Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
Donald Trump And PTSD: PTSD Is Not A Sign Of Weakness Says June Sitler, Author O …
PTSD can take many forms. When one hears Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) the image of a Vietnam Vet comes to mind. However, many people from all walks of life may suffer from this disorder. They are the survivors. They can be people who live in the inner city, those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, survivors of childhood trauma in adulthood, or a man or woman…
Changes in the Art World: ICEFAT Interviews SGS Art Expert Yan Walther
In a new interview with Chris Kneale from ICEFAT, SGS’s art services expert Yan Walther discusses the important changes he has seen in the art world during the last seven years.
Foremost in this discussion is the shift away from solitary in-house art specialists towards teams of professional independent third-party experts, using cutting-edge technology as a standard part of due diligence for artworks. SGS, with over 138 years of experience…
Steve Snyder, Author Of Military Aviation Book, 'Shot Down', Announces Media App …
Author Steve Snyder, author of 'Shot Down', has announced recent media appearances and upcoming events for October 2016.
Snyder's father Howard was a B-17 pilot who was shot down while flying the Susan Ruth (named after his daughter) while flying over the French/Belgium border. The mission set out to bomb Frankfurt, Germany. The book covers the events leading up to and following that day. Of the 10 man…
Visual Arts and Culture at Hawkfield Gallery Fine Arts Consultants Review
The landscape of the art industry continually changes due to the rapid evolution of technology. Technological innovations have provided artists with new tools to express themselves and their ideas. Though the digital art was of great deal in this modern era, traditional art still remains vital to a society and to a country’s culture.
If you are an art lover and a collector visiting Massachusetts, you won't want to miss exploring…
Author Blames Runner’s High for the Rapid Success of her Debut Novel
Chicago, IL [October 11, 2016]—Manhattan House Publishing & Media proudly announces the recent publication of The Limbo Tree, a young adult novel by author T.N. Suarez, as a jacketed hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook.
What if you could literally run your way to toward creativity and success? Author T.N. Suarez did. She credits her Nike running shoes, an open road, and good music, for conjuring up fully hatched plot twists…
Renowned Scholar And Author Ruth Finnegan Announces New Release, 'Black Inked Pe …
Author Ruth Finnegan has announced the release of her latest epic romance novel, 'Black Inked Pearl'.
'Black Inked Pearl' tells the story of a naive Irish girl Kate and her mysterious lover, whom she rejects in panic and then spends her life seeking. After the opening rejection, Kate recalls her Irish upbringing, her convent education, and her coolly-controlled professional success, before her tsunami-like realisation beside an African river of the emotions…
Hollywood comes to Wimbledon!
Picture Palace Movie Posters open their doors this month and celebrate in style.
Specialising in original vintage film posters from the golden age of cinema they have a range of rare gems from across five decades, with some as early as the 1930s. "Early British posters are extremely rare indeed.", explains Mark Barrow, the owner of Picture Palace Movie Posters. "Anything from the war years especially is highly collectible, as most…
New Release! “Service Goat” from bestselling author Piers Anthony with Dreaming …
Bestselling author of the “Xanth” series Piers Anthony continues his legacy of humorous and fantastical fun with his newest book “Service Goat.”
About the Book:
Orphaned and blind seven-year-old Callie has a service animal – a goat with extraordinary powers.
Ben Hemoth is a down-on-his luck news reporter facing prison. Needing to save his job and his reputation, he teams up with Venus, a young seductress caught up with a teenage drug gang.…
Fusion Art's 2nd Annual "Colorful Abstractions" International Online Juried Art …
Fusion Art is pleased to announce the opening of the 2nd Annual "Colorful Abstractions" International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of October 2016.
Palm Springs, CA, USA -- Fusion Art is pleased to announce the opening of the 2nd Annual "Colorful Abstractions" International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of October 2016. The exhibition is now available for viewing on the Fusion Art website (http://www.fusionartps.com).
