Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
The Nia Trilogy Begins
Atlanta author, Kimberly Ware, wrote a thought provoking novel series called The Nia Trilogy that touches on social issues that occur in urban “ghettos” through out the United States. Messenger Publishing, Inc. (MPI) has released the first book of The Nia Trilogy, “The Age of Innocence”, as an E-book. MPI is planning to release this timeless classic in paperback on July 2008.
This novel has a deep rooted meaning; the stages…
WCPE General Manager to Serve on NCAB Board
Deborah Proctor Elected Affiliate Director
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (June 18, 2008) —TheClassicalStation.org announced today General Manager Deborah S. Proctor has been elected to the board of directors of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB). Proctor will serve as an affiliate director and will be responsible for representing the interests of non-commercial radio and TV members of the NCAB.
“Deborah is an extraordinarily knowledgeable and creative broadcaster, and the state’s…
‘Observatory, Air-Port-City, 2008’
The exhibition ‘Psycho Buildings. Artists Take on Architecture’ in the summer of 2008, marks the 40th birthday of the Hayward Gallery. Opened by the Queen in 1968, it today belongs to one of Europe´s largest cultural centres as part of the South Bank Centre on the South Bank of the Thames. Even back then it had more of a high security prison feeling than an art location due to the…
WCPE’s 30th Birthday Present
Gift-Giving Contest Kicks Off Yearlong Celebration
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (June 11, 2008)—TheClassicalStation.org, WCPE, announces today a contest for loyal listeners to celebrate the station’s 30th anniversary. The randomly drawn winners will receive one of the WCPE 30th birthday presents in celebration of three decades of Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day. The drawing will take place on the anniversary of the station’s first broadcast, July 18. Thirty winners, one…
Art Basel Week 2008: Extensive Coverage on VernissageTV
Basel, June 11, 2008 -- The current and upcoming episodes on VernissageTV art tv focus on the Art Basel Week 2008 in Basel, Switzerland.
VernissageTV had an early look at Art Basel\'s Public Art Projects and the satellite fairs and at some Art Basel related events in Zurich. Concerning Art 39 Basel, VernissageTV focused on the Art Unlimited sector with two videos. There is an interview with American artist Ellsworth Kelly,…
Houston’s First Lady, Andrea White, Publishes Her Second Brilliant Book
When Andrea White is not working hard making sure that kids are reading, she’s writing books for them. Window Boy (Bright Sky Press April 2008), is a story about a young boy in a wheelchair who has Winston Churchill as an imaginary best friend. Set in 1968, this touching novel tells the story of Sam Davis, a young man with cerebral palsy that peers though his bedroom window every day…
The city’s most exclusive ladies
Munich, 6 June 2008, (kk) - Almost € 100 000* was the sum paid by a connoisseur of art and women from southern Europe for the small (36.2 x 36.2 cm) but exquisite Martial Raysse “Mädchenkopf” [“Head of a Girl”]. Thus he ensured that the estimate of € 40 000 was more than doubled at the Ketterer Kunst auction on 5 June 2008, which realised overall proceeds of…
Fotosearch Stock Photos Hits 3 Million Images
Fotosearch Stock Photography, based in Waukesha, WI, announced today that it has uploaded its three-millionth image. Growing at a rate of 25,000 new images per week, Fotosearch continues to be one of the largest collections of premium royalty-free and rights managed images in the world.
Launched in 1998, the Fotosearch website brings together multiple image publishers into one searchable web site. It features an extensive library of rights-managed and royalty-free…
Art, Furniture and Exotic Chess Sets Lead The Way in a Fast Paced Spring in West …
(WEST PALM BEACH, FL) Brian Kogan, owner of Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches, certainly met his goal of the skillful merger of art and commerce in the three sales in his Gallery in March and May.
For the March 31 sale Kogan presented 376 lots to an inhouse audience of 80 registered bidders and 759 bidders participating through LiveAuctioneers.com. The inventory ranged from Erte bronzes to French paintings to American…
PROVIDENCE SOUND SESSION 2008 FESTIVAL EXPANDS TO INCLUDE MORE PERFORMANCE VENUE …
Black Rep recruits legendary mask maker from Trinidad’s Carnival to enhance popular Sound Session Carnival Parade
PROVIDENCE – Drummers, singers, dancers and entertainers dressed in colorful carnival costumes today provided a glimpse of the excitement ahead as the Providence Black Repertory Company prepares for Sound Session 2008. Mayor David N. Cicilline and Black Repertory Company Artistic Director Donald W. King joined the festivities on Westminster Street as…
Hal Flavin – Luxembourg Originals
Hal Flavin are a band who refuse to fit into the mould.
