Media Arts
Paul Carafotes enlists support of celebrity friends to deliver to Boston area hospitals a positive message of being helpful, loving and kind
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Boston native, actor/writer/director,Paul Carafotes, announced today that he has enlisted the support of his celebrity friends to deliver to Boston area hospitals a positive message of being helpful, loving and kind, which is the theme of his new children’s book, “The Adventures of Charlie Bubbles”. Paul is scheduled to visit several Boston local hospitals the week of including Children’s Hospital Of Boston , Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts FloatingHospital for Children, to read, sing, autograph and donate books.
He was Chicago's Sinatra, a one-man rat pack who knew how to light up a room not only with his voice, but his personality, charm, and charisma. He was so big in Chicago that he was given his own honorary street. On Saturday April 27, on his 75th birthday. Chicago legend nightclub singer Jimmy Damon succumbed after battling a rare heart ailment over the past few years.
The Andreas Kapsalis Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo Release
Written by Diane Adam
Chicago, IL—The Andreas Kapsalis Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo will release “Blackmail,” their first studio record since their 2009 self-titled debut, on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013. Greek-American ten finger guitarist Andreas Kapsalis and Serbian-American nylon string classical guitarist Goran Ivanovic continue to experiment with the boundaries of jazz and classical guitar music, mixing in accents they picked up touring the world over the last four years. An intriguing album of eleven new acoustic guitar compositions, Blackmail is an unguarded moment of self-expression for the prodigious Chicago-based guitar duo.
Popular Annual Song Contest Celebrates European Pop Music
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CHICAGO—Before American Idol, there was the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest has been one of Europe’s most popular television programs and one of television’s longest running music shows. After more than five decades featuring over 1,100 songs, the contest has become a modern classic with an estimated 125 million viewers watching each year, making it one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world. Chicago Sister Cities International presents a Eurovision Song Contest Viewing Party on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 2–5:30 p.m. at the River North location of John Barleycorn (149 W. Kinzie Street) in the second floor space. Cash bar and full menu will be available. It is free and open to the public of all ages. RSVP at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
On March 27, 2013, Marina And The Diamonds chatted via telephone with Markos Papadatos about her newest album “Electra Heart” and her “Lonely Hearts Club” tour, as well as her single “How to be a Heartbreaker.” Particularly impressive about Marina is that she either wrote or co-wrote every song on her album.
Landlord and Papou, approved for film incentives from the state of Michigan
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LANSING — The Michigan Film Office today announced two Michigan films, Landlord and Papou, have been approved for film incentives from the state. Michigan filmmakers are leading both projects, and both are set to film in metro Detroit.
Eight works from the collection of Anthony Quinn, the late American actor, feature in the next Bonhams sale of South African art on March 20th in New Bond Street, London. Including paintings and sculptures by Cecil Skotnes, Lucky Sibiya, Dumile Feni-Mhlaba and Cyprian Shilakoe, the selection ranges in price from £2,500 to £30,000.
Voxakis is the co-producer and general manager on new play about Lincoln
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CHICAGO—Eighty-Eight Entertainment presents the Chicago Premiere ofHershey Felder’s riveting new production, AN AMERICAN STORY for ACTOR AND ORCHESTRA, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s last day, in a limited engagement at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted, previewing Thursday, March 7, 2013 and opening Sunday, March 10 at 3 p.m.
ATHENS—Dozens of talented, creative volunteer organizers have joined forces once again to help organize and stage the always-exciting, carnival. Little known, the Athens district known as Metaxourgeio, or "Silk Factory" in Greek, very nearly became home to the presidential palace during the Nineteenth Century because of its central location.