The "Colorful Abstractions" exhibition…
Strange California: Exploring the Weird World of the Golden State
Launching on Kickstarter, Strange California is a new anthology that explores the complex mythologies of the Golden State. The anthology, edited by J. Daniel Batt and Jaym Gates from Falstaff Books, features a diversity of science fiction and fantasy stories that reflect the unique landscape of California. From Hollywood to Santa Cruz to Tahoe, California is a nexus that both attracts and burgeons the strange of our world. Strange California…
The Invisible release "ACCIDENT" Music Video
Announcing 'The Invisible', the solo project of Ghost Community drummer Jake Bradford-Sharp. The debut album 'MK-ULTRA' will be released via ROK Music on the 14th of October 2016. The album explores the issues surrounding the fictional character's suffering of amnesia following the MK-ULTRA tests (late 1973), but ultimately is a journey of self-discovery and acceptance. MK-ULTRA is a concept album that explores many musical themes and styles. "ACCIDENT" is the…
Edward Hersey and Gordon Lees Exhibition 2016
York Fine Arts is delighted to announce its annual Edward Hersey and Gordon Lees exhibition. The exhibition brings together an exceptional collection of original paintings from two leading British artists whose work consistently captures and preserves the classic charm of Britain’s most beloved towns and landscapes.
For the discerning collector or first time buyer, the exhibition is a chance to view an exclusive collection of work from two of the gallery’s…
Barbara Gilbert Interiors Introduces Design in a Binder for Remote Clients, DIY …
DALLAS, TX – October 6, 2016 – For people who love the look of a Barbara Gilbert Interiors-designed interior but live far away, or want to have a more hands-on approach to their home, Barbara is introducing a new service. “Design in a Binder” is a perfect option for clients who like to roll up their sleeves and manage their own design project, but need professional expertise in creating a…
WINE & DESIGN CELEBRATES TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR WILLIAMSPORT LOCATION
Wine & Design, the leading paint and sip franchise that provides chic, upbeat spaces for memories and masterpieces, is celebrating the second year of success for its Williamsport location with six days of festivities. Families and friends are invited to join the celebration starting Saturday, October 8 to Wednesday, October 12, packed with themed parties, discounted classes, giveaways and other special offers.
Wine & Design Williamsport opened its doors in…
International Standards Needed For Genocide Reparations
“You cannot kill an entrenched ideology with a gun,” Benjamin Ferencz, who began his law career prosecuting Nazis, said last week when he pledged $10 million to a group dedicated to preventing genocide.
In addition to using the funding to provide governments with the tools needed to prevent genocide, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum also helps develop an international response when a…
Selfies, Short Films, The Geena Davis Institute And The Media's Effect On Self E …
Geena Davis is famous for many reasons, one of the most important being her work to bring attention to gender stereotyping in film. To that end she formed the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. As stated on their website, the organization hopes to "engage, educate, and influence the need to dramatically improve gender balance, reduce stereotyping and create diverse female characters in entertainment targeting children 11 and under."…
International Storytelling Center partners with Pass It Down at National Storyte …
Chattanooga, TN - The International Storytelling Center, a cultural and educational institution dedicated to improving the world through the power of storytelling and Pass It Down, LLC, an award-winning digital storytelling platform, today announced a technology partnership and strategic relationship. At the 2016 National Storytelling Festival (NSF), the oldest and most prestigious storytelling festival in the world, Pass It Down & NSF will run a joint digital storytelling campaign.
Over 75,000…
Germany Kent | Award-Winning Journalist Promotes Book on Social Media Etiquette
Culver City, CA - Award-winning journalist Germany Kent just wrapped a successful six state book tour resulting in hundreds of people learning more about social media ethics and marketing and increased book sales.
Kent is the author of You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life.
Kent's book was selected as a Best Book of 2015 by Readers Favorite and is a gold award…
"Open" 2016 Art Exhibition Results Now Online & Ready to View
Jupiter, FL, USA -- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its October 2016 art exhibition, the 6th Annual "Open" (No Theme) Art Exhibition is now posted on their website and can be viewed online. There is no theme for this art exhibition and artists were asked to submit their best abstract or representational art for this competition.
The gallery received and judged 654 entries from…
SGS Brings A Game Changing Solution To The Monitoring Of Artwork Conservation Gl …
As part of its thriving art services business, SGS, the global leader in the inspection, verification, testing and certification provides the world’s galleries, fine art logistic companies, museums, auction houses, private collectors and other owners of artwork with comprehensive condition reports on artworks. With a game changing standardized system built on a global network of accredited art conservators, proprietary software and rigorous museum level procedures, SGS brings a previously unknown…
Natural Le Coultre Interviews SGS Art Services Expert Yan Walther
In a wide-ranging interview with Natural Le Coultre, Yan Walther provides an overview of SGS’s services for the art industry and encapsulates what SGS’s 138 years of experience, as the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, bring to the art market.