Hailing from the unusual environs of Luxembourg, Samuel, Mike & Marc bring a range of influences to bare on a debut EP which defies all musical expectations. They take heavy rock guitars, filter them through the electronic funk of Prince and Hot Chip and add some haunting new wave vocals to the mix just for good measure. The result…
Libros International publishes Kate Genovese’s book Two Weeks Since My Last Conf …
Libros International is pleased to announce the release of Kate Genovese’s book Two Weeks Since My Last Confession, a saga featuring the O’Brien family from Boston, Massachusetts.
On the face of things, the O’Briens are an upstanding pillar of the community. John O’Brien is a politician, a senator no less, and a respected and long term incumbent to boot. Marie, Mrs. O’Brien, is a devout Catholic with five children. She…
Proud to be a BITSian Vikram Sampath's Splendours of Royal Mysore released at C …
Vikram who did his MSc (Hons) Mathematics and BE (Hons) Electrical & Electronics Engineering under the dual degree scheme from BITS Pilani draws his inspiration from Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison quote - If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn\'t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
One of the most definitive accounts of the Wodeyar Dynasty, Vikrams’s book ‘Splendours of Royal…
Orange County’s Persian-American Magazine Demonstrates Successful Ethnic Magazin …
Orange County, CA (June 1, 2008)-- The ethnic magazine market is on the rise and leading Orange County Persian-American magazine OCPC (which stands for Orange County Persian community) is demonstrating its success with its four-year anniversary on DATE. According to the Magazine Publishers of America, the number one growth category for publications nationwide went to ethnic magazines. Ethnic magazines had nearly doubled from 1997 to 2007. OCPC has experienced this…
Short, Sweet Antique Hardware Auction Opens June 7
Web Wilson will present a short, sweet, antique doorknob auction that opens on Saturday, June 7, at 10 a.m. EDT. The auction is posted at AntiquesYes.com and bidding will stay open for a week, until Saturday, June 14.
This is Web Wilson’s 57th antiques hardware auction, which over the years have offered some the finest collector hardware ever found, including several pieces that realized world record prices.
This short, sweet auction maintains…
INNER-CITY KIDS RAISE THE BAR FOR ANNUAL DANCE RECITAL
Everybody Dance! Celebrates its 8th Consecutive Year with Dance Adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\"
Los Angeles, CA (June, 2008) – Everybody dance! has come a long way since first opening its doors eight years ago in a low-income housing project just west of downtown Los Angeles.
Teaching ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, creative movement, ballroom and modern dance to LA\'s most underserved kids, the non-profit has grown from 12 weekly classes…
Kappa Studios Finishes Post-Production on RED One Camera Project
Burbank, CA June 03, 2008: Kappa Studios Burbank, EFILM and Deluxe Labs have agreed to partner with Pinlight LLC on the completion to 35mm film of The Wordz Project movie trailer. A project that has been seen as very marketable with a positive message to the hip hop community, The Wordz Project, producers Lee Cantelon and Richard Shaw are pleased to have these studios involved.
Richard Shaw, owner of Pinlight in…
Winners announced in the Corus/Design Wales Eco Design Awards
At the sixth annual Corus/Design Wales Eco Design Awards, held in Cardiff on May 13th, product design students Nick Haimes and Chris Kinder beat off ten other shortlisted young designers with their eco-friendly concepts for a portable hand warmer and a solar-powered outdoor heater.
Run jointly by Corus and Design Wales, the competition invited entries from second year product design students from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), Glamorgan University…
The eBook Sale releases a new ‘Real-time Sales and Analysis’ section to the Auth …
The eBook Sale, an Irish owned and run ePublishing house, insists that its Authors and Writers must come first. Richie O’Brien, The eBook Sale’s President, explains “Well yes, this may be a bold statement, but it is true. Other publishers may claim to care about their writers but actions speak louder than words! Unless Authors are equipped with sales and analysis figures as well as a minimum of 75% royalties……
Voice Over Experts Podcast Celebrates A Golden Milestone
Toronto, Canada (Voices.com) May 30, 2008 - Once in while an idea forms and inspiration develops into action giving birth to something innovative and new that carves a path for itself in unchartered territory. For the voice over industry last year, that spark of genius was Voice Over Experts, a podcast created for aspiring and professional voice actors that provides ongoing education and access to some of the most…
New Sci-Fi Epic Released
PRISM – Exiles is the latest novel from the pen of Nigel Edwards, author of The Cookie Tin.
