Spring into Spring with the Boston Pops!
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Opening May 4, the Boston Pops is celebrating its 125th season this spring. Since its founding in 1885 as an off-shoot of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops have always been about playing light classics and the popular music of the day. Concerts are cabaret-style with refreshments served at tables for orchestra seat patrons, with less expensive balcony seats beginning at just $20 that also offers concert-goers a terrific music experience.
Now in his 16th year as conductor, Keith Lockhart...
April 22nd, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, Arts and Entertainment, featuredarticle, music, The Arts
iFest: Houston International Festival
... International Festival, or iFest, is one of the oldest in the city, its first incarnation appearing in 1971 as “Main Street 1 Salute to The Arts.” What began as a cultural salute to the performing arts is now one of Houston’s largest festivals, one that celebrates Houston’s multicultural history and population by highlighting a different cultural heritage, by region or country, each year. The festival began the tradition of featuring one country per year in 1988, selecting...
April 17th, 2010 | Christina Uticone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: culture, featuredarticle, festival, The Arts
Art In Bloom at the MFA, Boston: A Celebration of Art and Flowers
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Spring blossoms at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s 3-day annual “Art in Bloom” festival. Now in its 34th year, Art in Bloom will take place Saturday, April 24- Monday April 26. This wonderful spring event highlights the creativity of 50 New England garden clubs and some very talented floral designers,whose work with fresh flowers will be on view paired next to the masterpieces that inspired them. Throughout the galleries, 50 works of art will be showcased for the event including...
April 16th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, featuredarticle, museums, The Arts
Final Weekend For Marcus Gardley’s New Play
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After five years in development, and a passionate dedication to advancing Marcus Gardley‘s new play …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi, The Playwrights Foundation and The Cutting Ball Theater‘s co-production is selling out. The play which runs through this Sunday April 11th is a hit with the critics and audiences.
Set on the banks of the Mississippi during the Civil War, …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi is a poetic journey of forgiveness and redemption inspired by the myth...
April 9th, 2010 | kleland | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, The Arts
Bouquets To Art 2010
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For all you flower lovers out there, Bouquets to Art is the annual flower festival sponsored by the San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums. This year from April 20th – 24th the upcoming popular flower festival adopts “French Impressions” as its theme. The opening night gala and preview, Floral Fashions, the decor and menu of the luncheons and afternoon teas, and Hat Day will feature this theme as a tribute to the exhibitions from the Musée d’Orsay that will be on view...
April 1st, 2010 | kleland | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, museums, The Arts
FotoFest 2010
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I can’t paint or draw, but I can pick up a camera and point it at things…and so I do, with varying degrees of success. As a (very) amateur photographer I am always on the lookout for exhibits featuring photography. FotoFest is a Houston-based international non-profit organization working in photographic arts and education. Their thirteenth FotoFest Biennial started on March 12 and will continue through April 25 at over 100 locations in and around the city. In addition to photography...
March 29th, 2010 | Christina Uticone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Events, Photos, The Arts
Bottle Tree Tradition in the South
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Have you been losing things lately? Maybe what you need is a bottle tree. In the rural South, you’ll occasionally happen upon a tree whose leaves consist entirely of colorful wine bottles. You may have thought it was simply the result of a big party the night before — but actually the bottle tree is an old custom, most probably brought here by slaves from Africa.
“People used to take a cedar tree that had died or was dying and put the bottles on the limbs,” says Bob Watt of...
March 16th, 2010 | Linda Erbele | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, The Arts, top-feature
Upcoming Performances in Tacoma Theater District
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Tacoma has a vibrant and growing Theater District, providing quality music, comedy, dance, drama, movies, and other performances in three venues: Pantages Theater, Rialto Theater, and Theatre on the Square. The Spring Season for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts is well under way, but there’s still time to catch a great performance.
Here’s what’s on the calendar.
March:
12th – 21st – Defending the Caveman (Theatre on the Square)
19th – Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (Rialto)
19th...
March 15th, 2010 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, music, The Arts, theater
High Art Lite:The Boston Lyric Opera’s Ariadne Auf Naxos
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An idealistic young composer is asked to edit his debut opera, a retelling of the Greek tragedy Ariadne, to include the members of a comedy troupe. Egos are bruised, changes and cuts are made- all with unexpected results.
Boston Lyric Opera‘s presentation of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne Auf Naxos is a highly entertaining show -a comic opera about making an opera. This Ariadne is the American premiere of a Welsh National Opera production and comes with some terrific sets and costuming....
March 15th, 2010 | Maria Olia | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, The Arts
Houston Symphony
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Billed as “Music for Houston, Music for YOU” the Houston Symphony has announced its 2010 season and there are some fun surprises in store in every category.
The Classical season includes an early-October appearance from Grammy Award-winning Josh Bell, who will perform pieces from Mendelssohn and Schubert. Adding to the excitement is that Mr. Bell will be performing on: the famous Gibson Stradivarius violin, stolen in 1936 from Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman and missing for 51 years until...
March 13th, 2010 | Christina Uticone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: culture, music, symphony, The Arts
Lisbon Fashion Week Brings Glamour to town
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ModaLisboa (Lisbon Fashion) started last Thursday, showing what our best artists are doing at the moment. This 34th edition will present 21 Portuguese creators. Names like Ana Salazar, Luís Buchinho, Alexandra Moura, Nuno Gama are just a few that make part of the program.
