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Stephen Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley, will perform at the Granada tonight at 8 p.m. Marley has won five Grammy awards as an artist and producer.
Son of Bob Marley welcomes Lawrence
NADIA IMAFIDON
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With five Grammy awards to his name, Stephen Marley has certainly made his mark on the reggae world in a way his father, cultural icon Bob Marley, never did. Lucky for the local reggae community, Marley is making a stop in Lawrence today.
Martin Maina, also known as DJ Stiga, will be DJing at the show.
"Expect an energetic, mind blowing show," Maina said. "Stephen never shortchanges, and he's a people's entertainer."
Maina thinks the reggae community in Lawrence and Kansas City is lively, which is why top artists continue to make appearances here.
Maina works for Trigger
Vibrations, a promotions company who contracts reggae artists and brings them to Lawrence. Maina has also played shows for other Marleys, Damian and Julian.
"The artists love the energy, and so we want to make this a must stop town for international recording reggae artists", Maina said.
Lawrence is not generally thought of as a town rich in reggae roots, but the presence is undeniable among many University students. Rachel Menager, senior from Port au Prince, Haiti, thinks there is a large fan base for reggae music in Lawrence. She plans to attend the Stephen Marley concert because of her love for all of the Marleys' music.
There is no denying that the legendary Bob Marley will have an influence on attendees of the concert. Adut Anel, a sophomore from Awei, Sudan, grew up listening to him, inspiring her lifelong love for reggae.
"I think it's pretty cool that a lot of people in their family are musically inclined." Ménager said. "I feel
like their music almost always has a peaceful message."
Anei finds that reggae appeals to many students in one form or another, whether it's the original work with Rastafarian messages or dancehall, the hip-hop of reggae.
"It's just the kind of music you can put on and it will totally change your mood." Anei said. "For me it's tranquilizing."
Marley will perform today, at 8 p.m. at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. Tickets are $21 in advance.
— Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
Low numbers slow studios
I ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is in photo-finish mode with three new movies bunched up tightly for the No. 1 spot during a sleepy weekend at the box office.
Studio estimates Sunday put two movies in a tie for first-place with $13 million each; Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena's police story "End of Watch" and Jennifer Lawrence's horror flick "House at the End of the Street."
And right in the same ballpark was Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams' baseball tale "Trouble with the Curve," which opened with $12.7 million.
Actual rankings will be determined Monday as studios release final numbers for the weekend.
No matter which movie comes out on top, it was another slow weekend for Hollywood, whose business has been sluggish throughout late summer. Revenues were down for the fourth-straight weekend, with all three of the top new movies opening to modest crowds.
"This was a clash of the nontitans," said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "When three films are duking it out for the top spot with only around $13 million, that doesn't represent a very strong period at the box office."
Open Road Films' "End of Watch" stars Gyllenhaal and Pena as partners patrolling the mean streets of LA. Relativity Media's "House at the End of the Street" casts "The Hunger Games" star Lawrence as a youth who moves with her mom next door to a house where bloody misdeeds took place years earlier. "Trouble with the Curve," released by Warner Bros. stars Eastwood as an aging baseball scout whose daughter (Adams) accompanies him on his latest road trip.
cent from the same weekend last year, when a 3-D re-release of "The Lion King" led with $21.9 million, according to Hollywood.com.
Studios determine weekend estimates by counting Friday and Saturday ticket sales then projecting Sunday revenues based on how similar movies have played out in the past. On rare occasions when the top movies are this close, the rankings sometimes change when Monday's final numbers are released.
The weekend's other new wide release, Lionsgate's sci-fi action tale "Dredd," opened well down in the rankings at No. 6 with $6.3 million. The movie features "Star Trek" co-star Karl Urban as a law enforcer and executioner in a crime-laden city of the future.
That has led to grousing among competitors that some studios might be inflating their Sunday estimates to gain No.1 bragging
"I took the high road myself and put down the $12.7 million we reported," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros., where Eastwood has been based for decades. "I've got a major actor with a solid group of people in this movie, and I don't want to eat crow on Monday."
While audiences were not too excited about the new wide releases, Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment banner had big crowds in limited release for its teen drama "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
"I're unbelievably close. I honestly don't remember ever seeing it this close, but we're happy that we're in the race," said Kyle Davies, head of distribution for Relativity. "We think our estimate is on target."
Other studios were tracking "End of Watch" and "House at the End of the Street" at a bit less than $13 million for the weekend, and some had "Trouble with the Curve" at No. 1 by a fraction.
rights, even if only for a day.
"We'll see tomorrow. I think today everybody projected honorably and honestly," said Tom Ortenberg, chief executive officer for Open Road Films. "I think it's fair to say that nobody's sure who's going to be No. 1."
The film took in $244,000 in four locations for a strong average of $61,000 a theater.
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