Exiles is the story of Luke Adams, a weak individual employed as an English teacher. In the middle of his humdrum life, Luke is transported to a different world. A few hundred other souls are transported with him, pulled into adventure by the simple virtue of their proximity. The catalyst for the…
'How to win Heart of your Wife' written by Gireesh Sharma released by Mrs. Neera …
Noted women activist, Mrs. Neera Shastri, and 5 Poets of International repute released Gireesh Kumar Sharma\'s book – \'How to win Heart of your Wife\'. Mrs. Neera Shashtri is Vice President, BJP Delhi State, daughter in law of Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prabhari BJP Mahila Morcha, Advisor to BJP, President Discipline Committee and holds many other designations.
In a program organized at Gandhi Peace Foundation, Mrs. Neera Shastri,…
Family Farm is Awarded Best Olive Oil in Tuscany
FLORENCE, Italy (May 24, 2008) – La Vialla Farm\'s Extra-Virgin Organic Olive Oil has received top honors at the 13th annual BIOL International organic olive oil competition.
La Vialla Farm\'s Extra-Virgin Olive Oil placed first in Tuscany, from a selection of twenty-one producers from the region. The competition is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Bari. Presented are the best organic extra-virgin olive oils from around the world, an international…
"Epic Twist" comes to Epic Conclusion
Producer/songwriter Doug Dixon of Mind’s Ear Music and producer/artist Matthew Clay are putting final mixing touches on the new Matthew Clay project “Epic Twist”. The 9 song modern pop opera is scheduled for release this summer. Penned by Clay, his wife Tara, and Dixon, it features a unique mix of musical styles that collectively tell the tale of a star struck boy trying to make a name for himself amid…
Monte Carlo hosts "Passion for Life" art exhibition supporting GEMLUC
The next Passion for Life collective exhibition will be held from June 5-19, 2008 at the two Artemisia gallery locations in Monte Carlo. The Passion for Life program supports fundraising for the fight against cancer and other important humanitarian causes, through the organization of high caliber contemporary art exhibitions worldwide. The Passion for Life program was founded by Antoine Gaber, both as an impressionist artist painter but also as a…
flow – festival gives newcomers from the Danube area the chance to strengthen th …
From tomorrow onwards flow, the “Festival of Conversation for Culture and Science”, offers 80 artists and scientists from the Danube area in a three-day opportunity to develop sustained projects in open dialogues in Novi Sad (Serbia).
flow targets culture and knowledge producers from ten Danube countries that are on the cusp of their breakthrough. It offers an independent platform enabling participants to sustainably cooperate. Novi Sad, site of the festival…
Dominique Salm: Contemporary Wildlife Painting in New York Exhibition
Agora Gallery is proud to present Dominique Salm in United in Art – an Exhibition of Fine Art from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
About Dominique Salm:
Dominique Salm’s animal portraits present a contemporary spin on traditional wildlife painting. Her remarkably naturalistic watercolor renderings of animal subjects are projected against a stark white background, which not only creates a dramatic graphic image, but conveys her modern aesthetic. Each watercolor has…
Strychnin Gallery Berlin presents: The Sleep of Reason - Drawings by Laurie Lipt …
Inspired by Francisco de Goya. Opening reception for the artist on June 20th, 7 pm.
Breathtaking detail is one of the most astonishing characteristics of Laurie Lipton’s work. Her large format pencil drawings are created in the same manner the old masters used to paint: hundreds, if not thousands of little lines create areas of tone – a tedious way of drawing, yet one that allows her to achieve an amount…
Graeme Swanson, Capturing the Passing Scene at Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is proud to present Graeme Swanson in United in Art – an Exhibition of Fine Art from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Exhibition Dates: June 3, 2008 through June 24, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm
About Graeme Swanson:
Whether creating drawings, screen prints, acrylics on paper, oils on canvas, or etchings, Graeme Swanson’s…
Alfonzo Blackwell is Changing the Jazz Music Game since the Great Miles Davis Er …
New York, NY – Well, you \"usually\" can\'t dance to Smooth Jazz...but Alfonzo Blackwell makes you wanna \"Dance To This\"!
