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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Flavorwire
Between 1960 and 1988, Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Clubs around the world employed women as “Bunnies.” Dressed in corsets, bunny ears, cuffs, and a cottontail, the Bunnies would serve guests drinks, mingle, pose for photographs, and perform...-
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
Dwora Fried's dioramas are nothing like your 4th grade science fair projects. -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Behance Network Featured Projects
Photography: RUO BING LI Makeup and Hair: TAMI EL SOMBATI using M.A.C Cosmetics Model: LARK @ Chantale Nadeau Producer: HENG QING ZHAO -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Dezeen
Montreal -based architecture firm Naturehumaine has transformed a modest house in the Quebec countryside into a family retreat near the Bic National Park. (+ slideshow) (more…) -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgAfter thoughtful consideration by its selection committee, stARTup Art Fair Los Angeles is pleased to announce its 2016 exhibitors. Representing multiple mediums from 8 states, 11 returning artists from stARTup’s San Francisco...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from PictureCorrect Photography Tips
Watch the biggest ship in the world being built in a mere 76 seconds. Constructed in Korea by the Maersk Line, the Triple-E is 400 meters (approximately 1,312 feet) long. Maersk partnered with the Discovery Channel to produce the... -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Art and design: Art | theguardian.comA photograph depicting New Year’s Eve celebrations gone awry in central Manchester has been compared to a Renaissance masterpiece A photograph of a Manchester street strewn with revellers is being lauded online for artfully capturing a...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtBenedict Cumberbatch donned the detective's overcoat for a giddily anticipated return to Baker Street
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgOn the 17th January 2016 Spink will be welcoming the New Year with a philatelic sale that is brimming with the material guaranteed to appeal to the discerning collector. Spink are famed for their ability to source and catalogue the...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Dezeen
Siberian larch wood covers this house and its adjoining wrap-around terrace in southern Sweden , designed by architect Johan Sundberg (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comThis excerpt is from the new book Wired to Create: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind , by psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman and HuffPost Senior Writer Carolyn Gregoire. One of Frida Kahlo’s most famous...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgBrisbane’s influence on the art of Charles Blackman, one of Australia’s most important artists, is being explored in an exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery . ‘Lure of the Sun: Charles Blackman in Queensland’...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Art and design: Art | theguardian.comBaltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead From painted takeaway cartons to plastic bag trees, California artist B Wurtz wants us to take a close, loving look at junk Something out of nothing – that is what the California artist B...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from artnet News
Over 20,000 artworks are almost never seen. -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from NPR Topics: Arts & Culture2016 brings with it an exciting crop of poetry books. Here are our picks for the best verse of the new year.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from artforum.com
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from PetaPixel » InspirationEarlier this week, National Geographic announced this year’s winners of its prestigious photo contest. After receiving 13,000 entries, the three judges — photo editor Jessie Wender and photographers David Guttenfelder and...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from The New YorkerIt’s apt to post this discussion of Robert Siodmak’s 1944 film noir “Christmas Holiday” after the Christmas holiday, because it’s anything but a bearer of good cheer. Siodmak was one of the grimmest poets of cinematic solitude , and this...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
Hassan Hajjaj turns a museum into a Moroccan tea room-themed installation. With coloring books.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
All GIFs are animated, but Eran Mendel's feel alive. -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Dezeen
Here's a look at the 9 biggest skyscrapers due to complete in the next 12 months, including the world's tallest office tower, a building topped by a huge diamond and a structure designed to resemble ship sails. (more…) -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThis winter, the Art Gallery of Ontario celebrates its superb collection of modern and contemporary art with five special exhibitions. Featuring long-time favourites, new acquisitions and hidden treasures, these exhibitions give AGO...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtBen Lawrence picks the most anticipated TV programmes of the year ahead
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
