The Daily Mail writes that Jonathan Pryce has assembled a starry team of actors to participate in this year's Friendship Works gala at the Cafe de Paris on November 24.
Tory Burch LLC announced the opening of its first West Coast flagship at 366 North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in November. This is the company's fourth boutique in Los Angeles and its thirteenth in California.
From Egypt to Singapore, Morocco to Mexico, innovative theater director Thaddeus Phillips takes audiences on a tour of the planet's wildest frontiers with the world premiere of his solo theater work 17 BORDER CROSSINGS. On stage today, Nov. 13-17 at FringeArts' new waterfront headquarters (140 N. Columbus Blvd.), 17 BORDER CROSSINGS is based on Phillips' experiences crossing borders from one country to the next; the deceptively simple performance piece weaves these accounts into a dramatic, visual and surreal performance that is funny, haunting and surprisingly human.
To lead off its 66th consecutive season, the Hudson Players Club (HPC), Quebec's longest running community theatre troupe, is breaking new ground with the launch of the Eat Our Shorts! Play Festival, a week-long cavalcade of short plays. Four different companies comprised of local artists will present a range of exciting plays from November 26th to 30th at the charming theatre in the former train station in Hudson (28 Wharf Road, Hudson QC J0P 1H0). Each performance will feature two plays, and festival passes are available. (Play details follow.)
Saveur sings Gourmet on Tour's praises on its culinary tour website with this scintillating accolade. The UK-based operation Gourmet on Tour has offered these kinds of immersive, food-centric holidays since its inception in 2000, winning our admiration for its one-of-a-kind experiences. The company focuses on hands-on participation, providing over 80 unforgettable adventures in Europe, Asia, Australia, and America that give participants a true sense of culinary traditions in each country's regions. 'These are people with a background in food and wine who are passionate about it, and see food and travel going hand in hand,' Culinary Travel Awards panelist Kerrin Rousset says. Travellers participate in cooking classes, shop local food markets, visit boutique wineries, and create authentic dishes with both local home cooks and top chefs, returning home with indelible memories of these remarkable experiences. http://www.saveur.com/gallery/culinary-awards?page=33
Global Coffee Market to 2017 - Market Size, Growth and Forecasts in Over 70 Countries is a comprehensive package that enables readers the critical perspectives to be able to evaluate the world market for coffee. The package provides the market size, growth, and forecasts at the global level as well as for each of the following countries:
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) continues to strengthen its position as a leading global hotel operator in Africa with the signing of three new Sheraton hotels, marking the entrance of the company into Mauritania, Guinea and South Sudan by 2017. With these signings, Starwood is on track to increase its African portfolio by over 30% with more than 15 new hotels set to open over the next five years. This growth will add more than 5,000 guest rooms to the continent and create thousands of local employment opportunities.
The worldwide hit 'La Reina del Sur,' featuring the extraordinary and unforgettable story of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del Castillo), returns to Telemundo today, November 11 at 9pm/8c. The original production became Telemundo's most successful novela in the network's history, reaching 16.6 million total viewers during its original on-air run.
The Alumnae Theatre Company will present the first annual FireWorks Series. This is a brand new effort by the Company to showcase its homegrown talent in a further development beyond the very popular New Ideas Festival. Three full-length plays developed in-house will be staged in the Alumnae Studio Theatre from November 13 to December 1, 2013, and supporting events will allow audience members to engage with the dramaturgical process and intellectual themes.
The original production has reached millions of viewers in more than 86 countries and has been translated into 17 languages.
The Boston Jewish Film Festival, today, Nov. 6-18, turns 25 this milestone year. 'The Festival has been making people think, laugh, feel, love, and dream for a quarter of a century,' says Artistic Director Amy Geller. 'I am so proud and honored to be part of this rich cultural legacy.' This year, there are 46 films from 13 countries including Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and the Netherlands, and, of course, many from Israel and the U.S.; 40 films are Boston area premieres.
"There is a mystique about The Gritti Palace that has been built by local artisans, architects, craftsmen and cultural institutions, who have preserved the building's authentic elegance and distinct personality for generations," said Paul James, Global Brand Leader, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis and W Hotels Worldwide. "House of Waris RARE celebrates this commitment to craftsmanship while bringing this Luxury Collection landmark hotel into the 21st century."
The World Music Institute is excited to begin its Global Salon series with an intimate performance from Bengali singer Shafi Mondol tonight, November 2 at 8:00 pm at the Thalia Theater.
On November 18th, Tuttle Publishing will release a must-have book for Oriental rug scholars, collectors and traders, 'Oriental Rugs.' Written by Peter F. Stone, this unique reference provides 1000 gorgeous and varied images, as well as information on the techniques, traditions, and terminology of the Oriental rug trade across the globe in fascinating detail. This monumental reference work-long-awaited by collectors and scholars-fills an important gap in the available literature on oriental rugs today.
Artists creating groundbreaking new sounds to masterful standard bearers at their peak. International sounds with roots that run deep. Myriad fans ready for an evening of revelatory music. This is globalFEST (globalfest.org), America's catalytic springboard showcase/festival and year round service organization for world music. Taste-makers for an increasingly diverse and innovative planet-spanning scene, this one-night festival will gather a dozen international acts at New York City's Webster Hall on January 12, 2014.
A locomotive whistle sounds out across the desert, long and lonesome, and the engine gathers steam. Men ride on the roof of the carriage, their laughter spilling out into the night. Curled up on the luggage rack, a young boy on his first train trip alone is too excited to sleep, listening to all the voices and watching the faces, the stunning bride returning from a trip to gather her dowry, a striking and friendly family of African-Iraqis. He knows he'll remember every moment of this journey from Baghdad to Basra. He did, and many years and miles away it became the bedtime story he told his daughter, and the inspiration for Salaam's new album, Train to Basra and Other Stories (release: today, October 29, 2013).
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Lakewood Theatre Company is proud to present at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, for one night only, the play A. Lincoln.
BBC AMERICA's Supernatural Saturday brings the iconic lost city to life in new 13-part fantasy-adventure series, Atlantis. When Jason (Jack Donnelly, Dancing on the Edge) sets out to find his father, he could never imagine his journey would lead to a strange, yet impossibly familiar land full of dangerous creatures, legendary heroes and palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants - the ancient fabled city of Atlantis. In a milestone television event, Atlantis premieres Saturday, November 23, 9:00pm ET/PT following the encore broadcast of Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, as part of BBC AMERICA's biggest Supernatural Saturday ever.
Beginning November 8, The Jewish Museum will launch a new series of exhibitions focused on individual works in its world-renowned collection. Over the course of seven exhibitions, from 2013 to 2017, The Jewish Museum's curators will explore objects that highlight the breadth and diversity of the collection, ranging from an iconic Alfred Stieglitz photograph to a Moroccan wedding costume and a painting of a Passover seder by Carnegie Prize-winner Nicole Eisenman. These intimate Masterpieces & Curiosities exhibitions will provide new insights into works from the Museum's collection-contextualizing, examining, and rethinking the piece on view by surrounding it with other artworks, documents, and source materials.
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