Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
New DVD Release from Filmmaker Shawn Baker "Comrades" Available Now
New DVD Release from Filmmaker Shawn Baker
New York, NY, July 08, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Writer/Director Shawn Baker offered, “I brought a myriad of life experiences from script to screen with Comrades.”
Shot on location in Brooklyn, NY with producer Kevin Spice Greene, Comrades stars Onyx’s Fredro Starr (Torque, Save the Last Dance), newcomer Daniel Philip, Chyna Layne (Push, HBO’s Life Support), Mike Lubik and features rap artist Tru life. Eddie is a…
Author Tom O'Grady Releases 'A Gift Is Waiting' In Kindle Format
Everyone knows someone who has lost a child. From everyday people to billionaires to celebrities such as John Travolta and Kelly Preston, no one is immune from one of the most heart-wrenching events to befall any human being. Tom O'Grady, author of 'A Gift Is Waiting', demonstrates that even in the darkest of tragedies, a gift can be found.
"I wrote this book," stated Mr. O'Grady, "because, like the parents in…
Investigation finds Mona Lisa Code in Islamic book
Scott Lund, an investigative writer and documentary producer, has found Leonardo da Vinci's inspiration for the Mona Lisa in a book by medieval Islamic scholar Avicenna. According to Lund, Leonardo painted his masterpiece based on the writings of Avicenna, who stated that the "soul gives birth to soul as body to body."
In his upcoming book and film, the “Mona Lisa Code,” Lund shows that Leonardo gave life to Avicenna's tenet…
Barry James Hickey's Multicultural Novel The Glass Fence is Intriguing and Allur …
5 stars (out of 5). As the sequel to Chasing God's River, The Glass Fence exudes that all Americans, no matter what ethnicity, need to work together, to honor our diversity but find common ground.
San Diego, CA, July 11, 2011 -- As with Hickey’s prior books (Chasing God's River, The Five Pearls), The Glass Fence elicits both tears and laughter. It moves emotions and has the power to change old…
South Bay Ballet’s Regina Park Suh to Dance with Sacramento Ballet
South Bay Ballet, located in Torrance, California, announces Regina Park Suh has been invited to dance as a guest company member with Sacramento Ballet for the 2011 – 2012 season.
During the last two years, Park Suh has trained exclusively with Diane Lauridsen of Lauridsen Ballet Centre and Artistic Director of South Bay Ballet, and during the same time has been a senior company member of South Bay Ballet. Park…
Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of July 11, 2 …
Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson of eBroadcastMedia.com, founders of Book Marketing, announced today The Authors Show radio and TV weekly broadcast schedule.
Book Marketing, branded as 'The Authors Marketing Powerhouse', allows authors and publishers the opportunity to upload photos, bios, book covers, video and book trailers. The site also offers discussion forums, segmented special interest groups and allows for event listings. Each author can develop…
South Bay Ballet’s Paul C. Kirk Signs Professional Contract
South Bay Ballet, located in Torrance, California, announces Paul C. Kirk, 19, has landed a professional contract with Oklahoma City Ballet. Kirk signed a 28-week contract as a company dancer and will commence rehearsals this September for the 2011 – 2012 season.
South Bay Ballet Artistic Director Diane Lauridsen is especially proud of Kirk on the signing of his first professional contract. “Paul has trained at Lauridsen…
New DVD Release From Filmmaker Shawn Baker "Comrades" Available Now
New York, NY - Writer/Director Shawn Baker offered, “I brought a myriad of life experiences from script to screen with Comrades.”
Shot on location in Brooklyn, NY with producer Kevin Spice Greene, Comrades stars Onyx’s Fredro Starr (Torque, Save the Last Dance), newcomer Daniel Philip, Chyna Layne (Push, HBO’s Life Support), Mike Lubik and features rap artist Tru life.
A street smart college freshman becomes trapped in a world of crime after…
Johansson Projects presents BISCHOFF SOREN BLACK
Johansson Projects presents a three-person show in which landscape, seascape and dreamscape melt into a new sub-human habitat. Through the use of photography and video with varying degrees of analog and digital effects, Brice Bischoff, Tabitha Soren and Ellen Black manipulate environments, creating uncanny exaggerations and projections of what could exist. Bischoff's large format ‘Bronson Caves’ prints use long exposure to create an equation in which performance and photography…
Classic AC/DC Bassist Mark Evans Announces DIRTY DEEDS Memoir; First Insider Acc …
Bazillion Points Books has announced the North American release of DIRTY DEEDS: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC, by Mark Evans, bass player in the classic 1970s AC/DC lineup. Evans recorded countless rock anthems with the band on the groundbreaking releases High Voltage, TNT, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock, and the '74 Jailbreak EP.
