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Amy Taylor Celebrates Winning Best Female Voice
Amy Taylor, a voice over professional based in the United States, is the current winner of the Voicey Award for Best Female Voice. To add to the excitement, Taylor’s daughter, Grace, also won an award in the category of Best Child Voice. Mother and daughter were elated to be able to share in this momentous occasion.
“It was thrilling to be acknowledged by my peers by receiving the Voicey.…
VernissageTV Art TV hits 1500th Episode and Introduces New Series
Basel, Switzerland, January 4, 2011 -- VernissageTV – the Internet's unique TV art project — just published its 1,500th episode. Since its inception in September 2005, VernissageTV developed from an ad hoc video podcast project to an Internet TV channel and production house with worldwide coverage and audience. VernissageTV travels the world to offer its audience a glimpse into the world of contemporary art, design and architecture with its "No Comment" and…
Winning Ideas to Promote Pedestrian Safety in a New Congress
When the 112th Congress convenes on January 5, 2011, potential legislative issues are likely to include transportation reauthorization; ongoing health care reform; and clean energy and environment. Lawmakers and their constituents searching for ways to reduce our reliance on foreign fuels and promote innovative business initiatives can draw inspiration from the newest episode of “Perils for Pedestrians”, airing January 4 at 7:30 p.m. EST on The Universityhouse Channel. …
Urns Northwest Inaugurates Line of Ceramic Cremation Urns with Sale
Urns Northwest (www.urnsnw.com), an online cremation urn retailer, has partnered with a California-based ceramic urn artist to supply custom pottery urns to the public. To launch this partnership, the urn website is putting all ceramic art urns on sale for a limited time. Regularly priced at $379, these urns are currently discounted $80 each for a sale price of $299.
Ceramic urns are a beautiful and traditional way to inter a…
Johansson Projects presents Humming Summit featuring Alex Case + Dan Grayber
Dan Grayber isolates machinery from its usual role of fulfilling human needs through placing it in an eternal mode of self-perpetuation. His safety-orange powder coated objects endlessly assure their survival through completing the simple and essential task of holding oneself up. These sculptures, which create problems as they solve them, exude a sovereign elegance, the dignity of not having to justify themselves to an outside source. Alex Case uses asphalt…
Artist Robbi Firestone to paint Esalen Institute co-founder
Tacoma, WA – Artist Robbi Firestone embarks on a special journey Jan. 6 when she begins painting a portrait of a personal hero, Michael Murphy, co-founder of the Esalen Institute, one of America’s leading spiritual and educational retreat centers.
"Michael Murphy is a remarkable man on a lifelong quest to see the best in humanity and to make that potential actualized. It is an honor to paint him,” said Firestone, who…
Delphi Glass Announces 20th Annual Art Competition
Delphi, art glass supplies and education since 1972, announces entry dates for its 20th Annual Art Glass Festival. Artisans can compete to win top prizes for their glasswork and share their creativity with others.
Every year in April, Delphi hosts its annual Art Glass Festival. Along with special classes and events throughout the month, the festival offers two very competitive art contests. The first is a juried show at their Lansing,…
Pay Fraley Shares Acting Technique For Voice Over Artists
As the creator of over four thousand character voices Pat Fraley is hailed as one of the top ten performers of all time cast in animation. He has produced dozens of award winning audio-books including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Fraley produced and voiced all one-hundred characters.
Fraley shares his knowledge on Voice Over Experts with his podcast lesson “Vocal Shape Shifting.” Fraley uncovers the art of letting the…
“Season of the Witch” – Nicolas Cage as a Medieval Warrior in Chainmail
“Season of the Witch” continues the recent mega-hit medieval movies such as “300,” “Gladiator,” and “Braveheart.” It is pegged to hit theaters early 2011.
