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Tea Connoisseur Linda Villano
 

Wave Hill Hosts Tea Temptations with Linda Villano, Feb 19

2/9/2012 3:55 PM EST  -   Wave Hill
Bronx, NY, February 9, 2012— Warm body and soul at this workshop with tea connoisseur Linda Villano of SerendipiTea. Come discover a great variety of types and styles of tea from many different countries, experiencing the main categories of tea by seeing, touching, smelling and tasting. And you'll learn about different steeping methods, including water temperature, ratios and timing. Participants receive tea samples...

Behind the Dolphin Smile: The Fight to Save Dolphins Continues

2/8/2012 5:52 PM EST  -   Insight Editions
After the Academy Award®–winning film The Cove inspired a new movement in the fight to save dolphins, activist Richard O’Barry returns with a new edition of Behind the Dolphin Smile.
SAN RAFAEL, CA, February 8, 2012 — In March 2010, The Cove went on to win the Oscar® for Best Documentary. The film showcased long-time activist Richard O’Barry’s work to free dolphins from captivity and slaughter in an isolated...

WiMP enters into cooperation with Roskilde Festival

2/8/2012 6:30 AM EST  -   Aspiro Music
A musical love child is born. Roskilde Festival, known over the world to give the audience some of the very best music experiences by presenting an overflow of music in all genres, is now entering a collaboration with music streaming service WiMP. WiMP of course also represents an overflow of music and the basic love of music from both Roskilde Festival and WiMP therefore creates a breeding ground for a fruitful and...
Per Kirkeby Untitled, 1982 Chalk on Masonite 122 x 122 cm Galerie Michael Werner
 

Important Per Kirkeby retrospective to open at BOZAR, Brussels

2/8/2012 3:50 AM EST  -   Danish Agency for Culture
PRESS RELEASE, FEBRUARY 8 - 2012
This week, BOZAR, the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, will open a major exhibition of the internationally-acclaimed Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. This retrospective presents a variety of aspects of the Danish artist's considerable oeuvre. The exhibition also takes a look at the little-known realistic landscape paintings of the German avant-garde artist Kurt Schwitters. Denmark’s...
Kwanza Jones
 

Innovation Entertainment and Kwanza Jones partner with Talenthouse for T-Shirt D...

2/7/2012 6:03 PM EST  -   Innovation Entertainment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Innovation Entertainment Artist Kwanza Jones Partners with

Talenthouse and Invites All Creatives to Enter T-Shirt Design Contest

 (February 7, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA) Innovation Entertainment, an independent music company based out of Los Angeles, CA, has partnered with cutting-edge creative social media platform Talenthouse to launch a t-shirt design contest for Billboard charting artist...
Teen Drawing Workshop
 

Wave Hill Offers New Teen Drawing Intensive for President's Week

2/2/2012 2:10 PM EST  -   Wave Hill
Tuesday through Friday, Feb 21–Feb 24
Bronx, NY, January 31, 2012 - Together with artist and Family Art Project leader Ilse Murdock, experience a new freedom to think visually and hone your ability to draw what you see. This week-long program uses a variety of traditional drawing materials, including graphite, charcoal and ink, to help participants discover new avenues for expression and learn fundamentals of...
Rudey Loves: Jesus Loved Presents
 

Rudey Loves Reveals the Gift Industry’s Alter-Ego

2/2/2012 12:53 PM EST  -   Adessi
North East wrapping paper and giftware firm Rude Wrappings has undergone a total brand review as part of plans to target an increased share of the multi-billion pound UK giftware industry.

The firm, which launched successfully in 2010, has unveiled its new brand name - Rudey Loves - accompanied by a new logo and website, along with a fiercely ambitious strategy for growth in 2012 and beyond.

The rebrand is aimed...
Finn Juhl
 

100-year anniversary: Danish design icon Finn Juhl rediscovered

1/26/2012 6:25 AM EST  -   Danish Agency for Culture
Right now, international attention on Danish architects and furniture designers is greater than ever.  A new exhibition in Tokyo (Japan) is showcasing some of Danish designer Finn Juhl’s most important pieces of furniture design. In Gifu (Japan), a 1:1 copy of Finn Juhl's original Danish family house will open later this week and, at the UN headquarters in New York (USA), the Trusteeship Council Chamber, one of Finn...

Aspiro signs new deal for music streaming service in the Netherlands

1/26/2012 2:30 AM EST  -   Aspiro Music
Aspiro has today signed an agreement with a new ISP partner, Ziggo, in the Netherlands, for a WiMP-powered streaming music service. The agreement provides Aspiro with minimum revenues of SEK 9 million over a period of two years.
“This agreement is in line with Aspiro’s strategy to expand our music streaming service WiMP into new markets, and we are very happy to partner up with Ziggo, a major operator in the...
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Oscar nominated film features pioneering British Surgeon.

1/25/2012 8:08 AM EST  -   Curzon PR
London, 24 January 2012
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nomination of Saving Face, a documentary featuring pioneering British surgeon, Mohammad Jawad, in the category Documentary Short Subject for the 84th Academy Awards®  

Synopsis

SAVING FACE follows the personal stories of two acid attack victims as they are helped by eminent British reconstruction surgeon Mr. Mohammad Jawad —...