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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comThere's still some time for one last Grand Tour this summer. Here are a few blockbuster shows worth visiting before the season ends. By Justin Quirk , August 26, 2015 1. Tracey Emin and Egon Schiele: Where I Want To Go : Emin's first...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgGiotto, l’Italia, is the major exhibition that will conclude the semester of Expo 2015 at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. The exhibition, sponsored by the Ministry of the Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism and the City of...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Flavorwire
“Decadence” is one of those words whose meanings have been eroded by capitalism’s favorite destroyer of language, advertising. In 2015, you can eat a decadent dessert or rent a decadent hotel suite or find it almost... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Fubiz™
L’architecte roumaine Ioana Vinc utilise des cuillères en guise de toiles pour créer ces minuscules compositions visuelles entièrement réalisées avec des épluchures de fruits, légumes et quelques ingrédients. Dans le creux de ses... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Archinect
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comHot off the Easel is a new monthly feature blog that I am introducing with this edition. It is designed to showcase a cross-section of vital and varied contemporary paintings. Artist Ayn Choi with We're All Fragile Beings and Do What We...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from ArchDaily
“How can you improve the look of the hotelboat, in order to make it fit in with the dynamics and creativity of the NDSM wharf, in the north of Amsterdam?” -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Dezeen
This holiday chalet by Bangalore firm Biome Environmental Solutions has walls of stone and mud brick, and nestles into a hillside overlooking a tea and coffee plantation in southern India (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from ArchDaily
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has begun work on FPT University Ho Chi Minh City , a building set to begin a renewal of the natural landscape previously destroyed by mass development. In the city of Ho Chi Minh , Vietnam , only 0.25% of... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Dezeen
Google has revealed a simplified new logo , a month after the tech giant announced a company-wide restructure with the launch of umbrella brand Alphabet. (more…) -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Cool Hunting
To put it simply, Dyson knows a lot about air. From their vacuums and Airblade, to their fan's patented Air Multiplier technology, the brand has reimagined manipulation of environmental flow. It only makes sense, then, that they would... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Flavorwire
A lot of people have a lot of things to say about the lot-of-Miley everyone experienced this weekend, with the coupling of the VMAs, her completely ignorant remarks on Nicki Minaj in the New York Times , Nicki Minaj’s response to... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from ArchDaily
As the global economy grows uncertain, homeowners are getting more creative in order to afford essential residential spaces. The tiny house movement has gained a foothold worldwide, encouraging the construction of homes as small as 150... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comOur bodies are permeable shields, protecting our glorious, gushy insides from harm's way. They act as the barrier between our guts and veins and blood and the many wonders of the external world. Of course, get a little creative with your...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comHello friends, family, and the cyber world! My name is Anna Snapp, and I am here on HuffPost to write about my journey through rehearsing and performing my autobiographical one woman show, "I Found That The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow". In...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comI'm writing a libretto about Orson Welles right now. Searching, as so many have, for Welles' Rosebud has made me think about my own. So I wrote to a trusted friend and asked him what he thinks has inspired my life's work. "Loss," and...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Cool Hunting
by Michael Frank There is a moment while I’m driving the $285,000, 642-horsepower McLaren 650S Spider that physically hurts. The car is hurtling fluidly around a corner with so much tenacity and grip that I can feel the g-forces bending... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Aeon MagazineIn 2007, the Whole Foods supermarket chain built one of their largest stores on New York City’s storied Lower East Side, occupying an entire block of East Houston Street from the Bowery to Chrystie Street. For the well-off, the abundant...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Fubiz™
Le site internet Mr. Printables propose de télécharger gratuitement des patrons afin de fabriquer soi-même des petits objets en cartons. Les créations aux designs géométriques bénéficient d’un modèle en PDF à imprimer. Certaines... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Fubiz™
En attendant la sortie du septième volet de la saga Star Wars, « Le réveil de la force », l’artiste Kyle Hagey a imaginé une série de posters numériques représentant les personnages en vacances. Pendant que Dark... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comMajor props to these scientists for introducing us to a whole new world of wonderfully wacky animals. People in the science community took to Twitter , this week to participate in the most adorable social media battle known to...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from DesignFaves
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comSetting aside Jonathan Franzen's ubiquitously discussed new novel Purity , fall 2015 is an embarrassment of literary riches. Intriguing fiction debuts, humorous essays from masters of the form and new offerings from some of the...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from PictureCorrect Photography Tips