Films about the Middle Ages have become increasingly popular in the past few years. The trend continues with the new Lionsgate film, “Season of the Witch,” starring Nicolas Cage and featuring his honorable comrade, Ron Perlman. The film depicts the stars as 14th Century…
Free White Paper Explores Writing a Novel from First Draft to Post-Publication P …
Free White Paper Explores Writing a Novel from First Draft to Post-Publication Promotion
Never pay to be published. Authors do not pay publishers. Readers pay publishers. Publishers pay authors.
Tough economic times make people look for ways to get rich and quit their jobs. Meanwhile, many people believe the old adage that everybody has a book in them.
Multi-published author and long-time editor Michael LaRocca notes that, when you combine these factors, it's…
Godges Pops Off with KAHI's Mary Jane Popp over Immigration
Known for her high-octane interviews, Mary Jane Popp, host of the nationally syndicated radio show “PoppOff,” sparked a lively debate over immigration with author John Paul Godges in late December. Popp and Godges, author of Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century, nonetheless carved out a swath of common patriotic territory in favor of a clear and consistent path to citizenship.
Broadcasting from radio station KAHI AM 950 in…
Join Comedienne Queen Aishah On The Radio Talk Show Totally (In)Appropriate For …
We Will Give Queen Aishah The Microphone To Discuss The Events Of 2010.
Be Prepared To Laugh During the Funniest Episode of Totally (In)Appropriate
WHO: Queen Aishah, Comedienne, Actress, and Radio Personality and
Blog Talk Radio Show Totally (In)Appropriate Host Natasha Rennie
WHAT: The Funniest Episode of Totally (In)Appropriate with Queen Aishah as She Talks About Life In 2010 – “The End Of The Year Round Up”
DATE: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
TIME:…
S. G. Public School, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad Celebrated Annual Sports Day 2010 wit …
S. G. Public School, oldest and leading public school of Vasundhara, Ghaziabad celebrated its Annual Sports Day.
Mrs. Damyanti Goel, Mayor of Ghaziabad was Chief Guest of the program. The program was also attended by Mr. S K Suneja, Vice President of “Suneja Educational Samiti” and other eminent personalities of Ghaziabad. S. G. Public School, a leading school in Vasundhara, is known for inculcating Indian traditional values in students…
Jeanne Robertson Features Favorite Stories on New Compilation DVD Out January 18 …
Nashville, Tenn. - With her career nearly half a century in the making, humorous speaker Jeanne Robertson will add to her collection of milestones with her upcoming compilation DVD Don’t Bungee Jump Naked and Other Life Lessons. This 67-year-old former Miss North Carolina stands tall at 6'2" and has a personality, heart and sense of humor just as soaring. Entertaining thousands each year, Jeanne is heard daily on SiriusXM Satellite…
Demo Producer Guest Stars On Voice Over Experts
Dave DeAndrea is a member of the Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists (SaVoa) and is an award winning professional voice actor. He is a twenty five year veteran of radio and voice over production and knows what needs to go into a demo and how to make it stand out.
DeAndrea joins Voice Over Experts with his podcast lesson to help voice talent understand that their voice is a marketable…
View the Neuronal Impressionism of Patrick Girod at Agora Gallery
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature French artist, Patrick Girod, in Enigmatic Realms. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 11, 2011 through February 1, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, January 13, 2011).
Patrick Girod’s work combines the ecstatic effulgence considered endemic to his native France with the strictness and humility associated with Switzerland. Working with oil on canvas in a traditional drip technique, Girod’s meandering compositions match the fanaticism of…
Free White Paper Teaches You How To Get Your Novel Published Without Getting Sca …
Free White Paper Teaches You How To Get Your Novel Published Without Getting Scammed
Never pay to be published. Authors do not pay publishers or agents. Readers pay publishers. Publishers pay authors.
Michael LaRocca, author of eight published novels and editor of over 300 published novels, knows the thrill of writing your own novel. He also knows the big looming question that comes soon after.
"What do I do now?"
