Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
PublishAmerica Presents Meditations on Masonic Symbolism by John R. Heisner
Frederick, MD March 13, 2007-- PublishAmerica is proud to present Meditations on Masonic Symbolism by Coronado, California’s John R. Heisner.
Freemasonry has often been described as a secret society, owing to the fact that it uses certain symbols to instruct upon a deeper knowledge about mankind’s relationship with God. The variety of charities supported by this ancient fraternity comprised of millions of men and women are well known and…
MCCSA celebrates the return of Jade Esteban Estrada
Comedy Central star returns to San Antonio for encore performance of 'hilarious' and 'poignant' gay history show
Jade Esteban Estrada to perform benefit for MCCSA
Jade Esteban Estrada plays six pivotal characters the highly acclaimed solo musical ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World at MCCSA Apr 4. Photo by PETER DIANTONI.
March 9, 2007 - New York, N.Y. -. What do Sappho, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Rivera…
PublishAmerica Presents It’s the Devil Stupid! by Erik Rush
Frederick, MD March 12, 2007 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present It’s the Devil Stupid!: Our Real Enemy and Why We Don’t Talk About Him by Fort Collins, Colorado’s Erik Rush.
In It’s the Devil Stupid!, Rush asks Why are so many professed people of faith afraid to discuss the idea that the devil is alive and well and raising hell in America? The fear of addressing this openly…
Voice Acting Blog VOX Daily Reaches 1000 Comment Milestone
Toronto, Canada, March 12 – Voice industry leading blog VOX Daily has eclipsed the 1000 comment mark this week, a testament to the vitality of the voice community at Voices.com and relevance of articles published for discussion on a daily basis. The audience of VOX Daily is made up of predominantly professional and aspiring voice actors, audio producers, studio owners, voice over coaches, talent agents, and casting directors, a…
PublishAmerica Presents Mama Ulunda, From Alabama to the African Congo by Jennif …
Frederick, MD March 9, 2007 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present Mama Ulunda, From Alabama to the African Congo: A Tribute to Miss Annie Parker Her True Story of Courage and Self-Sacrifice by Athens, Alabama’s Jennifer E. Turner. Mama Ulunda is the true account of an amazing lady who decided at the age of eight years old that she would become a missionary. The story follows her early family…
PublishAmerica Presents Police Action in Korea by Clifford S. Gray
Frederick, MD March 8, 2007-- PublishAmerica is proud to present Police Action in Korea: The First Winter 1950-1951 by Everett, Washington’s Clifford S. Gray. Dedicated to the thousands of fighting men and women who struggled against overwhelming odds during the war in Korea, this historical fiction is based on the true experiences of three soldiers during the first year of the conflict.
Clifford Gray, a native of New…
PublishAmerica Presents What Life Is Like Living with OI by Patricia Minor
Frederick, MD March 8, 2007 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present What Life Is Like Living with OI: Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Brittle-Bones by Gunn City, Missouri’s Patricia Minor.
What Life Is Like Living with OI: Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Brittle-Bones is Patricia’s Minor’s true story of living with the bone disorder. Born in 1956, Minor has suffered approximately 100 broken bones, most of them from simply turning or moving the wrong…
Atlanta Artist Xplosion 2007
CREATIVE FINE ART HOSTS ARTISTS XPLOSION, A FINE ART SHOW IN ATLANTA ON MARCH 16, 2007. COME OUT AND ENJOY A NIGHT OF BEAUTIFUL ART AND LIVE JAZZ!
ATLANTA, GA., March 7, 2006 – Creative Fine Art invites the public to come out and enjoy a night of art and live jazz. Creative Fine Arts will host Artists Xplosion, a fine art group exhibition of emerging and established…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra and its founder Claudio Abbado appear for two conce …
Immediately following their concert series together in South America, Claudio Abbado and the MCO begin their next joint project.
The first concert will take place on 30 March in Ferrara, one of the orchestra’s residencies, including Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, Prokofiev’s 3rd piano concerto and the rarely performed violin concerto by Kurt Weill. Soloists will be Kolja Blacher and Martha Argerich, with whom the MCO last performed in 2003 in…
Hollywood’s Legendary Sunset Gower Studios Is Reborn
Multi-Million Dollar Remodeling and New Construction Underway
( EMAILWIRE.COM, March 06, 2007 ) Beverly Hills, CA -- Hollywood’s legendary Sunset Gower Studios, originally founded by movie mogul Harry Cohn, as Columbia Pictures in 1921, is undergoing an ambitious multi-million dollar major facelift, remodeling and new construction under the leadership of its CEO, Emmy award-winning producer Robert Papazian.
