Category: Life & Culture
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PERIODS DON’T STOP FOR PANDEMICS: AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ON PERIOD POVERTY HITS ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
PERIODS DON’T STOP FOR PANDEMICS: AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ON PERIOD POVERTY HITS ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Urgent and timely Canadian film Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation, headed by female production team, releases on March 8th.Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation streams March 8th.March 1, 2021 (Toronto, ON) – From IR Films, a co-production company founded by Media One Creative and Diva International, makers of the DivaCup, and Canadian Screen…
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Update for -Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents. Tues.,March 9th,2021-5:00-6:00p.m.
A friendly reminder to -Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind/#WOW program on child anxiety and OCD with Eli R. Lebowitz, Ph.D., author of the new critically acclaimed book, Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents. In this…
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As Black History Month draws to a close, Change Is (Finally) Afoot in the Travel Industry
As Black History Month draws to a close, I hope you’ll continue to recognize, honor, and celebrate the vast contributions African Americans have made—and continue to make—to our country. As I wrote last summer, our national conversation around race, and specifically around justice for Black Americans, is at a critical inflection point for our country. It’s vital to…
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“Wish We Were Older”: Queer, Non-Binary, Indigenous Pop Artist Angel Baribeau Releases New Video Off Debut EP
“Wish We Were Older”: Queer, Non-Binary, Indigenous Pop Artist Angel Baribeau Releases New Video Off Debut EP For Those I Love(d) & “Wish We Were Older” Are Available Now! Watch “Wish We Were Older” via YouTube Here Queer, non-binary, Indigenous pop singer/songwriter Angel Baribeau – based in Cree Nation of Mistissini, Quebec – tells a tale…
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Artist Insight: Sondra Meszaros @ CORKIN Gallery
Artist Insight: Sondra Meszaros Sondra Meszaros explores counter narratives of female sexuality by deconstructing and reconstructing identities. In the bodies of work Damned and Strange Spot from 2019, her images disturb, renegotiate and reclaim the representation of women and the female figure.Sondra Meszaros, Damned #10, 2010, mixed media, digital pigment print on rag paper, 52 x 41 in.Meszaros passionately collects erotica from the…
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Intensive Purposes, premiering Saturday (2/27) at Corey Helford Gallery? In celebration of the show’s debut, the Los Angeles-based gallery is hosting a virtual opening from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm on Instagram Live (@CoreyHelfordGallery
Employing minimal color schemes, simple animal characters, and a seemingly endless list of ill-fated situations, Chueh stylistically balances cute with brute, walking the fine line between comedy and tragedy. In their 2017 artist profile, Juxtapoz proclaimed, “With a carnal instinct…Luke Chueh creates work that stimulates our most primal constructs. His paintings favor compositions that are simple and direct,…
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“Stories From the Land”, a podcast dedicated to Indigenous storytelling, has been adapted into a documentary series by Wanderer Entertainment Inc. for CBC Short Docs.
STORIES FROM THE LANDA Four-Part Short Doc SeriesHosted by Ryan McMahonPremieres Friday, March 12, 2021 on CBC Gem Stories From the Land, a podcast dedicated to Indigenous storytelling, has been adapted into a documentary series by Wanderer Entertainment Inc. for CBC Short Docs. The four part series, narrated and hosted by Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon, will premiere on the…
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UCLA Friends Of Semel and Resnick Advisory Board Open Mind Program “Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD’”
Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind/#WOW program on child anxiety and OCD with Eli R. Lebowitz, Ph.D., author of the new critically acclaimed book, Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents. In this welcoming resource for concerned…
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The 32nd Annual Dragon Ball, the signature fundraising gala of Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation, will be held virtually on Sat. February 13
Dragon Ball goes virtual to celebrate the Year of the Ox The 32nd Annual Dragon Ball, the signature fundraising gala of Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation, will be held virtually on February 13 (Saturday) in support of senior care at the four Yee Hong centres and the construction of three new long-term care homes. Combining…
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CORKIN GALLERY featuring the art of DAVID URBAN
Artist Profile: David UrbanIn his series Lonely Boy, David Urban invites the viewer into his ritual of going to the cottage. He shares his love of the country and his time in it. The artist appears as the abstracted figure reading, listening to music or sleeping under the trees. The leaf shapes indicate the trees, the blue…
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Legendary Canadian Musician & Author Greg Godovitz Remains an Open Book When it Comes to Tales of the Road with Release of Up Close And Uncomfortable— Available Now!
