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Whole lotta ‘lez’ Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 5:51PMLed Zeppelin virtually defined rock-god excess with drugs, groupies and one notorious shark. While Zep’s wild ride is long over, the band’s imitators occasionally manage to inspire debauchery themselves. “There was a trapeze artist who made it onto our tour bus once,” says Steph Paynes, guitarist for the...
Kara Taylor: Paintings with spirit Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:58PMTalk with Kara Taylor and you will discover she is intense, complicated, spiritual and she'll willingly admit, unpredictable. "I'm not an artist who does one specific thing," she says.
Art review: Ori Gersht at Angles Gallery Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 9:33PMKnown for his photographs of exploding floral still lifes, Tel Aviv-born, London-based Ori Gersht now takes a quieter, but no less probing tack. A survey of the artist’s work from the last five years is currently on view at the...
A medley of mysterious Midsummer magic Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:25PMRIGA - That time of year is upon us again here in the Baltics, the gateway to summer and the biggest holiday of the year, Midsummer (Jani, Jonines, Jaanipaev).
Slotland introduces new slot machine Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 11:26AMLONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Slotland ’s new Tikal Treasure online slot machine takes players to the mystical temples of the ancient Mayans where the treasures of the ancients lay waiting. Until June 12th, Slotland is giving every player a free $15 chip to take a free spin on the new game.
Magical mystery man Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 4:52AMWho inspired Damon Albarn's Dr Dee: An English Opera?
Lithuanian brides to-be enthralled by Kate Middleton’s wedding dress…but its 3-meter train Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 9:42AMKLAIPEDA - Is she a sweet, smart and pretty girl that you are ready to die for? If you are ready to harness yourself with the strings of wedlock, make sure your sweetie brings a decent dowry for the W-day.
Key Artist of the New Generation of Emerging Chinese Artists Exhibits at Lombard Freid Projects Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 12:32AMInstallation view at Lombard Freid Projects. Photo: courtesy of the artist and Lombard Freid Projects. NEW YORK, NY.- Play Time by Cao Fei, one of the key artists of the new generation emerging from Mainland China, opened at Lombard Freid Projects .
Lessons From an Investing Guru's Niece Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 10:38AMThe great-niece of global investing guru Sir John Templeton reveals the family secrets to becoming a master investor.
FIRST-PERSON: The Royal Wedding & the Gospel on display Mary Kassian Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 3:56PMEDMONTON, Alberta (BP)--Last week, an estimated 2 billion viewers -- about a third of the world's population -- watched the Royal Wedding. As is common in marriage ceremonies, the officiant opened with:
Fantasies of faith Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 12:55PMThis masterpiece is not about one message. The author lays down the gauntlet, demonstrating precisely why revealed faith is not and has never been inoffensive balderdash. Stephen Prothero's path-breaking work is replete with entertaining anecdotes. Simply put, it is hard to put down.
Film festival and flamenco dance on tap Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 12:34PMThe Karen Flamenco Dance Company will add some Latin flavour to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Theatre on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Prior's art explores how every idea, emotion, person connects - Thu, 21 Apr 2011 PST Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 2:21AMSarah Prior’s artwork encompasses all. Driven by an aversion to separatism, a thing that some religions embrace, she paints things that illustrate her belief that we are all connected. “What happens to me and you does matter and does affect the whole,” she said, “Through my work, I try to show the beauty and perfection in our simple and magnificent existence.”
Magical friends on the trail of a killer in 'Akata Witch' Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 6:23AM"AKATA WITCH." By Nnedi Okorafor. Viking. $17.99. The protagonist at the center of the young-adult novel "Akata Witch" lives in many worlds. She is, in the truest sense, African American: Nigerian by ancestry, American by birth. Born in New York, she moved to West Africa with her parents and brothers when she was 9. read more
The Holy Mountain (Blu-ray) Saturday, April 16, 2011 @ 11:11AMHighly Recommended The Movie: Alejandro Jodorowsky's follow up to his cult hit El Topo is a strange and surreal journey through the world of mysticism and the occult that forgoes the black leather clad Spaghetti Western styling of it's predecessor and instead focuses on the magical and spiritual aspects of various world theologies. A thief bearing no small resemblance to Jesus Christ finds ...
Magical friends on the trail of a killer Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 10:03AMThe protagonist at the centre of the young-adult novel Akata Witch lives in many worlds. She is, in the truest sense, African American: Nigerian by ancestry, American by birth. Born in New York, she moved to West Africa with her parents and brothers when she was nine.