The 16 acre lot is Hollywood’s largest independent studio, dubbed the “home…
MacLaren Announces Business Art Leasing Program
The MacLarenArtCentre announces a new program that brings art to people. An Art Leasing service will be launched during Administrative Professionals week, April 22-28 2007. Works from well known Canadian artists that are currently part of the MacLaren’s outreach collection are being offered for lease for a period of one year.
The outreach collection is defined as a piece of art that has been given…
Arab Culture Magazine & British Lord in Surprise Veil Debate Win at Doha Debates
Reem Maghribi, editor of Arab culture & lifestyle magazine SharqMagazine.com, and Lord Nazir Ahmed, Britain’s first Muslim peer, joined forces to win a debate in which they argued for the motion that the face veil hinders integration in the West.
The debate, to be aired on BBC World on 10 and 11 March, was conducted by the Doha Debates, a member of the Qatar Foundation, and was attended by Her…
Information Videos Now Showing on Cooking Site
The online Italian cooking resource, BruceTassone.com, has announced a new feature today which allows their growing user base to watch Italian cooking videos. Since the launch of BruceTassone.com, the web site has attracted a variety of users from the expert chefs to the home cooking enthusiast.
The web site run by the Bruce Tassone group is continually adding new recipes, articles, and information. The use of online video is the next…
PublishAmerica Presents Potty Training to Puberty - THE PITS!! by Georgia M. Saw …
Frederick, MD March 5, 2007-- PublishAmerica is proud to present Potty Training to Puberty—THE PITS!!: (With Hugs Along the Way) by Fairfield, Ohio author Georgia M. Sawhook. In her first book, Sawhook shares her fun-loving experiences of mothering seven children with a lot of love, encouragement and inspiration from the Lord. The stories of potty training and puberty will offer readers tips and survival skills to make it…
Visual communication as 'eye-catcher' and can we rescue the English tradition in …
There are only 3 weeks to go until Imagine iT opens its doors. The conference promises a compelling programme of speakers including John Walters from Eye magazine (UK), who will present a round-table discussion - along with other international journalists and designers - on how to present visual communication in a magazine in order to attract the readers eye and to make it an enjoyable piece of writing of the…
DISNEY SIGNS ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR SHANE DRAKE TO SHOOT NEW CHEETAH GIRLS MUSIC VID …
Los Angeles, CA (March 5, 2007)— Utilizing his ground-breaking visuals and imaginative presentation, Shane Drake, an MTV award-winning music video director, is rapidly progressing his career in the music video industry. Drake formally announced today that Disney has signed him on to direct their new Cheetah Girls music video for the new single “So This Is Love.” The video is shooting in two separate Los Angeles locations on March 6,…
Call for submissions to the First Annual Architecture and Design Competition in …
Munich, 28 February 2007. The Austrian artist Stephan Doesinger has begun the First Annual Architecture and Design Competition in Second Life in the virtual world of "Second Life." Spatially interesting and aesthetically independent pieces of architecture are sought from the inhabitants of the digital parallel world that has almost four million participants. The competition is open for all. Information and an online registration form are available at: www.sl-award.com
A highly qualified,…
Las Ventanas y las Puertas en el Sector Residencial en España
En esta nueva publicación, MSI analiza en detalle el mercado de las ventanas y de las puertas en España en el sector residencial durante el año 2006. El informe analiza la evolución de ese mercado desde 2002 y ofrece previsiones hasta el año 2008 y perspectivas de evolución hasta 2011.
El mercado de las ventanas y de las puertas ha sido segmentado de la manera siguiente:
· El mercado de las ventanas…
RAANDESK Presents "Filmic Flashes" by Jason Bryant
The RAANDESK GALLERY OF ART is presenting the cinematic inspirations of Jason Bryant in the show entitled “Filmic Flashes.” The paintings examine the link between film and perception, and comment upon escapism. Through large scale cropped portraits of celebrity faces and movie stills, famous subjects are depersonalized, spotlighting how all lives hold cinematic moments of their own. The close up and partial images also relate to one’s inability to fully…
Orit Zeidman Will Introduces A New Line of Fine Art Paintings Exhibition in NY A …
New York, NY, February 26, 2007 -- The international artist Orit Zeidman will introduce a new line of fine art paintings in Artexpo New York 2007. The unique works will be presented for the first time to the American crowd. NY Artexpo, the world’s largest fine and popular art fair, is being held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City from March 1 - March 5.