The book's release is scheduled for November 2011. For more information, visit: http://www.dirtydeedsbook.com
At nineteen…
Tools of the Early Firefighting Trade This Week at LiveAuctionTalk.com
Fire buckets were the tools of the firefighting trade in the late-19th century. A bucket usually displayed the homeowner’s name in paint. How many buckets in a household depended on the fire risk. One bucket for each fireplace was common. After a blaze was extinguished, fire buckets typically lay heaped in piles waiting to be reclaimed by their owners. To tell one from another, people…
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Announces New Members At 'Authors Speaking' For The …
Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, nationally recognized author and positive psychologist announced today a sampling of new members on 'Authors Speaking', a social site dedicated to bringing authors and readers together.
'Authors Speaking' allows authors to make virtual visits to classrooms, libraries, bookclubs and bookstores through Skype and other forms of technology. Authors Speaking gives authors and publishers the opportunity to upload photos, bios, book covers, video and book trailers. The site…
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq. Announces Jazz by the Riverside Featuring Claris …
Attorney Lauren P. Raysor, Esq., author of “Living the Wealthy Life,” announces that Jazz by the Riverside will take place on July 8 from 6-10 p.m. at Riverside Church, 10th Tower, 490 Riverside Drive in New York, NY. The entrance is on the Claremont Avenue side.
Ms. Raysor and other luminaries will be on hand to introduce guest performer Clarissa Sinceno. A native of Harlem, Ms. Sinceno was influenced by the…
E.V.A. – Experimental Video Art
Summer Screening
16th July – 5th August 2011
Venue : Bashimi Art House
Neutorstrasse 32k
5020 Salzburg, Austria
Bashimi Art House is pleased to present a selection of experimental videos from emerging artists.9 artists from various countries participate the organisation with their last term works.
Video screenings will take place in Bashimi Art House , Salzburg Gallery daily between 4pm – 7pm . Free entrance screenings will be open for all…
Photoworld Launches Gloss Photo Book
Warwick, United Kingdom (28 June, 2011) – Photoworld, one of Europe’s largest photo companies, has recently launched the high gloss page photo book which is now available for purchase on their website.
Photoworld is a leading photo finisher in Europe that regularly produces high quality prints, photo gifts, photo calendars, personalised greeting cards, canvases and posters. Photoworld produces billions of photo prints and photo books every year in their state-of-the art…
New Book Examines the One Unique Name for God that is His Name Forever
June 30, 2011(Jacksonville, NC) - In most religious faiths, devotees can agree on the name of the one they worship. Yet for those who use the Bible as their holy book, there really is no clear consensus of the name of the god featured in the Bible. His Name Forever: The Story Behind the Name of “God” (144 pages, Authorhouse Publishing) not only identifies that name but helps readers…
OnCell Introduces New Interactive Features Suite: OnCell Q
OnCell Q, a suite of interactive features, enables cultural institutions to engage their guests in new exciting ways.
It is now possible for cultural sites to engage and interact with their visitors on a whole new experience level with OnCell’s Q product. OnCell Q provides the technology platform for museums and other cultural institutions to develop multiple "edutainment" features such as quizzes, surveys, scavenger hunts, games, polls, voting, ranking & questionnaires.…
Racial Discrimination, Equal Rights and Gay Marriage: Dr. Laurie Pappas Offers P …
All human beings, be they black or white, male or female, Muslim, Hindu or Christian seek the state of peace. Yet there can be no peace where inequality - perceived or otherwise - is present. To achieve a state of personal peace, we must first accept that all beings share a common source - spirit. Only then can the issues that divide human beings be overcome once and for all.…
Marshall-lekae Fine Art Gallery Receives Mario Robinson’s Artworks
(July 5, 2011) Marshall-lekae fine art gallery recently received the artworks made by Mario Andres Robinson. Marshall-lekae Scottsdale art galleries are one of the best art galleries in the world.