Cosima von Bonin’s Menagerie of Ideas: 'The Juxtaposition of Nothings' at Petzel Gallery Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 6:39PMThe author is dead, but Cosima von Bonin is the resurrection. She can turn commission, collaboration, appropriation, performance and even the making of objects into a series of feints and disclaimers, so that meaning is enclosed but not pinned down and the artist's absence itself becomes a singular presence. "The Juxtaposition of Nothings," at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, is billed as a ...
Gypsies: The mystical tribe Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 9:02AMThe International Roma, (Gypsy) Day was founded at the first World Gypsy Congress, which took place in London on April 8, 1971. The congress gathered representatives from 30 countries. The national symbols of the gypsies - the flag and the anthem - were approved at the congress.
Learn about butterflies this Easter Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 2:35AMEaster Butterflies: Magical, Mystical, Majestical is the topic of an April program through the Lake Junaluska Live and Learn Committee. Butterflies are often included as natural and spiritual symbols of the Easter Resurrection story.
Chinese contemporary oil painting breaks $10 million Sunday, April 3, 2011 @ 5:33PMA triptych oil painting by the Chinese artist Zhang Xioagang has sold for more than $10 million (£6.2 million) in Hong Kong.
José Argüelles, Father of Harmonic Convergence, Dies at 72 Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 7:47PMMr. Argüelles organized the Harmonic Convergence, which drew thousands of adherents to sites around the globe and also focused the popular imagination the Mayan calendar.
Slotland launches new ghoulish slot machine Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 8:42AMLONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Vampires, bats and gargoyles provide the ominous theme for Slotland ’s new Jewels of the Ancients slot machine.
Imagery migrates into mystical realm in Preston Singletary solo show Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 4:45AMWe’ve seen a lot of Preston Singletary lately in Tacoma. There was his big solo show last fall at the Museum of Glass, where he visited the Hot Shop. The Northwest glass artist who draws on his Tlingit heritage for inspiration has a solo show of new work at Traver Gallery on Tacoma’s waterfront.
Syfy Unveils Largest Original Programming Slate in History Featuring 14 New Series and Events Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 2:55PMUpcoming originals include "Alphas," "Haunted Collector," "Legend Quest" and "Paranormal Witness."
Dalai Lama steps aside for election Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 4:14AMThe Tibetan world is in for a major political change. The Dalai Lama, who has served as the leader of the Tibetan government in exile for more than fifty years, announced last Thursday that he intends to cede his political role to an elected leader. The election will be held on Sunday, March 20, in the northern Indian city of Dharmsala, the home of the Dalai Lama and the center of the Tibetan ...
'Amazing Race' recap: Son of a Buck Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 12:03AMIn honor of that counterprogramming known as the Oscars, let’s break down tonight’s episode. Best Foreign-Language Film: “The Adventures of Jed and Cord,” whose stars manage to make the English language sound enticingly alien every time they open their mouths....
Tibetan Dzi beads rush in Malaysia Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 1:56AMYoung Tibetans wearing Dzi beads around their necks and over their heads. Photo courtesy: Guang Ming Daily Every Dzi bead etched on the body of the Buddha statue is a form of respect.
Donna Henes: Connecting to the World Wide Web of Life Monday, February 21, 2011 @ 4:39PMEvery person, every mammal, comes into this world powerfully, primally, connected to the mother who bore them, the source and the resource of their life.
Hickling art a sight for sore eyes Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 8:50AMThis is Roy Hickling as his visual best. 'Faces, Vision, Abstracts', his new art exhibition, takes in almost all of his creative interests. It opens next week in Barrie.[...]
Wagner Parsifal, English National Opera Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 6:27AMOne of the great operatic images of the last two decades or so comes in the final act of Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s 1999 staging of Wagner’s last opera Parsifal.
Grief is catalyst of hero's salvation Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 2:01AMIn her 2005 blockbuster, "Labyrinth," Kate Mosse plunged her protagonist into a cave in the French Pyrenees that turned out to be a portal to the medieval past. The plot abounded in skeletons and secret symbols that eventually revealed the fate of the region's Cathar people and - somewhat predictably - the wonders of the human heart.
Power Rangers: The Modern Rangers Samurai Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 10:29PMPower Rangers: The Modern Rangers Samurai has been ready to surprise every avid fan with their new samurai tricks. In this new series 2011 season of Power Rangers, the power team has employed various unique mystical samurai symbols of power. Power Rangers of 1990s have been entertaining a lot of kids and adults alike. It [...]
Is the age of the critic over? Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 5:30AMCritics reflect on how social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and myDigg, fit into the perennial debate on cultural elitism Miranda Sawyer, broadcaster and Observer radio critic: 'Twitter has made it easier for critics to hear other people's opinions. Even then, though, you tend to hear similar views to your own' When I was writing for the Face , during the 1990s, I went to interview some boy ...