The…
AUTHOR FEATHER SCHWARTZ FOSTER TO SPEAK ABOUT POST-CIVIL WAR FIRST LADIES AT FRE …
What do Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Frances Cleveland and Caroline Harrison have in common? Besides being First Ladies that most people haven’t heard of, they represented the American image of the “new woman” after the Civil War. Author Feather Schwartz Foster, a New Jersey resident, will be discussing these remarkably unremarkable women – as well as several other “unknown” First Ladies, according to her book entitled “LADIES: …
Sheer-Animation brings fresh perspective
Company focuses on providing substance over flash in animated films
SAN FRANCISCO – A new company has broken onto the film animation scene, a product of tired storylines and predictable outcomes.
Sheer-Animation has been organized by a group of friends who are frustrated with the lack of creativity in animation today. The company’s goal is to fill a void left by major animation distributors who put more stock in special effects than…
Zarmy Connects People with Local Resource Help
New website is launched devoted to sharing resource information and helping people ease or prevent crisis situations.
Mesa, Arizona, February 20, 2007 -- Zarmy (zarmy.com) recently announced the launch of its website; a user-friendly guide to resources for people that need help with food, shelter, food, clothing, utility assistance, and more. The site is based on the principle that everyone in need of help can find it in one central…
Chicago's Martino Conspiracy Kicks Off CD Release With Concert at Otto's March 3 …
\'Hope in Isolation\' already impacting radio nationwide
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 23, 2007 ) Chicago, IL - Chicago\'s Martino Conspiracy is set to celebrate a soft release of their Gladius/Aspirion Records CD \"Hope in Isolation\" with a concert at the famous Otto\'s Nightclub, 118 East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115 on Saturday, March 31st. Doors: 8PM, Showtime: 9PM (21 and up) Admission: $3. Opening band TBA
Already garnering commercial and…
New Website for Emerging Swedish Photographer
The new Joakim Borén Photography website has been launched this week. Born in Stockholm, Joakim decided to move to the UK in 2002 to study BA (Hons) Design Photography at Plymouth University. With his project ‘Monoliths’, Joakim was awarded winner in the Magenta Foundation ‘Emerging Photographer 2006’ awards.
The new website has been designed and developed in a creative collaboration with Bristol Based website designer Alex Des Forges, who explains;
“We…
Cora Cohen at Markus Winter
Cora Cohen’s project is marked by experimentation. Her process encourages the accidental, and it is subject to careful editing. Investigation of materials and immediacy of touch are key qualities that describe each work’s step-by-step development.
The exhibition was curated by Stephanie Buhmann from the gallery Jason McCoy, Inc. in New York.
Visiting the exhibition is possible until March 31, 2007 at Markus Winter, Chaussestrasse 104 in Berlin.
Markus Winter, Chausseestraße 104, D-…
Uri Bracha Quintet to Headline Tel Aviv Jazz Festival 2007
Tel Aviv, Israel, February 19, 2007 -- Uri Bracha, the Israeli jazz musician and composer, to headline this year\'s Tel Aviv Jazz Festival with a special performance called \"Always with Me\". The concert will be held on 22nd February at 20:30, in the Cinematheque, Tel Aviv.
Bracha, a veteran guitarist, composer and arranger of the Israeli jazz scene, has founded a new group that will perform his new and original tunes.…
Imagine iT. The celebration of the cultural differences , SDZ and Typeradio as m …
Imagine iT. The celebration of the cultural differences, SDZ and Typeradio as media partners, more speakers, new sponsors, fundamental translations in Italian - discounted pricing ends this weekend (11.02.07)
Imagine iT is shaping up to its final programme. We are proud to announce that more speakers of international recognition have confirmed their participation, such as Italian designer Giancarlo Iliprandi as well as Vince Frost living and working between the UK and…
Noel Barrett Auctions announces final curtain call for Mary Merritt Doll & Toy M …
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 16, 2007 ) WYOMISSING, Pa. - Noel Barrett in association with Andy Ourant will present the final auction of dolls, toys, automata, dollhouses and miniature dollhouse furnishings from the Mary Merritt Doll & Toy Museum March 31 and April 1 at the Inn at Reading, Wyomissing, Pa. The 1,069-lot sale features many bonus categories, including Kewpies, paper dolls, sample-size furniture and miniature versions of redware,…
You're My American Hero Singer/Songwriter Robert Allen Mycko To Open For Heartla …
Cadillac Ranch Hosts Heartland/Mycko Show
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 16, 2007 ) Ansonia, CT/Nashville, TN - Connecticut native singer/songwriter Robert Allen Mycko (who recently relocated to Nashville from Ansonia, CT) will be the opening act for country music\'s national recording artists Heartland at the Cadillac Ranch on Monday, March 12. The Cadillac Ranch is located at 45 Jude Lane in Southington, CT. Doors open at 6PM. Showtime is 7:30PM. Tickets:…
THE AMERICAN INVASION OF STYLE, ROMANCE AND GLAMOUR
Celebrating a new wave of feminine independence set amidst an iconic era of love, money, self-deception, treachery and social climbing, The American Museum in Britain has just announced their upcoming 2007 exhibition Dollar Princesses. Showcasing the alluring privileges and decadence of an elite society where spirited and assertive women emerged …
Making its debut in March 2007, The American Museum in Britain will unveil their most highly anticipated exhibition yet,…
Architectural Auction Selling Items Attributed to Important Names in American De …
The architectural antiques auction presented by AntiquesYes.com, and set to open for on line bidding Tuesday, February 20, features several lots attributed to some of the most important names in American decorative art.
