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Sundance film festival spotlights inclusivity

An inclusive event for directors and creators in film spearheaded by Ericka Nicole Malone was a hotspot for attendees at the recent Sundance Film Festival. 

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Calder sculptures play theremin in MoMA commissioned sound score by Chrysler

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, asked Berlin-based composer and sound artist Dorit Chrysler to create a piece of music using her preferred instrument, the theremin. Chrysler’s concept didn’t just involve writing a piece of music and then playing it on the instrument.

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BTS Busan concert recreated in live technology-driven cinematic experience

Even though the concert has already happened the ARMY awaits an immersive audiovisual recreation of the epic sold-out show with their favourite band called BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas.

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‘Eilish Live At The O2’ adds 300 theatres worldwide for exclusive film screening

Image on image of Billie Eilish standing on stage looking up.

Over 300 theatres have been added for the screening of the GRAMMY-nominated concert film Billie Eilish Live At The O2 due to popular demand.

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

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

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

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

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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What’s happening on Festival Street at TIFF 2022

 

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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Celebrating 55 years of carnival in Toronto

After two years of cancellations and lockdowns of North America’s largest Caribbean festival, Toronto Caribbean Carnival is back On de Road Again celebrating the gift of culture given to Canada by the Caribbean community during the country’s centennial celebration in 1967. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Whine it up! — and giving …

A man and a woman, "the faces of this year's festival," wearing colourful headdresses jewellery and very little clothing
Celena Seusahai and Cleon Wong. Photo: C. Bird
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