Albino Snake, Bondage Enliven Lush Brussels ‘Parsifal’: Review Wednesday, February 2, 2011 @ 6:27PMFriedrich Nietzsche , accompanied by a live, wriggling white serpent, greets the audience in a new staging of Wagner ’s “Parsifal” at the Brussels opera house.
Life's work takes root in passion for trees Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ 2:46AMPlantings, events to mark Arbor Day share the joy Campuses turn efforts to celebrating trees
Beyond the famed enigmatic smile, more mystery lies Friday, January 14, 2011 @ 4:17AMAn Italian researcher says the key to solving the enigmas of "Mona Lisa'" lies in her eyes.
The marriage of texture and printing celebrated in new coffee table book Monday, January 10, 2011 @ 6:58AMMULTI-TALENTED Lilley artist Kim Major-George has produced a beautifully illustrated encyclopaedic guide to collagraphy, a contemporary art form exploring the marriage between printing and texture.
Hard-line militants now targeting Pak's most popular brand of Islam- Sufism Friday, January 7, 2011 @ 5:21AMKasur, Jan 7 : Pakistan's most popular brand of Islam, Sufism, has been condemned as un-Islamic by fundamentalist groups and has repeatedly come under extremists' attacks, as in 2010 alone, minority hard-line militants took responsibility for five shrine attacks that killed 64 people.
The Islam That Hard-Liners Hate Friday, January 7, 2011 @ 4:38AMSufism, Pakistan's most popular branch of Islam, has seen a rise of attacks against its worshipers at shrines.
Is This The World's Most Coveted Painting? Saturday, December 25, 2010 @ 3:41PMThe Ghent Altarpiece is one of the world's most famous -- and most frequently stolen paintings. Not bad for a monumental work of art that's the size of a barn door and the weight of two elephants.
Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Taking Over ‘The Lost Symbol’ Screenplay Monday, December 20, 2010 @ 6:02PMRisky Business [1] is reporting that bestselling author Dan Brown will be taking over screenwriting duties on the big screen adaptation of his latest book and Da Vinci Code sequel, The Lost Symbol. In February 2010, the studio hired [2] Oscar-nominated scribe Steven Knight, whose credits include Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things, who also penned drafts of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island and ...
Deciphering the ‘mystical nativity’ Monday, December 6, 2010 @ 8:43AMHERE are fresh thoughts taken from dianeblake.net, on the nativity scene done by an Italian artist. The “The Mystical Nativity,” painted by Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli, is not only a representation of the birth of Christ but a meaningful reflection of the political and religious unrest that permeated Italian life around his time. read more
Tibet gets a Chinese makeover Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 12:08PMAt sunrise and sunset, the air is cool, the scent of burning juniper incense is strong, and a river of pilgrims flows in a sacred circle around Jokhang Temple.
Original model for Michelangelo's Pieta 'discovered' Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 10:41AMAn American art historian claims to have discovered the original model created by Michelangelo for one of his greatest works - the 'Pieta' statue in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
CHINA'S INNERMOST SECRET FEARS: Gabriel Lafitte Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 3:14AM(Following is a paper presented by noted Tibetologist and expert on Tibet Gabriel Lafitte, an Australian academic and development policy consultant to the environment & development desk (EDD) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, at a talk series organised by the Tibetan Women’s Association.)
ArtScene: November's Top Exhibitions in the Western United States Friday, November 19, 2010 @ 1:37AMHere are this week's top current exhibitions throughout the Western U.S. as selected by ArtScene and Visual Art Source editors and contributing writers. Astrid Preston,...
Rare white deer sighting in Ontario Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 8:47AMLONDON, Ont. - The legendary King Arthur led an epic, but unsuccessful, quest for the rare white stag. In modern-day London, Bill Hopkins may have captured a similar, one-in-10,000 buck -- or, at least, the ghostly image of one.[...]
Rare white deer sighting in Ontario Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 6:06AMThe legendary King Arthur led an epic, but unsuccessful, quest for the rare white stag.
An odd and wise meditation Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 3:19AMZenlike in its mix of the serene and the wise, the whimsical and the jarringly odd, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May, is a beautiful, slow-moving meditation on life, death, and relationships that transcend time and space.
Gaming N ews Monday, October 18, 2010 @ 4:08PM(PRESS RELEASE) -- Win A Day Casino has launched a new online slot machine that brings the thrills of America's favourite game show to an exciting new one-of-a-kind slot machine.