“We have several small lots attributed to some very big names,” says H. Weber Wilson, author, antiques dealer, and one of the developers of AntiquesYes.com. “These pieces will have very affordable opening bids and represent an opportunity…
Sound Art Limo- An AC Institute Project Curated by Holly Crawford
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 15, 2007 ) New York, NY -- A limousine is used as an experiment space for art by AC Institute. This year as experimental space for sound art! Last year the space was a movable salon that was hosted by museum directors, curators, and critics.
Last year AC Institute’s reviewed project by the New York Times and others was Critical Conversations in a Limo. Some…
Keldamuzik brings DIVA TV to Screens
Keldamuzik, female Hip Hop recording artist from California\'s Bay Area, will be her airing her reality series Diva TV throughout the entire Bay Area. The show touches on the realness of her life being in Hip Hop industry. While taping on a Mini-DV Cam, one camera guy catches crazy fast random shots of akward segments. While walking around the Bay Area, Keldamuzik likes to keep her show \"grimey.\" \"There is…
Papazian-Hirsch to Produce Films With Publishing Powerhouse Hard Case Crime
Low-Budget, High-Impact Movies to Be Based on Award-Winning, Best Selling Hard Case Novels
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 13, 2007 ) Hollywood, CA -- Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment, one of Hollywood’s leading independent production companies, founded in 1987 by award-winning producer Robert Papazian (The Day After) and award-winning writer James Hirsch (The Rape of Richard Beck), announced today that it has formed a production relationship with independent writer/producer James Polster and Hard Case…
Davida Monk - the Weathering suite
Embracing the elements in the Weathering suite
Calgary’s contemporary dance company, M-body, is pleased to present the Weathering suite at the Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (WCD)Studio / Theatre from March 1 - March 3, 2007.
the Weathering suite, choreographed by M-body’s Artistic Director Davida Monk, is a group of dances which flow seamlessly from one to the other as do the elemental phenomena of the ever-changing sky. Structured loosely on the diurnal, annual…
PublishAmerica Presents Beyond Anger by William Samelson
PublishAmerica is proud to present Beyond Anger: Chronicle of a Life Reclaimed by Boerne, Texas author William Samelson. Beyond Anger is a must-read to learn about overcoming adversity and trauma of the worst kind; of torment and humiliation, loss of life, and exposure to mental anguish. It deals with the way victims of such inhumane treatment are able to heal deep wounds, join mainstream society, and become contributive members.…
PublishAmerica Presents Every Step of the Way by Yvonne Lancaster, Anne Dionne, …
PublishAmerica is proud to present Every Step of the Way: How Four Mothers Coped With Child Loss by Massachusetts authors Yvonne Lancaster, Anne Dionne, Deborah LeBouf Kulkkula and Jane Maki.
This moving book is the work of four mothers who came together as strangers but were bonded together with compassion and caring as parents of children who had passed away. The purpose of the book is to share…
PublishAmerica Presents Of Face Value by Carol Harper
PublishAmerica is proud to present Of Face Value by Rockmart, Georgia’s Carol Harper. Based on the life of the author, Of Face Value is the story of Lisa, a woman who seemingly has it all until a life-changing collision with a drunk driver that leaves her face unrecognizable. After numerous surgeries to rebuild her face, Lisa embarks on a journey to reclaim her old life. Through talking with…
Amazing Dusseldorf - new web portal for the international community goes on-line
Dusseldorf, 7 February 2007 - an international city receives a new dimension in communications: \"Amazing Dusseldorf \". This new English language on-line portal for the international community provides a variety of information about Dusseldorf and the region. www.AmazingDusseldorf.com informs both topically and extensively about life in Germany’s most liveable city.
