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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from It's Nice That
Not only is creating an image of a man lying prone, dressed as a piece of sushi hilarious; it’s also a way of succinctly challenging the patriarchy.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from ArtsJournal
“Just two years after winning the Costa novel award for Life After Life, … the novelist has landed the prize again for her follow-up, A God in Ruins. … Along with Atkinson, four other writers were named as winners in... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Fubiz™
Le photographe Gabriel Isak, basé à San Francisco et dont dont nous avions présenté le travail précédemment, signe de nouvelles créations entre mélancolie et surréalisme, parfois proches de onirisme. Des clichés qui nous plongent avec... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Dezeen
A curved wooden staircase connects the two floors of this penthouse apartment in Brussels , which architecture office B-ILD converted from two flats (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Dezeen
Design industry figures including Yves Behar, Clemens Weisshaar and Andrea Morgante have posted Instagram photos of their favourite products by Richard Sapper , who died on New Year's Eve . (more…) -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Hyperallergic
Start off 2016 by enjoying one or some of the many performance festivals happening this month, or visit the Reanimation Library in its new home, or catch a historical survey of art brut in America before it's gone. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtAs the race for the 2016 presidency hots up, we look at the great quotes from White House incumbents
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Aeon Magazine
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Cool Hunting
After two years of releasing solid gold singles and an EP, British singer-songwriter Rosie Lowe will finally be releasing her debut album Control on 19 February 2016 via Polydor. From it, she shares "Woman," singing thoughtfully on what... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Neatorama
Jeopardy! is generally known for being the most prim and proper of all game shows, with the ever stoic host Alex Trebek keeping the show on course. But sometimes contestants bring an hilariously awkward air to the show when they ring in... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Colossal
Indonesian artist Elicia Edijanto (previously) has long been fascinated in the bond between animals and children. In her stark black watercolor paintings she depicts predatory beasts like cheetahs and bears as having a direct and... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Feature Shoot
In a solitary corner of Northeast Colorado, the Mertens family makes their home on thousands of acres of wheat; before the rising of the sun, New York-based photographer Elliot Ross sits awake in the attic, where he has laid his head... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Fubiz™
Dans le cadre des Audi Talents Awards, nous vous présentons aujourd’hui le travail d’un des lauréats de l’année 2014 : Jérôme Dumetz. Liberté et Dock of the Bay sont deux bibliothèques en chêne massif dont la forme est... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BOOOOOOOM!
These ceramic sculptures by San Francisco-based artist Erika Sanada strike an interesting balance between creepy and cute. There’s a real tension in these works that the artist says is a struggle between joy and sorrow. More images... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comMushroom hunter Filip Eremita has spent his entire life discovering a virtual fantasy world that most of us can only imagine, and he has amazing photos to prove it. Eremita, a native of Slovenia , learned to hunt...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from NYT > ArtsKen Kratz, featured in the popular Netflix documentary, accused the filmmakers of harboring an agenda to portray a convicted murderer as innocent.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from artforum.comThe Guardian
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from NYT > ArtsTwo festivals, American Realness and Coil, open downtown; Big Dance offers short pieces; and the Royal Ballet exports a quadruple bill.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Fubiz™
L’artiste Cindy Chinn imagine de superbes sculptures sur des crayons à papier. Au sein de l’un de ses projets, elle transforme ces objets en de minutieux tunnels ferroviaires en utilisant le bois et la mine qui les composent.... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from artnet News
His new Berlin show coincides with the release of a book. - Jimi Hendrix Opens for The Monkees on a 1967 Tour; Then After 8 Shows, Flips Off the Crowd and QuitsTuesday, January 5, 2016 from Open Culture
It’s easy to dismiss The Monkees. Critics and listeners have been doing it since the sixties, although the band has also come in for its share of reappraisals, particularly for their psych-rock album Head. (That’s the soundtrack from the... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from artnet News
The newly developed method involves wheat starch and a vacuum cleaner. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BOOOOOOOM!
