Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
Biennale di Venezia, Art Basel, documenta, skulptur projekte: take the Grand Tou …
Three major exhibitions of contemporary visual arts are taking place concurrently this year: La Biennale di Venezia, documenta 12 and skulptur projekte münster 07. These exhibitions and the international art fair Art 38 Basel opened one after another, in June 2007. VernissageTV took the Grand Tour to provide its audience with pictures from La Biennale di Venezia, Art 38 Basel, documenta 12, and skulptur projekte münster 07.
The current and upcoming…
PostScriptum - "Prophet: Deny" available in retail stores in September 2007
PostScriptum\'s first album, \"Prophet: Deny\", will be released in September. These four Norwegian musicians create melodic, melancholy pop/rock with echoes of Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, Muse, and A-ha. The album spans a musical arc ranging from hard riffs to emotional moments.
„We can only play what we believe and that means we have to let our own lives flow into the songs“, Petter explains. „The key is not making…
South East Film Association Features Jade Esteban Estrada
South East Film Association Features Jade Esteban Estrada ”America’s Prince of Pride” turns attention to filmmakers
June 27, 2007 - New York, N.Y. – The South East Film Association has named music, stage and television star Jade Esteban Estrada as its featured member.
Estrada's television credits include appearances on the Emmy-nominated "In the Life TV" on PBS, "Friday Night Lights" on NBC and "The Graham Norton Effect" on Comedy Central. His…
Stardust Studios' Jake Banks Directs New Music Video for Sloan's "I've Gotta Try …
HOLLYWOOD - Stardust Studios\' founder and creative director Jake Banks is such a huge fan of Canadian pop-rock band Sloan, he and Revolver Film Company have poured vast amounts of time and resources into creating a unique new music video for the track \"I\'ve Gotta Try\" from the band\'s eighth studio album, \"Never Hear the End of It,\" which is also Sloan\'s first release on U.S. label Yep Roc Records.…
Cell Phone Audio Tour Goes Live at Rochester's Historic Mount Hope Cemetery
Rochester, NY, June 25, 2007 – GeoPoint Systems, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand, location-based multimedia content to cell phones and other mobile devices, announced today that it has launched the first in a series of self-guided, walking cell phone audio tours of Rochester’s historic Mount Hope Cemetery. The tour will feature the “Top 21 Stops”, including Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony’s places of rest, in the beautiful Rochester…
Voice Actor Expert Bob Bergen Offers Advice to Students on Commercial Demos at V …
Hollywood, CA, June 26 – Bob Bergen, voice acting instructor and current voice of Porky Pig and Tweety, offers his expert voice-over advice, adding his Warner Brothers magic to the mix of lectures on the Voice Over Experts Podcast. Bob Bergen’s lecture “Preparing to Record a Commercial Voice Over Demo”, will be featured on Episode 03 of the Voice Over Experts podcast http://podcasts.voices.com , the #1 educational podcast showcasing…
Show Me The Curry promises to "add a pinch of spice to your life!"
Dallas, TX (June 25, 2007): Wow! ShowMeTheCurry.com! What a fabulous name for an online cooking show. The name exemplifies everything that co-founders Anuja Balasubramanian and Hetal Jannu wanted to convey to their growing number of fans – Food, Spices, Teach me, Indian, Excitement, Flavors and above all, Exotic.
ShowMeTheCurry.com is the brainchild of two busy moms who, through their trials and errors, have learned to simplify their…
Amazing Hidden Images Discovered in LEONARDO DA VINCI'S Paintings And Drawings
N 2 da Vinci and Beyond.com is a personal blog/company created in an effort to share the discovery of countless hidden images discovered within Leonardo da Vinci's works of art. Optical illusions and what is believed to be a "Hologram Effect" created by the ingenious artist/inventor has revealed images of gorillas and snakes on The Mona Lisa. A masked face hidden within Virgin of the Rocks and much, much more.…
Wildlife photographer Awarded Highly Prestigious Royal Photographic Society
The wildlife photographer, Michael Huggan, ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society), is winner of this year's Royal Photographic Society's Travel Group Digital Section Gold Medal. He was presented the award by the President of the RPS, Professor Jacobsen, at a special ceremony in April.