2008 is the year for a new jazz order. Alfonzo Blackwell is changing the music game through exciting and provocative strategies. His latest and 7th CD “Dance To This” was released on April 29, 2008 and is heading up the music charts on a steady climb. This new Hit CD is…
Queer Control Records Tours West Coast “Pass the Torch” Tour features rising que …
San Francisco, May 22, 2008 — Queer Control Records (QCR) is pleased to announce that its five resident bands will be touring the West Coast of the U.S. at the beginning of the Summer 2008. Beginning in Portland on May 30, 2008, the “Pass the Torch” Tour will continue to Seattle, Olympia, Eureka, Riverside, Long Beach, and will end in the label’s hometown, San Francisco. The San Francisco…
Drawings of Wes Mills in Essen
From May to July 2008 recent works of the American artist Wes Mills will be shown at GAM Obrist Gallery in Essen. Wes Mills was born 1960 in Tucson, Arizona and lives near Missoula in Montana, USA. He became famous in the US through various gallery and museum exhibitions from New York to San Francisco. In Europe he became known to a wider public, when some of his drawings were…
THE PUSSYBATS: New single and videoclip „No Romeo“
The brand-new video „No Romeo“ of Germany's finest Goth'n'Rollers THE PUSSYBATS debuts May 21st. The Clip was shot and cut by Patrick Goetz, produced by Nightfall Entertainment and Fabrik Drei Entertainment.
The song „No Romeo“ will also be the band's first single, released digital-only by Black Rain Records. It will be available by June 2008 at all relevant download-stores like iTunes, Napster, Musicload etc. The title track is produced by Hahn&Hahn,…
Boston Estate Comes South To Mix It Up With Prominent Florida Family
(CITRA, FL) – Turkey Creek Auctions owner in Citra, FL, Charles David Glynn, has been a busy fellow recently. He secured the consignment of the estate of Mrs. Edward F. Timmons, from upper crust Boston family, to cross the block the same time as the Camp/McKay estate, Florida’s early upper crust, from Ocala, FL. In the 1950s and 1960s Mrs. Timmons lectured on samplers, antiques and jewelry and the romance…
LYNN SOODIK-STEPHAN WASSERMAN FAMILY TO RECEIVE GABRIELLA AXELRAD EDUCATION FOUN …
Family Honored For Generosity to Inner-City Kids' Non-Profit Dance Program
Los Angeles, CA (May, 2008) – Two luminaries of the family law bar, veteran family law attorney Lynn Soodik and husband Stephan Wasserman, managing partner of the accounting firm Gursey | Schneider LLP, are being honored this month for their efforts to help realize a colleague’s charitable vision after the tragic loss of her daughter.
In 1999, Liza Bercovici, also a…
WCPE “Preview!” Features “Madama Butterfly”
Interview with Opera Company of North Carolina Director Airs Sunday, May 25
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (May 21, 2008)—TheClassicalStation.org announces today that its weekly program “Preview!” will feature an interview with Maryanne Talese, stage director of The Opera Company of North Carolina. The interview can be heard during the station’s Sunday, May 25 program that airs from 6-9 p.m.
Talese will discuss the Opera Company’s upcoming performance of “Madama Butterfly” with…
THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART (ISEA) OPENS IN SINGAPORE FOR THE …
Singapore, 22 July 2008 - This July, Singapore welcomes the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) – the world’s premier media arts event showcasing technologies in interactive and digital media. ISEA2008 will run from 25 July to 3 August 2008 and is open to all publics.
Singapore will be hosting ISEA for the first time. This biannual event has been held in various cities all over the world, but is being…
New Age Music Artists LaDeroute Release New Album "Soul Affirmation-Music For Be …
Asheville based musicians Ken and Amy LaDeroute, of the band LaDeroute, are proud to announce the release of their latest album titled Soul Affirmation-Music For Better Outcomes. In 1980 the couple first met when Ken LaDeroute\'s band was in search of the perfect singer. Amy LaDeroute\'s powerful, soulful voice was an instant hit during her audition and this began a personal and musical relationship that toured the United…
YVONNE MOUNSEY TO RECEIVE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AWARD
Founder, Director of \"Westside Ballet\" and Former NYC Ballet Principle Dancer Honored For Her Distinguished Career and Contributions to Inner City Kids\' Non-Profit Dance Program
Los Angeles, CA (May, 2008) – Yvonne Mounsey, founder and director of Santa Monica\'s prestigious \"Westside Ballet\" (www.westsideballet.com), one of the leading ballet schools and training companies in the United States, is being honored this month for a distinguished professional dance career that has spanned seven…
New Paintings from Dan Schlesinger On Exhibit June 15th
(London) - An exhibition of new paintings by acclaimed artist Dan Schlesinger will be held on June 15, 2008 at the artist’s studio in Richmond, Surrey. The show is an opportunity to see the artist’s latest work in oil paints and pastels.
