Creativity is a crucial part of our lives, allowing us to express ourselves in unique and innovative ways. By embracing your creative potential, you get the opportunity to build on existing ideas while creating something entirely new. Continue reading Ten Creative Ways to Express Yourself Through Art
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Why Arts and Cultural Education is so Important
Every community around the world has unique arts and culture. The importance and appeal of learning about different cultures, their history and what they have to offer the world is sadly underrated. Many people believe that value only comes from education in fields that will bring them more money, thus, they are fixated on studying science, mathematics, and business. This tendency is primarily due to the proliferation of technology in the last few decades. The fact is, studying the arts can be very fulfilling and beneficial for one’s future.
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Bjork Retrospective at MOMA!
Fans Queue Up for the Black Lake Video Screening at the Bjork Retrospective at MOMA (All Photos By Gail)
I’ve been aware of the Icelandic singer/performer Bjork since the first album by her band Sugarcubes was released in 1986, but aside from what a person who pays somewhat close attention to modern music can’t help but absorb through the pop culture ether, I didn’t know / care much about her / her music before making the trip to the Museum of Modern Art at an earlier-than-usual hour on March 8th for the opening day of its much-hyped Bjork Retrospective.
Show Review: Lennon: Through a Glass Onion
For Beatles fans who crave an authentic performance experience of the group’s expansive catalog of music, there is certainly no shortage of grand scale productions, which range from Rain and Let it Be on Broadway to 1964 The Tribute – an act that regularly sells out Carnegie Hall. But for fans who maintain a keen interest in the life and post-Beatles career of John Lennon specifically, Lennon: Through a Glass Onion offers something completely different.
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Blake Morgan Debuts New CD at NYC’s The Cutting Room
Armed with only his acoustic guitar and a soaring vocal range, singer/songwriter Blake Morgan celebrated the July 30th release of his latest CD, Diamonds in the Dark, with an engaging set played to a packed house at Manhattan’s Cutting Room.
While the unplugged set was missing the lusher aspects of Diamonds in the Dark’s expanded instrumentation, Morgan’s delivery and on stage charisma did each song full justice. This CD is really fantastic! Morgan’s adept guitar playing fondly recalls that of the late great George Harrison, while his voice varies between comparison to the adult contemporary mellowness of hit-maker Duncan Sheik and top-shelf Seventies pop greats such as Andrew Gold. And what’s not to like about that?
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