News about culture!!
Barbara McKay of Charlotte's "Simply the Best" Magazine and local television show, signs on as special guest emcee for second annual Charlotte North Carolina Fashion Week (CNCFW) September 10-12 at the Mint Museum of Art. (PRWeb Jun 19, 2009)
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Rozzi's Famous Fireworks has been selected by producers of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular to choreograph this year's fireworks display scheduled for Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Boston. (PRWeb Jun 18, 2009)
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Leading digital sheet music publisher Virtual Sheet Music Inc. is making more than 12,000 audio Mp3 files available to musicians to play accompanied by their computer or iPod, and plans to create Mp3 accompaniment files for all of its high quality digital sheet music titles. Included are previously impossible to find accompaniments for trios, quartets and orchestral pieces from both the classical and traditional repertoire. (PRWeb Jun 20, 2009)
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This ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT is a benefit for Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, June 30th at 8pm at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Ave. There will be a Q and A after the film with Director Marlo Bernier, Jennifer Fontaine and Alexandra Billings. Reception to follow. Food and Wine provided by Ann Sather's. Sponsored by WGN Radio and Reel: Chicago Gay and Lesbain Film Fetsival. (PRWeb Jun 21, 2009)
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14 days remain for young Malaysian indie filmmakers to submit their short film entry (PRWeb Jun 21, 2009)
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Whitney Wolanin "Girl.", album will release around the world on June 23, 2009. (PRWeb Jun 22, 2009)
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This summer, Estonia (http://www.kcgrupp.com/) is again holding the nationwide Song and Dance Celebration in Tallinn. Internationally active Estonian entrepreneur and owner of the investment company KC Grupp, Margus Reinsalu -- whose company Tone Tea has concluded an advertising contract with the Spanish GP2 team Racing Engineering to advertise its product, the fitness drink Fat Burner -- takes part in many social projects such as the Song Celebration, which shows his devotion to his native country. (PRWeb Jun 22, 2009)
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Mystery Dinner Playhouse is celebrating the launch of their redesigned websites, http://www.mysterydinner.com the dinner theater site and http://killerscripts.com where you can purchase the rights to produce Daab's murder mystery dinner show scripts. (PRWeb Jun 23, 2009)
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Boiling Sky Film Group is collecting Christmas/Hanukkah/Thanksgiving/New Year holiday-themed narrative, documentary, or experimental films for its inaugural Holiday Scrapbook DVD collection, to be released fall '09. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2009)
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Best known as the writer of Natalie Grant's career-making hit single, "Held," singer-songwriter Christa Wells, a North Carolina resident, has a growing following of fans and a desire to say something that matters. The week of June 22, Wells releases her debut solo album, "Frame the Clouds." (PRWeb Jun 23, 2009)
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The critically acclaimed one-man show Back to Babylon will have its Off-Broadway debut at the Players Theatre in New York City, July 10-19, 2009. The show is a humorous and poignant trip down suburban memory lane in the 1970's, revolving around a close-knit circle of Long Island teens and townies. Written, performed and directed by Gregg Tomé. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2009)
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Show Us Your Shreveport-Bossier (PRWeb Jun 24, 2009)
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Travelers should book on BestOfVegas.com for the best values for a weekend in Vegas. (PRWeb Jun 24, 2009)
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Sonor Artist Danny Carey is one of the most visible and iconic drummers in the world. Danny's technical ability and unique drumming style have distinguished him as a truly special artist and Sonor is happy to announce that the first shipments of the Danny Carey Signature Snare Drum are now available in select stores across the US. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2009)
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Encyclopaedia Iranica is proud to announce that in keeping with its tradition of preservation and promotion of Iranian culture, it will showcase a unique artistic program entitled "Danses Mythologiques," conceived in collaboration with the Paris-based Iranian artist Shahrokh Moshkin Galam, a member of La Comédie Française, and his dance company. This event, which will take place at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on Sunday, June 28th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., features a series of dramatic dance performances inspired by legends taken from masterpieces of Persian literature, presented both in the original language and English translations, including poems by such renowned Persian poets as Ferdowsi and Nezami. Choreographed by Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, this program will be the centerpiece of a tribute to the Encyclopaedia Iranica, with the proceeds benefiting the ongoing project at the Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2009)
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