Surrealism is often seen as more of a painter’s style than a photographer’s. Randy Scott Slavin turns that concept on its head with his unique, surrealistic style of extreme panoramic photography. In his project, Alternate Perspective,... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.com"Circulation is down; apathy is up." That's what John Marr had to say about his hobby in a 1999 essay called "Zines Are Dead," pointing out the contrasting ease of writing on the Internet. "The web has made a reality out of the fantasies...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from DesignFaves
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comA toddler's viral rendition of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" is earning accolades from parents, "Les Misérables" fanatics and even Broadway stars. Mom Erin Frehner uploaded this brilliant video of her 3-year-old son Koen...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Flavorwire
Idris Elba should be the next James Bond. It just makes sense. Everyone agrees. …Read More -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from PictureCorrect Photography Tips
Making a photograph can be as easy as going for a walk with your camera, but it can also be an elaborate process that involves days of planning and determination. Photographer Aaron Nace walks us through his process as he goes from the... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Dezeen
New Zealand has narrowed down the options for its potential new flag design to include three fern motifs and a traditional koru emblem (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comJoss Carter in Salvation Formerly, sinful digression resulted in the degradation of one's esteem, body, or integrity. And so salvation was sought through self-inflicted pain and suffering. Today, degrading one's self is all the rage, and...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Cool Hunting
In bike-friendly cities, more often than not, one's ride is stored in a sea of other bikes, or in the closest place available—which might not be the easiest to remember. One year ago, Amsterdam-based studio FROLIC proposed a simple... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Colossal
Ahead of the 15th annual NuArt street art festival opening this weekend in Norway, French artists Ella & Pitr completed work on this absolutely enormous mural on the rooftop of the Block Berge Bygg construction company located in... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Cool Hunting
In 1982, sound engineer Dr Andy Moorer created the now iconic THX Deep Note—a slow, building chord that alerts movie-goers that the theater's sound system is THX-certified. Now, over 30 years later, THX and Moorer have released... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Feature Shoot
© Ben Thomas With population growth and urbanization, mankind has substituted outward expansion for upward development. Vertical living, a phenomenon that encompasses high-rises, tower blocks, and skyscrapers, is changing how we inhabit... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Colossal
Billed as the largest free nautical event in the world, Sail Amsterdam is a quinquennial (every five years) gathering of 600+ boats and tall ships that sail in a circuit in the Netherland’s North Sea Canal before mooring in... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Cool Hunting
Made from the softest, revered fibers of Peruvian baby alpaca, this Luft Throw from Fells / Åndes—a new San Francisco-based brand championing "warm minimalism"—is an indulgent way to stay warm at home. The cyan color whispers across the... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Flavorwire
Jane the Virgin recently courted Britney Spears to guest star in the show’s second season, playing a version of herself who’s also Rogelio de la Vega’s nemesis. Now, Entertainment Weekly has announced that the... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from ArchDaily
Replacing an existing structure used as a barn on a farm in the region of Bio Bio, it is requested to rebuild a higher-capacity version with 4 stables, 2 cellars and 1 trough. -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Colossal
Web Designer News features the breaking news stories of the day, sourced by designers for designers. Handpicked by industry experts from hundreds of blog, social media, and news posts; the site features tools and apps, case studies, code... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Archinect
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from ArchDaily
From the 2,000-year-old Temple of Baalshamin to the city of Nimrud , ISIS has destroyed countless monuments and relics. Now archaeologists from Harvard and Oxford have teamed up with UNESCO World Heritage and the epigraphical database... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Feature Shoot
Along the lush banks of Sian Ka’an reserve in Mexico, Brooklyn-based photographer Alejandro Durán has discovered heaps of plastic refuse originating from more than fifty countries and all six human-inhabited continents. -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : News"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" will kick off its new season Sept. 8 on NBC. Guests for the first week of the fall season have been announced: Included in the lineup is Grammy winner Carrie Underwood, who starred in...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsCleveland's Playhouse Square will dim its lights Sept. 1 at 9 PM in memory of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the young star of Les Miserables who died tragically Aug. 29 at the age of 21.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsEddie Redmayne, who took home an Oscar this past spring for his leading performance in "The Theory of Everything," will next portray transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl." Directed by Tom Hooper, the film...