Entertainment

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dies in LA at 41

The Los Angeles County coroner says Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of rock, hip-hop and rap, has died in his home near Los Angeles.

Entertainment

Snooty celebrates his 69th birthday with the usual bash and a brand-new mascot

Snooty, the world’s oldest manatee in captivity, celebrates his 69th birthday this weekend with an outdoor party around the South Florida Museum. The party is free and the price of admission to the museum, including Snooty’s aquarium, is reduced all day.

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Blue Eyed Bettys return for a Florida Studio Theatre cabaret

Blue Eyed Bettys, a contemporary bluegrass trio that formed three years ago during a show at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, return to FST for a cabaret show.

Entertainment

Hot young blues guitarist Selwyn Birchwood plays at Ace’s

Selwyn Birchwood, who won the International Blues Challenge a few years back, celebrates the release of his new album with a show at Ace’s Live in Bradenton

Entertainment

Kettle of Fish set to rock at Van Wezel Friday Fest

Kettle of Fish, an area band that’s popular all over the Southeast, brings its blues-based festival music to Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota for this weekend’s Friday Fest.

Entertainment

MTV offers hints about what will happen on ‘Siesta Key’

An item on MTV’s website hints that ‘Siesta Key’ may not all fun in the sun

Entertainment

Sound effects wizard Michael Winslow performs at McCurdy’s

Michael Winslow, who’s known as “The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects,” performs at McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre in Sarasota on Monday, July 24.

Entertainment

MPAC’s Broadway Bootcamp stages ‘Shrek The Musical’

The students from Manatee Performing Arts Center’s Broadway Bootcamp stage “Shrek The Musical” for two shows this weekend.

Weekend

Things to do: JUly 20-26

Fairs, festivals & more

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Concerts: July 20-26

Concerts happening in the Tampa Bay area.

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Galleries & Museums: July 20-26

Editor’s note: Exhibit listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows.

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Bars & Clubs: July 20-26

Email Bars & Clubs listings to calendar@bradenton.com. Information is due 10 days in advance of publication.

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Performing Arts: July 20-26

Manatee

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Outdoors: July 20-26

Classes

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Dining guide: July 20-26

Dining listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows. To add your restaurant to this list, email information to calendar@bradenton.com.

National

'Juice' will be loose: OJ Simpson granted parole in robbery

Nine years after trying to snatch sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel-room heist, O.J. Simpson will walk free as soon as Oct. 1.

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Romania: Art exhibit at ex-prison show horrors of communism

An art exhibition opens at Pitesti Prison, a gruesome lockup where communists incarcerated, tortured and killed political prisoners almost 70 years ago.

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Ex-Owl City musician pleads guilty to lewdness with child

A Minneapolis man and former musician with the band Owl City has pleaded guilty in New Jersey to lewdness with a child.

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Grandmother charged with leaving kids in car while shopping

A South Carolina grandmother has been arrested after authorities say she left her four grandchildren in a hot car while she shopped for groceries.

Entertainment

Romania: Art exhibit at ex-prison show horrors of communism

An art exhibition opens at Pitesti Prison, a gruesome lockup where communists incarcerated, tortured and killed political prisoners almost 70 years ago.