That's the question he…
Adelphi to Host Exhibition Featuring Embedded War Photojournalist Brian Palmer
Adelphi University is proud to feature Improvisation as Strategy: Scenes from an Iraq Embed, a multimedia exhibition chronicling experiences by photojournalist and documentarian Brian Palmer as an embedded journalist in Iraq from 2004-2006. The exhibit highlights Mr. Palmer’s photography, journal entries, his documentary Full Disclosure, as well as additional clips not scene in the film. The exhibition will be on view from January 16 through February 20, 2011 in both…
Collecting Santa This Week at LiveAuctionTalk.com
He is the moonlight caller who arrives once a year when everyone is sound asleep. From the world of perpetual cold, the snow-frosted traveler in the red suit, white beard and pink cheeks has many faces in many countries.
His Yuletide figure is a welcome site year after year as he’s resurrected from the Christmas box one more time. An emissary of love and hope, Santa’s appeal…
A tale of four christmas trees...
It seems the humble Christmas tree is now a symbol of prosperity and this year
the race is on for the title of "The most expensive tree in the world."
The town of Milan, Italy was the first to claim the prize with the unveiling of
a 450,000 USD tree in the Piazzo Duomo.
The spectacular tree was donated by Tiffany & Co. and has over one hundred
thousand white lights and decorations all specially…
Come Together @ Space Ibiza - Massive Comeback in 2011
BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER!
COME TOGETHER @ SPACE IBIZA:
MASSIVE COMEBACK IN 2011!
FRIDAY NIGHT SLOT + EXTENDED 12-WEEK RUN + + EVEN BIGGER LINE-UP
JULY 1ST – SEPT 16TH 2011
(London, December 2010) 'Tis definitely the season to be jolly with the announcement that Come Together @ Space Ibiza is confirmed for a massive comeback in 2011 with a new Friday night slot and an extended 12-week run. This first of its kind mini-festival…
New Online Piano Learning Blog
Piano Tutor Online aims to provide news, updates, videos, resources, tips and inspiration for all the pianist enthusiasts and the keyboardists too regardless of the levels at which they are. Whether you are a starter or already a seasoned professional, the piano lessons and piano tutorials on this piano website will be of help to you.
Piano Tutor Online emphasizes that playing piano passionately is the only way in which one…
ART LICENSING COMPANY EXHIBITS AT ATLANTA LICENSE & DESIGN MARKETPLACE
CHARLOTTE, NC (December 1, 2010) – Charlotte based Barefoot Studios will exhibit their new designs at the Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market with a collection of over fifty designs that combine whimsical line drawings and modern color combinations. Designs available for licensing can be seen January 14-16 in the License and Design section in Building 2 Floor 13 Booth O.
Barefoot Studios’ artwork, designed by Pam Wingard, creates designs…
Best Punctuation Haikus Awarded in National Punctuation Day Contest
Judges choose from over 3,000 entries to select the 25 best Haikus about the importance of proper punctuation, to complete the National Punctuation Day Contest. Entries were submitted from around the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy (in Italian!)
Pinole, CA, December 20, 2010 (Straight Line PR) -- Twenty-five people have been judged as authors of the best punctuation haikus in the…
Neater Feeder Is Now Available At Select Petco Retail Locations
Petco Becomes The First National Retail Chain To Offer Neater Feeder Mess Proof Feeders™.
MALVERN, Pa.— December 21, 2010 - Neater Pet Brands is excited for the debut of our patented Neater Feeder Mess Proof Feeder™ at select Petco Stores nationwide.
Petco is the first major Pet Specialty Chain to carry the Neater Feeder®, so now Americans across the country can pick up a Neater Feeder Mess Proof Pet Dish at…
Laura Guoke’s Art Creates Identity at Agora Gallery
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Lithuanian artist, Laura Guoke, in the Persistence of Form. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 11, 2011 through February 1, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, January 13, 2011).
