Tag: culture
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Rare India Desert Treasures Exhibition At ROM 2019
TORONTO — In March 2019, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) brings visitors an exhibition of rarely-seen royal treasures from Marwar-Jodhpur, one of the largest former princely states in India. The ROM will be the final North American destination and the exclusive Canadian venue for Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India.…
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Adult Coloring Books Inspired By Yves Saint Laurent & Jean Cocteau
If you enjoy French fashion, art and film and coloring books, sharpen your pencil crayons and prepare to be inspired by two French icons of unparalleled creativity: fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and playwright and filmmaker Jean Cocteau in these two funky adult coloring books. “The chicest stress reliever ever.” —Buzzfeed This elegant, imaginative colouring…
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Los Angeles Bans Fur
LOS ANGELES (September, 2018) – Following years of campaigning by In Defense of Animals to end the barbaric fur trade, Los Angeles is making history by becoming the largest city in the world to ban fur sales. Los Angeles’ City Council today voted unanimously to draft an ordinance outlining a city-wide fur ban. “Los Angeles’…
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Explore The Evolution And Creation Of America’s Music On Giant IMAX Screen
America’s Musical Journey follows singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces the roots of American music and explores the great musical cities- places like New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, New York City and more- where such electrifying art forms as jazz, the blues, country, soul and rock and roll were born. In America’s musical cities, every…
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Port Dover Hosts Biggest Single Day Biker Event In Canada
Before you contemplate the pictures above lets flash-back to Friday 13th, 1984, when Chris Simons, a local biker, and a few of his buddies met in the “ZOO,” a local watering hole, to shoot the breeze and have a few cold ones. They agreed to meet every Fri. 13th and pass the idea on to…
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ISIS Goal Splits Family And Divides Muslims
History is made in moments, often of crisis and uncertainty, and the wisdom with which we meet them. This is one of those moments. ISIS goal is to split the human family. To divide the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims from everyone else. Those in our societies who sow fear, suspicion and hatred of Muslims are…
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Becoming AFI Celebrates 50 Years Of American Film Institute
“This book puts you directly behind the scenes for a story that began with a dream, overcame constant challenges, and evolved into the institution it is today.” ―Steven Spielberg “Documented here by the people who lived it, this is a remarkable tale of how a major institution, created out of whole cloth, wove itself…
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Mountain Biking In Nepal
H+I Adventures returned to biking the Himalayas for the first time since Nepal’s devastating earthquake in late October 2015. Continuing to support and promote Nepal’s local tourism industry was a priority for the award-winning mountain biking specialists. Throughout all of H+I Adventures’ twelve-day mountain biking holiday in Nepal, riders experience some of the world’s…
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Warm History Behind Sanderson Centre 100th Anniversary
Opened as the Temple Theatre on December 22, 1919, the centre was originally designed as a vaudeville and silent movie house. Opening night premiered with five acts of vaudeville and the silent movie “Heart of the Hills” starring Mary Pickford. As one of the premiere theatres in Canada at the time, the Temple was a…
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Showing In New York’s NADA Lobby- Drag As Radical Form Of Art Theater And Politics
NADA x PAOM: Contemporary Drag We are pleased to announce NADA x PAOM: Contemporary Drag, a new collection of artist-designed limited editions curated by Gordon Robichaux for the sixth edition of NADA New York. NADA (The New Art Dealers Alliance) is the definitive non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new…
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5 Disruptive Luxury Travel Trends Shattering The Status Quo
With the global luxury market collectively growing at 4 percent to an estimated $1.15USD (€1.08) trillion in 2016, according to a recent “Bain & Company Luxury Study,” coupled with optimistic forecasts that the luxury goods market will pick up this year, the hospitality industry is gearing up for elevated demand among both leisure and business…
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Economic Aspects Of Globalization In The Past Material World
Questions and deliberations concerning globalization are more than a hot topic of extended cross-disciplinary focus in academia; they are also central to the long-simmering debates regarding policies and their implications that today often enter the public arena. For example, a quick perusal of broadly accessible media outlets from late 2013 and early 2014 reflects a…
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Canada’s Original Black Friday- ‘Cancelled Arrow’ Was Cutting Edge 1950s Jet Interceptor
I began writing this post after an annual viewing pilgrimage of sorts. Each year on the eve of shopping’s busiest day, I crack open the well worn plastic jewel case and fire up the DVD player. It’s a fictional account but based in fact and is very entertaining and I can’t help but wonder what “might have…
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Day Marks Another Anniversary Of JFK Assassination
2015’s historic JFK 50th assassination Special was a riveting and powerful demonstration of media technology. We co-hosted the CBS feature which “rebroadcast” their original assassination television coverage in real-time, fully and completely. Every detail was reproduced exactly as it was shown on that fateful day- even the interruption of a certain soap opera with the first…
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3rd Concours d’Elégance Elite Concept Car Event
Peter Auto is delighted to announce that the Concours Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille, which will be held on 4th September in the Chantilly Domain for the third time, is welcoming two new partners: BMW and ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jets). BMW was present at the 2015 event as entrant in the Concours d’Elégance reserved…