Fantastic paintings by Uppsala, Sweden-based artist Benjamin Bjorklund, who was at one time a prison night guard. More images below. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from It's Nice That
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from - Art RSS FeedIt takes forensic detective work to discover whether a painting is genuine or not
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Aeon Magazine
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Design*Sponge
From a picturesque Georgian mansion in the charming city of Norwich, England, textile designer and -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Bored Panda
What if a flower vase could be something more than just a static decorative element? What if it could...move? Japanese designer Keisuke Fujiwara created one like that. He designed a series of delicate drop-shaped vases that swing. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Cool Hunting
Already working nights and weekends on their first production vehicle, Faraday Future’s product creation chiefs—Richard Kim, Design and Nick Sampson, Engineering—took on another project; the FFZERO1, a concept race car. At other... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from ARTnewsMust-read stories from around the art world Read More
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Flavorwire
Late Night with Seth Meyers returned with perhaps the most apt post-holiday reference: Making a Murderer , and the fact that, in the last few weeks, Netflix’s crime docuseries dominated cultural conversation, splitting the pre-... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Bored Panda
Redditor kt2133 just shared an adorable photo of his brother holding a one-eyed dog that no one else wanted. Luckily for the puppy, he just found an owner who understands him! -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from ArtsJournal
The list ranges from perpetually oppressed art handlers and fact-checkers to poor, dissed Renoir and King Tut to, at the head of the list, the brave and beleaguered archaeologists caught in ISIS’s crossfire. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from artforum.comOana Sanziana Marian on Ionel Talpazan (1955–2015)
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Culture & LifestyleThe Austrian pianist is considered one of the 20th century's greats. Even after the end of his concert career, the old master still makes ears perk. Happy 85th birthday, Alfred Brendel.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Cool Hunting
Slip on one of The Hill-Side’s striped selvedge shirts or jacquard camo neckties and it’s not difficult to imagine yourself basking in an apartment outfitted with the same fashion-forward fabrics. Thanks to a new collaboration between... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Flavorwire
Further proving that no culture is dead forever in the post-millennium era is the news of Coachella’s 2016 lineup, which includes two reuniting (very different) bands as headliners: LCD Soundsystem and Guns N’ Roses. The... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Flavorwire
After a couple of very light weeks, the new release shelves are heavy with fresh DVDs and Blu-rays this week, and there are plenty of juicy titles to dig in to: a moving documentary, two terrific indie dramas, a stunning political... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Flavorwire
Late night TV has returned after the holidays, which mostly means people’s morning routines will once again include watching clips from the best of the late night shows they didn’t actually watch. …Read More -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Bored Panda
Puppies are cute, and bear cubs are cute, but puppies that look like bear cubs are the cutest of them all. Some time ago we posted a list of these adorable creatures, and the response was overwhelming—we had no idea that there were so... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from ArtsJournal
“CT imaging creates cross sections of the body, in addition to highlighting soft tissues. ‘We cannot say something about liver or heart diseases,’ says Saleem, a professor of radiology at Cairo University who... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Colossal
Improve all of your colored pencil drawings! Make your drawings more fun and fascinating with a portable, easy-to-use medium! Learn how with professional artist Susan Rubin in her online Craftsy class, Colored Pencil Essentials.... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from GalleristThe photo of the statue was yanked because it contained "bare skin" and "sexual undertones.”
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Dezeen
An indoor basketball court forms the atrium of this family home in eastern Japan by local firm Koizumi Sekkei (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Flavorwire
American Idol has been a staple of reality television competition series for the past 14 years, but now, after making so many musicians rich and famous (2? 3?) it’s finally wrapping up with its final season. And the judges have... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from It's Nice That
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BOOOOOOOM!