The judge said that his image entitled 'The Gardians', taken in Montagnac, Southern France stood out from the rest due to its composition,…
Christian Riese Lassen Dolphin Artwork Makes Splash On Grand Piano
Like a symphonic masterpiece composed of a multitude of magnificent musical notes, Christian Riese Lassen utilizes a bounty of brilliant brushstrokes to paint his amazing dolphin artwork on a Yamaha Grand Piano.
Merging masterpieces from the music and artistic arenas, Lassen and Yamaha Pianos have combined their innovative imagery to create a noteworthy work of breathtaking beauty.
The one-of-a-kind Christian Riese Lassen hand-painted dolphin artwork titled Melody of Love on a…
Randy Ellefson to Issue New Album July 31; Mp3s and New Website Available
JUNE 26, 2007 (GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND) – Hard rock instrumental guitarist Randy Ellefson will release his second album, Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid, on July 31, 2007. The first single, “Blue Sky”, is now available as a free download: http://www.randyellefson.com/BlueSky_RandyEllefson.mp3.
“This album sounds much better than the first and is more straightforward rock and metal,” said Ellefson, who also produced and co-engineered the effort. Drummer Jeff Moos, formerly of…
Kaminski Auctions Summer Fine Estates Auction - 7/14/07
(Beverly, MA) - Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces their July 14 Estate Auction. This exciting auction features an eclectic mix of antiques, art, furniture and decorative accessories from multiple estates in Massachusetts and beyond. The auction takes place under the large tent at Kaminski Auctions on Saturday, July 14, 2007 commencing at 11 AM with previews on Friday from 10…
Italy Travel Guide WebVisionItaly.com Celebrates 1,000,000 Internet TV Downloads
Italian Broadcasting Company announced today that its Internet television network and broadband TV travel guide about travel to Italy, Rome, Florence, Venice and Amalfi Coast WebVisionItaly.com, celebrated the downloading of one million (1,000,000) videos today.
Italy lovers around the world have downloaded one million (1,000,000) Italy travel guide video programs since the television network's launch in December 2006 from the Italian Broadcasting Company website at www.WebVisionItaly.com . “I think…
VernissageTV Art TV Hits 1 Million Downloads
VernissageTV, the artist run Internet TV project focusing on art, design and architecture celebrated the downloading of its 1000000th video yesterday.
Art lovers around the world have downloaded 1,000,000 videos from the VernissageTV website at http://www.vernissage.tv. “I think this is a milestone not only for us, but also in the history of web based art tv.” says VernissageTV co-founder Heinrich Schmidt. And co-founder Arno Dietsche adds: \"Our subscriber base has…
NOVELIST JAMES HOUSTON TURNER TURNS SWEET 16 AND CELEBRATES SECOND CHANCE AT LIF …
Los Angeles, CA (June 20, 2007)-- Kansas-born, Adelaide-based novelist James Houston Turner celebrates his second chance at life 16 years after his cancer operation. Not many people have two birthdays, but acclaimed fiction author James Houston Turner has been receiving “sweet sixteen” birthday wishes from all over the world via his MySpace site.
The “sweet sixteen” actually refers to Turner’s 1991 cancer operation, where doctors at Australia’s Royal Adelaide Hospital…
Agora Gallery Presents a Collective Exhibition
Scheduled to run from June 26 through July 17, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 6-8 pm
The public is invited to participate in the event
Vivid Portrayals, featuring artists, Kevin Connolly Gillespie, Michael Hyman, Jarko, Roger Renard, Souda Traore. This collection explores the power and potential of figurative expression through works that fairly vibrate with emotions. Visually seductive, soothing and subtle, these works challenge as they invite the viewer…
Voice Over Expert Marc Cashman Finds the Music in Copy at Voices.com
Marc Cashman of Cashman Commercials debuts on the Voice Over Experts Podcast turning speech into song.