Recently, Marshall-lekae fine art gallery received some of the artworks that are made by Mario Andres Robinson. He was born in Altus, OK and his family was relocated in New Jersey at the age of 12. During his pre-teen years, a…
Waterlogg Productions Founder Celebrates 40 Years of Storytelling
It was 40 years ago in July of 1972 when a 13-year old Joe Bevilacqua began making up "funny voices" on a Panasonic cassette recorder his father bought him. Bevilacqua would sit up in his attic room improvising full half hour comic audio plays featuring his own creations Willoughby and the Professor. Joe Bev. (as he is also known) has gone on to produce, direct and perform hundreds of hours…
Bahram Dabiri's Solo Painting Exhibition at Queen Gallery
Bahram Dabiri is a true artist. He understands balance and knows how to reach the limits and also how to pass them. He blends these all together. He has been playing with light and colour for years, but the unique essence of his specialty is in his constant search to comprehend new phenomena and to use them in the creation of new and different pieces of work. With a full…
Younghee Hong Displays Harmony and Light at Agora Gallery
For Immediate Release
NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Korean artist, Younghee Hong, in The Portal of Tranquility. The exhibition is scheduled to run from July 26, 2011 through August 16, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, July 28, 2011).
About the Artist
In the shifting sunlight and dappled shadows of Younghee Hong’s paintings one finds a calming respite from the noise and confusion of modern life, a harmonious vision of illumination…
Artisan Galleries present Richard Rowan
Essex, United Kingdom, (27 June 2011) – Artisan Galleries, a leading online supplier of affordable fine art with 5 celebrated galleries across London, are delighted to announce an exhibition by renowned glass artist Richard Rowan taking place on Thursday 30th June 2011 at the Artisan Fine Art, Epping gallery.
Coming from a design and fine art background, Rowan won the Daily Mail’s 1992 ‘Artist of the Year’ award, but after finding…
South Bay Ballet Dancers Capture Scholarships and Acceptance to Summer Programs
Summer is officially in full-swing when South Bay Ballet’s dancers head-off to summer intensive programs at major dance companies all across the country. As in years past, South Bay Ballet is well represented as its talented youth embark upon a summer full of learning and growing in their chosen art form.
Artistic Director Diane Lauridsen is pleased to announce that 51 placements have been awarded to 17 South Bay Ballet…
Office Boutique Celebrates Children’s Art Day
This week in some schools activities are taking place from 6th July – 13th July to tie in with Children’s Art Day on 6th July.
Office Boutique, an online gift stationery retailer has recently expanded their line of children’s stationery and to help inspire children to sketch nature and the countryside it is offering 25% off any item in this range during the week of activities.
The “Farmhouse…
Winners of Abstracts Art Exhibition Announced by Art Gallery
Jupiter, Florida, July 01, 2011 -- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its July 2011 art exhibition is now posted on their website and ready to view. The theme for the Light Space & Time art exhibition is “Abstracts”. The gallery received submissions from 16 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 30 different states. Overall, there were 590…
American Family Besieged by Outside Forces? Godges Espouses Contrary View
Going head to head with Michael Ray Dresser, host of the “Dresser After Dark” talk radio show, author John Paul Godges shared contrary opinions about the state of the American family in an age of global communications, multicultural relations, and anti-immigrant legislations.
“The biggest problem we have is outside intervention in the family,” Dresser began.
Godges, the author of Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century, acknowledged that…
Bonin Architects Hires Summer Architectural Intern
NEW LONDON, NH – The architectural firm of Bonin Architects & Associates, PLLC, New London announces the hiring of Christopher Presutti, of Webster, New Hampshire as an Intern Architect for the summer.
Presutti, an architectural student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, will start his third year in the Bachelor of Science degree program in Architecture this fall. He is an honorary brother and co-head of the alumni committee…
Michel Montecrossa's Single 'Secrets Of The Green World' points to the answers o …
'Secrets Of The Green World‘, released by Mira Sound Germany as Audio Single and DVD, is Michel Montecrossa’s New-Topical-Song pointing to the answers of nature and love to our many questions. The song and video 'Secrets Of The Green World‘ are available on the Michel Montecrossa Newsletter.
Michel Montecrossa says about ‘Secrets Of The Green World’:
“In a world of increasing climate change and natural disasters it is foolish and self-destructive to…
Photokore opens the ‘My Country’ Photo Contest to all photographers
Asia-based microstock photo company, Photokore, launched a country-specific photo competition today, inviting image submissions that profile each contestant’s country of choice.