Legendary Canadian musician and author Greg Godovitz, based in Toronto, continues to be an open book with the release of his new book, Up Close And Uncomfortable — available now! As a member of Fludd, Godovitz held eight Top 10 hits — including SOCAN Hall of Fame inductees with over 100,000+ airplays a-piece,“Cousin Mary,” “Brother…
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THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS (AWFJ)ANNOUNCES THE 2020 EDA AWARD NOMINEES
THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS (AWFJ)ANNOUNCES THE 2020 EDA AWARD NOMINEES “NOMADLAND” RECEIVES MOST NODS WITH NOMINATIONS IN NINE CATEGORIES INCLUDING BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR FOR CHLOE ZHAO AND BEST ACTRESS FOR FRANCES MCDORMAND “ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI” RECEIVES NODS IN EIGHT CATEGORIES INCLUDING BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR FOR REGINA KING AND BEST ENSEMBLE ADDITIONAL…
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“HUMAN NATURE”-The Story Of CRISPER.The Most Important Scientific Discovery Of The 21st Century
HUMAN NATURE is currently streaming on NETFLIX ABOUT HUMAN NATUREHUMAN NATURE is a provocative exploration of the biggest tech revolution of the 21st century—and it isn’t digital, it’s biological. CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life and opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children.…
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30th Gotham IFP Awards sponsored by Robert Hall Winery @ Cipriani Wall Street, New York.-Mon.,Jan.11th,2021
New York City showed its redoubtable “can-do” spirit at the 30th Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street. Robert Hall Winery returned for its third year as wine sponsor. In a remarkable, first-time ever hybrid of live and virtual presentation, presenters and honorees in attendance sat at tiny, socially distanced tables in the cavernous space and mingled cautiously but enthusiastically…
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Celebrate New Years Eve on Thursday, December 31, 2020, from 11:00 p.m.–12:30 a.m. with Grand Park, Steve Aoki and friends with Grand Park’s NYELA streaming event, available exclusively on Fuse.
Celebrate New Years Eve on Thursday, December 31, 2020, from 11:00 p.m.–12:30 a.m. with Grand Park, Steve Aoki and friends with Grand Park’s NYELA streaming event, available exclusively on Fuse. The annual flagship West Coast countdown celebration Grand Park’s NYELA will ring in 2021 with a new format as a special national broadcast and streaming event for the first…
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MAKING THE CASE DIRECTED BY JENNIFER CALLAHAN A SHORT FILM ABOUT A JUDGE AND HER BAGS-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MAKING THE CASE DIRECTED BY JENNIFER CALLAHAN A SHORT FILM ABOUT A JUDGE AND HER BAGS MAKING THE CASEOfficial Selection – 2020 Tribeca Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2020 DOC NYCOfficial Selection – 2020 HollyShorts Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2020 Hamptons Doc Fest About MAKING THE CASE Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments are daily currency, examines…
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Based in Winnipeg, The Guess Who’s Leonard Shaw with Sandy Chochinov Release Self-Titled Album as Displaced Pieces
Based in Winnipeg, The Guess Who’s Leonard Shaw with Sandy Chochinov Release Self-Titled Album as Displaced Pieces Watch “Be Strong” via YouTube Here “Be Strong” is the newest single by Displaced Pieces — Leonard Shaw and Sandy Chochinov — from their album, Displaced Pieces. Available now on streaming services Spotify, Amazon Music, and available as a…
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THE JAYMZ BEE NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL ON JAZZ.FM91 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 * 9PM-1AM-online www.jazz.fm
THE JAYMZ BEE NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL ON JAZZ.FM91THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 * 9PM-1AM You can listen on the radio (91.1FM in Southern Ontario & Western New York)Or online www.jazz.fmPlaylist will be online during the show: https://jazz.fm/category/playlists/ This evening heralding in 2021 will surely be filled with hope and music and we bid a thankful au revoir to 2020 and don’t let the door hit you on…
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