The work of Lithuanian artist Laura Guoke is characterized by an exploration of the essence of identity. Through a fusion of silkscreen printing techniques and new media, she deconstructs both human form and human formations and,…
Contemporary Indian Art, Indian Paintings
Studiorameshwaram is established in the year 2001 by the famous Indian artist Rameshwar Singh. We are an online art gallery which includes Contemporary Indian Art, Indian Paintings, Modern Paintings, Modern Indian Art, Rajasthani Paintings, Indian Art Gallery, Paintings of India and all are affordable Indian Paintings. This online art gallery is the place for young artists to exhibit their art works.
This website is all about Contemporary Indian Art and…
The Magnificent Works of Maria Mamkaeva Come Alive at Agora Gallery
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Russian artist, Maria Mamkaeva, in Elemental Realms. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 11, 2011 through February 1, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, January 13, 2011).
With a rich impasto technique, Maria Mamkaeva paints magnificent urban impressions of her native Russia. Buildings, street signs, shoppers, and automobiles are delineated in an approach that allows edges to melt together, creating the sense that the city…
nuAlerts Launches Livermore Deal Alerts Community
Livermore, CA - nuAlerts, www.nualerts.com, social media marketing platform for business communities, announced today the launch of Livermore Deal Alerts with 24 businesses offering exclusive deals via Friday Flier email, social media, text messaging, Deals widget, Hot Deals page and Deals Calendar. nuAlerts powered Livermore Deal Alerts community is the first such local community to give shoppers various options in receiving Deal Alerts.
"Livermore Deal Alerts Community delivers incredible marketing exposure…
Author Claire P. Gordon To Appear On The Authors Show To Discuss Her Latest Nove …
Claire P. Gordon, who lives on the California Central Coast, recently announced the publication of her first novel, “The Color of Music.” Her previous books about jazz are 'Boy Meets Horn, the Autobiography of Rex Stewart', 'Marshal Royal, Jazz Survivor' and 'My Unforgettable Jazz Friends'. In the “The Color of Music” she tells a gripping story about twins. Although separated and raised in…
“Get Out Of The Way” Conquers The Issues Surrounding Avoiding The Draft In Novel …
“Get Out Of The Way” Conquers The Issues Surrounding Avoiding The Draft In Novel Style
Get Out Of The Way
Author: Daniel Dinges
Tate Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-61566-274-6
Pages: 280
Published: March 30, 2010
As many young men in the sixties era, Tom Daniels, was at the age to enlist in the military, but was not supportive of the Vietnam War. He did everything he could to avoid the war. He began taking college classes, but eventually,…
Spinefarm Records To Release Blackmore's Night's 'Autumn Sky' In The US January …
New York - With a career spanning nearly two decades, the band of minstrels has gained cross over success all over the world with its new genre of “Ren and Rock” music. The lyrics, written by award winning Singer/Songwriter Candice Night, are inspired by nature and the myths and fairy tales they encounter on their international travels. The melodies, composed and arranged by Grammy nominated Ritchie Blackmore, encompass musical structure…
HISTORIC PHOTO EVENT COMES TO SACRAMENTO
20 DEC. 2010 - Sacramento, CA - The ambitious I AM EQUAL photo project will officially launch its 29 city, 2011 U.S. tour at The Citizen Hotel in downtown Sacramento and open the doors to people of all walks of life who are stepping up for human rights & equality in our community and around the world.
“We’re excited to open this project in, what TIME Magazine has called, the…
Bobbin Beam Helps Voice Talent Get A Head Start On The New Year
Bobbin Beam's voice has been heard around the world in commercials, narrations, audio books, e-Learning projects, documentaries, and TV promos. ABC, Disney Channel, and Fortune 500 companies have used Bobbin's voice, which is described as warm, friendly, professional, wise, and sincere.
