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Culture, Music, Wanderlust, Wonderland

Art With Me ventures to Miami from its home base in Mexico

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Core Magazines is giving away 2 free tickets to Art With Me in Miami.
Find out how to get your hands on them, inside.

World-renowned artists on exhibit, works of art being created on the spot, musicians performing live, DJs on deck, and top chefs whipping up delicious dishes. Arts and culture lovers from around the globe gather for an immersive art experience in a 30-acre park in Miami this weekend.

This is the second time that Art With Me will be held in that city. The event’s founder David Graziano calls this year’s festival “the best pre-Basel event in Miami.”

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Music, News, Pandora's Box, Wonderland

Fatal shooting of Migos’ rapper Takeoff started with a disagreement, not over a dice game, witness says

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It seems like gun violence will never end in America. Early this morning rapper Takeoff became the latest victim to lose his life to a bullet. 

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Jerry Lee Lewis, the last originator of rock, dies at 87

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An elderly Jerry Lee Lewis in a gold sequinned jacket waving to the unseen crowd. Taken from below on his right, with a spotlight like the moon above, left.
Jerry Lee Lewis. Photo: Scott Schaefer

Somewhere in the world, in a mean little honky-tonk or big music hall or church basement rec room, someone is playing a Jerry Lee Lewis song. Wherever there is a piano, someone is shouting …

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Award-winning composer breathes new life into classic horror movie ‘Frankenstein’

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The special two-day showing of the 1931 classic cult film Frankenstein is being brought to life in epic experiential form just in time for Halloween.

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Health, Music

Awesome Music Project launches auction to support mental wellness

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It’s hard to ignore the positive benefits we get from music, from raising our spirits, getting rid of angst, inducing relaxation, assisting with communication to building self-esteem.

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Culture, Music, Pandora's Box, Wonderland

How to ‘gig-pirate’ a show at London’s 101 Club

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Kinetic Ideals, on-stage at the 101 Club, London
Kinetic Ideals, on-stage at the 101 Club, London

It’s the 1980s and anything goes. Some Canadian boys went to England after getting serious radio airplay. They started getting gigs and decided to take the show on the road. Here’s what JC Chambers, guitarist for the 80s post-punk bank Kinetic Ideals had to say to Core Magazines about their adventures in London, U.K.

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Culture, Music, Wanderlust, Wonderland

What’s happening on Festival Street at TIFF 2022

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Rapper Lil Yachty greets fans on Festival Street at TIFF 2022. Photo: Cherryl Bird
Rapper Lil Yachty greets fans on Festival Street at TIFF 2022. Photo: Cherryl Bird

Cultural ambassadors Buffy Sainte-Marie and Kardinal Offishall joined Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) CEO Cameron Bailey to officially open Festival Street on September 8 before the films started screening or stars set foot on the red carpet at this year’s festival.

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