What Is Jewish Music? Jewish music can be studied from many diversified points of view. Among them historical, liturgical and non-liturgical music of the Hebrews dating from the pre-Biblical times (Pharaonic Egypt); religious music at the first and second Solomon’s Temples; musical activities immediately following the Exodus; the seemingly impoverished […]
Entertainment – Celebrity Gossip
To become a celebrity means to become public. A celebrity looses the privacy of the personal life because the public have interest on the celebrity’s life no matter the size of the issue. This is the prize of fame of most celebrities. When an announcement is made public on the […]
Graduation Gifts For Fashionistas – Fashion School Students Top Ten Picks
For the graduate who happens to be a fashionista, an engraved pen just isn’t going to cut it in the gift department. Whether graduating from high school or college, she needs a gift that will feed her passion for fashion. And after all those years of hard work in school, […]
Two Types of Tarot Readings
When you’re starting out doing tarot readings, it’s important to remember that there are two basic types of readings, and that these readings are very different. The Question Many Tarot readings center around a question that the querent has asked. Your entire reading will focus on this question and how […]
The History of Jazz Piano Music in New Jersey
Due to its proximity to New York City, the world capital of jazz, New Jersey has had an interesting history with the genre. The piano as an instrument is particularly important to New Jersey’s relationship with jazz music history because there have been so many important jazz pianists who came […]
Kathak Dancer Rekha Mehra Presents Ecological Ballet on World Environment Day at Triveni Auditorium
New Delhi: Rekha Mehra, renowned Kathak dancer & President of Urvashi Dance Music Arts & Cultural Society organized a dance ballet “DHANI CHUNARIA” on WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY at Triveni Auditorium. Her efforts were to create awareness about the looming reality of global warming which is no more a distant reality […]
Venezuela Music
The people of Venezuela boast of a history and culture that is rich in folk music. The national musical instrument of Venezuela is the “cuatro.” Ilanero is a typical Venezuelan music. It originated in the plains or ‘ilanos’ of the country and was made popular by many musical artists, including […]
Pablo Picasso – The African Period
Picasso’s Rose Period was followed by an even more radical departure in style. From 1907 to 1909 Picasso’s art was influenced by his interest in so-called “primitive” arts, especially African Masks. This period, consequently, became known as the African Period. His paintings, typified by simplified, angular forms, were rendered in […]
Graffiti Art History
Graffiti’s first roots began to appear in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the late 60s when a couple of young boys started tagging corn bread and cool earl all over the city until almost every where you looked you would see corn bread and cool earl written in trains walls windows etc. […]
Exploring Musee D’Orsay in France
Paris, the ‘most visited city’ in the world serves home to some famous historical monuments & museums. It is also considered as the hub of many art & cultural renaissances. Many monuments and landmarks that adorn the city are world famous and visited by millions of tourists every year. Musée […]