The Garden In April

Jannie Vaught We are almost at Easter and hopefully the last possible cold snap. The tomato starts that are under lights or in the hoop house are now beginning their “hardening off” process, this includes, lettuce, herbs, eggplants, etc. What is already in, onions, beets, radish, potatoes, foot-long green beans, southern peas, spinach. I have also planted flowers zinnias, marigolds, and single stem sunflowers for … Continue reading The Garden In April

Charlotte Earth Day 2022 – All Together Now

Free and open to the community, Charlotte Earth Day 2022 will be Saturday, April 23, 2022 in First Ward Park. This will be an interactive, science-based, theatrically presented family learning celebration. Free and open to the community, Charlotte Earth Day 2022 will be Saturday, April 23, 2022 in First Ward Park. This will be an interactive, science-based, theatrically presented family learning celebration. This event is … Continue reading Charlotte Earth Day 2022 – All Together Now

Scosche ThudBuds TWS The Perfect Audio Companion To Take On All Of Your Outdoor Adventures

By Brian Sebastian Get lost in your music on your next outdoor adventure with The ThudBuds True Wireless EarBuds from Scosche with premium audio quality. As you might expect, the audio quality was nothing short of extraordinary. The design and build was also solid and unmistakably Scosche and they were also comfortable. ThudBuds TWS are rock-solid true wireless earbuds that sound great, with a lively … Continue reading Scosche ThudBuds TWS The Perfect Audio Companion To Take On All Of Your Outdoor Adventures

We Are All One Step Away from ‘One Road to Quartzsite

One Road to Quartzsite Rating: 7/10 Director and Writer: Ryan Maxey Written by: Ryan Maxey, Josh Polon, Sophie Hardeman Style: Documentary Time: 105 minutes Official Site: https://www.facebook.com/quartzsitefilm By Mike Szymanski I loved the 2021 Best Picture winner “Nomadland” partly because it was a bit frightening. It came out while the world was quarantined and in the middle of the pandemic, and I felt like I … Continue reading We Are All One Step Away from ‘One Road to Quartzsite

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Announces 2022 Lineup with Harry Styles, Billie Eilish

RETURNING TO THE DESERT SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEATURING88RISING’S HEAD IN THE CLOUDS FOREVER WEEKEND ONE PASSES NO LONGER AVAILABLEREGISTER NOW FOR WEEKEND TWO Still on Sale But Limited AT COACHELLA.COM Coachella returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA for two weekends set for April 15 – 17 and April 22 – 24, 2022 with Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Swedish House Mafia, 88rising’s Head In … Continue reading Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Announces 2022 Lineup with Harry Styles, Billie Eilish

It’s Been A Very Interesting Wild Ride With In The Garden

By Jannie Vaught The big question is “When can I plant?” It appears that the old adage of” Wait till Easter to plant the cold-sensitive plants.” might be right !! I even heard a woman who picked up a plant at the local grocery and returned it to its tray, she said I’m waiting till after Easter! With the High Winds we have been having … Continue reading It’s Been A Very Interesting Wild Ride With In The Garden

The Heart-Ache in ‘Stay Awake’ Focuses on How Two Brothers Deal with It

Stay Awake Rating: 8/10 Director & Screenwriter: Jamie Sisley Style: Family Drama Time: 94 minutes By Mike Szymanski Although the disease of addiction is rampant throughout small communities throughout America, very few films have truly captured the pain and angst of what it does inside a family than in “Stay Awake.” The frustrations of the two brothers in the movie are issues that anyone can … Continue reading The Heart-Ache in ‘Stay Awake’ Focuses on How Two Brothers Deal with It

Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn Lobdell, Woelffer

The Norton Simon Museum presents Alternate Realities, an exhibition focusing on four groundbreaking painters who were active in Los Angeles or the Bay Area in the 1950s and 1960s: John Altoon, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Lobdell and Emerson Woelffer. Each of these artists worked in a style closely associated with Abstract Expressionism, but they did not reject representation outright. Instead they forged a productive dialogue between the … Continue reading Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn Lobdell, Woelffer

