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DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative's Arts and Humanities for Every Student Program to Benefit from Whole Foods Market District of Columbia Store Sales

DC organization celebrates 20 years of providing equitable access to the arts and humanities for DC students. DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative will be the beneficiary of Whole Foods Market’s quarterly 5% Community Giving Day in Washington, DC on Wednesday, September 20th. Five percent of the day’s sales from all four current Washington, DC stores will benefit the DC Collaborative’s high-cost transportation needs for their "Arts and Humanities for Every Student" legacy program. - September 17, 2017 - DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative

Laura Rathe Fine Art Presents Meredith Pardue: Cenote Falls

LRFA Presents Solo Exhibition by Contemporary Artist in Dallas, Texas. - September 16, 2017 - Laura Rathe Fine Art

Epic "Breaking Bad" Series Used as Sobriety Tool in Unique Self-Help Book

Indie author to self-publish eBook entitled "The (Breaking) Bad Path to Enlightenment & Sobriety," a sequel to his first self-help book. It's a compilation of the author's blog posts. Every episode of series is summarized and analyzed to illustrate the dangers of an overly powerful ego. - September 16, 2017 - Lee Eide's Books, Inc.

Cary Tagawa, Adrianne Curry & Ice-T's Wife Coco Are Cast as New Super Heroes Based on the Comic Book, Gekido, by BeyondComics.TV Creator Graig Weich & B.Wilson

Ice-T's super model wife, Coco (Coco Austin), Adrianne Curry and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mortal Kombat) are now officially licensed for the 1st time as fully posable 1/6 scale 12" action figures with "real synthetic skin" (& 28 points of articulation with a steel skeleton inside), based on the comic book, Gekido. They are empowered new super heroes: www.BeyondComics.TV, created by celebrity artist of the stars Graig Weich (Poster Artist: Spawn #30) seen on TV's E!, Huff Post, AMC, HBO & 20/20 ABC. - September 15, 2017 - BeyondComics.TV

Cynthia Harris Honored as a Prominent Business Leader by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Cynthia Harris of Las Vegas, Nevada has been honored as a Prominent Business Leader for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding achievements and high level of success for over 40 years in the fields of live music performance and music education. About... - September 15, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide

A Family with Their 7-Months Old Baby Started on a 6-Years Long Bicycle Journey Around the World. They Share All About It through DreamUp Project.

The founders of DreamUp Project, Blagomyr and Olena Dovgan, a couple from Ukraine, gave up their jobs and sold all they had, except their bicycles and touring gear. Now everything they own fits on their bicycles. On 29th July 2017 they started from Kyiv on their journey around the globe. They plan to reach New Zealand in 3 years and hope to pedal back to Kyiv through the Americas and Europe in 2023, when their daughter will turn 6 - September 15, 2017 - DreamUp

New Book Exposes Dark Side of Adoption History

Adoption activist and author Karen-Wilson Buterbaugh, Director of the Baby Scoop Era Research Initiative, documents the darkest corners of infant adoption in her new book "The Baby Scoop Era: Unwed Mothers, Infant Adoption and Forced Surrender." In her timely expose, Wilson-Buterbaugh... - September 14, 2017 - Baby Scoop Era Research Initiative

“The Girl Who Said Sorry”: Feminist Picture Book on the Gender Apology Gap

New feminist picture book, "The Girl Who Said Sorry," highlights the realities of the gender apology gap to young girls. Written in rhyme and accompanied by approachable illustrations, “The Girl Who Said Sorry” encourages developing girls to make personal choices without apology, and with self-esteem. - September 14, 2017 - Hayoung Terra Yim

Public Television Debuts Make48 This Fall Where Novice Inventors Create New Consumer Products During 'Round-the-Clock Invent-a-Thon

in "Make48," a Public TV series debuting this fall, novice inventors are given 48 hours to come up with a new consumer product—going from idea to prototype in a televised invent-a-ton. During the final episodes, three winners, picked by judges from QVC, Indigogo, Pivot International and Handy Camel will see their products pitched to major retailers. The series is distributed nationwide by American Public Television and underwritten by Stanley Black & Decker. Check local listing for times. - September 14, 2017 - Make48 LLC

Kay Lamb Shannon Recognized as a Woman of Excellence by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Kay Lamb Shannon of Waco, Texas has been recognized as a Woman of Excellence by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements for over 50 years in the field of fine art. About Kay Lamb Shannon Kay Lamb Shannon is the self-employed Owner of Strokes... - September 14, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide

New Children’s Book About Boogers Poised to Reduce Germs, Save Desks and Sleeves

"Where a Booger Goes," Andrews’ first book (set for release by Black Swan Publishing, LLC on 10/21/2017), highlights inappropriate booger-disposal habits by several cartoon children before reaching the conclusion of where a booger truly belongs. The illustrated boogers in the book are full of character and personality, and manage to be disgusting and adorable at the same time. - September 13, 2017 - Black Swan Publishing, LLC

Falling for Fall Arts and Crafts Show - New

Falling for Fall Arts & Crafts Show is a new event which takes place on Saturday 9/16/17 (10am-5pm) & Sunday 9/17/17 (10am-5pm) at Bull Run Regional Park Special Events Center in Centreville, VA. - September 13, 2017 - Troy Promotions

Texas Trust Gives Away $2,500 to UTA Students in Snapchat Contest

Five University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) students won a total of $2,500 from Texas Trust Credit Union during the credit union’s “I Want Free Stuff” Snapchat photo contest. The promotion gave UTA students a chance to win $500 each by taking a creative selfie. Using Snapchat,... - September 13, 2017 - Texas Trust Credit Union

Avaloy Studios Launches Yasuke: Birth of a Samurai Hatchfund Campaign

Avaloy Studios has launched a Hatchfund campaign for the comic/anime series project, Yasuke: Birth of a Samurai. - September 12, 2017 - Avaloy Studios

Korean Temple Cultural Event is Open to the Public for the First Time

In honor of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism is kicking off festivities with a Cultural Week of Korean Temple Food and a real taste of what it’s like to visit Korean temples. The public will get to experience this without hopping on a plane and... - September 11, 2017 - Korean Temple Food

Kickstarter Campaign - The Velveteen Rabbit - A New Adaptation for Today’s Kids

"The Velveteen Rabbit - a New Adaptation for Today’s Kids” launches today on Kickstarter. It features engaging new text, vibrant drawings, and a commitment to the spirit of the original. The project’s goal is to raise $4000, primarily for new illustrations. According to Leviathan's Creative Director, John Jimerson, the new book "keeps the depth, vibrant plot, and inventive characters of the original, while transforming into a story that modern kids will love to read and have read to them." - September 09, 2017 - Leviathan, LLC

MARY JANES: WOMEN OF WEED Selected by Mill Valley Film Festival Cannabis Focus Day

Women are changing the face of today’s fastest growing industry - cannabis. Join filmmaker Windy Borman as she explores the movement to end marijuana prohibition, her own relationship to the plant, and the stereotypes surrounding it. Through a series of empowering and educational interviews with a broad diversity of women leading the industry today, Windy’s own assumptions are transformed as she discovers cannabis liberation intersects with the most urgent social justice issues of our time. - September 08, 2017 - DVA Productions

True Crime Author RJ Parker Releases New Book

"ABDUCTION: The Minivan Murders" is a horrific account of serial killer couple James Daveggio and Michelle Michaud. Available today in hardcopy. - September 08, 2017 - RJ Parker Publishing, Inc.

mSpy iPhone 8 Giveaway

mSpy, the #1 parental control application, has launched an iPhone 8 giveaway to its loyal users. - September 08, 2017 - mSpy

Nate Goodman, San Diego Teen, Wins Diller Tikkun Olam Award for His Work in Film & Community Service

Nate Goodman won a highly selective scholarship given to only 15 teens nationwide for his extensive film work promoting charitable organizations such as Resurf, Jitli, the Jewish Federation, and others. Nate and his family were flown to San Francisco for the award ceremony on 8/28 to officially accept the $36000.00 scholarship he can use at his discretion. Nate was the only student to be awarded this prize in all of Southern California including LA and San Diego. - September 08, 2017 - Nate Goodman

Country Music's Rising Stars and Sister Duo Presley & Taylor Release Heart Over Mind Featuring Pam Tillis

Country Music's dynamic new sister duo release a re-make of the Mel Tillis classic Heart Over Mind featuring country hit-maker Pam Tillis. Illuminated by a traditional ensemble with steel guitar, twin fiddles and three part harmonies, the song leaves country taping their feet. Heart Over Mind is a... - September 07, 2017 - Presley & Taylor

"Have You Ever Asked Yourself...Have I Been Here Before?" The Workshop Experience You’ve Been Waiting Lifetimes for!

Experience a special group, Past-Life Exploration Workshop - September 07, 2017 - HypnoMarc, LLC.

Gospel Music Singer/Songwriter, Kimberlee M. Leber, Provides Relief to This Hurting World on Her New Album "Like a Tree" Now Launching to Global Radio with AirPlay Direct

Offering musical medicine for the soul, the album truly provides a message for humanity at this critical hour of need. Clearly our world is crying for real hope, peace, and restoration right now. And Kimberlee, alongside her husband, are answering God's call to help meet those needs by releasing music that has been prayerfully pulled down from Heaven. And now, “Like a Tree” is being launched to global radio through AirPlay Direct, a digital delivery system for global radio programmers. - September 07, 2017 - Kimberlee M. Leber

Charleston Couple Invents New Tennis Product

Charleston couple, Dan & Margie Curry, have just launched their website to sell Tennis Bagup, a very unique new product for tennis players. The Tennis Bagup stand attaches to your tennis bag, and gets the tennis bag up off the ground and off the court benches. Folding legs makes it easy to use, carry, and store. This couple spent the past two years building different prototypes and improving their product, before applying for patents and selling it online. - September 06, 2017 - Tennis Bagup LLC

Longest Running Dance Studio in Arlington Heights, the DanceXpress Dance Studio Gets Complete Make-Over, Reinvests in Community and Hosts Grand Opening Event

Owner of the oldest dance studio in Arlington Heights purchases new location in Arlington Heights and reinvests in the community. The DanceXpress Dance Studio gets completely remodeled and redesigned, including website, print, and social media re-branding. Grand Opening event to be held this weekend. - September 06, 2017 - The DanceXpress Dance Studio

2017 Chinese American Film Festival & Chinese American TV Festival; Celebrates a Grand Debut of a "Double Festival" at the End of October in Hollywood

The Chinese American Film Festival hosted by EDI Media Inc. held the 2017 Chinese American Film Festival & Chinese American TV Festival Press Conference on September 1st at the Los Angeles Public Library’s Central Library. - September 06, 2017 - EDI Media

Stellar Scholars Proves to be the Mothers of Invention Again with Love and Baseball "StoryTubes" Live Reads on YouTube

The non-profit academic collective of creative professionals who invented Wild Golf are back at it again with live-reads of their one- to five-minute stories of romance and baseball called "StoryTubes." Visitors can now listen as they follow the popular tales about the world's two... - September 06, 2017 - Stellar Scholars

Digital Film Academy in New York Calls for Video Submissions for Its 1st Annual Short Film Competition, The DFA Think Contest

“The DFA Think Contest” is a New York City based digital filmmaking contest established and sponsored by the Digital Film Academy in New York City. This contest is designed to encourage young and aspiring filmmakers to jumpstart their filmmaking careers by encouraging them to write, shoot and edit their original content using all digital media tools available to them. The contestants are challenged to tell impact full stories of social significance within a limited running time of 60 seconds. - September 05, 2017 - Digital Film Academy

Suzanne Zahr Announces Completion of Caruccio’s Culinary Event Center, an Architect-Led Design-Build Project on Mercer Island

Architect Suzanne Zahr takes a symbiotic approach to designing and building creative environments in close collaboration with her clientele. - September 05, 2017 - Caruccio's

Gaming with Purpose - Mobile App Raises Awareness of Ocean Pollution, Donating a Percentage of Revenue to Marine Clean Up Efforts

Future Fighters™ is an app-based gaming platform set out to create an alternative in the way gaming can be viewed, played and integrated into one’s life. It began as a way to reach the masses through social media and mobile gaming that will not only educate but also inspire and be the start of a real movement. - September 05, 2017 - Future Fighters

HYGO Surpasses a Whopping 50 Million Fans

HYGO boasts over 50 million fans online at the end of Q2, 2017. This is spread out across various social media outlets (Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter), and also includes newsletter signups. - September 04, 2017 - HYGO

"Tasting for a Cause"

In the spirit of giving and helping others, Party at My Place Tastings & Events begins its new business venture with fundraising tasting parties as its primary focus. - September 04, 2017 - Party at My Place Tastings & Events

Light Up Every Desk and Photos with the New PhotoEmoji

PhotoEmojis are perfect for those photos that have provided you with some of the most unforgettable moments in your life and the opportunity to match your pictures to the emojis they best represent. Cute, enormously influential: they are an amazing decoration topper for any desk. Something funny? Pick the laughing PhotoEmoji. Something with your partner? Heart eyes all the way. - September 03, 2017 - PhotoEmoji

GRADD-NVBAA STEM Education Discovery Zone at 54th National Championship Air Races

GRADD (Global Robot And Drone Deployment) and the Nevada Business Aviation Association (NVBAA) will expand offerings for youth education and host the “GRADD-NVBAA STEM Education Discovery Zone,” an area specifically designed to provide a richer science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and learning environment for youth of all ages, during race week at The 54th National Championship Air Races as part of the 2017 event. - September 02, 2017 - GRADD

Tammy Lane Productions Presents the Apocalypse Experience as a Different Type of Event During the Halloween Season That Challenges You to Face Your Future and Fight Fear