SGS’s use of cutting-edge technology to prepare condition reports and provide scientific analysis of artworks has received a positive reaction from the art world. By creating systematic,…
PSYCHOPATHS, LIARS, DEMONS, AND CHILDREN: THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR-- Debut Author …
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Chicago, IL [October 4, 2016]—Manhattan House Publishing & Media is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of The Limbo Tree, a young adult novel by author T.N. Suarez. The Limbo Tree will release on October 10, 2016, as a jacketed hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook.
“Unreliable narrators take many shapes and forms,” said Suarez. “Psychopaths, liars, demons, and…
Far From the Western Front: South Asian stories of the First World War
5 – 13 November, Royal Geographical Society, London - touring London venues thereafter, including the Nehru Centre
@AsianCentreN22 #AsiasWW1 www.southasiansoldiers.org.uk
As Remembrance Day approaches, we aim to diversify the stories told about the First World War, in a year in which commemorations have focused on the Somme and the Battle of Jutland - both European-centric and fought largely by white men.
But how many people…
International Call for Artists for Online Art Competition, "ALL Colors”
Contemporary Art Gallery Online Announces an International Call for Artists to Participate in the “ALL Colors” Art Competition & Exhibition.
Annapolis, MD, United States, October 01, 2016 -- Contemporary Art Gallery Online announces their 4th Annual International “ALL Colors” Online Art Competition for the month of October 2016. Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A…
Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of October 3, …
Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson, Executive Producer of The Authors Show, founders of The Authors Marketing Powerhouse, have announced The Authors Show radio and broadcast schedule for the week of October 3, 2016. The new show schedule is available at the Authors Marketing Powerhouse site.
For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult,…
Broadway's Marc Oka is Featured in Hollywood's Frankenstein - A New Musical
Obsession, Desire and Ambition explored through the eyes of a madman. Frankenstein - A New Musical with music by Mark Baron, lyrics by Jeffrey Jackson, and a book by Jackson and Gary P. Cohen, is based on the Gothic Horror Classic by Mary Shelley, and brought to life with panache and flair. This musical follows the ill-fated life of an ambitious Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster and is forced…
Broadway's Marc Oka is Featured in Hollywood's Frankenstein - A New Musical
Obsession, Desire and Ambition explored through the eyes of a madman. Frankenstein – A New Musical with music by Mark Baron, lyrics by Jeffrey Jackson, and a book by Jackson and Gary P. Cohen, is based on the Gothic Horror Classic by Mary Shelley, and brought to life with panache and flair. This musical follows the ill-fated life of an ambitious Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster and is forced…
Positive Psychologist Barbara Becker Holstein Designs Amazing All Encompassing A …
A recent article on the New York Times website entitled 'Want to Find Fulfillment At Last? Think Like a Designer'. One premise of the article is that we can, given the right approach, actually design the kind of life we desire. This allows us to take a conscious approach to fitting all of the pieces together - a life blueprint - for building what we want from the raw materials…
Proof Of The Afterlife Brings Peace, Freedom From Fear And Anxiety Says Author, …
All human beings have core needs. Peace, certainty and freedom from fear and anxiety. These are primary and necessary, as they allow us to experience a sense of safety, well-being and lie at the very core of the ability to live a fulfilling life. It's not that we want these things - we need these things. We all seek them, every single day.
Brian McLaughlin, near death experience expert, speaker and…
Cynthia Martindale, Author Of Book About Caregiving, 'Graceful Last Chapters', T …
Author Cynthia Martindale has announced that her highly praised book for caregivers, 'Graceful Last Chapters: Helping Seniors Who Need More Care', has taken a Bronze Award in the 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Award contest.
Cynthia Martindale is an expert in regards to end of life planning and issues that impact seniors. She spent much of her career as a sales and marketing director for senior living communities. She is a…
SGS Art Services Expand to Provide Global Service
From New York to London, Paris, Geneva, Brussels and Luxembourg, SGS’s art services, dedicated to supporting collectors and collections of fine art are expanding. Clients can now access SGS’s art condition reporting, technical examination and analysis, due diligence and inventory services worldwide.