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The formidable Greek composer, 90 this summer, speaks of his life and struggles in another fascinating interview from Bruce Duffie’s archive. ‘ I like very much the English language for his simplicity, for his music. My... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Fox News reports: California music teacher Chris Ling killed himself in Sherman Oaks today as US Marshal served warrant in UK child abuse case. Ling had been accused of misconduct with students of high school age while working as a... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comOne of my best friends from 8th grade invested $25,000 in Uber's first round. That $25,000 is now worth $50,000,000. I can say, "I wish that were me!" but I don't deserve it. He spent his 20s building his network in Silicon Valley so he...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzStage and screen fave Zachary Levi is the hero of the hour with this latest Great White Way casting switcheroo! The Broadway alum will replace the previously announced Josh Radnor as Georg in She Loves Me . Radnor has departed the...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comYesterday we published a review , which first appeared in the new online publication The National Book Review , by Dorothy Samuels of Katha Pollitt's PRO: Reclaiming Abortion Rights . What follows is a Q&A Samuels conducted with Pollitt...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS FeedAh, the sight gag: favorite joke of binge-watchers and internet sleuths whose greatest thrill is combing a sprawling episodic narrative for background jokes to boost their fan cred. Inserting the subtle Post-Its, joke logos, and, in the...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comIs she as fantastic up close as she seems on paper? Is she a big, fat, talentless phony? Why does she keep to herself? Is she, in fact, a man? The rumors that have surrounded the identity of author Elena Ferrante are not unlike...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from NYT > BooksAdam Kirsch and Charles McGrath discuss what it takes to pass judgment on the arts.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFeeling nervous about the new term? The Book Doctor recommends school stories to make it better, from Malory Towers to Andy Mulligan’s Ribblestrop to Arabella Weir’s fabulous Tabitha Baird – all the way to the Wimpy Kid books I’m feeling...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe two-actor musical Daddy Long Legs — by Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre) and Tony-winning librettist-director John Caird (Les Misérables) — has...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Under pressure from pro-Kiev activists, Lufthansa has followed KLM in removing recxordings by the pianist Valentina Lisitsa from its inflight entertainment. Lisitsa has taken a militant stand in favour of Russian occupation of Crimea and... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThis list is updated periodically.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksWriters for young people are often urged to get rid of the parents as a first rule, but Sally Nicholls urges for space to stories about loving families too, whatever their shape and size Watch a video of Sally on her Guardian children’s...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzBah, Humbug! Oscar winner Jim Broadbent will return to the stage to play Scrooge in a new version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Directed by Phelim McDermott and adapted by Patrick Barlow, the production will play a limited...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsPopMatters Cacophonies and Heavenly Choruses: A Cure for the Classical Blues PopMatters For generations, cultural cynics and grumblers have warned that “serious music ” (i.e., classical orchestral music ) is suffering from some incurable...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsHuffington Post UK James Rhodes, Instrumental: A Powerful Memoir on Child Abuse and Classical Music Huffington Post UK James is a popular pianist who is creating a huge following as a result of his willingness to challenge the stuffiness...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsJoe McElderry, who won the sixth series of the U.K.'s "The X Factor" and subsequently won two more reality TV shows (the second series of ITV's "Popstar to Operastar" and Channel 4's "The Jump")...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe international tour of Pippin will play the Tokyo Theatre Orb Sept. 4-20.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe author of The Corrections and the new novel Purity likens writing to losing himself in a dream. "When it's really going well ... you're in a fantasy land and feeling no pain," he says.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsOlivier and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone, recently seen in the Lincoln Center Theater production of Shows For Days, will return to the Showtime drama series "Penny Dreadful" this season as a series regular.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe premiere of Big Apple Circus' new production, "The Grand Tour," which kicks off Big Apple Circus' 38th season, will open Oct. 21 and run through Jan. 10, 2016, at Lincoln Center.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Slipped Disc
David Gockley, head of San Francisco Opera, has hit out at New York critics for praising anything foreign and ignoring US composers. His particular target was British composer George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin’ which... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsAndrew Keenan-Bolger, who originated the role of Crutchie on Broadway, performed a new song written for his character in the national tour of Newsies, at 54 Below's Newsboys of New York Reunite concert Aug. 24.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comOver the years, I've had the good fortune to interview many acclaimed authors. They answer questions with refreshing candor. Here are some of the most successful writers telling it like it is. You left your day job to write full-time....
