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Category Archives: Arts and Culture
American Graffiti and the Invention of Nostalgia
In terms of pure nostalgia, thinking about the past is never an attempt to rescue it. Nostalgia works through the elusive senses, particularly through smell, opening up a passageway that is entirely temporal and always on the verge of closing again forever. Smell is the thing that wafts in and wafts out, and nostalgia works [...]
The First Movie with the Handheld
It might just be every young filmmaker’s dream to make the perfect buddy movie. Most aspiring performing artists have considered it at one time or another, getting a camera and taking a road trip with friends, and faking their way through the rest of it. Even the ones who do break through in the business [...]
Financing Your First Film and Building a Career
Many people have fantasies about being a movie star, rock star or other famous celebrity. Meanwhile, there are others who seem to be oriented toward a passion for film or music and these are the individuals that actually devote their lives to perfecting their trade and dedicated themselves to their career. This is a particularly [...]
Summer 2011′s Movies Disappoint
This summer’s movies are expected to be blockbusters, but thus far, none have really lived up to the hype surrounding each one. One of the major duds of the summer was Pixar’s Cars 2. The movie has high expectations from viewers because of Pixar’s reputation of producing fantastic movies. The original Cars movie was [...]
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Tagged as: Cars 2, movies, summer, The Green Lantern, Transformers 3
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Large in Las Vegas
There are some moments in time when art and entertainment begin to blend in interesting ways. Historically, the overlap between the two has not been an entirely clear one. The distinction between large-scale public entertainments and culture has been clear enough that it would be difficult to distinguish moments of convergence. This isn’t true, however, [...]
The Crackle of Creativity at the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is one of the most inspiring places on the planet. It’s one of the great natural wonders of the world, and draws in people from all over the world. Visitors from Europe, Latin America, and all the corners of the globe are drawn to stay at the Grand Canyon hotels so that [...]
Art and Baroque Music in Orlando
With all of the famous theme parks and family vacation oriented attractions located in Orlando, Florida, it can be easy to overlook some of the other quality cultural establishments and entertainment options. However, these are some of the standard popular attractions for residents and they are a great find for tourists who visit the city [...]
Broadway NY
The luxurious NY hotels are just the beginning of the glitz and glamor of the big apple. You have so many to choose from and many of them are famous like the Ritz-Carlton or the Gramercy Park Hotel. One of the classics if the Waldorf Towers which is the home of the Waldorf salad. How [...]
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Tagged as: luxurious NY hotels, The Phantom of the Opera, Times Square
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Idle on Broadway
I came to New York City to watch Broadway shows. I managed to purchase my Broadway tickets in New York before even travelling to New York. The most treasured ticket of all was for the musical ‘Spamalot’. I love anything Monty Python, so when I heard about ‘Spamalot’ opening up on Broadway, I made sure [...]
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Tagged as: Broadway tickets in New York, Eric Idle
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Lincoln Center’s Dancing Fountain
It had been a few years since I had visited, so when my friend met me at LaGuardia Airport we headed towards my opinion of one of the best restaurants New York City has to offer. Of course there are a plethora of fine restaurants to choose from, but perhaps since this restaurant was my [...]
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Tagged as: best restaurants New York City, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center fountain
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