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• Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out Of Inaugural Concert

  14-01-2017 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an open letter, provided exclusively to TheWrap, the “Dreamgirls” star apologized to the LGBT community, saying she was “uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans.”
  
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• Eiffel Tower to get a €300m facelift

  14-01-2017 20:10
  The Eiffel Tower is to undergo a 300m, 15-year refurbishment, Pariss mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday.The landmark, which receives more paying touristsabout 7 million a yearthan any other monument in the world, was built as the centerpiece of the 1889 Universal Exposition. The planned refurbishment is intended to bolster the French capitals bids to host another Worlds Fair in 2025 and, before that, the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games, according to a statement from the mayors office.
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• A stitch through time: embroidery gives 1970s objects a second life – in pictures

  14-01-2017 18:00
  
  Over the past decade, Swedish designer Ulla-Stina Wikander has collected cross-stitch embroideries from flea markets and vintage stores; her collection now contains more than 100 designs. In 2012 she started to use these embroideries to cover household objects from the 70s: a sewing machine, a vacuum cleaner, an electric mixer. “These embroideries have mostly been made by women and are seen as kitsch and pretty worthless,” she says. By combining the old items and embroideries, both a
  
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• The 24-Year-Old Choreographer Who Puts Branding At The Center Of His Art

  14-01-2017 06:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sometimes it seems like the arts retreat further and further into their own arts bubbles. That is - the arts play to particular arts audiences, continually reinforcing those audiences but finding it more and more difficult to reach general audiences. So how to break out beyond dance audiences if you're a dancer?
  Twenty-four-year-old dancer/choreographer Jacob Jonas has an idea, reports the Los Angeles Times. He's a former skateboarder, and his work borrows from range of traditions and forms
  
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• Two Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences to Choose From – Get 3-for-1 by Jan. 31!

  14-01-2017 05:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences to Choose From – Get 3-for-1 by Jan. 31!Two Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences to choose from, presented by Arts Reach -- New York City, March 16-18 & Seattle, May 3-4. This is the conference for your entire revenue-building team! Register by the Early Bird Deadline of January 31 and bring 2 colleagues for FREE! Includes a Digital Marketing Track.Space is limited; register today to guarantee your place. It
  
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• Today's AJBlog Highlight 01.13.17

  14-01-2017 05:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Art Errors: Steve Cohen Evades Not Only the Feds, But Also the New Yorker’s Fact-Checkers When I read the art-related passages in the New Yorker‘s Total Return: When the feds went after a hedge-fund legend (aka Steve Cohen, the mega-collector ), all I could think of was: Where are the ... read more
  AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-01-13
  
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