Beam is featured on Voice Over Experts with her podcast lesson “Jump Start The New Year With Tips From Bobbin Beam.” She shares ideas for making plans and preparations that…
On KKZZ, Author Calls Mentally Ill Sister “Heart and Soul” of Family Memoir
In a wide-ranging conversation with radio host Bill Frank, known as “Billy the Brain” on KKZZ AM 1400 in Ventura, California, author John Paul Godges credited his sister Geri, who has struggled with paranoid schizophrenia for more than four decades, as being “the single most important reason why we have remained united and indivisible as a family.”
“If it weren’t for my sister Geri,” the author elaborated in his mid-December interview,…
Studio b produced video for sf symphon’s 100 years gala.
San Francisco, CA - One of the Bay Area’s proudest institutions, the San Francisco Symphony, hired Studio B to produce a series of videos for its “Second Century Campaign” and gala. One of the projects was a 4-minute highly graphical sizzle video that the Symphony needed to set the celebratory tone, honoring the award-winning Orchestra’s past 100 years while looking forward to their plans for the next century.
The second…
Firestone, Sotheby's align for art, architecture gallery show
Tacoma, WA. – An experiment merging high-end art and upscale waterfront real estate created a picturesque gallery setting for the work of Robbi Firestone, America’s premier contemporary portrait artist.
At the invitation of Morrison House/Sotheby’s International Realty, Firestone displayed 12 of her “Spirit Capture” portraits in the parlor of a $3 million lakefront home in Lakewood that is listed for sale by Morrison House.
“With the lake and the Olympic Mountains as…
Lisa Rice Guest Stars On Voice Over Experts
Lisa Rice is a professional communications specialist with a degree in Communications and an experienced announcer in broadcast radio. She is also a writer, producer and director of voice over. Her one-on-one interviews have extended from the White House and Capitol Hill to Nashville.
Lisa Rice guest stars on Voice Over Experts to guide fellow voice talent on how to identify caution signs and ideas for adapting their read to finish…
Gawkk Introduces New Movies Search Engine to Watch Free Movies Online
The number of people who watch movies online increases day by day. Online movie services are becoming more and more popular because of the time and money they can save using these services. Gawkk, an innovative idea center introduces a movie search engine to make it easier to find a movie online and to watch it for free if its freely distributed. The service says that Gawkk.com is like a…
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Offers Teleseminar Packed With Tips On How Grandpare …
These days grandparents feel more and more out of touch with their grandchildren. Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, a positive psychologist, educator and author of fiction books for teens and tweens, believes teens and tweens can learn valuable life skills from grandparents in spite of an ever widening generational gap. In her new teleseminar, available for download at no charge, she demonstrates how and why grandparents can take a lead role…
Artist, Marcelo Holzinger, joins The Eclectic Arts Movement (T.E.A.M.) and the N …
16 December 2010 (Miami, FL) - On the heels of a wildly successful Art Basel Miami/Wynwood 2010, rapidly rising & noted Miami-based Fine Artist Marcelo Holzinger has been approached and will be donating his fine artwork and participating in a silent auction to assist in a youth-driven charitable initiative benefiting the children of Haiti.
Marcelo and The Eclectic Arts Movement (T.E.A.M.) are uniting their efforts for the noble cause entitled "No…
South Carolina Attorney and Devoted Believer of Christ, Lola Stradford Richey, H …
South Carolina Attorney and Devoted Believer of Christ, Lola Stradford Richey, Has Published A Wonderful New Book Entitled “The Essences of Love”
The Essences of Love
Book Details
Author: Lola Stradford Richey
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 9781609579647
Pages: 76
Published: October 14, 2010
Book Description
The Essences of Love gets to the heart of God's love for the world. Many people see the teaching of the Holy Bible as difficult to understand. Quite simply, the Gospel teaching is…
Small Towns & Big Business – Do They Mix? Find Out In NovaMelia’s New Novel, “Du …
Small Towns & Big Business – Do They Mix? Find Out In NovaMelia’s New Novel, “Duckegg: & Persons Of Interest”
Duckegg: & Persons of Interest
Book Details
Author: NovaMelia
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5922-3
Pages: 326
Published: June 22, 2010
Book Description
A large pharmaceutical company begins operations in a small outlying community in New England. Interdependence, intrinsic distrust, confused rumors and local ethics all become part of the mix. A local school teacher leads a group of…
PooL Art Fair Miami Beach 2010 From Hamburg to Miami - The Macrocosm of Art
From 3rd to 5th December 2010 Frere Independent was pleased to present the Sixth Edition of the PooL Art Fair Miami Beach, at the Carlton Hotel on Collins Avenue in the heart of Miami South Beach. The Vernissage on December 3, featured music and performances by Pocket of Lollipops, and DJ Trace as well as a special video presentation by fashion designer and filmmaker Zulema Griffin.