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzIt's going to be one fine day when the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical premieres in Providence on September 15 and begins to make its way across the country. Abby Mueller stars as the titular singer/songwriter,...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsHoustonia Magazine Fall Arts Preview 2015: Classical Music Houstonia Magazine The relationship between Emanuel Ax and Johannes Brahms might be the greatest in classical music history (if not for the fact that Ax is currently alive and 66...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzIt was a hot night in the city when original Saturday Night Fever stars Orfeh, James Carpinello and Paige Price put on their boogie shoes and headed to 54 Below. The reunion on August 31 made us wish the talented cast was still belting...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsFun Home Tony Award nominee Sydney Lucas will be part of the Sept. 21 concert reading of Hollywood Arms, the autobiographical 2002 play by actress Carol Burnett and her late daughter Carrie Hamilton.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe practice of reading tea leaves had its heyday during Victorian times, when fascination with the occult and self-analysis thrived. It was safer than other forms of divination, and persists today.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
Post on Dyer's Facebook page: "Wayne has left his body, passing away through the night."
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsJim Broadbent, the Oscar-winning actor (for "Iris") who is also well known for his appearances in the "Harry Potter," "The Iron Lady," Woody Allen's "Bullets over Broadway" and Mike...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from NYT > BooksIn the wake of a tragedy, the affected reckon with complicated pasts.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The office of the Manhattan Public Administrator is seeking relatives of Eugene Bergen, a violinist in the NY Philharmonic who died in 2012, aged 96, leaving no known relatives. Among other assets, Bergen owned a Gagliano violin. Read... -
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS FeedAll images courtesy of the artist Growing up in a deeply religious community means you do things a little differently. In the case of experimental video artist Minister Akins , it meant long hours spent in hot churches punctuated by the...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comSetting aside Jonathan Franzen's ubiquitously discussed new novel Purity , fall 2015 is an embarrassment of literary riches. Intriguing fiction debuts, humorous essays from masters of the form and new offerings from some of the...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsMack & Mabel is a musical known for its brief run on Broadway more than 30 years ago, so what drove "Sweet Valley High" author Francine Pascal to rewrite the book for a production in London?
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe poster for Deaf West's production of Spring Awakening, which arrives on Broadway this month, includes a secret that non-signing people may not instantly recognize.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS FeedWaves of Grace. All images via Vrse.works Think of VR filmmaking and you'll probably conjure images of fantastical CG worlds where viewers get lost and escape reality. But the films of virtual reality production company Vrse.works...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.com"Writers, fall into two groups" said Isaac Asimov, acclaimed science fiction author. "Those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review." Sound like anyone you know?...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from NYT > BooksCarrie Brownstein will be traveling to 11 cities across the United States this fall to promote her memoir, “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl,” due in October.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFor Latin Americans, the game provides a rare chance to stand tall against richer nations – writing its history in ¡Golazo! became a personal odyssey My father had told me the stories . “ Che , you know that we were world champions,” he...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comMinute Zero by Todd Moss is a diplomatic thriller set in Zimbabwe. Protagonist Judd Ryker, head of a special unit within the U.S. Department of State, is sent to the troubled country just before a presidential election. An authoritarian...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsAmbassador Theatre Group (ATG), the British-based live-theatre company that established a Broadway beachhead in 2014 with the purchase of Broadway's biggest theatre, the Lyric, and which has been expanding in the U.K. and the...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzUnsurprisingly, Lupita Nyong’o is proving to be a hot ticket! The New York premiere of Eclipsed , headlined by the Oscar winner, will extend through November 15; the off-Broadway limited engagement had previously been set to run...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksAn account of England’s rebirth after the grim reality of the 1970s throws up constant parallels with life in 2015 The 1970s were “failure time for Britain”. The words are those of an astute adman who devised the Austin Metro launch of...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comA big eye with a dilated pupil emits blue-green rays. Above it, there's a web of words. Some of them describe desires, others are no more than jumbled cliches and loud, hackneyed mantras. It's the work of David Shillinglaw , a...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS FeedJourneying to Burning Man with a Giant Kaleidoscope