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is the first independent art services provider to offer standardized condition reporting, wherever the client, or artwork, is based.…
The Bead Game Box is Changing the World of Gaming
LONDON September 27, 2016 - Innovator, Martins Jansons, is breaking ground in the gaming industry with his newly published Bead Game Box, an all-in-one board game solution with 108+ of the best board games. This first collective creativity game blurs the lines between genres by bringing real-life players together through a social game web app, which holds the world's largest collection of traditional board games and board game variations.
This…
US Department Of Peace Is An Idea Whose Time Has Come Says Frances Fuller, Award …
The US needs a Department of Peace. This election year there is a great deal of rhetoric that endlessly furthers a multitude of divisive agendas and strategies. Until now our country has not pursued peace, because it is not on anyone’s job description. We have a one-armed State Department. The one arm is called the Department of Defense. Frances Fuller, author of 'In Borrowed Houses', believes we also need a…
Animal Miracles Happen Every Day Too - Donna Louis, Author Of Book About Miracle …
What constitutes a miracle? It depends on who one asks. Nearly everyone will agree that a miracle is an extraordinary event in the physical world that defies a rational explanation. While we might think miracles don't happen today, perhaps they do.
A recent story from the town of Galt in Sacramento County entitled 'Freeway Miracle?' is an astounding story of an injured dog that survived 5 weeks with 2 broken bones.…
Canadian Novelist Rusty Blackwood Announces New Release Of 5 Star Rated Romantic …
Canadian Indie novelist Rusty Blackwood, author of the romantic fiction saga 'Passions In Paris', has announced the re-release of her newest romantic fiction novel, 'Willow's Walk'.
Her first romantic fiction book, 'Passions in Paris: Revelations Of A Lost Diary' is a sweeping saga written in the tradition of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and 'What Dreams May Come'. It has been compared to Erich Segal's 'Love Story' and Nicholas Sparks' 'The Notebook'.
'Willow's Walk'…
My Design Station transforms any photo into a creative gift!
We know that buying a gift can easily turn into a nightmare! You’re walking from shop to shop seeing all these beautiful products but still cannot be certain if any of them would be a good choice. Is this shiny jewellery set really the best idea for the 10th wedding anniversary? Would my best friend be happy to get a new perfume? Is my mum gonna like this colorful scarf?…
6th Annual "SeaScapes" Online Art Competition Announced
Jupiter, FL, USA -- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries for the gallery's 6th Annual "SeaScapes" Online Art Competition for the month of October 2016. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in to the Gallery's November 2016 online group art exhibition.
Light Space & Time encourages entries from artists regardless…
Project-TO presents the debut album The White Side, The Black Side
It is called The White Side, The Black Side and is the debut album by Project-TO released via Machiavelli Records.
Recorded in the Interactive Sound studies in Turin, Italy, property of Riccardo Mazza, it was realized with the aim of live set, a real audio-visual experience where the songs of the white side, electronic/big beat-style, alternate with techno ambient/dark atmospheres of the black tracks. Within the work, the listener can…
Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of September …
Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson, Executive Producer of The Authors Show, founders of The Authors Marketing Powerhouse, have announced The Authors Show radio and broadcast schedule for the week of September 26, 2016. The new show schedule is available at the Authors Marketing Powerhouse site.
For those who hope to sell books on the Internet, the challenge can be daunting. It can be confusing difficult,…
The rock band that conquered the russian audience
Le Basour is an Italian Electro Rock band, founded in Treviso by Allen Plaze (vocals, guitar, sound synthesizer), Skylle Mora (bass), Marnia Boll (drums, percussion) and Knk (guitar).
Always attentive to new means of communication, they have a strong relevance in social networks, especially on Facebook and YouTube. Their song Pray to Stay has already been broadcast by more then 60 radio (Virgin Radio, Caterpillar from Radio Rai 2..), Repubblica.it and…
CODY HOYT + ALEXANDER KORI GIRARD | OCTOBER 22
In Cody Hoyt and Alexander Kori Girard’s upcoming show at Johansson Projects, patterned forms and organic geometries come together in an unique exploration of functional permanence and mystic communication.