Marc Cashman, owner of Cashman Commercials and the Cashman Cache of Voice-Acting Techniques, has recently joined the team of voice over experts at Voices.com, helping the company launch their newest podcast, Voice Over Experts ( http://podcasts.voices.com ), a weekly educational podcast that features the best in voice over coaching from around the world.
Marc Cashman’s lecture…
Nolde's "Nadja" Now Living in Mönchengladbach, Germany
Munich, 13 June 2007, (kk) - The dark beauty with the green eyes has a new home. Yesterday Nolde’s portrait of “Nadja” in oils was sold at auction in Munich by Ketterer Kunst for € 2 580 000*. As from now she will be residing with an art collector in Mchengladbach.
It was love at first sight for the collector in question, a tobacconist whose interest in art has to…
Blacks ponder 30 years after Roots in Detroit
Thirty years after Alex Haley’s masterpiece Roots, prominent Blacks from around the world are gathering at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History Detroit on Friday June 29 to examine its impact and challenges, honor remarkable Black achievers and support Africare in its Africa-focused programs.
Tagged International Roots Awards Gala, the event is the official celebration of 30 years of the award-winning book and movie in which Alex Haley…
Methodika - IV Festival Internazionale di Metodi di Training Teatrale
Venezia, 5-11 novembre 2007
IV. Festival Internazionale di Metodi di Training Teatrale
METHODIKA
IL TEATRO DEL CENTAURO
Ideato da: EATC, European Association for Theatre Culture
Direttore Artistico: Prof. Dr. Jurij Alschitz, AKT-ZENT – EATC (Berlino)
Prodotto da: Fondazione di Venezia
Realizzato da: Euterpe Venezia
Con il patrocinio di: Theater Training and Education Commitee of the ITI / UNESCO
Methodika è un festival internazione unico al mondo che esplora con artisti, pedagoghi, studiosi delle arti performative diversi metodi di training…
Brighton Ballet Theatre & School of Russian Ballet Announces Summer Auditions
Brooklyn, New York -- June 16, 2007 -- The Brighton Ballet Theatre (BBT)/School of Russian Ballet announces auditions for its 2007 Summer Intensive Program. Auditions also include consideration for BBT’s Junior and Professional Dance Companies, as well as the Nutcracker 2007 season. All auditions will be held on Friday, June 22, 2007.
For more than 20 years, BBT has been recognized as New York’s premier institution for the preservation of…
Art by Hristo Kerin now for sale worldwide at BestNetArt Artgallery
The Bulgarian printmaker Hristo Kerin (born 1966) has joined the team of BestNetArt Artists, and his fantastic artprints are now for sale at the Internet based BestNetArt Artgallery (bestnetart.com). Hristo Kerin specializes in artprints, etchings, and they are of a stunning quality. The prints by Hristo Kerin are beautiful to look at and a joy to own.
BestNetArt Artgallery has been on the market for many years and the Gallery represents…
MONALISA is on auction at eBay to benefit Breast Cancer Fund
PINKMONA.COM domain on auction at eBay to benefit Breast Cancer Prevention. Leonardo\'s art lives on to the benefit of us all.
The website features as it\'s background the famous Monalisa in a pink tone. 60% of the final selling price has been commited to the non profit organizartion BreastCancerFund.org based in San Francisco.
This valuable Domain with high potential visibility is currently listed in the major Search Engines. It\'s suitable for eCommerce…
Passion for Life Art - Group of international artists in two exciting exhibition …
Volterra and Montecatini are hosting two exciting exhibitions of international artists participating in Passion for Life this summer, from 14-23 June and 26 June - 30 July respectively. Tuscany will be the protagonist of this double meeting of renowned artists who come from many different countries and who regularly exhibit their works world-wide. In February 2007, Passion for Life Art organized an important exhibition at the Maya Culture Museum at…
Fashion Silk embroidery lady bags show the perfect combination of China's Silk …
HongKong, 14th June, 2007 ( sourcingmap.com ) In order to better carry forward China's silk culture, embodying traditional culture and modern fashion the perfect combination , Sourcingmap Company Ltd. launched 3 series Silk embroidery lady bags, which are made from durable silk with top quality hand-stitch finish and embroidered flower.
