Billiards News

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Look who's coming to Western (The Western Courier)
On Sept. 3, Mike McGee will be the main performer for a student art show in the University Union Billiards room, starting at 7:30 p.m. The event will also feature a slam poetry event allowing students to perform and showcase their talent.

Django opens bid in Straight Pool (Cebu Daily News)
Francisco “Django” Bustamante hopes to live up to his lofty billing as one of the world’s top billiards player when he competes Wednesday, in the World 14.1 Straight Pool Championships in Hilton East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Time runs out for St. Pete pool hall (WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News)
West Coast Billiards is closing today. After 21 years, many regulars will miss the place.

Seniors concoct dream centers (The News & Observer)
A wish list for two new Raleigh centers in the works provides grist for planners.

Craftsmen open exhibit space (Lancaster Online)
The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen is opening up space at its offices at 252 N. Prince St. to display and sell items done by some of its members. The opening reception for the exhibition, The Guilded Tulip, will be held Sept. 5 during the city's monthly First Friday. About 40...

Solar vows to put PBA back to its throne (Manila Bulletin)
MACAU — Armed with the latest engineering equipment, Solar Sports Entertainment Corporation is determined to put the PBA back to its throne – as the country’s premier entertainment.

A call for sports unity and effort (Philstar.com)
As the Olympics in Beijing came to a close during the weekend, I heard no end of the lamentations of friends and acquaintances about our failure yet again to land our first gold medal in the quadrennial games. Some pointed to India , Mongolia , and even Iraq winning their first Olympic gold.

Local calendar, August 27 (Redlands Daily Facts)
TONIGHT Calico Quails Square Dance Club's beginner square dance class, with Brent "Gumby" Lively, every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Yucaipa Elks Lodge, 12165 Second St., Yucaipa. Information: (909) 823-5961 or (951) 769-3996

NO ID? (Shepherd Express)
Underage Students Scrounge For Entertainment Kevin Christensen had heard promising talk about Milwaukee’s music scene and was eager to take in as many local bands as possible when he enrolled in UW-Milwaukee as a freshman last year. He was in store for a letdown. “Most of the music venues in the city are 21-plus, so I never get to go to any of them,” Christensen laments. “Milwaukee is a drinking ...

Austinist Show Preview: The Frontier Brothers @ Emo's Lounge tonight! (Austinist)
Image provided by The Frontier Brothers The Frontier Brothers, The Boxing Lesson, & Living Better Electronically Wednesday, August 27 Emos ( 603 Red River St ) Doors @ 9 p.m. | $5 | Lounge [ info ] 101X presents the latest installment of its Homegrown Live series this Wednesday at Emo’s Lounge . The Frontier Brothers will release their debut full-length Space Punk Starlet ...