Slogans like \"Find the right A, B, Cs in D\" and \"Color it Exciting\" entice the user to a virtual…
The Grove Center for the Arts Launches New Website for Artists in the Church
Grove Website Offers Marketing Tools for Artists
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 10, 2007 ) San Clemente, CA — The Grove Center for the Arts announced the launch of a newly designed website today. The Grove’s new website offers artists of all artistic disciplines a creative mix of online content, community and ecommerce opportunities. The California-based ministry now offers video interviews, podcasts, spiritual growth resources, Grove retreat information, free community event…
Arts Ministry Interviews Ronald Lopez, Curator of LA Show 'Does Religion Kill?'
( EMAILWIRE.COM, February 09, 2007 ) San Clemente, CA -- The Grove Center for the Arts announced the launch of its new website with a video interview of Ronald Lopez, artist and curator of the Los Angeles-based 18th Street Arts Center gallery show "Does Religion Kill?" According to a 1999 report, Los Angeles has surpassed London and New York as the world's most religiously pluralist metropolitan region. Lopez…
Andreas Richter takes over the General Management of the Mahler Chamber Orchestr …
Andreas Richter, who guided the affairs of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester with great success from 2004 to 2007, has a rich history of experience in the arts: After completing his studies in musicology, music education, and protestant theology, he worked as a free-lance journalist and dramaturge for institutions such as the Berliner Tagesspiegel and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 1996, he moved to the Komische Oper Berlin, where he first worked…
Berlinale Talent Campus - 350 talents in Berlin. Official Accommoadtion partner: …
Five years of the Berlinale Talent Campus means five years of inviting young filmmakers from all over the world to come to Berlin from 10.-15.02.2007. baxpax Hostels Hotels will be the official accommodation partner for the 5th time. The 350 talents from more than 100 countries will stay at baxpax downtown Hostel Hotel, Mittes Backpacker Hostel and baxpax Kreuzberg Hostel in the heart of Berlin.
The Programme in baxpax downtown…
The Assembly - an Indyish Film and Music Relay
Relay: February 10-March 9, 2007
Screening: March 10, 2007. Friendship Cove
Montreal, QC.
Following on the success of Indyish's December's Holla-Days Party and Music Video Making with Pop Montreal, Indyish.com is producing a brand new film-and music-making event. This latest project, The Assembly, is a non-competitive, assembly-line style of collaborative art making. The Assembly will produce a series of 10 minute short films with original soundtracks as ideas are passed off relay-style…
World-famous tenor, Plácido Domingo, makes his first solo gala concert performan …
His only Portugal show of 2007, Domingo’s April appearance will mark his Portuguese debut as a solo artist in a gala concert.
The Maestro will perfrom in the Pavilao Atlantico, a state of the art building on the ExPo grounds in Lisbon, Portugal which will be the inly concert in Portugal on his tour which will take him to his most favorite places around the world.
Information on the tour and the…
New Edition | Improvised Maps
We’re pleased to announce the publication of the sixth edition of Dispatx, which coincides with a complete redesign of the website. Curating and developing works from poets, photographers, painters and writers, for this edition we once again present an extremely diverse set of responses to the notion of Improvised Maps. These works - which can be seen in Show (http://www.dispatx.com/show/). - include a dozen projects developed online over the…
New website musicix.net brings news and information to musicians and music indus …
London, England, 29th January 2007 — Introducing the Music Information Exchange (musicix.net) serving musicians and the music industry worldwide with news and information about professional equipment, products, publications, and services. This includes news about the people who use them, and the people and companies behind them. We went online in April 2006 and are based in London, England
With access to over 2400 companies and thousands of professional musicians, we…
International Singing Competition Festival City Passau - Jubelee Year 2007
The 2007 International Singing Competition Festival City Passau is again to be presented in the historic venue of the Freudenhain Palace. During the past 10 years the competition has established an excellent reputation both among experts and the general public. It provides a highly valuable contribution to young artists on the path to a successful carrier, not only within the competition itself, but also in the annual concert presentationsd many…
"The Priestess" Movie from Armenia Receives Royal Post-Production Treatment for …
Hollywood, California, January 24, 2007 -- ArmenFilm Studios and Symphony Studios proudly present the U.S. premiere of the film "The Priestess" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, January 25, 2007 at 7:00pm. "The Priestess" is the sum of a four year journey, conceived by internationally acclaimed Armenian director, Vigen Chaldranian. Chaldranian brought the film to the United States to join forces with Hollywood born producer Mel Metcalfe III, award winning…