China has a history of silk more than 5000 years, since she first invented the sericulture and silk production.…
Voice Over Experts Podcast Hits the Scene at Voices.com
Voices.com reaches out with Voice Over Experts, a new educational podcast packed with nuggets of wisdom from voice over coaches around the world.
Toronto, Canada - Looking for advice from the best in the business of voice acting? A brand new podcast christened “Voice Over Experts” has just entered into the world of podcasting, offering a unique perspective on the art of voice acting and the business of voice overs…
AUTHOR JAMES HOUSTON TURNER FUSES SCHOLARSHIP WITH FICTION IN NOVEL THE IDENTITY …
Los Angeles, CA (June 15, 2007)— Acclaimed novelist, James Houston Turner is near completion on another brilliantly suspenseful story to follow in the footsteps of his commended espionage thriller, The Second Thirteen (JB Books, Australia). The new novel, The Identity Factor is set to be launched in January 2008, during the prestigious Australia Week “G’day LA” festivities in Los Angeles, which has previously honored Australian actors Russell Crowe and…
The 18th "George Enescu" International Festival and Competition, Bucharest, 1st …
With the recent accession of Romania to the European Union, this year’s “George Enescu” International Festival and Competition – embracing over 100 events and involving over 3,000 performers – acquires a particular cultural importance. Launched in 1958, the festival continues to draw its inspiration from the eponymous composer, who died in 1955 but remains an icon for his homeland. As the festival’s [job title] Mihai Constantinescu says: “When we speak…
M. LORING COMMUNICATIONS SIGNS RENOWNED FICTION AUTHOR JAMES HOUSTON TURNER
Los Angeles, CA (June 11, 2007)— M. Loring Communications, LLC announced that Australian-based, acclaimed American author James Houston Turner has signed on for their services. Turner’s passion has always been writing, and his real break came with the publication of his potato cookbook, The Spud Book (St. Martin’s Press, New York), which saw him cooking potatoes for television audiences across America on behalf of French’s Foods, including appearances with celebrities…
Color Line Arena Hamburg will keep the music business healthy
The Color Line Arena will be a partner of this years Hurricane festival in northern Germany at the end of June.
For the first time, the arena will attend in the vip- and press area. The motto is “healthy trough the summer”and guests will be refreshed with smooth fruit drinks and relaxing massages.
Uwe Frommhold (General Manager Color Line Arena):
„We as biggest indoor-venue in northern Germany are happy to cooperate…
LANDART: "WASHINGLINES/BLOODLINES SERIES"
Internationally proclaimed artist Georgia Papageorge is to install the second phased “Washing Lines/Bloodlines Series” landart project in follow up to her “AFRICA RIFTING – LINES OF FIRE” at the Red Location Museum on 28 July 2007.
NATION-BUILDING LAND-ART EVENT
RED LOCATION MUSEUM, NELSON MANDELA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA—JUNE 09, 2007:
The event: An installation with the long red banners used during the Enon/Bersheba 2005 procession, will be made on Saturday the 28th July,…
Celebrity and Charity Collide When Emmy Winner/Author Lena Nozizwe Guests on Cas …
Beverly Hills, CA-Emmy award-winning broadcaster and author of Starring in Your Own Life, Lena Nozizwe (Len-nuh No-zeez-way) is the featured guest on www.bigmediausa.com ’s Casting Hope on June 14, 2007, at 5:00 pm.
Casting Hope, hosted and created by Hollywood casting director Pixie Monroe features celebrities, fashion, entertainment and business professionals and supporters of St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
The program focuses on the power of positive thinking, a topic near and…
Short Story Fever Has Struck IWD
International Web Development (IWD) is proud to announce its first ever Short Story Contest! This exciting contest is a platform for authors at any level of experience to showcase their talent and creativity. All entries will be competing for the grand prize of a $600.00 gift card to use towards developing their own website in conjunction with IWD.
International Web Development Corporation is a full service web technology firm located in…
M7-Music Presents Charge7
In the fast paced music industry, it seems that there are a million and one next-best-things just waiting in line for their chance at stardom. Yet, none come close to the truly unique and heart-thumping sound of M7-Music and Charge7.
The successful music producer who made history in 1996 when he signed an unprecedented contract with Columbia Records of Sony Music Entertainment, M7 Martino has now created a great new…
Unique art installation and exhibition, 16th - 18th July 2007, London SE15
Art Exhibition. 16 - 18 July 2007 - Experiment 1 // The Gas Organ
On three sultry nights in July, the sepulchral vault of Peckham's underground venue The Sassoon Gallery will reverberate to the eerily melancholic strains of the infamous Gas Organ.
The Brain-child of founding collaborators Lou Smith and Rufus Burdett, the Gas Organ is a fabulous musical instrument, able to play itself, or be controlled or played remotely.
Constructed from…
WCD PRESENTS SHARON B. MOORES DESCENSION
Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (WCD) presents a fascinating new work by Sharon B. Moore. Descension is a world populated by the unforgiving torture one endures while seeking what is most vital, what is most sacred and what is most beautiful. In our story one man’s battle reveals itself through a whirlwind that rests just below his day to day existence. In seeking what he hopes to attain he struggles to keep…
LA2DAY Magazine Adds 7 New Edgy Insiders to Cover the LA Scene Beyond the Tinsel
Popular LA insider magazine LA2DAY (la2day.com) announced today that it has added seven new Los Angeles insider reporters to provide readers with an even broader, yet more in-depth look at the City of Angels as it exists behind its commercialized exterior.
Tim Verbeek, CEO and founder of LA2DAY says that the majority of the seven new writers are chefs of various specialties that will cover a variety of LA-specific, food-related…
Nikhil Parekh - A hattrick of Limca World Records
Record. After Record. After Record. A fabulous hattrick of them is what Nikhil Parekh, 29 yr old Internationally acclaimed poet from India has now achieved. Parekh, has yet again entered the prestigious Limca Book of Records India for a 3rd National Record. The Limca Book of Records, which is ranked only 2nd to Guinness Book of World Records will now list Nikhil Parekh as record holder for being 'The…
VernissageTV Announces Official Partnership with Design Miami/ Basel 2007
VernissageTV will extensively cover the most prominent and substantive forum for international design
Basel, Switzerland, May 30, 2007. VernissageTV is the official TV sponsor for Design Miami/ Basel, the most prominent and substantive forum for international design. VernissageTV will extensively cover the fair, which takes place in Basel, Switzerland, from 12-16 June 2007, during the Art Basel fair. The show will feature exclusive limited edition design by leading galleries, Satellite…
Poetry Slam supported by SMS to Wall system
Dresden, Germany, May 29th 2007 - The locally well known livelyrix poetry slam (www.livelyrix.de) took place in Dresden last Friday again. Ten poets presented their poems and texts in the sold out event centre Scheune. Additionally, every guest was invited to send its poem as a text message from its own mobile during the show breaks. All texts sent were received by SMS Chatwall (www.chatwall.eu) and were projected onto a…
American soprano Eva Tonin sings in Carnegie Hall to save lives of Ukrainian chi …
American lyric coloratura Eva Tonin (www.eva-tonin.com), Russian-born Antonina Levina, will perform live at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 7:30 PM to raise money for Gift of Life International — nonprofit organization administered for providing life-saving cardio surgery to the children throughout the world.
All the earnings from the concert will go to Gift of Life International (http://www.giftoflifeinternational.org/), which offers desperately ill children chance…
John Porro Exhibits in New York
John Porro uses stark, economical lines to let the human body tell visual stories about the world around him. His drawings pay subtle homage to the work of the German Expressionists, and particularly to Austrian artist Egon Scheile. However, Porro goes beyond Scheile and enters a sphere of intimacy with his subjects. Porro’s focus is divided equally between the lines, the spaces created by those lines, and the jagged spaces…
14th Annual Summer Poster Show at International Poster Gallery
BOSTON - Indulge in the spirit of wanderlust with the International Poster Gallery\'s 14th Annual Summer Poster Show, Summer Adventures! The show spotlights more than 50 original vintage travel, sport and entertainment posters from near and far, and runs from July 4 through Labor Day, September 3, 2007. The show is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am to 6…
THE DEATH OF TASTE: THE FUTURE OF FASHION
'The Death of Taste: The Future of Fashion' questions the process of fashion-making beyond the simple allure of the catwalk and its designer clothes and accessories. In the 21st century, fashion is a global industry embracing modes of instant distribution that demand an ever-faster turn-over of styles and images linked to emerging fashion tastes. From London to Vienna, through to Russia and Turkey, stylists, forecasters, buyers, designers, post-production artists and…
OFFICIAL INDIAN COINS HELP PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN TRIBES AND GENERAL PUBL …
The United States has issued many coins featuring American Indians. Now the Indians have turned the tables…and have issued their own coins! Panda America Corp., based in Torrance, California and located just 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles, is the leading commemorative coin company in the United States. They are currently working with Native American Indian Tribes on a series of officially minted coins depicting specific tribes…
LA2DAY.com Launches: Online LA Lifestyle Magazine Promises Less Tinsel, More Tow …
Los Angeles, CA -- The online-only magazine (la2day.com) offers an eclectic mix of features and reviews for LA locals and visitors who want to experience the vibrant creative scene thriving off the beaten freeway.
“LA2DAY was created as a stylish, easy-to-navigate online magazine with content that covers all the essential lifestyle categories in the LA area. The subject matter is not mainstream and therefore offers a more unique and…
VernissageTV covers: Robert Gober, Gallery Weekend Berlin, Swab Barcelona
The most recent episodes on VernissageTV (VTV) video podcast cover:
>> Robert Gober: With approximately forty sculptures, five large-scale installations, several groups of drawings and photographs Robert Gober: Work 1976-2007 at Schaulager Basel is by far the largest exhibition of Robert Gober’s work to date. For this retrospective the Schaulager team has taken great care to reconstruct installations - some for the first time since they were created - and assemble…
INTERACTIVE HOLLYWOOD EVENTS COME ONLINE
(Hollywood, CA) Movie lovers everywhere will soon be able to enjoy an authentic “Hollywood Experience” in the comfort of their own homes with the June launch of “StoryMakers Studio Online: Live and Unscripted,” the Internet broadcast of StoryMakers Studio’s live series taped at the world famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatres Complex in Hollywood.
StoryMakers Studio (www.StoryMakersStudio.com) tells the story of how a particular film was made through the eyes of the people…
Mission, a novel set in Kenya by Philip Spires, is published by Libros Internati …
Mission, a novel set in Kenya by Philip Spires, is now available. Mission is published by Libros International and is the author’s first published novel, though it will eventually form part of a ‘Kenyan trilogy’, which will deal with different events in the lives of the same set of characters. The second book in the trilogy, A Fool’s Knot, is complete and will be ready for publication later this year.…
Gilbert & George to be awarded at the Florence Biennale
Florence, Italy - The sixth edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 1st - 9th December, 2007. This year’s edition will include, as honoured guests, the acclaimed artists Gilbert & George and from the White Cube Gallery London, Tim Marlow. Gilbert & George will be awarded the Lorenzo il Magnifico prize on 4th December.
On the successful wave of…