Short film edited by Laurent Joffrion (with music by Rougge) made to mark the release of ” Arctique,” a book featuring the work of French photographer Vincent Munier. Watch below! -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Flavorwire
Since the deaths of the two most outsider members of the Crawley clan in the third season of Downton Abbey , I have grown more and more skeptical of Julian Fellowes’ soap opera of manners. And yet, there I sat, tuning in to the... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from DeMilkedDeMilked | DeMilked
Your dog might not be a movie star, but you can easily make it look like one! Related posts: Four Girls Capture Famous Movie Locations In Real Life Minimalist Pictogram Movie Posters by H-57 Minimalist Typography Movie Posters by Patrik... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
Spatial awareness disappears in this installation of flickering interplay between shadow and light. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from ArchDaily
Founded in 1986 in Mexico City, Enrique Norten 's practice TEN Arquitectos is not known for a signature style, preferring to make each project a modernist-infused response to its own specific conditions. Nonetheless, they have become... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to help feature coverage in Albuquerque.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsAn epic struggle between two brothers throws Russian-American relations in jeopardy during this strong installment of Abbott’s series ( Inside Man , 2014, etc.) featuring ex –CIA sleuth Sam Capra. Just when Capra is sure he’s about to...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Creative Review
Fargo is a rare example of a classic film that has been turned into an equally classy TV series. We talk to Jeff Russo about the music he has composed for the TV version, and how he works with creator Noah Hawley. -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsThe story of a boy’s flight from a rapidly unraveling, murderous Afghanistan. Passarlay was 12 years old when his mother gave him strict orders: “Be brave. This is for your own good….However bad it gets, don’t come back .” His...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Slipped Disc
Amid an economic paralysis, work continues on the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens, which will include a Renzo Piano opera house budgeted at half a billion pounds sterling. The late Mr Niarchos is paying the... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Yatzer RSS FeedWorking on the intersection between fashion- and art-photography, German-born photographer Cathleen Naundorf creates painterly images that transport present-day haute couture to a world of exotic glamour and bygone grandeur.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentToday in 1946, the second Broadway revival of Showboat opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, and ran for 418 performances. Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from TrendlandThe new kind of traveller roaming the streets of Europe always carry their smartphone and are looking for the new underground cultural scene. These ‘digital native travelers’ don’t want anything to do with the typical...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Lost At E Minor: For creative people
Claire is just three years old but that doesn’t stop her from going on incredible adventures. For just over two years, Claire has visited abandoned prisons, military bases, coal mines, ... Read more The post Bull terrier and her... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsSignature Theatre's energetic, intimate new production of West Side Story has been dazzling DC-area audiences. Max Clayton, who lends his skills to iconic gang leader Riff, invites us backstage and into the world of West...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentAs BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, the daily 10 lottery at the Broadway musical Hamilton will move online for the winter starting today, January 5.The live lottery and live Ham4Ham show will return in the spring. It's just the first...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentAriana Grande surprised the audience at Jason Robert Brown had a surprise guest at his concert last night - international superstar Ariana Grande, who made her Broadway debut in the composer's show 13 THE MUSICAL.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Poets and WritersThe end of the year is often accompanied by the practice of looking back at the previous twelve months and drawing up “Best of” lists: best moments , best books , best songs . read more
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentEntertainment Weekly has shared a first look at the upcoming musical drama LA LA LAND from 'Whiplash' director Damien Chazelle.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from TrendlandOur friends over at Lexus released another cool project to keep their competitors on their toes! In their latest project, they put a team master craftsmen to the test as they tackled their ‘coolest concept yet’: the ice-tyre...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to help feature coverage in Anchorage.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsLittle ones learn all about their animal friends. The wide, wide world of animals is on full display in this board book. From squirrels to chickens to whales and ants, this simple book’s range is surprisingly expansive. Each animal is...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsJust because he’s lost an arm to Bonnie and Clyde doesn’t mean a Texas Ranger has to hang up his spurs. Anyone else would accept his fate after a shootout with the Depression era’s most famous criminal couple deprives him first of the...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from The StageShadow culture secretary Michael Dugher has been sacked after less than four months in the role. The move is the first in
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksViolence, swearing, sex, drinking, mental illness… teen/YA lit has had it all for over 40 years. Teen author Non Pratt on facing up to whatever readers fear – and exploring uncharted ethical territory Ask an author on a teen/YA panel at...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from TrendlandAnna Morgowicz was born and raised in Wroclaw, Poland. As a recent graduate from SVA in New York City, Morgowicz has an impressive portfolio of clients and remarkable work, including fashion, portrait, beauty, runway, fine art...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsA pioneering oncologist explores the latest advancements in general medicine. In previous volumes, Agus (Medicine and Engineering/Univ. of Southern California; A Short Guide to a Long Life , 2014, etc.) offered useful, accessible health...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from TrendlandIn a society influenced by technological change, 3D renderings are an aesthetic expression. Digital illustrations are rendered to create a photorealistic image; an illusion of reality.(...) Read More about Composition Art by Crap...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsBritish historian/writer Moore delivers the second volume in his authorized biography of the pioneering—and divisive—prime minister. As this volume opens, Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) is riding high on the British victory over Argentina...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from The StageEmma Rice will helm A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of her inaugural season as artistic director, which sees