Jooki High Quality Speaker For Kids Review

By Rachael Y Jooki is the only high-quality speaker that gives kids safe, screen-free access to streaming audio content. In just a few clicks, grown-ups can associate a Spotify playlist with a Jooki figurine. Then the child just places the figurine on the speaker to access that playlist. Jooki has become an every day part of my children’s lives. Its wifi capabilities has allowed my … Continue reading Jooki High Quality Speaker For Kids Review

DONAL LOGUE, PALOMA KWIATKOWSKI, DAVID MAZOUZ & ADAM BEACH BOARD THE ISLAND BETWEEN TIDES

 It was announced today that production has begun on The Island Between Tides in Prince Rupert, BC. The supernatural thriller is written and directed by Andrew Holmes (Dolph) and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Austin Andrews (Julie and the Phantoms). The feature film, based on Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie’s gothic bedtime story Mary Rose, stars Paloma Kwiatkowski (Riot Girls), Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy), David Mazouz (Gotham), Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), and Golden … Continue reading DONAL LOGUE, PALOMA KWIATKOWSKI, DAVID MAZOUZ & ADAM BEACH BOARD THE ISLAND BETWEEN TIDES

Picasso Ingres: Face to Face

Lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.’ *‘Les bons artistes copient, les grands artistes volent.’ * Pablo Picasso For the first time ever a painting by Pablo Picasso (‘Woman with a Book’, 1932) from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, and the painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (‘Madame Moitessier’, 1856) which famously inspired it, will be shown side by side at the National Gallery, London as part of a special collaboration between … Continue reading Picasso Ingres: Face to Face

2021 National Gallery Artist in Residence: Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?

An exhibition of new work that considers how histories of trauma can be explored through a response to museum and gallery collections opens at the National Gallery in March 2022. If you prick us, do we not bleed? by the Gallery’s 2021 Artist in Residence Ali Cherri, introduces cabinets of curiosity into the heart of the Sainsbury Wing, containing assembled fragments that might look like relics … Continue reading 2021 National Gallery Artist in Residence: Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?

“Royalty Free” Tells of Making The World A better Place Through Music And A Dream

By Sherletta Germain  “Royalty Free” is a story of Kevin McCloud and his ability to make the world a better place through his composition of music. I really enjoyed the film because it didn’t just show one layer of who Kevin is. The film showed the ups and downs; the good versus the bad . Kevin’s career was interesting in how he kind of accidentally … Continue reading “Royalty Free” Tells of Making The World A better Place Through Music And A Dream

Midcentury Abstraction: A Closer Look

Exhibition inspired by a recent gift of six works by Franz Kline and Mark Rothko from the Friday Foundation The Yale University Art Gallery is pleased to present Midcentury Abstraction: A Closer Look, an exhibition inspired by a recent gift of six paintings and drawings from the Seattle-based Friday Foundation honoring the legacy of Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. This important gift includes … Continue reading Midcentury Abstraction: A Closer Look

LGBTQ+ Charity Music Festival LOVELOUD Returns May 14 With All-Star Lineup of Artists

INITIAL LINE UP INCLUDES GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING RECORDING ARTIST DAN REYNOLDS OF IMAGINE DRAGONS, WILLOW, ANITTA, NEON TREES, THE ACES, AND MAT & SAVANNA LOVELOUD Festival (http://loveloudfest.com) is thrilled to announce that after a two-year pause brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s returning with an all-star lineup of artists on May 14, 2022. The festival, which will be held at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, is … Continue reading LGBTQ+ Charity Music Festival LOVELOUD Returns May 14 With All-Star Lineup of Artists

Covering WeedCon Mardi Gras without Getting Stoned

By Mike Szymański Photographs courtesy of Mike Szymański The one thing about covering WeedCon this past Mardi Gras that stood out is for me is that I was not stoned and practically everybody else there was. I had many fascinating conversations about cannabis that I didn’t understand, but I learned a lot of things. Along the way, I received a pair of sunglasses, a T-shirt, … Continue reading Covering WeedCon Mardi Gras without Getting Stoned

WIFTV ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS FOR THE 2022 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL 

Women In Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) announced the award winners for the 17th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) this weekend. The ceremony was a live virtual event featuring filmmakers from around the globe. “With so many fantastic films in the program, the jury had a tough job! We are really proud of how well the awards reflect our intentions for the … Continue reading WIFTV ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS FOR THE 2022 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL