Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
WCPE Reviews Recent Works by Quatuor Mosaiques and Leif Ove Andsnes
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (December 19, 2007)—WCPE announces that its winter program guide, Quarter Notes, features CD reviews by Preview! announcers Deana Vassar and Paul Jordan. The recent releases by Quatuor Mosaiques’ and Leif Ove Andsnes’ are critiqued.
In Quarter Notes,Vassar reviews Andsnes’ “Ballad For Edvard Grieg” and Jordan reviews Mosaiques’ “Beethoven”. Both offer praise. Mosaiques is applauded for the use of historic period instruments in the string quartet’s performance…
Ellie Devers Dares Voice Actors to Speak the Truth in Secondary Worlds
Ellie Devers, professional voice actress and voice over coach, is this week’s guest lecturer on the popular Voice Over Experts Podcast, the most listened to educational podcast for beginner and professional voice actors. Ellie Devers teaches at Audio Paint Voices in New York with business partner, Frank Piazza.
In Ellie Devers’ lecture \"Truth and Dare”, voice actors learn how to create a secondary world, communicating truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Using the…
Announcing Directors Lounge Berlin 2008
The fourth Directors Lounge Berlin will take place from 7. - 17. february, at the time of the 58th Berlin International Festival, in the very heart of Berlin, the famous traditional shopping street Friedrichstrasse.
The Venue, centrally located in first floor of Nr 112A opened its doors exactly 100 years ago as one of Berlin´s first cinemas. A popular attraction for more than 50 years. Except for a seven year…
International Artists4Peace Join Campaign to Support Gandhi Institute Project wi …
18 December 2007.. Hanapepe, Kauai, HI, USA...In Business4Good Enterprises, a NY/SF/HI based development company, is pleased to announce an 88 day online auction event, commencing 8 April 2008 through 8 July 2008, and featuring 88 talented Artists4Peace from a global community representing 12 regions. Each Artist4Peace has pledged that a substantial amount of the proceeds from this innovative art appreciation campaign, beginning at 25% of profits from the proceeds, will…
The Chicago Show
Foursided Gallery presents a group show starring the City of Chicago.
In a celebration of our Windy City, 12 artists will exhibit a variety of Chicago-themed work, including painting, drawing, collage, and photography.
Featuring art by: Erin Anderson, Sarah K. Bierman, David Engle, Brian Graves, Adrienne Janci, Anna Kipervaser, Allison Leonard, Todd Mack, Kevin Moore, Ricardo Phillips, Kelly Reynolds, and Jake Watling.
Foursided Custom Framing Gallery presents:
THE CHICAGO SHOW
January 4th through January…
Passion for Life at the Florence Biennale
During the VI edition of the Florence International Biennale of Contemporary Art which took place from 1-9 December 2007, Antoine Gaber presented the latest developments in the Passion for Life programme.
Antoine Gaber, Canadian artist and researcher, is involved in the fight against cancer and is the founder of the Passion for Life programme which amongst other things organises exhibitions all over the world. International artists exhibit their works in…
Voice Over Times Industry News and Trade Publication Now Online
Information on the highly entertaining, lucrative and often mysterious world of voice acting is now available online at Voice Over Times, the online news website providing feature stories, product reviews, tutorials and opinion articles specific to the voice over industry propelling the public relations of the voice over world. Covering voice over in all aspects, this online news magazine will help its readers find the news and stories that they…
Accident Blackspot – group show of 13 artists at Markus Winter in Berlin
Ivin Ballen, Rob Erickson, Keltie Ferris, Chris Hanson & Hendrika Sonnenberg, Joseph Hart, Himi Jen Dricks, Fawn Krieger, Ree Morton, Ian Pedigo, Daniel Seiple, Ali Smith, Wendy White, Tamara Zahaykevich
The American artists Jim Lee and Rob Nadeau curate Accident Blackspot. Besides Ree Morton or Hanson/Sonnenberg, emerging artists like Ivin Ballen or Ian Pedigo are presented from January 18 till March 15, 2008.
Opening: Friday, January 18, 7 pm
Sculpture, painting and…
Voice Coaches President, David Bourgeois, Publishes New Podcast
Toronto, Canada - December 14 – David Bourgeois, voice over instructor, musician and businessman, is this week’s guest lecturer on the popular Voice Over Experts Podcast, the most listened to educational podcast for beginner and professional voice actors. David Bourgeois is the President and Creative Director of Voice Coaches in New York, an institution that instructs aspiring voice actors and shows them the ropes of the voice acting business.
In David…
Iconographic Familial Figures by Angela Policastro
Angela Policastro\'s exhibition is scheduled to be featured at Agora Gallery with the opening of The Odyssey Within: An Exhibition of Fine Art From Italy and Greece
Scheduled to run from December 14, 2007 through January 3, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 20, 2007, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Angela Policastro\'s work may be seen on
http://www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/Angela_Policastro.aspx …
Timelessness by Giannis Stratis
Giannis Stratis\' exhibition is scheduled to be featured at Agora Gallery with the opening of The Odyssey Within: An Exhibition of Fine Art From Italy and Greece
Scheduled to run from December 14, 2007 through January 3, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 20, 2007, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Giannis Stratis\' work may be seen on
http://www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/giannis_stratis.aspx
About Giannis Stratis:
Greek…
LogoBee creates logo design for Vienna Art Gallery
The FPKK Przeczek & Seredynski KG art gallery in Vienna has just recently received a logo design created by LogoBee. When one thinks about Vienna images of a rich cultural heritage, classical music and beautiful art usually come to mind. That is why Tomasz Seredynski decided to take his passion for art there and establish an art gallery. The gallery deals mostly in modern and contemporary art.…
WCPE Offers Birthday Tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethovenfest to Air December 14 through 16 on TheClassicalStation.org
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (December 10, 2007)—William Woltz, music director for WCPE, TheClassicalStation.org, announces today that in recognition of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Birthday, WCPE is offering Beethovenfest the weekend of December 14.
The weekend radio festival will capture the full range of Beethoven’s compositions, beginning at 7 a.m. ET on December 14 with “Leonore Overture No 3.” The weekend offerings will…
New comic book company gives Opportunity to break into the industry with their i …
A new comic book company that devotes its development through the means of an online community has begun to start an online viral marketing campaign through the means of YouTube videos and word of mouth advertising. This new comic book company is called “Planet X Fiction.”
The goal of Planet X Fiction is to help new talent that is interested in pursuing a career within the comic book industry the…
Chapel Hill Community Chorus to be featured on WCPE Preview
Interview to air Sunday, December 9 at 7 p.m. ET
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (December 7, 2007) – TheClassicalStation.org announces today that its weekly program Preview! will feature an interview with the Chapel Hill Community Chorus’ (CHCC) Conductor Dr. Sue. T. Klausmeyer. The interview will air Sunday, December 9 at 7 p.m. ET.
Highlighting the discussion will be the CHCC’s upcoming holiday performance “A Festival of Carols” featuring a performance of…
The Art of Miniature Painting
As an artist, Rebecca Latham as well as her mother, Karen, and sister, Bonnie, strive for detail in their painting. Studying with a Flemish master, they have developed their styles for painting extreme realism. Their works, both large and small, are painted “in miniature”.
Early Beginnings
Miniature painting is a traditional style of art that is very detailed, often referred to as painting or working “in miniature”. Because…
Winner Communications Launches A New Direct Response Math Made Easy And Tutorial …
Brooklyn, N.Y. , December 3, 2007. Winner Communications announced that it has begun testing a new Math Made Easy and Tutorialchannnel.com ad on national cable TV. During the month of November, the Math Made Easy one minute ad was aired on the MSN cable channel, while the Tutorialchannel.com ad was aired on The Learning Channel.
According to Mr. Martin Feinberg, President of Winner Communications, “The TV ad Campaign for both…
Kansas Based Artist Has First Book Published
Mike Sexton, owner of Birdman's Designs- birdmansart.com -a digital artist & graphic designer as well as website designer based in Junction City, Kansas, has had his 1st art book published! This past May Mr. Sexton won a people's choice art contest held by Kennedy Publishing and first prize was a publication deal for his artwork. Mr. Sexton has been a professional artist for approximately 3 and half years now…
SUBJECTIVE REALITY-A journey into the Neo-Psychedelic Art Movement featuring Sko …
What: Exhibition Opening and Happenings at Harold Golen Gallery
When: 3 openings during the Art Basel Fair, on Dec. 6th, 7th and 8th, 2007.
7-11 p.m. each day.
SUBJECTIVE REALITY will run through to January 5th.
Where: 2921 NW 6th Ave, Wynwood Art District, Miami FL 33127 (4 blocks west of the Rubell Collection)…
The German violinist Ingolf Turban plays unpublished works by Paganini
Saturday December 15, at the Auditorium of the Casa Paganini in Genoa, will be a special occasion.
