Category: Culture
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US Premiere of Small Wonders: The VR Experience At Metropolitan Museum Of Art
“Walking through 500-year-old art…Once I put the VR headset and headphones on, it truly felt like I was transported to another world. You could walk through the levels of sculpture and detail in the bead, which was a frieze of heaven on top, purgatory in the middle, and hell below it. There were easily 20…
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Light Informs Art In Ways That Cannot Be Disentangled
We sit in the grip of deep winter, snow reflecting the moonlight at last. At this time of the year, the earth slows down and so too can we. It is time for us to reflect as well, upon the year that has been and the year ahead. During these dark months, light becomes a…
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eBay Canada Set Sights On Kijiji Shoppers With Test Integration Project
Back in 2017, eBay Canada and Kijiji Canada launched a test to bring increased visibility to Canadian eBay inventory: eBay listings for certain items located in Canada were integrated into search results on Kijiji – the #1 classifieds site in the country. Kijiji buyers were given the opportunity to connect with relevant eBay inventory, and…
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Zoos Are Consumers Of Elephants Not Conservers
In Defense of Animals has released its respected annual list of the Ten Worst Zoos For Elephants for 2016, exposing the shocking hidden suffering of elephants in zoos in North America. The list reveals captivity-related deaths, abuse with weapons, grossly inadequate conditions, families ripped apart, elephants torn from Africa and shipped to US zoos, elephants…
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A Basic Visual Guide On Helping Your Children Through Divorce
For children, divorce can be an extremely upsetting and stressful time. Their world changes and it’s confusing. They may feel uncertain, scared, angry, hurt and depressed. As a parent, you can make the process less stressful for your children by being aware of ways to make the process less unsettling for them. Your understanding, patience…
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Light, Interviews, Books to Inspire, And A Call To Artists From Rome
Consider for a moment the nature of light and time. Fleeting, infinite, unknowable, and yet familiar as our own minds. We long for more time while cursing its slow progress. Temporal matters dictate every aspect of our human lives. We are beholden to the times in which we live. We cannot grasp light and yet…
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Toronto Erotic Arts And Crafts Fair Returns To The Gladstone Hotel In February
The Erotic Arts & Crafts Fair is Back! Toronto’s first – and most beloved – fair celebrating all things sexy is popping up once again this February at the Gladstone Hotel! Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be brought to you by Hallmark – for another way, full of charm, wit, and craftsmanship, visit Toronto’s beloved…
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Emerging China Wine Market Impacts USA, Canada and Global Wine Markets
It’s no secret that luxury brands have thrived in China in recent years amid a population increasingly oriented toward high-end consumer goods like fashion, jewelry and automobiles—and the elevated social status such items confer. Today, the Chinese population is immersed in a new love affair: with grape-based wine! According to internationally-renowned sommelier, Noel Shu, China…
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Gainsbourg Still Alive Exhibit In Paris, France Is Smashing Tribute
Emerging and established contemporary artists pay tribute in a new exhibit to SERGE GAINSBOURG, to his libertarian and rebel spirit. SERGE GAINSBOURG was very close to SALVADOR DALI, whom surrealist genius fascinated him. Like Dali, Gainsbourg knew how to play with his image and how to manipulate the medias to communicate about him. Author, composer, producer,…
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Ontario’s Fertility Program Marks One Year Anniversary
Ontario is helping thousands of people fulfill their dreams of starting or growing a family with the Ontario Fertility Program. Today, Premier Kathleen Wynne celebrated the success of the Ontario Fertility Program alongside families who have participated in the program over the past year. Since the government launched the program in December 2015, Ontario has…
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On Demand Car Services Are Latest Group To Take Heat Over Discrimination
Discrimination. African American customers wait up to 35% longer for Uber and Lyft rides, in addition to drivers cancelling rides 2x as often for customers with “black-sounding” names.3 [To be fair, a quick search engine result for “racism in the Taxi industry” reveals that discrimination exists in all ride service industries regardless of the company.…
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Across The Arts Vulnerability Prevails And Here’s Why It’s An Asset
Just for a moment, think about all of the many career fields in the world. Now think about those that require a personal emotional investment as a matter of course. How many bankers make a regular practice of exposing their deepest insecurities to the world through their work? How many veterinarians routinely put on display…
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Perfect Allaire Cristal Age Tequila
In case you’re looking to get in the spirit (pun intended) to ring in the new season of decorations, family time, and counting down the new year, you may need a boost and we have just the thing. Tequila! Let’s toast in glitter and gold with Allaire Privee‘s Golden Margarita- Recipe: 2oz of…
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Boston Based Artist Jeannie Motherwell Draws Structures From Uncertainty
