her bag, leaving her screaming in pain on the ground, according to police. Blount, who already had a half-dozen busts and served prison time in the 1980s on a drug conviction, was nabbed by alert cops and booked on attempted murder, assault and robbery charges. After a six-week trial, Blount was found guilty of robbery, assault and other charges on Wednesday. 'This defendant repeatedly bashed an innocent straphanger in the head with a hammer,' Queens DA Melinda Katz said in a statement. 'The victim — who was simply trying to use the subway as millions of New Yorkers do every day — suffered multiple skull fractures.' Rothschild, 60, said Thursday that she still rides the subway — but not as frequently. 'I do ride the subway to work every day,' she told The Post. 'but going home from work, I take the bus because it's late.' She said she had been worried about facing Blount in court during the trial, but said it 'went fine.' Rothschild said she has no medical symptoms from the incident other than the occasional 'kind of dizziness' that hits her about once a year, a condition that 'has a sort of long complicated name.' But overall, she said, 'I'm very lucky.'
USA Today
25-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Steelers legend gives the hard truth about team's flaws
Steelers legend gives the hard truth about team's flaws I've always considered myself very fortunate to have grown up watching the great Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s. That group that won four Super Bowls in six seasons will always rank among the strongest NFL dynasties of all time. One of the anchors of those elite Steelers defenses was cornerback Mel Blount. A player so physical and so dominant that the NFL had to change the rules to accommodate him. Blount was recently on Ben Roethlisberger's Footbahlin with Ben Roethlisberger Podcast, and he didn't hold back from discussing the problems with the Steelers roster. Blount didn't have much good to say about the team and really said the quiet part out loud about the weaknesses on this roster. 'I think the Steelers, right now, they could use help at every position,' Blount said. The thing is, Blount isn't wrong. He goes on to say that if the defense didn't have T.J. Watt, they wouldn't have much. There's no denying the Steelers defense has woefully underachieved given the financial investment the team has made. It has to be tough be a player like Blount, who spent his entire career in Pittsburgh and was part of the Steel Curtain defense, watching his franchise unravel like it has. Pittsburgh heads into 2025 having not won a playoff game since 2016. For the fifth straight season, there is uncertainty at the quarterback position and the team will have its fifth different starter in as many years this season. For a franchise that prides itself so much on continuity and consistency, this is completely out of character and a huge reason why this team has struggled since the retirement of Roethlisberger.