The German violinist Ingolf Turban and the guitarist Adriano Sebastiani will be giving a concert (commencing at 8.30 pm) in which they will present the world premieres of six pieces by Niccolò Paganini recently rediscovered in the Sivori Archive. The set of \"Sei Cantabili e Valtz\" are pieces Paganini wrote for guitar and violin…
Olympic Spirit in art: ARTIADE opens its gates for the fourth time
ARTIADE - Olympics of Art to take place in conjunction with Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 and Los Angeles // A global unique Art Event next to the Olympic Games // Artists will once again represent their nations as Cultural Ambassadors // ARTIADE under the aegis of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) // International jury expects a great number of interesting applications Los Angeles and Beijing, October 11th 2007: Registration for…
Works of art to give away, the ARTFRAGMENTPUZZLEPROJECT in five continents
The artist Wolfgang Sandt is going to start the
ARTFRAGMENTPUZZLEPROJECT
a worldwide art project for virtual and reallife communication, using art in a playful way.
Wolfgang Sandt will give away five works of art (pieces of art literally) for free, one in every continent.
Everybody can apply for a piece of art .
More information will be given shortly on the artist´s homepage
www.atelier-wolfgangsandt.de
P.S. One thing can be already revealed. Stone will play an…
An Event-Filled Biennale
The sixth edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 1st - 9th December, 2007. 840 artists coming from 76 countries will be exhibiting more than 2,500 artworks and there will be an extraordinary meeting of cultures, languages and diverse artistic styles. The actress Anne Archer, Ambassador of the association Artists for Human Rights is coming to Florence to award…
"Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out" Great Holiday Gift For Music Lovers
As a friend and cohort of some of rock music\'s biggest legends – the Who, Rod Stewart and the Faces, the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, Joe Walsh and the James Gang, and many others- photographer Tom Wright was given unparalleled access to almost every aspect of the musicians\' lives, on- and offstage.
Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out, with a foreword by the Who\'s Pete Townshend, is a compilation of…
A Bucket of Ashes, a romantic novel by Jill Lanchbery is publised by Libros Inte …
At the heart of A Bucket of Ashes by Jill Lanchbery is an old fashioned love story. Joanna Townsend has it all. She has her own home in a beautiful Sussex village, a successful career as a freelance fashion illustrator, a fourteen year old son who she adores and a gorgeous boyfriend, Tom who wants to marry her.
Sally Akinola, mother of four teenage daughters, thinks she has it all too…
XXX-mas Party at Strychnin London
Featuring work by German photographer Annie Bertram and Christmas Ornaments by Elmer Presslee, Bijou, Angie Mason, Christina Graf, Laurie Lipton, Lucien Shapiro, Ver Mar, Jason Jacenko, Eduardo Benedetto, Till Krautkraemer, Chet Zar, Kristen Ferrell, Tim Roosen, Lisa Mei Ling Fong, Mimi S., Ansgar Noeth, Alexander Sterzel, Travis Lindquist, Danielle de Picciotto, Miraschi, Raf Veulemans, David Hochbaum, Marc Janssens, Virginie Ropars, Daniel Van Nes.
Music by Alexander Wolfe.
More than twenty of…
Online Tutoring Service Brings Assistance to Math Students
If the nation’s top math students are on a train headed east at 80MPH, and all the students who are flunking math are on a train headed west at 75MPH, and both trains leave at the same time from stations 267 miles apart. . . why can’t Timmy figure out that 6 X 8 = 48?
A crisis exists in math education today. American students are falling behind in record numbers…
Barnes & Noble CEO On Roadwork: "Probably The Best Book On Rock & Roll Ever Publ …
New York, NY – In an extraordinary endorsement, Barnes & Noble Booksellers CEO Steve Riggio has called Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out by photographer Tom Wright \"probably the best book on rock & roll ever published.\"
Riggio joins others in his praise of Wright\'s photo-laden memoir of life inside rock\'s inner circle. Don Carleton, director of the Center for American History, hails Roadwork as \"a major contribution to…
Why Nigerian-born author says Don't Africa Me
Lashes out at CNN, Angelina Jolie, Black immigrants, Feed The Children, others for hurting Africa
Coralville Iowa --- Though Nigeria is tainted by advance fee fraud and China by lead-laden toys, a Nigerian in America is still called an African (by his continental identity) while a Chinese is called a Chinese (by his national identity). Many “African” immigrants still threaten to send their disobedient kids “back to Africa,” portraying Africa as…
GrandVista Music Brings New Vision To Old Standards
Nashville, Tenn. - What is old is made new again - that\'s the philosophy behind GrandVista Music and their new 3-cd box set How Sweet The Sound. Chris Walters and Paul Binkley have united to produce a new sound in hymns. Fusing smooth jazz and old-fashioned melody through orchestral arrangements reveals yet another facet of these timeless songs. The Christmas Hymns bonus CD is especially interesting because a children\'s choir…
The silence also knows how to speak
Spanish mime actor Carlos Martínez celebrates his 25th stage anniversary
Since 1982 Carlos Martínez has constructed a world of theatre that unites temperament and nuance with modern mime technique. As a passionate observer of our humanity, he reveals seemingly insignificant encounters where we discover our own reflection. The actor transforms the ordinary events of daily life into extraordinary performances with the skill of an artisan and the wisdom of an artist…
Robert Galbraith Commences as Host of WCPE Opera House Dec. 6
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (November 28, 2007)—TheClassicalStation.org announces today that Robert Galbraith, founding artistic director of the Opera Company of North Carolina, will begin his tenure as host of the WCPE Opera House on Thursday, December 6. Galbraith looks to build upon the legacy of the late Al Ruocchio and will feature Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” as the first performance in a three-month celebration of Shakespearean-inspired operas.