This event will be held until tomorrow, 14th of March, in two different places of Lisbon, at Páteo Galé, at Terreiro do Paço (map); and at MUDE, at Rua Augusta (map).
Photo Credit: Alexandre Kühl Oliveira
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March 13th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Events, festival, The Arts
Rodrigo Leão is back to town
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One of the best Portuguese contemporary music composers will be presenting a group of concerts during this next week that are not to be lost.
Rodrigo Leão has granted some of the most important moments of the Portuguese music scene since the 1980’s. With other friends, he created two of the most interesting groups, Sétima Legião and the worldwide known Madredeus. With clear influences of contemporary classic music, he also adds Fango, traditional French music and many other little worldwide...
March 12th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Attractions, Events, music, News, The Arts
Houston’s Hotel ZaZa
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Located in Houston’s energetic Museum District the Hotel ZaZa is a boutique hotel specializing in luxury; from guestrooms to bungalows to what they call “The Magnificent Seven” suites: seven suites, each with a different theme, custom decorated and overlooking downtown Houston – an intense and extravagant vacation experience.
The hotel’s Monarch Urban Bistro & Lounge is a chic and stylish eatery with a Mediterranean menu. The Monarch serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily; on...
March 10th, 2010 | Christina Uticone | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: dining, featuredarticle, hotels, museums, Shopping, The Arts
Welcome to Houston!
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Downtown Houston Skyline at dawn
Hello everyone! My name is Christina and I will be your new Houston correspondent for PlanetEye Traveler. Please join me as I explore everything this wonderful city has to offer: food, music, sports, art, theater, shopping, spas, museums, and more. I am originally from the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York and as a result I am obsessed with dry Rieslings. My husband and I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for three years where we saw it all, from moose to...
March 9th, 2010 | Christina Uticone | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: entertainment, featuredarticle, museums, music, The Arts
The Cultural Olympiad Continues to March 21
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A Cultural Olympiad showcase of Canadian and international artists in dance, music, theatre, visual arts and film continues until March 21 in Vancouver.
U Theatre of Taiwan, master of martial arts and percussion will mesmerize audiences with “Sound of the Ocean” at the Centre for Performing Arts, March 12 & 13
The National Arts Centre presents “Made in Canada” at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts March 15
Canadian singer Martha Wainwright and Jorane will entertain...
March 6th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: 2010 Cultural Olympiad, 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, culture, The Arts
The Olympics Introduces the World to Our Country’s First Nations
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From the spectacular Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, and all throughout the Games, the Four Host First Nations involvement in these Winter Olympic Games has been a showcase to introduce the culture of our country’s Aboriginal people.
The Four Host First Nations, the Lil-wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Wutulh have invited everyone to the world’s biggest potlach. Dozens of natives, including Inuit and Metis have participated in the celebration and dazzled the world...
February 28th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, culture, Family Friendly, featuredarticle, History & Information, The Arts, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
Teatro Catalinas Sur – A Unique Theater Experience
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If a tourist with only one more day to spend in Buenos Aires asked me where to go, my advice would be to go see El Grupo de Teatro Catalinas Sur, at El Galpón de Catalinas. Located right in the heart of the barrio de La Boca, a typical port area where working-class Italian immigrants traditionally came to live in the early 1900′s, El Grupo de Teatro Catalinas is a community theatre with a clear political orientation.
They present various professional productions featuring entertaining epics...
February 28th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, la boca, The Arts, theaters, tradition
Coca-Cola art bottles celebrate the Four Host First Nations
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Have you seen the giant decorated coke bottles on display at the Four Host First Nations Pavilion and Aboriginal Artisan Market? The Coca-Cola Company, one of the sponsors of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games selected 15 Frist Nations, Inuit and Metis artists from across the country to participate in a bottle design. Some of these bottles have been displayed at the Four Host First Nations pavilion market store. Each of the designs tells a story by the First Nations artists who created them. Metis...
February 27th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: 2010 Winter Olympics, Announcements, culture, The Arts
Istanbul in Lisbon
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Istanbul is a fabulous city. The only that connects two continents, Asian and European, building a bridge between them both. The city has a long history with over 500 thousand years, with infinite cultural influences. This year, Istanbul is also the European Capital of Culture. And what has it all to do with Lisbon, you may ask? Simple, Centro Cultural de Belém (map), the most important Lisbon Cultural Center, has invited all those in Lisbon to visit the contemporary Turkish arts and culture through...
February 27th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, The Arts
Vancouver’s 2010 French Quarter: Place de la Francophone
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The friendly hosts will greet you “Bonjour!” This is Place de la Francophone 2010 on Granville Island, Vancouver’s French Quarter during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games where you can celebrate the Games in French. There is free entertainment with performers from Canada and all over the world, a sports bar, five stages, three exhibition locations and an exciting agritourism showcase which includes local producers and tourism information. And CBC Radio Canada broadcasts from inside...
February 26th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: 2010 Winter Olympics, Attractions, culture, Events, Family Friendly, Food & Beverage, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, Restaurants & Bars, The Arts
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