Benjamin Grosser’s new site serves as a reminder that when you read the web, the web’s also reading you. -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgSolo and group exhibitions, both in the US and in the UK, will mark the centennial of Jon Schueler ’s birth. A Jon Schueler symposium, The Sound of Sleat: Echoes, Reflections, and Transfigurations, moderated by Lindsay Blair, will...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Art and design: Art | theguardian.comWhen she was younger, Angela Deane became obsessed with family photo albums, an obsession that increased after her father died and her brother left for university. “I would pore over the albums, to drink up all the memories from when...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced its latest mobile app for iPhone and Android devices featuring full access to more than 85,000 works of art in its extensive collection, interactive tours of the galleries, a full event...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Art and design: Art | theguardian.comPainter Sargy Mann did not live to deliver the TED talk he spent his final months preparing. This is what he wanted to say… Not long before he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in the autumn of 2014, the painter Sargy Mann was invited...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Behance Network Featured Projects
A series of images exploring the imperfections created by 3D scans. Created using Kinect for Xbox 360, Cinema 4D and Photoshop -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Flavorwire
“Do anybody feel bad for Bill Cosby?” Kanye asks in his new single “Facts,” released on New Year’s Eve. With no release date set for the upcoming LP Swish , it’s …Read More -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from TwistedSifter » Category: » ARTTwistedSifter
2016 can be your year. Now get off your butt and make it so! -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Flavorwire
Natalie Cole, singer and daughter of famed jazz pianist and vocalist Nat King Cole, has died at 65. Cole was known best for her songs “Unforgettable,” which she released as …Read More -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureWhen a company named Astrobotic launches a lunar rover in 2017, the MoonArk will be aboard. It's a lightweight, sturdy "portrait of humanity," carrying the work of more than 200 artists and designers.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgMetahaven, an Amsterdam-based design and research studio debuts the first gallery presentation of its new film project The Sprawl, an immersive video installation about the mutation of propaganda in the age of social media with a...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgJapanese paper cut artist Nahoko Kojima creates spectacular intricate sculptures from single sheets of paper cut by hand. Previous work includes ‘Cloud Leopard’ that was selected by the Crafts Council to be shown at Collect at...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgPrior to the forthcoming Impressionist & Modern Art and Surrealist Art Evening Sales to be held in London on 3 February 2016, Sotheby’s announces an exhibition of highlights in Hong Kong - including an exceptional painting by Henri...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Behance Network Featured Projects
Number designs for Wired UK's annual The Wired World In 2016 issue, forecasting trends in Technology, Business, Government, Media, Science, Environment, Medicine and Lifestyle. Client: Wired, UK -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Dezeen
Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter has converted three 50-year-old concrete and brick pump stations along Denmark's Skjern River into events spaces with elevated viewpoints. (more…) -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe writer says he missed an end-of-year deadline to finish Winds of Winter , the sixth book in the Game of Thrones series. The delay means the show will air the next season before its source material.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from NYT > ArtsThe “Downton Abbey” creator’s novel will be released in 10 weekly installments via an app, testing the potential of “appointment reading.”
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Dezeen
Studio Jos van Dijk has transformed a canalside shop in Amsterdam into a multi-brand store for footwear label ETQ, adding a sneaker-lined wall, white metal display cages and heavy concrete furniture (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe George Eastman Museum officially announced that it will be presenting the 2nd Nitrate Picture Show this coming spring. The festival will be held April 29–May 1, 2016 at the Dryden Theatre, the George Eastman Museum’s...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Flavorwire
Isaac Asimov, science fiction icon, biochemist, and man with the badass mutton chops, would have turned 96 today. Always with an eye on the future, the author wrote a New York Times article in 1964 about his predictions 50 years forward,... -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Culture – France 24 - International News 24/7Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has announced plans to build a memorial on the Greek island of Lesbos to highlight the plight of refugees. Locals and aid workers welcomed the move, saying Ai’s star power may trigger further action to end the...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgHeld at the Grand Palais from 31st March to 3rd April 2016, Art Paris Art Fair is the springtime Paris event for modern and contemporary art that brings together 143 galleries from 20 countries which includes for the first time...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgAustralia has a rich and unique history of exploration and adventure, one which has helped define the nation. Now, for the first time, Australia’s 50 greatest explorers, both historic and modern, come together for a major new...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Art and design: Art | theguardian.comFor John Snare, a Victorian bookseller, the discovery of a long-lost portrait by Velázquez brought fame and ruin. His tale is told in The Vanishing Man by Laura Cumming: a detective story and a passionate homage to the Spanish artist •...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe second mystery by Mette Ivie Harrison boasts details about contemporary Mormon life that most of us aren't privy to. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates says His Right Hand is is her "one that got away."
