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Beatle fans across the country will converge on Nashville, October 23 to 25 for three days of concerts, panel discussions and memorabilia displays at the Fab Four Festival 2008. Music lineup: Liverpool Legends; The Long Players; In-the-round with Gary Burr, Buzz Cason, Marshall Crenshaw, Joey Molland, and Bill Lloyd; FAB; and the WannaBeatles. Panelists and moderators include May Pang, Nancy Lee Andrews, Gary Burr, Louise Harrison, Neil Jefferies, Joey Molland, Kathie Molland, Seth Swirsky, Chet Flippo, Robert K. Oermann and Ed Salamon. For the benefit of The Community Resource Center.

Beatle fans across the country will converge on Music City, October 23 to 25 for three days of concerts, panel discussions and memorabilia displays at the Fab Four Festival 2008. Now in its third year, the festival will be held at The Cannery on historic Cannery Row in downtown Nashville.

Kennywood Park in Pennsylvania hosts an annual Halloween event that opens Friday, September 26.

Kennywood's Phantom Fright Nights continue to receive acclaim. On Sept. 12, 2008, Hauntworld Magazine, the "haunt" industry's leading trade magazine, named Phantom Fright Nights as the # 3 Amusement Park Halloween Event! This year the Kennywood event, Phantom Fright Nights, opens Friday, September 26 and continues Friday and Saturday evenings through November 1. Hours are 7 PM to1 AM. (A bonus night, Sunday, October 12, has hours of 7 PM to 11 PM.)

One Earth/One Dream is scheduled for October 2 through 5 at the Festival of Arts grounds in Laguna Beach.

Endangered Planet Foundation, in partnership with the Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach Magazine, and the Laguna Beach Visitors and Conference Bureau, presents One Earth/One Dream, the West Coast's premier environmental festival, October 2 - 5, 2008 at the Festival of Arts grounds in Laguna Beach.

Hindu organization opens its doors to house evacuees fleeing dangerous storm.

More than 150 people from Houston and the coastal area evacuated to the Barsana Dham temple located in northwest Hays County. Many of the evacuees are of the Hindu faith or natives of India who are seeking shelter from the storm.

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Hurricane Ike evacuees at Barsana Dham: Families from the Texas coastal region in the group prayer Hall at the Barsana Dham Temple near Austin, Texas.

"America's Best Haunts" names year's top frights for thrill seekers.

America's Best Haunts, the authority on premier haunted houses across the country, announces its second annual list of the top 11 thrill parks and fright fests for the 2008 Halloween season. Established to recognize superior thrill industry attractions throughout the U.S., America's Best Haunts is the only resource of its kind that solely focuses on selecting the best frights for its site. After reviewing and visiting hundreds of attractions over the past year, only 11 will bear the seal of "America's Best."

The Center for Advanced Medicine & Clinical Research announced last week it will hold 3 seminars, all involving various components of advanced "Brain Balancing" techniques. The seminars will run in September and October 2008 and will feature two prominent speakers, with a focus on how balancing the brain can lead to balance in all aspects of life, from the therapeutic perspective, to the emotional and psychological effect on chronic disease, to the application of this balancing and its relationship to success in all aspects of life.

The Center for Advanced Medicine & Clinical Research (CAMCR) announced last week it will hold 3 seminars, all involving various components of advanced "Brain Balancing" techniques and scheduled to be held in Huntersville, NC. The seminars will run in September and October 2008 and will feature two prominent speakers, with a focus on how balancing the brain can lead to balance in all aspects of life, from the therapeutic perspective, to the emotional and psychological effect on chronic disease, to the application of this balancing and its relationship to success in all aspects of life. Past attendees have reported phenomenal benefits from this training.

From October 2 to November 13, 2008, the third annual Equality Ride will visit 15 faith-based colleges with campus climates or official policies that exclude lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.

Today Soulforce Q announced the route for Equality Ride 2008, a youth-organized bus tour to faith-based colleges. This fall, 17 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight young adults will bring a message of inclusion and safety to 15 schools throughout the South.

The "All Access Rock Auction" hosted by Backstage Auctions offers up decades of rare and one of a kind memorabilia direct from the personal and private collection of legendary rock and roll promoter David Fishof.

Backstage Auctions has announced the "All Access Rock Auction" featuring the private collection of rock and roll promoter David Fishof.

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Rock-Ola Beatles Yellow Submarine jukebox. Only a hundred were ever made.

Although we usually love articles like this, we can't help but feel that Ms. Barr's pick is based on her wishes instead of good sound divination practices. That being said, I guess we won't really know until November rolls around.

According to Chriss Barr of Palm Beach Feng Shui in West Palm Beach, Florida, feng shui (pronounced fung shway) can predict the winner of the 2008 presidential election.

The event will be held in Philadelphia on September 9th and will pay homage to Chaka Khan with the Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Music legends Dionne Warwick, Bonnie Raitt and Jerry Butler will co-host the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's star-studded 20th Anniversary Pioneer Awards gala. The event, to be held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on September 9, 2008, will pay homage to Chaka Khan with the Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award.