“I am looking forward to…
Prestigio Opens the Gifts Season
Limassol (Cyprus), November 20, 2007 -- Prestigio Technologies Ltd., a dynamic international vendor of state-of-the-art products for Digital Home and Digital Office, has announced the upcoming postcard contest entitled “Prestigio New Year Greetings” starting from November 20 through December 20, 2007. Prestigio is thrilled to invite all works from all designers not depending on age or professional level to compete for astonishing prizes or to win Grand Prix.
Christmas is…
Choice items at Hamburg evening auction of “Rare Books”
Ketterer Kunst attains sales quota of 83%
Hamburg, 22 November 2007 (kk) - Outstanding results were achieved at the two-day Ketterer Kunst auction marathon in Hamburg. With overall estimates amounting to € 475 000, the evening auction alone made € 600 000*. The sales quota for objects in the division expressly allocated to the evening auction is 83%. The overall proceeds from the auction of Rare Books - Manuscripts - Autographs…
Societás and Medium Magazine announce the winners of the Creative Graduate Priz …
American photographer Carrie Schechter wins the Best Static Art Award and Welsh filmmaker Gareth Lloyd wins the Best Animated Art Award in the Creative Graduate Prize 2007.
The online visual arts awards were launched in 2005 by web/print/live arts platform Medium Magazine and creative think tank and incubator Societás. Designed to recognise the best emerging illustrators, photographers and artists worldwide the awards annually attract entries from creative graduates in both the…
West Midland Printer Short-listed For Major Award
Simon Griffiths, a partner in West Midland printers Pazo Print is over the moon at having been nominated and short-listed for the Digital Printer Magazine Award. The award will be presented on the 29th November at the Hyatt Regency in London.
Pazo are specialist digital printers and have only been operating for about a year, but in this short time have swiftly been recognized for their innovative approach to high…
Online Drumming in a Hi-Tech World
The hi-tech digital age and long distance communication and creativity continue to morph and adapt to new technology and the music world is no different! It too is scrambling to keep up.
There was once the tradition that recording musicians HAD to meet under one roof and a series of microphones to produce fine quality music. With the advent of high speed internet, ftp storage sites and mp3\'s, the ability to…
Bring Smiles with RUSNAK Toy Drive for Foster Care Charity
(Pasadena, CA) Bringing joy to children during the holidays is relatively easy. Feasting on a gingerbread house, unwrapping a toy, or taking a picture with Santa Claus are ways to brighten a child’s day during this time. For foster care children living at Hillsides, there is no difference. With the generous support from RUSNAK Auto Group, children at Hillsides, the foster care children’s charity, will experience a day of joy.
RUSNAK…
Robert Babicz aka Rob Acid ‚Basic’ Remix Contest
FOEM, a netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international remix contest with the scene-icon Robert Babicz, aka Rob Acid. Among many other prizes, there is the chance to be featured on Rob’s newest record for the label tanzbar|musik. Entries are welcomed from any talented producer. The contest is running from 1.11.2007 until 31.1.2008 on the FOEM website: http://foem.info
Rob Acid has been a world wide symbol for Acid Techno since…
WCPE New World Weekend: Thanksgiving Programming Honors American Composers and H …
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (November 14, 2007) — Music Director William Woltz of WCPE, TheClassicalStation.Org announces the Thanksgiving Weekend Great Classical Music line-up. The selections will focus on the diverse heritage of the people that have become the American melting pot and how international styles and traditions have blended and are being transformed to create America’s unique culture and music.