Capernaum First Century Village Event Center and Live Productions along with Tammy Lane Productions brings an exciting, terrifying production to the Weatherford area. In its second year of production, the Apocalypse Experience combines professional actors with realistic special effects in a brick and mortar town for guests to experience a 45-minute live action walk through of what could happen during the end times. - September 02, 2017 - Capernaum First Century Village

Ecwid and NCR Bring Omnichannel Commerce to Small Businesses

Ecwid, a leading e-commerce platform that enables anyone to sell anywhere at any time, today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with NCR and integrated with NCR SilverTM, the cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) solution, to bring restaurants and retailers a seamless online-offline... - September 01, 2017 - Ecwid

All Things Considered 9: Basketry in the 21st Century

Presented by the National Basketry Organization, this exhibition features 40 pieces of contemporary basketry, both traditional and sculptural, juried by Lloyd Herman. - September 01, 2017 - Peters Valley Gallery

Fashion Legends Ty Hunter and Shun Melson to be Honored

With extreme buzz within the “Fashion” community, SHEEN Magazine’s “Fashion Innovators Awards” salute to the biggest and brightest pioneers of fashion and beauty will be the talk of New York Fashion Week 2017. The 2015 inaugural celebration honored Model/Designer Bobby... - September 01, 2017 - Sheen Magazine

Hedley Productions Reports Votes for Good and Evil

In a two-month campaign to determine who would win the eternal battle between good and evil, Hedley Production took bets on God or the Devil, and the results are surprising. By an overwhelming percent, evil triumphed. According to Benjamin Padua, Director of Hedley Productions, “We began this... - September 01, 2017 - Hedley Productions

Major General Harry W. Brooks Jr., Dies at Age 89 Indiana's First African-American General and Sixth in the Nation

Family announcement of the death of Major General Harry W. Brooks, Jr., USA (Ret), arrangements and biographical information on General Brooks. - August 31, 2017 - Major General Harry W. Brooks Jr.

New from VSI.Video: Create Custom Videos for PowerPoint

VSI.Video’s new cloud-based platform enables creating attention-grabbing full motion video in minutes. With a broad selection of professionally-created motion video designs from which to select and customize, users can easily abandon using bullet points in their presentations and start creating custom videos that output directly to a PowerPoint slide. Users create in real time and the platform is 100% web-based with no software to download. - August 31, 2017 - VSI.Video

Vulnerable Species of Eupleridae (Fossa) Born at Catoctin Wildlife Preserve

Now 10-weeks old, the male and female pair of pups are the second group born at the Preserve in two years. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species as “Vulnerable,” with their greatest threat in the wild coming from habitat destruction. Fossa are their own unique species, but closely related to Mongoose and meercats. - August 31, 2017 - Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

The Fix Luxury Retreat Presented by Sorel During the Toronto International Film Festival

the[fix] luxury retreat is a unique and exclusive reprieve for media and the stars during the busy Toronto International Film Festival. - August 31, 2017 - the[fix]

UniGuide® Launches Kickstarter Campaign Sweepstakes

UniGuide, the lifestyle site that makes eco-friendly and vegan living easy, launches a sweepstakes today to promote its UniGuide Kickstarter campaign. The sweepstakes, which will run from August 30 through September 6, 2017, will give eligible participants the chance to win a selection of prizes with a total value of $250. - August 30, 2017 - Olive App, LLC

All New Magic Show and Hot New Comedy Production Come to Blazin' M This Fall

The summer may be ending, but the fun at Blazin’ M Ranch continues this fall & winter. Blazin' M announces two hot new shows starting in September & October at the ranch: the all new magic show, featuring award-winning magician Eric Giliam Starts September 24th and the laugh-out-loud comedy "Hot Flashes on the Trail - A Melodrama Miss-Hap" begins October 1st. Both shows will run on Select weekend days through the end of the year. - August 30, 2017 - Blazin' M Ranch

PIL Creative Group Named Advertising Agency of Record for the 55th Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival

Coconut Grove Arts & Historical Association, Inc. has selected PIL Creative Group as its advertising agency of record for the 55th Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival after a three-month evaluation process. PIL Creative Group is an independent design, marketing and advertising agency based in Coral Gables, FL. - August 29, 2017 - PIL Creative Group

New Pro-Trump Administration Comic Strip Intends to Inform with Truth in Humor

“The Media is waging an all-out anti-Administration campaign to discredit Presidential initiatives, misrepresent political issues and inflame the public mind by focusing on radical acts opposed to constitutional rights, the rule of law and what America stands for,” DiGirolamo asserts, co-author of TROMP. TROMP is an American born Bull Elephant with a tuft of wavy, reddish-blonde hair and bushy eyebrows; aims to set the record straight with Truth in Humor in a new politically charged comic strip. - August 28, 2017 - STANTZ.NEWS

4th Annual Vegan Soulfest Returns to Baltimore