The contest, ‘My Country’, is open to all photographers around the world, and is accepting single or multiple image submissions that illustrate the photographer’s country of choice. Subject matter is left to the contestant’s imagination – people, landscapes, objects, etc. The objective is to submit a photo that evokes the…
Southwest-Gallery.com opens photography exhibit, Battle of Earth and Sky
Thunderstorms gather over mountain peaks of the American Southwest in the afternoon. Although lightening is always a concern, the collision between jagged peaks and threatening clouds makes for turbulent and romantic images. The photographs in the new exhibit at Southwest-Gallery.com suggest massive sets for a production of Faust or Götterdämmerung. There are no human references -- people are irrelevant in the face of such a vast conflict.
The following photographs are…
Live Jazz by Eric DiVito at Caribbean Soul
Jazz guitarist Eric DiVito will play live at Caribbean Soul restaurant in Brooklyn on Friday, July 8th from 8 – 11pm.
Eric began playing the guitar at the age of 11 and was gigging professionally by the time he was in high school. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Guitar Performance and Music Education from the Crane School of Music where he studied with Doug Rubio and Bret Zvacek…
MIKE CHURCH'S "ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE" HITS #2 AT AMAZON
MIKE CHURCH'S "ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE" HITS #2 AT AMAZON
Historical Thriller Tops The History Channel’s Take On America’s Story
NEW ORLEANS, La – Mike Church’s newest film, “Road to Independence: The Movie,” continues to fly up the charts.
While the film debuted at #7 on Amazon.com in the Movie/Documentary/History category, it has now topped the History Channel’s “America: The Story of Us” in both the Documentary/History category as well as overall rank at…
Excellent half-year figures - Bidding running high in the auction room
Munich, 29 June, 2011 (kk) - A remarkable result of more than EUR 12 million* have been achieved in the spring auctions at Ketterer Kunst. ”If the quality is right collectors are willing to invest large sums. This is proven by an average increase of up to 71 percent for sold objects (ratio between limit and hammer price) per auction, as well as a maximum of 25 percent new customers…
“Pack Your Bags!” at International Poster Gallery
BOSTON, MA - International Poster Gallery (IPG) proudly presents their 18th annual summer poster show “Pack Your Bags!”, an exhibition of original travel and transportation posters from around the world. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public and runs July 4 – Labor Day, September 5, 2011, features over 50 original vintage posters advertising exotic vacation destinations, luxurious rail and air travel packages and modes of…
“Over the Top & Back Again” by Brandon Wilson Receives 2010 Book of the Year Bro …
"Over the Top & Back Again: Hiking X the Alps," the latest travel adventure book by Brandon Wilson, has been named 2010 Book of the Year Bronze Award winner (travel essay division) by ForeWord Reviews. The announcement was made on June 25, 2011 at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. Wilson’s book was selected by librarians and reviewers from 1400 entries in 56 genres, representing more than…
Maybach is sponsor of the retrospective “Permanently Becoming and the Architectu …
June 21th 2011 – What have in common Venice, the decadent city of the lagoon, and Maybach, the luxury cars brand of the Daimler AG group? Not much, you’d may think, since in Venice it is not possible to drive wheeled vehicles, especially of the imposing size of the giants from Sindelfingen. But the city and the luxury cars brand share similar traits d’union and, you may say, they have…
Stewart, Campbell, Lloyd, Baccarin Headline Wizard World Chicago Comic Con Aug. …
North America’s largest pop-culture tour continues as Wizard World Chicago Comic Con returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, August 11-14, with superstar guests Patrick Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, Felicia Day, Academy Award Winner® Lou Gossett Jr. and James Marsters headlining the list of celebrity attendees. The event will bring together thousands of fans of all ages and dozens of celebrities and industry professionals to…
Southwest-Gallery.com mounts Water Flight exhibit, images of remote locations of …
Water is scarce in the American Southwest, but elevation changes are abundant. The widely-separated rivers and streams invariably contain innumerable waterfalls and rapids. The new "Water Flight" exhibit at Southwest-Gallery.com features photographs by Stan Humphries on the theme of descending water. The southwest offers a remarkable diversity of examples, from rivulets in the desert to full cascades in snow-covered mountains. The photographs capture off-trail locations. In the absence of any…
Happiness Begins With Forgiveness: Dr. Laurie Pappas Offers Powerful Resources I …
Many people feel that forgiving others is often not possible or perhaps simply not deserved. Dr. Laurie Pappas, author of ‘The Loving Heart: Navigating The Journey From Conflict To Peace,’ teaches that forgiveness is a necessary and significant step on the road to happiness. She offers Elizabeth Smart's ordeal as an extreme example of the transformational power of forgiveness
Everyone knows the story of Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped and raped…
Open Art Competition Announced by Online Art Gallery - Deadline July 29, 2011
Jupiter, Florida, June 21, 2011 -- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a Juried Competition with an "Open" theme in which 2D artists (Including Photography & Excluding Video) from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for inclusion into the Gallery’s August 2011 online group exhibition. Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their…
Live Nude Improv - As Love From Lies, Or Truth From Art
Continuing the Hideout Theatre's tradition of daring, experimental improvisation, this summer's prime time show is Live Nude Improv. Saturdays at 8pm in July and August is an unscripted exploration of modern theater in all its glory, commitment and ridiculousness.