“Thanksgiving Weekend has always been a celebration of welcome,” says Music…
Author Feather Schwartz Foster to Speak About First Ladies in Morristown, NJ
MORRISTOWN, NJ – If you’ve ever wondered what the “old” First Ladies were like – the ones from Martha Washington through Mamie Eisenhower, then you’ll get an earful with “LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities.” Its author, Feather Schwartz Foster, a Scotch Plains resident, will be discussing her book entitled “LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities” at a meeting of the Morristown Woman’s Club, 51 South Street, Morristown,…
Inspiration Sounds Release Funked Up Horns
Inspiration Sounds have released a new 47MB Downloadable Sample Pack called Funked Up Horns.
FUNKED UP HORNS features 120 Horn (Saxophone and Trumpet section) Riffs performed exclusively by one of the UK\'s leading Trumpet players (Glastonbury, Hyde Park, Top of the Pops, MTV) and a world class Saxophonist. Essential for producing any style of music.
CONTENTS: 47MB Downloadable Sample Pack featuring 120 riffs in .WAV format. Includes riffs in these Keys: A,…
Inspiration Sounds Release Funked Up Bass Guitars
Inspiration Sounds have released a new 240MB Downloadable Sample Pack called Funked Up Bass Guitars.
FUNKED UP BASS GUITARS is a new 240MB Downloadable Sample Pack from the Inspiration Sounds label which features 640 of the Funkiest Bass Loops ever recorded. Performed exclusively by one of the UK\'s finest bass guitarists and essential for producing any style of music.
CONTENTS: 240MB Sample Pack. Includes both 1963 Fender Precision Bass loops and 5-String…
Charity Auction on eBay for Gibson
San Luis Obispo, CA, November 26, 2007 - Bidding has now started on eBay for the guitar that made “Stairway to Heaven” a hit.
A rare “aged” reproduction of Jimmy Page’s s signature EDS-1275 Double Neck Guitar is being sold for charity with eBay Giving Works, eBay’s dedicated charity listing program. The Jimmy Page Guitar Charity Auction runs November 26 to December 6, 2007 with 10% of the winning proceeds benefiting…
FAMOUS «DESSANGE» HAS VISITED MINSK
Benjamin Dessange, the son of famous Jasques Dessange, Head of present day «Dessange» corporation, has visited Minsk on the 14th of November, 2007. His visit to Minsk was dedicated to 50 years anniversary of the first hairdressing «Dessange» salon’s appearance in Paris.
The history of trade mark «Dessange» started in 1956 when a young barber Jasques Dessange opened the first beauty salon at Franklin Ruzvelt Avenue not so far from…
Mastering Jazz Improvisation
The New Yorker Saxophonist Evan Tate presents his new books “250 Jazz Patterns” and “Blues & Rhythm Changes in All Keys”.
The most innovative feature of these books are what he calls “Improv Etudes”.
Just as Etudes (Studies) are used in learning the language of classical music, \"Improv Etudes\" are used here to learn and understand the jazz improvisational language.
The \"Improv Etudes\" are designed to help you super-charge your…
Terranova Editores lanza campaña promocional para período navideño
La editorial puertorriqueña Terranova Editores lanzará el próximo 19 de noviembre su primera campaña promocional para fomentar el obsequio de libros durante la época navideña.
Con esta iniciativa de promoción, la editorial, con apenas cuatro años en el mercado editorial puertorriqueño y un catálogo de sobre cincuenta títulos, se coloca así a la delantera en el sector de las publicaciones en la isla.
La campaña “En Navidad, regale un libro” incluirá…
OnCell Reaches Agreement with Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Rochester, NY, November 15, 2007 – OnCell Systems, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand, location-based multimedia content to cell phones and other mobile devices, announced today that an agreement has been reached with the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art , located in Ithaca, New York. Through their OnCell Audio service, Oncell Systems will provide a cell phone audio tour service to the museum located on the campus of Cornell…
Scalamandre Internet Auction Opens November 24
Scalamandre, the doyen company of American silks and satins, will present an Internet auction of fine fabrics and trims, wall papers, rugs, furniture, lighting, and weaving artifacts from their original mill in Long Island City, NY.
The auction preview is posted on line at http://gallery.lldspecialtysales.com/. The bidding begins on November 24 and the auction closes Saturday, December 1. Register to bid in the auction at www.antiquesyes.com.
“We are thinning out our Long…
Shanghai, portrait of a city in the night
Futuristic architectures, smoky urban atmospheres, neon lights, images from one of the most sophisticated Asian metropolis.
The photographer shows the portrait of a labyrinthine city, exotic and mysterious which overnight shows its hidden sides through fascinating play of light and shadows.
Each image is accompanied by a back noise, the sound of a metropolis that has temporary slowed his race, the padded sound of a development that seems unstoppable even…