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Dezeen
Oslo design studio Anderssen & Voll has created a collection of five-sided poufs with gently rounded corners for Danish brand Muuto . (more…) -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Fubiz™
Tree Hotel a construit un hôtel insolite qui ressemble à un vaisseau spatial, en plein coeur de la forêt suédoise, près de la rivière Lule. Le UFO propose une expérience inédite pour 2 adultes et 2 enfants à £374/nuit : on parvient à sa... -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksClaire Fuller’s painterly use of language and poignant portrayal of the passage of time make for a refreshing, thought-provoking read “There are things that drift away like our endless numbered days.” So goes the song lyric that lends...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Soul and Jazz and Funk LatestRON "The Prophet" FORD – long time collaborator of George Clinton and all things Parliament – died on Monday 28th December 2015, aged 67. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Ford got to know Clinton when George worked in the area as a barber...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsDigging deep into Broadway's trove of behind-the-scenes accounts, we discovered some gems. With these crazy stories, Jackie Hoffman's not the only thing from Mattress that will have you laughing out loud.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Classical music - Google NewsThe ticket: Classical music The Boston Globe BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Two BSO musicians — Elizabeth Rowe and Jessica Zhou — share the spotlight as soloists in Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp (K. 299) under the baton of the...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsThe Roundabout Theatre Company production of Stephen Karam’s The Humans ends its Off-Broadway engagement Jan. 3, prior to a Broadway transfer beginning Jan. 23 at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The ensemble cast featured...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from The StageAs the new year begins, The Stage asked some of the theatre industry’s leading figures about what they think the biggest issues facing
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 122016.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : News1909 Birthday of Victor Borge (1909-2000), pianist and comedian whose 1953 Comedy in Music ran 888 performances, the longest run ever for a solo musical on Broadway. He followed it with Comedy in Music Opus 2 in 1964 and Comedy With...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksPrepare yourself for the great outdoors both rural and urban – and a rich variety of inner lives Glance at the avalanche of nonfiction titles now heading our way and the trends are quickly apparent. The search for the new H Is for Hawk...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
A new book remembers the rescue of hostages from Ugandan airport.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from World Music Central.org
The annual IndiEarth xChange, with four editions under its belt, is a must-attend event in India for industry professionals and fans of world music and indie acts. The three-day […] -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from ArchDaily
An old three - façade house, connected with the barn, was demolished and replaced by a contemporary barn-type building which was built behind the existing construction and which had to be in line with very strict building regulations. -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsHand to God, starring Steven Boyer in his acclaimed performance as a young man named Jason and his foul-mouthed hand puppet Tyrone, plays its final performance on Broadway Jan. 3. The Tony-nominated show has run nine months (337...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Slipped Disc
The pianist, who has avoided playing in his homeland since 2009, has said he will return in 2017. Interviewed by a Tass correspondent in New York, he gave no reason either for his absence or for his welcome return. -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksPublishing a children’s book in Russia is not a straightforward matter, as Anna Starobinets found when her detective stories set among woodland animals were deemed to be far too beastly for children I wrote my first children’s book, The...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsThe stage musical adaptation of the 1989 film Diner, which has a score by Grammy winner Sheryl Crow, ends its extended run Jan. 3 at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington, DE.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld has learned the sad news that Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole has passed away. Having most recently appeared on Broadway in the musical revue AFTER MIDNIGHT in 2014, she died of congestive heart failure on December 31. She...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadway and TV's finest vocalists are coming together for one night at Feinstein's54 Below to celebrate Iconic Drag Roles on Broadway all to raise money for and help support Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS.
- A Year in Video: Darren Criss Talks Hedwig and Heels, Rocks Out at Inaugural Elsie Fest, Sings JamesSunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsIn 2015 Darren Criss returned to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, presented the first installment of Elsie Fest — an annual concert spotlighting stars of Broadway — and performed a Benj Pasek and Justin Paul...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from World of Dance » World of DanceDance Artist: Nicholas ‘Kapuakid’ Arrivas WOD Contest #ElectricStyles #SoloEntry Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kapuakid Instagram: @kapuakid Email: kapuakid@yahoo.com The post Nicholas ‘Kapuakid’ Arrivas...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Slipped Disc
The American Guild of Musical Artists has announced the death of Alan Gordon, a union official whose firmness and patience with the Metropolitan Opera and its general manager Peter Gelb averted a lockout in the summer of 2014. Message... -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global PerspectiveTrack Listing: My Shining Hour; Vesper; 4711 Special; Edenderry Intro; Edenderry; Plant Based; Mary Louise; End In Sight Intro; End In Sight; Downtime. Personnel: Johan Horlen: reeds; Karolina Strassmeyer: reeds; Olivier Peters: reeds;...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global PerspectiveThe Ed Cherry Trio Sunday January 3rd @ The 9th Note Stamford Connecticut 8-11pm Ed Cherry - Guitar Kyle Koehler –Organ Sanah Kadoura –Drums the 9th note 15 bank st. stamford , conn. 203-504-8832 www.the9thnote.com "Ed is a great,...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsRoundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Thérèse Raquin, featuring a new adaptation by Helen Edmundson, based upon the novel by Émile Zola, ends its run at Studio 54 Jan. 3 at 2 PM. The...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comBy Off the Shelf Staff | Off the Shelf Certain books redefine the way we think about storytelling. These eleven episodic novels do not follow traditional linear storylines, but don't think of them as short story collections either. Read...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksKate Miller’s brilliant debut is so steeped in the sea, it’s almost as if the ocean were co-author of these calm, elegant pieces In The Observances , Kate Miller elevates the art of looking into something that is, if not strictly...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from ArchDaily
