Racked compiled an awesome list of the top pop-up shops of the year. Not surprisingly absent is the Target x Neiman Marcus holiday collaboration pop-up shop. Ones that did make the list? Favorites like Sephora and Warby Parker, plus homemade items from Etsy and charitable causes from2(X)ist.
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of San Diego in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
DownEast Basics, a high-style, low-price retailer that specializes in trendy fashions as well as modest clothing, unveiled its 2012 Holiday Collection featuring some of the hottest seasonal trends. Known for its "boutique on a budget" philosophy that lets shoppers buy more, the retailer offers new styles for women, teens and girls - including looks sure to be standouts this holiday.
The Highline Ballroom has announced its upcoming shows, now through December 31, 2012, featuring: DJ Norie / Power 105.1 Presents…Mavado; End of Semester Bash with DJ Camilo + Heavyness & Flow; Fusicology's Christmas Spectacular featuring Vivian Green; Dukagjini Mega Party; A$AP Twelvyy & Friends, Chase N Cashe; Almost Queen, A Tribute to Queen (Early); CEG Presents: A PHISH After-Party featuring Marco Benevento (Late); Cro-Mags & Sheer Terror, Rude Awakening, Brian Slug, Born Annoying (Early); CEG Presents: A PHISH After-Party featuring Dead Sessions w/ The Vermont Allstars (Late); and HLB New Year's Eve. Details below.
Second Skin Theatre commences the year with a powerful play that invokes a modern twist on a once forgetten legend. Sappho... in 9 fragments, written by Australian/British playwright Jane Montgomery Griffiths, is a politically-charged and inspirational work about Ancient Greece's first love poet intertwined with a fearlessly romantic modern-day affair.
This week at Joe's Pub, December 17 through December 31, performances include Taylor Mac: Music of the 1810's & 1830's, A Night with PigPen Theatre Co., Eric Hutchinson, Our Hit Parade, Mike Errico Holiday Show, Michael Sackler-Berner, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Benefit, The Respect Sextet, Starsky + Cox, Joey Arias, Rachael Sage, The Tickled Pinks, Wau Wau Sisters, A Scream Along with Billy Christmas Special, Still Here! A Fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy Relief, Sandra Bernhard, Willie Nile, and Dine or Dance at the Library at the Public on New Year's Eve.
Cowboy poetry is an occupational tradition, born out of a livelihood that is dependent on land, water and weather. At a time when demand for the West's natural resources is at an all-time high, and a changing climate is contributing to drought and its devastating consequences, it is critical to bring together those who depend on the land and those who are tasked with ensuring its sustainability, to share stories and solutions to the region's growing resource concerns. The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, which takes place in Elko, Nevada, January 28 to February 2, 2013, is a natural forum for discussions about these and other subjects pertinent to the rural West.
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its Broadway and cabaret events for today, December 14-February 3, featuring performances by Sasha Allen & Rob Lewis: Christmas Time Is Here, Lady Rizo, Taylor Mac, Our Hit Parade, Starsky + Cox, Joey Arias, Wau Wau Sisters, A Scream Along with Billy Christmas, Drew Gasparini, Bridget Everett, Justin VivIan Bond, Amy Lynn & Tituss Burgess, Motherlodge, Rated RSO: MT-17, Zack Zadek, Living For Today: Back to the Drawing Board, Ute Lemper and Once Upon a Time in NYC: Second Edition.
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its Broadway and cabaret events for December 14-February 3, featuring performances by Sasha Allen & Rob Lewis: Christmas Time Is Here, Lady Rizo, Taylor Mac, Our Hit Parade, Starsky + Cox, Joey Arias, Wau Wau Sisters, A Scream Along with Billy Christmas, Drew Gasparini, Bridget Everett, Justin Vivian Bond, Amy Lynn & Tituss Burgess, Motherlodge, Rated RSO: MT-17, Zack Zadek, Living For Today: Back to the Drawing Board, Ute Lemper and Once Upon a Time in NYC: Second Edition.
The African American experience is not represented solely by one voice or one style. For the fourth year in a row Horse Trade Management Group will present The Fire This Time Festival, providing a platform for talented early-career playwrights of African and African-American descent to explore new voices, styles, and challenging new directions for 21st century performing arts in order to move beyond common misconceptions of what's possible in 'black theater.' The festival's core production is a 10-minute play festival, presenting new work written by featured playwrights. Other festival programming will include a panel discussion and fully staged readings of new plays in development.
PinnWorth Productions invites audiences on a dramatic journey through Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical "Sunday in the Park with George" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre.
New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) returns for a second season of Keith Michael's Nutcracker, an enchanting holiday ballet. This one-hour ballet is perfect for children ages 3-10, with clever choreography sophisticated enough for the most discerning parent. Opening night at New York City's Florence Gould Hall will be tonight, December 7 at 4:30 p.m., with additional shows on December 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22 (see schedule below).
The Everlane pop-up in New York will host a series of WORK/SHOPS. Customers will get to experience the brand as well as customize their favorite Everlane products.
The results are in! And, last night, after a month-long hiatus, GLEE came speeding back to the small screen with the spiffy and spunky new episode, "The Role You Were Born To Play" - a Michael Hitchcock-written, Brad Falchuk-directed entry to Fox's hit musical series centering on the auditions for this year's McKinley High musical - none other than the campy 50s musical comedy GREASE! And, indeed, GREASE is the word - and, furthermore, the musical GLEE was born to do.
This February Marni will release its first-ever women's fragrance produced in collaboration with Estee Lauder.
Enter the fashion sock: proof that the smallest details can make the biggest difference. zoraab.com launched the 'Sock Connoisseur' e-retailer for men is shifting the men's sock from a staid utility to a fashion-forward, necessary accessory. Targeting the urban professional with a versatile lifestyle, gone are the days of bland, white, tubular-clad ankles and (thankfully) with it - those unsightly mankles. Ushered in instead are the eras of Don Draper , John F. Kennedy , Bond, Sinatra, Clooney: the debonair gentleman graced with the pursuit of stylish perfection down to the little last detail.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is escalating its longstanding campaign to reduce the consumption of soda and other sugary drinks today with the release of an animated short film exposing the drinks' unhappy health consequences. THE REAL BEARS tells the story of a family of polar bears who, even in their distant Arctic environment, are not immune from sunny marketing messages from Big Soda.
One of the things that I adore most about this theater company is they are constantly evolving and they learn from their mistakes. REBECCA dots every 'i' and crosses every 't' and made for a thoroughly enjoyable evening of suspense.
Tough Timez Apparel has reached a new sales mark and has been gaining a significant amount of momentum recently .
The Swinging Sixties were all over the runway at the Rue du Mail Spring 2013 show. The Mod-inspired collection featured Op Art effects, patent leather dots as well as floral prints.