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentJennifer Hudson, star of the current Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE, appeared on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS last night to discuss making her Broadway debut in the current revival.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Slipped Disc
Elizabeth Braw in the Economist spots a trend in Gianandrea Noseda’s Washington appointment. Suddenly, she says, everyone’s buying Italian – the Concertgebouw, Zurich, San Francisco Opera…. and there are more to... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Latest Broadway BuzzBelieve! Deaf West’s Spring Awakening revival is currently running on Broadway and on January 4, NBC News went behind the scenes of the groundbreaking production, profiling Wendla and the Voice of Wendla, Sandra Mae Frank and Katie...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksIs he hopelessly outdated, a standard-bearer for a discredited part of British history, or a writer with a profound understanding for all humanity? More from the Guardian Reading group The end of December 2015 marked the 150th...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Slipped Disc
An anonymous Norwegian, aged 24, has charted her progress on the violin in a video that has collected 1.2 million viewers. (We’re not quite sure why.) Anyone recognise her? -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentIn the television category of Awards or Event Special, Tony Award winner Derek McLane received two nominations, including his work as production designer for the 2015 OSCARS and NBC's THE WIZ LIVE.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to help feature coverage in Argentina.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld has confirmed the complete creative team for the upcoming Broadway engagement of the new comedy, FULLY COMMITTED, starring five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Playbill.com : NewsComplete casting has been announced for Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick's musical Disaster!, a parody of 1970's disaster movies, which begins previews Feb. 9 and officially opens March 8 at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Slipped Disc
Eugenia Choi, who has been in the tabloids for other reasons, has filed suit against a former business partner over an unorthodox method of purchasing a violin. According to court papers, entrepreneur Samer Hamadeh asked Choi in 2008 to... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to help feature coverage in Casper.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Songlines World Music News
Words by Michael Orniston Overtones (and undertones) of genius from Mongolian master ★★★★ For the past 25 years Mongolian khöömei has enthralled audiences worldwide. With roots in West Mongolia, Tuva and the Altai mountains, it has now... -
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Poets and WritersCaption: Man Booker Prize-winner Marlon James speaks with PBS NewsHour 's Jeffrey Brown about the voices in his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings (Riverhead Books, 2015), and what writing with all the senses means.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsTwo women become friends while working at Selznick International Studios during the heady days of filming Gone With the Wind. Violet Mayfield is from the South, but after a personal tragedy she leaves home to reinvent herself in the...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentProducersKevin McCollum, Doug MorrisandBerry Gordyare thrilled to announce that Broadway veteranChester Gregorywill join the First National Tour ofMOTOWN THE MUSICALin the leading role of Berry Gordy. Mr. Gregory's first performance will...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from TrendlandLocated in the northern side of the Cyclades, Tinos is the third largest island of island group. Well known as the “Island of Madonna”, Tinos is the greatest center of pilgrimage in Greece.(...) Read More about An Invisible Oasis in the...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited BooksIn All Day Long: A Portrait of Britain at Work, Biggs interviewed everyone from footballers to shoemakers about the activity in which we spend a third of our lives. She discusses a demanding, rewarding process I set myself an impossible...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Kirkus ReviewsA little mouse compares her things to her mother's, and all but one come up short. "My purse is good..." begins Bella, looking at her child's handbag, which is purple with a flower on it. "Mommy's is better," she continues after the page...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureTessa Hadley's new novel follows four siblings as they gather at a dilapidated family cottage for a bittersweet summer together. Critic Heller McAlpin praises Hadley's "wry compassion."
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comFinancial advice isn't hard. It's so simple that most of it fits on a single 4x6 index card. Really. Back in 2013, University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack wrote down all the basic financial advice a person might need on one index...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured ContentAfter two sold out shows Ellyn Marie Marsh is INAPPROPRIATE at Feinstein's54 Below last January, Ellyn just brought new show downtown to Joe's Pub.The show, billed 'A Night of Delusions of Grandeur' featuredhigh belting, comedy, popular...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Guardian Unlimited Books‘This book is a gripping read full of the supernatural’ Nobody Owens lives in a graveyard. He has lived there all his life. When he ventures out into the living world for the first time, the dangerous man who killed his parents hears of...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from a-n The Artists Information Company » NewsFor the first Now Showing selection of 2016, we explore painting after abstraction in London, consider artistic positions that have been hard won in Edinburgh, and try to make sense of the ‘reality’ around us in Manchester.