Cody Hoyt’s ceramics are rigorously drawn, curiously angular, and intricately patterned, creating brutalist organic “vessels” that question the need for function over form. The forms are constructed from patterned slabs, which are themselves assembled from smaller individual pieces; a highly individualized framework…
Story Bound Publishing And San Diego Author Laura Daleo Release New Vampire Fant …
Story Bound Publishing And San Diego Author Laura Daleo Release New Vampire Fantasy Novel – The Vow
Story Bound Publishing and San Diego author, Laura Daleo are pleased to announce the release of their new vampire fantasy novel, The Vow. This is the first book published by Story Bound Publishing. Daleo has released two other fantasy novels, Immortal Kiss (February 2015) and Bound by Blood (June 2016).
Finals are over, and twenty-year-old…
Author Ruth Finnegan To Appear On The Authors Show Through October 12, 2016 To D …
Author Ruth Finnegan is now appearing on The Authors Show. In her recent interview she discussed her latest novel, 'Black Inked Pearl'.
'Black Inked Pearl' is an epic romance about the naive Irish girl Kate and her mysterious lover, whom she rejects in panic and then spends her life seeking. After the opening rejection, Kate recalls her Irish upbringing, her convent education, and her coolly-controlled professional success, before her tsunami-like realisation…
Fusion Art is Now Accepting Submissions for Its 2nd Annual "Artist's Choice" Int …
Palm Springs, CA, USA -- Fusion Art (http://www.fusionartps.com) is pleased to announce it is now accepting submissions for its 2nd Annual "Artist's Choice" international online juried art exhibition.
This open competition has no specific theme and artists and photographers, worldwide, are encouraged to submit their best works in any subject matter and any of the accepted mediums. The artwork can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and artists and photographers,…
Auction Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints in Germany - Poca …
Hamburg, 21 September 2016 (kk) – It must be one of the finest works on North American natives. On 21/22 November the unique “History of the Indian tribes of North America“ by Thomas McKenney and James Hall will be called up in the auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst with an estimate of EUR 20,000.
The very rare edition comprises 80 splendid color portraits of chiefs, warriors and women,…
Uschi Ackermann's and Pug Sir Henry's Charity Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Germa …
Munich, 20 September 2016 (kk) – It has to be the biggest private collection of large factices of renowned perfume classics in the world that the PR lady Uschi Ackermann, mistress of Germany's most famous pug Sir Henry, has compiled over the years. The widow of Gerd Käfer, delicatessen king and organizer of legendary parties, is now going to put the noble flasks into the service of a good…
Riveting Love Story During The Apartheid In South Africa Offered By Award Winnin …
While many books have been written about apartheid in South Africa, seldom do readers have the opportunity to read a book written by someone who lived in South Africa and experienced firsthand the horrors of apartheid as a child. In addition her book is a riveting love story, the kind of tale from which great movies have been made. Kass Ghayouri's award winning book, 'An Era Of Error' gives readers…
Writers Now Make Careers By Spreading Fear Of Muslims Says Frances Fuller, Award …
Frances Fuller, author of the award winning memoir 'In Borrowed Houses, a true story of love and faith amidst war in Lebanon' says that professional writers are making careers of spreading fear of Middle Easterners, especially Muslims. She identifies Islamophobic accusations as “a serious threat to peace, because nothing will make people fight more quickly, more desperately, than fear.”
Because of the dangers of being misled, she went on to…
Building Across Worlds - International Projects by Architects von Gerkan, Marg u …
The Hamburg-based architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, also known as gmp, belong to the internationally most recognised architecture offices. From single-family homes to master plans, gmp has realised some 400 projects worldwide - many of them built in Asia. But how does one build in other cultural environments and on the proper scales in, for example, China or Vietnam? How much knowledge from the European construction practice can be…
The golden cage for the best steak
FMB – Leuchten & Schmiedeeisen GmbH has manufactured an impressive object made of steel in keeping with New York‘s style of the 1920s for the Art Déco furnishing of the restaurant ‘‘Hohoff‘s 800° C – The Golden Cage“.
Hohoffs 800°C has been one of the leading steak houses in North Rhine-Westphalia for years.
The restaurant has a telling name - here the steaks are grilled at 800°C. The owner, Michael Hohoff,…
