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Silver Lion Films and Myriad Pictures are pleased to announce "The Cup", starring Ray Winstone and Stephen Curry. (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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Dr. Aaron A. Flagg, Executive Director of the Music Conservatory of Westchester, a non-profit community school of the arts, was named a winner of the "Rising Stars - Westchester's Forty Under Forty" by The Business Council of Westchester. He will be honored for his professional accomplishments, leadership qualities, and outstanding success at an awards ceremony June 19, 2008. (PRWeb May 15, 2008)
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The people who brought you SalsaCrazy.com, the go-to site for worldwide news about salsa dancing, are launching SalsaCrazySF.com. SalsaCrazySF.com is a website dedicated to salsa dance news for the San Francisco Bay Area, with it's own featured weekly video podcast and salsa dancing event calendar. (PRWeb May 15, 2008)
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New York jazz landmark Minton's Playhouse announced this week a massive expansion in its jazz programming and jazz education, re-establishing it as a leader in jazz presentations. New developments include the formation of the non-profit foundation Minton's Mentors, the creation of year-long Artist-in-Residence positions held by Onaje Allan Gumbs and Buster Williams, and new technology initiatives (PRWeb May 14, 2008)
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Betrayal And Deception Are The Core Of This Tough Urban Drama From Writer And Director Jerry Schram (PRWeb May 14, 2008)
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Singers, instrumentalists and faculty soloists from St. Cloud State University, the College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University and the SCSU Cantabile Girls Choir leave May 20 for overseas, where they will perform the European premiere of a Holocaust oratorio at Natzweiler-Struthof, a former Nazi concentration camp in France. (PRWeb May 13, 2008)
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Brothers from Florida Who Attended (iPOP!) International Presentation of Performers Acting Competition Make it In Hollywood (PRWeb May 13, 2008)
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NYCO announces local Chicago release and concert performance May 18th at Park West Auditorium, to be followed by national release on June 10th. (PRWeb May 13, 2008)
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DC's hottest new R&B artist Kyonté, will grace the stage for two live sets at Georgetown's Blues Alley located at 1073 Wisconsin Avenue Washington, DC on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. (PRWeb May 18, 2008)
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Alice in Wonderland--A new opera by composer Peter Westergaard will have it's premiere in Princeton, NJ, and New York City by the Center for Contemporary Opera. (PRWeb May 17, 2008)
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Jas Anderson is most recently known for his role as T-Bone in the indie film "Rock the Paint" opposite John Doman (HBO's The Wire and Mystic River),Douglas Smith (HBO's "Big Love") and Kevin Phillips (Pride and Cookout) which premiered at both the Tribeca Film Festival and the Pan African Film Festival. Rock the Paint won the TAA creative promise award that year at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005. "Rock the Paint" is back at Tribeca Cinemas on June 6th, 2008. See end of release for more info. (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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Moon Costumes, one of the nations' leading costume retailers, has added a new line of over 60 adult sexy costume styles. (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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Acting Brothers from John Robert Powers Tampa Florida Keep Busy in Pursuit of Hollywood Dream (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu) students, Chris Adams, Joshua Knight and Max Miller, won second place out of 193 entries in the College Feature/Shorts and Documentaries category at the 13th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival's (PBIFF) Student Showcase of Films. The students won for their work, The Master, a 16mm short which was produced during their Film Production class at Full Sail. (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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Two faculty members from Full Sail University have been named "Teacher of the Year" by the annual awards for the 2008 Career College Association (CCA). Brian Smithers, Department Chair for Audio Workstations, and Hunter Menning, Director of Audiotronics, were both recognized for their passion and dedication as outstanding educators. (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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