Dear Artist, Aristotle differentiated humans from their animal counterparts by dint of logos, the power of rational speech. Napoleon was attributed the quote, “four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” Human civilization was founded on the exercise of this divine faculty, and is destroyed by it in equal measure. Speech,…
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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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Neal Adams Unveiled Bucky O’Hare Digital Comic At L.A. Comic Con
LOS ANGELES – Bucky O’Hare – the original comic book series turned into a classic cartoon – made its debut in the digital domain with an 8-page exclusive Swipe Studio e-comic book written and illustrated by brand creators Larry Hama and Michael Golden together with Neal Adams and his Continuity Productions. Bucky O’Hare and the Toad…
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Toei Animation Simulcast Brings Back Dragon Ball With World & Japan Linkup
LOS ANGELES – Toei Animation Inc. will debut an English subtitle simulcast of Dragon Ball Super on multiple digital platforms on October 22nd. For the first time, fans in North and Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will be able to view Dragon Ball Super simulcast. Since its debut in Japan in July…
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New TREADWATER Graphic Novel Will Have Augmented Reality Cover
Last year’s indie best-selling graphic novel set to release the next installment in the breakthrough series. The second novel features an augmented reality app and introduces the character of actor Chad L. Coleman. When TREADWATER Vol. 1 was released in comic book stores in July 2015, it was just another self-published indie title among many…
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Inspiring Mouth Painter Amanda Orichefsky Of Toronto
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month in Canada, and Amanda Orichefsky wants to celebrate the contributions of workers with disabilities and educate the able bodied about the value of a diverse workforce inclusive of their skills and talents. Amanda Orichefsky of Toronto, now 27, was born with arthrogryposis, a condition that robbed her of the…
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Aviation Books From Quarto Include Original SR-71 Pilot Handbook
It’s late September as I write this and with winter slowly creeping in (Sorry but true!) and holiday shopping season around the corner, I would like to tell you all about some amazing books to add to your shopping list and help pass the cold months. If you are an aviation lover, you are in for…
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Ciroc Presented ‘King Of The Dancehall’ Premiere Screening Party in Toronto
A gala premiere screening party for King of the Dancehall was well attended on Sunday, September 11th at the Toronto Film Festival. Star watchers noticed Film star and director Nick Cannon in attendance as well as additional talent from the film including Busta Rhymes, Kreesha Turner and Kimberly Patterson. Adding to the excitement, Kardinal Offishall, Extra’s A.J.…
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Iconic Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Last Home Now For Sale
Frank Lloyd Wright designed over 1,000 structures (532 were completed) in his 70-years-plus career – mostly homes but also hotels, schools, churches, the Johnson Wax Headquarters and the Guggenheim Museum. This iconic American architect’s final design was the Norman Lykes House in Phoenix in the same year of his death in 1959. It is now for sale…
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Poetic Grace Gesture Is Needed In All Art Work
Dear Reader, it is difficult to deny that a side of art making is fatally concerned with the poetic grace of the gesture – it is expected that a work should exude a cosmic and ineffable air. Regardless of your medium, I hope this glance into the minds of two established poets from very different…
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Harmonium Once Banned By All Indian Radio
There is general disagreement on whether Indian music can be performed on the harmonium and public interest in the debate is accordingly intense, as the controversially written articles and discussions prove to this day. The matter has evaded scientific scrutiny until now…….click the following link to learn more about the harmonium in North Indian music:…
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Collective Establishes HAVN For The Arts In Hamilton
I learned about the Hamilton Audio Visual Node (HAVN) a few years ago by doing the rounds during Art Crawl. Since then it’s become obvious they’re hosting some of the most innovative music and visual art in Hamilton. I sat down with Connor Bennett and Chris Ferguson at the beginning of July to learn more…
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10 Ways You Can Make Money from Your Condo
Many people are currently looking at Montreal condos for sale, as the present boom in the property market makes it an ideal investment. As these developments continue, Montreal is also becoming more and more attractive to employees, tourists, homeowners, and investors alike. Planning to buy a condo and make money from it? Check out these…
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Ontario Intro’s Online Alcohol Sales And Delivery Via LCBO.COM
Ontario is offering a new and convenient way to buy alcohol products by introducing online sales through LCBO.com. Starting today, LCBO consumers can buy online up to 5,000 different products from across Canada and 85 other countries. Customers can choose to have their order sent to an LCBO store of their choosing for pick up,…
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Album By Yellow Salamand’r 4 Is More Than Soundscape
I really like this album, there’s some great soundscapes but also a sparseness and edge of tension at times. The production is excellent allowing sounds to evolve and grow. Fact: you will find a variety of recorded sounds that combine with layers of noise and drone elements and this results in the expected elements of experimental…