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PHOTOS: Trenton band plays in Levitt AMP Music Series
Music in the city: Trenton’s Ernie White Band played at the War Memorial Theater Thursday for the latest installment in the Levitt AMP Music Series. The concert was moved indoors from Mill Hill Park because the recent rain left conditions too wet for the show. Next week the series continues at Mill Hill Park with genre-defying ADAAWE. … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Trenton band plays in Levitt AMP Music Series
Ambac Discloses Preliminary Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2018 and Provides Other Updates in Advance of the Anticipated August 1, 2018 Expiration of the AMPS Exchange Offer
Ambac to Release Full Second Quarter 2018 Results on August 8, 2018 NEW YORK, July 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMBC) (“Ambac”), a holding company whose subsidiaries, including Ambac Assurance Corporation (“AAC” or "Ambac Assurance" and together with Ambac (the "Company"), provide financial guarantees, discloses preliminary financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, in connection with the exchange offer launched for AAC’s Auction Market Preferred Shares ("AMPS") by the Company on July 3, 2018. /EIN News/ -- Our preliminary estimated unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, are set forth below. Each of the line items presented represents a range of preliminary estimated unaudited financial results we expect to report for the period, which remain subject to the completion of management's and the audit committee's final reviews and other financial closing procedures. During … [Read more...] about Ambac Discloses Preliminary Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2018 and Provides Other Updates in Advance of the Anticipated August 1, 2018 Expiration of the AMPS Exchange Offer
Oklahoma City’s AMP Festival moving to Film Row
Celebrating women in music, the third annual AMP Festival, set for Aug. 25, is moving to Film Row.The all-day event will feature 14 all-female bands, female-fronted bands and women solo performers in genres ranging from folk to hip hop. More than 70 artist and artisan tents also will be set up on Film Row for the event.Performers slated for the 2018 AMP Festival include Shoulda Been Blonde, Odessa I Reign, The Indigos, Tara Henry, sun riah, Girls Club, Richelle Sigrist, Layers of Pink, Amber Ramjak, Girls of School of Rock, Alyssa Elaine, GWIZ, Kya Millirons, and St Basic.The AMP Festival is an all-ages event, and admission is free and open to the public. Sponsorships help produce the festival, and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Oklahoma City Girls Art School. For more information, go to www.ampfestokc.com and follow on Twitter @ampfestokc.-BAM … [Read more...] about Oklahoma City’s AMP Festival moving to Film Row
L.A. Parker: Trenton’s Levitt AMP music series showcasing local talent
As the fifth Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series arrives Thursday night, a local songstress deserves special mention. Wow, what a performance delivered last week by Ladybug McRae, a 15-year-old singer from Trenton with poise, charm and a voice that belies her youth. McRae warmed a crowd before Philly-based Hardwork Movement delivered a performance that showcased every aspect of their impressive repertoire of sound, vocals and showmanship. Through four weeks of music, it’s either Asbury Park’s Quincy Mumford and The Reason or Hardwork Movement leading the best of show competition. McRae emerged onto the Trenton scene in a major way in 2017 during the filming of a still in the works documentary directed by Alcee Walker. Advertisement Ladybug laughed about an observation that she sounds like an old soul. “It’s true. And that would be because of my father (Maurice) and the music I grew up listening to. I love Aretha Franklin and I’m a huge fan of Teena … [Read more...] about L.A. Parker: Trenton’s Levitt AMP music series showcasing local talent