In his most recent series of paintings, Schlesinger builds on his spectacularly successful treatment of the Tuscan landscape, with canvases inspired by Venice’s aquatic aspect. …
Brother and Sister Team Launch Free Website for Seattle Events
An independent sibling duo announces the launch of SudoPole.com, a free website for the Seattle events community. An open invitation website launch party will be held at the Mainstage Comedy and Music Club, next to Key Arena, on Sunday, June 1st.
Seattle, WA – The Seattle events community has gained a unique resource with the launch of SudoPole.com, a free website for events in the greater Puget Sound region. The site…
New sculpture by Paul Egan in berlins Bremer gallery.
A new work by the artist and sculptor Paul Egan is now on display in Berlins Bremer Gallery. The work titled “Quantum Tunneling” is a limited edition cold-cast bronze figure. The sculpture depicts a figure apparently disappearing or “tunneling” through a wall. The work, as the name implies, was inspired by a phenomenon in quantum physics whereby subatomic particles are able to move in ways forbidden by classical physics.
More information…
GABRIELLA AXELRAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES HONOREES FOR 8TH ANNUAL EVENT
Los Angeles, CA (May 19, 2008) – Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation, an inner-city non-profit that has for years provided free, quality dance training to thousands of underserved Los Angeles children, announced today that its 8th Annual Event on May 31, 2008 will honor two veterans of the Los Angeles dance scene.
Honored will be Yvonne Mounsey, founder and director of “Westside Ballet,” one of the West Coast’s premier ballet schools…
KOCE-TV debuts, "Sebastian Sidi: Live in Concert at The OC Pavilion
On June 11 at 8 p.m., KOCE-TV will debut, “Sebastian Sidi: Live in Concert at The OC Pavilion.” Sebastian Sidi is a popular Uruguay-born American musician and composer credited with defining a new music genre that can be described as classical, new age rock with a touch of Latin flavor. Sidi is self-taught on the drums, keyboard and bass guitar and plays entirely by ear and cannot read a…
The First Professional Rating of Female Russian DJs 2008
May 1 saw the end of polling and the tallying of votes for the first-ever rating of top female Russian DJs. DJs Polina, Sveta and Helga were declared the winners.
The best DJs of the TOP 100 Russian DJs 2007 list took part in the poll. Sixteen of them refused to submit answers and five were inaccessible for the vote, but 79 DJs did name which female performers they thought should…
SeedSource.org Launches Eco-Entertainment Conference in San Francisco
On June 1, 2008, SeedSource.org presents the first in a series of networking events for Arts & Entertainment industry professionals: SeedSource 1.0. The event will take place from 6:30PM - 2:00AM at Temple SF in San Francisco. Details are available at SeedSource.org.
San Francisco, CA - May 13, 2008 -- On June 1, 2008, SeedSource.org presents the first in a series of networking events for Arts & Entertainment industry professionals: SeedSource…
Playwright Michael Reyes Interviewed Prior to West Coast Premiere of His Play in …
An Interview with Michael Reyes
A candid conversation between the playwright of Over There/Over Here opening May 29th at Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro for its West Coast Premiere, and the Artistic Director of The Relevant Stage Theatre Company, Ray Buffer. Michael Reyes, Playwight
RB: Tell us a little about yourself. What was it like for you growing up?
MR: I was born and raised on welfare to a single mother in…
So You Want to be an Author - The "real" truth behind what it takes to become a …
SEATTLE, WA - American writers are frustrated and angry with mainstream publishing companies’ strangle hold on what is printed and promoted as literary fiction and non-fiction. Opportunities for publication through traditional publishing houses are rapidly shrinking for even the most seasoned and successful author. 98% of published authors fail to ever get subsequent books into print. Agents and publishers work under tighter publishing budgets and are forced to select carefully…
The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Concludes Successful 25th Season
The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Concludes Successful 25th Season
May 18 Concert Features Special Oboe and Vocal Performances
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Lorenzo Muti, artistic director and conductor for The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, announces today that the Orchestra will wrap up its 25th season with a May 18 concert featuring oboist Joseph Robinson performing Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Oboe Concerto." The 3 p.m. concert will be held at the…
Green Products for Baby and Support for Women and Children in Nepal
BambinoLand.com promotes living natural and green products for babies and toddlers. Bambino Land is proud to offer many fine innovative products made from organic, sustainable and eco-friendly materials. You will find clothing, toys and bedding made from organic cotton, bamboo, wool, soy fabrics — even recycled materials, Bambino Land offer only brands that aim to have minimal negative impact on the environment, use sustainable materials and support fair trade and…