Using games, scenes and radical storytelling techniques, eight of Austin's most accomplished improvisers will create a never-before-seen-and-never-to-be-seen-again play. Each night is a different audience-suggested title, guaranteeing a completely different show each week…
Interior Designers India, Designers and Architects India, Interior Design Consul …
Synergy Corporate Interiors Pvt. Ltd. are offer Designers and Architects India Our architects, designers are working an national and international client base. The final design output is then integrated with the various technical and engineering aspects and taken into production. The expression is also individualistic, based on the communication of the correct corporate identity. Our designers, engineers and architects perform any plan successfully combine handy knowledge with creative ideas into…
Hearts on t-shirts that even guys wear
A selection from Thomas Fuchs's Love & Hate, a series of heart-based images, is now available on Cultera t-shirts.
Along with several other very talented artists from around the world, this addition represents a significant milestone for Cultera, a recently launched open-artist t-shirt project. Their major focus since launching in April 2011 has been to build up the variety of different designs in their catalog. Adding an acclaimed designer like…
COMPANY ANNOUNCES ITS 1ST “30 UNDER 40 EMERGING ART MAVENS” LIST
New York-based COMPANY announced their inaugural publication of “30 UNDER 40 EMERGING ART MAVENS.” The feature includes profiles of talented artists, curators, writers, art advisors and collectors who are significantly impacting the future direction of the art world.
COMPANY called upon their extensive network of art collectors and creative professionals to recommend talented candidates under forty years old for this notable feature. Efforts started months ago with the consideration…
Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con 2012 Dates And First Guests Announced
Following a record-setting weekend at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Wizard World Inc. (symbol: WIZD) today set the dates for the next Philadelphia Comic Con at June 1-3, 2012, and announced the early commitments of several superstar artists to attend next year's event. Greg Hildebrandt, Greg Capullo, Michael Golden and Mark Texeira will be joined by a bevy of famous international creators at next year's convention, with many more guests…
inside Out featuring works by Jim and Tina Darling
Inside Out
Featuring works by:
Jim and Tina Darling
Opening Reception: Friday, June 24th, 2011 from 7-10pm
On View: June 24th - July 23rd 2011
If home truly is where the heart is, then this June, Jim and Tina Darling will be pouring their hearts into the WWA gallery as it becomes the home of their new exhibition Inside Out. The Darlings' new series of works celebrates what makes a home while…
Zach Ashton to release new album in September 2011.
(June 17, 2011, Los Angeles, California) International recording artist Zach Ashton announced today that he will release a new album entitled The Distance Between Us in September of 2011.
The album, consisting of nine new songs, was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the months of March and April, 2011. Ashton, no stranger to Brazil, enlisted Grammy winning engineer and producer Alan Sanderson to engineer and produce the project.
“It’s…
LondonTheatreStore.com Offers Over Fifty London Theatre Deals
London, United Kingdom (26 May, 2011) – LondonTheatreStore.com, a leading one stop shop of London theatre tickets, offer over fifty theatre deals on many of the top West End shows, including Mamma Mia, Wicked, Jersey Boys and Phantom of the Opera.
LondonTheatreStore.com is a leading online ticket agency which provides a wide selection of the best London theatre tickets for an incredibly affordable price. LondonTheatreStore.com can also provide their customers with…