The land of the Bahar House is situated in a relatively cheap area in Najafabad in the Isfahan province. The clients were a family of four, who aimed to have a two-story house due to the small size of the land; the ground floor for... -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksIn the Observer art critic’s new book, the tale of a Victorian bookseller who discovers a long-lost portrait by Velázquez becomes a detective story, a study of obsession and a passionate homage to the Spanish artist • Laura Cumming: how...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from ArchDaily
Apartment restructuring in an icon building of the Paulista Modern Architecture, built in 1964 by Rino Levi architect. -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksThe story of the manufacture of the DMC-12 in Northern Ireland is so strange that you couldn’t make it up - well, almost In Glenn Patterson ’s colourful novel about John DeLorean ’s infamous, gull-winged sports car manufactured in...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from ArchDaily
Alajajian Marcoosi Architects has unveiled designs for an Armenian American museum , with the aim of educating the public on the Armenian American story. The project will be located on the corner of Verdugo Road and Mountain Street in... -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentHappy Birthday, Renee Elise Goldsberry Goldsberry played Nala in the Broadway production of The Lion King and was nominated for a Drama League Award for 'Distinguished Performance' and won a New York magazine Best of 2005 Award for her...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited Books‘some of the shocking revelations felt as though I was stripped of power and knowledge; that I was child still learning the ropes - and thats terrifying’ Alex thought she had everything under control. That she could tell the difference...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsAfter winning the Oscar for her performance as Effie White in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls, it was only a matter of time before Jennifer Hudson would grace the Great White Way. Well, she's made it… and feels as though...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited Books‘for me that was the magic of this book: I genuinely cared about the characters, something that I find increasingly rare’ Caleb and his father are inseparable, two showmen bound by the tie of their beautiful new puppet theatre, described...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from ArchDaily
A river is not usually the province of an architect. Cities grow around rivers, and buildings are built near rivers, but rarely is the river itself the subject of a design problem. Ever since news broke that Frank Gehry is leading a... -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Classical music - Google NewsColumbia Daily Tribune Personal space: Cellist shrinks the distance between classical music and ... Columbia Daily Tribune Pincombe's Music in Familiar Spaces tour, which began in October, has taken him to breweries, churches, homes...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentThe NAACP Beverly HillsHollywood Branch's Theatre Viewing Committee announces nominations for the 25th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. The awards include 32 categories, which encompass local and equity nominations. Winners will be announced...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentPlaywright Larry Kramer THE NORMAL HEART has come out in support of his friend Tonya Pinkins in a lengthy Facebook post.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsThe Broadway debut of Dames at Sea ends its run Jan. 3 at 3 PM at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The production officially opened Oct. 22, 2015, following previews that began Sept. 24.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from TheaterMania.comZhou is the codirector of the new Chinese dance extravaganza set to play Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Classical music - Google NewsAllentown Morning Call Classical music meets the circus at the State Theatre Allentown Morning Call A cast of jugglers, contortionists, gymnasts and strongmen will entertain as the Pennsylvania Philharmonic presents a concert of...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from ArchDaily
The Guarango House is located in Rumiloma, one of the hills that stems from the Ilaló, a hill that has recently been integrated to become part of Quito´s rapidly growing urban area. Rumiloma´s irregular topography with its steep slopes... -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from Slipped Disc
Gilberto Mendes passed away on January 1 morning in Santos at the age of 93. A pioneer of Bossa Nova, he founded the Musica Nova Festival. As a young man he studied in Darmstadt with Boulez and Stockhausen. -
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld has procured a preview from the upcoming Australian production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, starring Anthony Warlow. Below, go inside rehearsal with the company to watch Warlow and Mark Mitchell sing 'To Life' with the cast
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global PerspectiveTrack Listing: IN9-1881/The Search; Dugu Kamalemba; Band Of Borthers; Trinkle Tinkle; Ugly Beauty; JLR; Do You?; Bells Of Coutance; The Thumb; Go Down Moses; Tesori. Personnel: John Patitucci: electric bass; Adam Rogers: electric guitar;...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016 from ArchDaily
The landowner inherits a piece of land in a small alley in the suburb of Bangkok. On one side of the land located a two-storey apartment while the other side and the back are surrounded by private houses. The apartment is not high but... -
Sunday, January 3, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsHam4Ham, the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is playing, started 2016 with "Saturday Night Live" comedian Taran Killam who sang a "The 12 Days...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld is sad to report that actor Jason Wingreen, 95, died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Christmas Day, 2015.