PooL Art Fair ran…
Winter Exhibition at The Colomb Art Gallery, London.
Paintings and Sculpture availble to buy from award winning gallery represented artists.
‘Fine Art for investment or pleasure’
Winter Exhibition: Now on until 19 February 2011 in the upper and lower galleries.
The Colomb Art Gallery
52a George Street, Marylebone, London. W1U 7EA. UK.
020 7487 5118 | www.colombart.co.uk
Nearest Underground Stations: Baker Street or Bond Street. For further travel information, please contact the gallery.
Award winning painters and sculptors include:
Peter Barker. British landscape…
Poster Experts Pick “Favorite Things” at International Poster Gallery’s 17th Ann …
BOSTON – Poster experts at International Poster Gallery (IPG) have assembled an unparalleled lineup of original vintage posters from around the globe for the gallery’s 17th annual holiday poster show, “Favorite Things”. The show focuses on the newest and very best additions to IPG’s massive collection of over 5,000 original vintage posters and works on paper. The show is free and open to the public and is on…
OSMAN DINC: L'AGE DE FER, TAM TAM
18 DECEMBER 2010 – 31 JANUARY 2011
OPENING | 17 DECEMBER | 19 – 21 | PROJECT SPACE | AUGUSTSTRASSE 50 B | 10119 BERLIN
Berlin Art Projects are delighted to invite you to the opening of the solo exhibition by Osman Dinç on Friday, 17 December, at 19 – 21. The gallery is putting on this young Turkish artist’s first solo exhibition in Germany, entitled “L’age de fer. Tam Tam.“
The creations…
New Thriller: Kismet by Wayne Sharrocks
Kismet by Wayne Sharrocks
This eagerly awaited new novel from highly acclaimed, award-winning author Wayne Sharrocks is now on world-wide release.
From the Publisher:
Literary nominations thus far include Channel 4 television's Richard & Judy's Book-Club Competition, The Guardian First Book Award & The McKitterick Prize.
They think that you will find this new title to be a powerful, fast-moving and exciting psychological thriller.
Review:
'Wayne Sharrocks is a master of his…
Seismic Audio Speakers Debuts Rockin' New eCommerce Site
Shop The Newly Re-Designed SeismicAudioSpeakers.com In Time For The Holiday Season
Mephis, TN - December 15, 2010 - Seismic Audio Speakers has been changing the way musicians buy their gear since their online debut. Now, they are making it even easier for musicians to shop with their newly re-designed eCommerce site www.SeismicAudioSpeakers.com, just in time for the busy holiday shopping season.
The new design of www.SeismicAudioSpeakers.com makes shopping easier than ever before.…
As The RV Industry Rebounds, Americans Take To The Road In Search of America's H …
The past two years have seen the recreational vehicle industry in its worst shape since 1991. Recent figures however suggest that the RV industry is on the rebound at last and Americans are preparing once again to take to the road for those highly anticipated extended travel trips. Bob Mottram, the author of 'In Search Of America's Heartbeat', is relieved to see this happen now.
“Many people, including myself, are…
