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Contemporary filmmakers Massimiliano Melis and Marcello Tedesco have recently released their newest film Pocket Pass # 01 which is available on MethisMacs YouTube channel and ShortEmpire Films. The film is an experimental visual arts film that asks the audience to take a deeper look past the obvious elements. Pocket Pass #01 has been directed by Massimiliano Melis and Marcello Tedesco and the project is by Gabriele Tosi. The film was made entirely in Bologna (Italy) inside the exhibition space LOCALEDUE in May 2015, including the dismantling of the personal Folding Study of Nicholas Morgan Gandolfi and the personal Jenga of Fabrizio Perghem.

The Telly Awards has named Life In the Carolinas as a Bronze winner in the 36th Annual Telly Awards for their piece titled American Legion World Series. With nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor.

Abrupt Studios and director Chris Le are excited to announce the Kickstarter Campaign for the scifi film entited JUAREZ 2045 starring Danny Trejo. The movie is about a group of marines who must combat a robotic drug cartel lead by Danny Trejo in Juarez, Mexico. Featuring world class visual effects all done by director Le and a score by videogame superstar Sam Hulick, the film is expected to be finished in November of 2015. Says Director Le "the project is very ambitious and we need monetary help to complete our visual effects. So far I've been the only one doing them and if I can get some help, we'll be able to complete the film sooner and at an even higher level. Our goal is to do Hollywood Blockbuster style visual effects at a fraction of the budget that they do it for and that's why we need Kickstarter's help."

Schools all over the United States are increasingly emphasizing nonfiction as the Common Core standards become essential. The Common Core language arts and literacy standards attempt to correct the fiction/nonfiction imbalance by placing an increased emphasis on reading nonfiction—starting with an equal emphasis on literature and informational text in elementary school. At nearly all grade levels, students are expected to develop research skills across content areas with a strong focus on nonfiction, including literary nonfiction.

Jai Corrine Simons has recently released her new book, Darkness to Destiny which is the first in a series of memoirs chronicling her life, her journey of overcoming hardship and emerging as a better and stronger human being, full of love and compassion for others and herself. Jai is also a neo-soul/R&B performer and recording artist, her new single "Darkness to Destiny", from her upcoming CD of the same title "Darkness to Destiny," is available now. The music and the book are an extension of one another through which she aims to convey the passion for life and love necessary to recover from a life of drug abuse and hardships to one of hope and progress. Available now at JaiCorrine.com and on Amazon, CD Baby, and iTunes.

Gubbey Records is now taking music submissions for the annual cassette compilation, "Head Cleaner- A Louisville Music Compilation". Last year's edition featured 106 diverse Louisville music acts on three cassettes and an additional download volume with a playing time that boasted over 6 1/2 hours. We want to meet or exceed that turnout for the 2015 edition. Louisville bands/musical acts please send your music, all it takes is a song and the song info. "The purpose of this compilation is to document and take a yearly snapshot of the Louisville music community as a whole. This compilation is open to ALL styles of music from the Louisville, Kentucky area" says label representative Dave Rucinski. The deadline for submitting a tune is September 1st.

This summer be prepared to dance unstoppably to Elvira Kalnik's new single "I Feel Love". The song is a remake of Donna Summer's original futuristic dance floor hit of the 1970's. The newly released summer track is on it's way to becoming a hit number one once again. On the heels of this success, she recently signed to GME Agency releasing the remake. Her new album is in the works entitled "Magic Child". Listen and download the new single "I Feel Love" here on iTunes.  SOURCE: GME AGENCY

Jazmine-Renae' is happy to announce her come back in the music scene with her current single entitled No Other Girl. Jazmine has teamed up with Clinkscale Entertainment, renowned a management company.

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Dr. Linda Sharkey, radio show host for I Lead – The Leadership Connection, is excited to announce the opening of an office in Dubai, UAE to serve the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The new business is Sharkey and Pratt located in Jumeirah Beach.

Quo Vadis is a film that is adapted from the Nobel Prize-winning novel Quo Vadis:  A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz.  It is based in Rome in the early days of the Christian faith and explores love and terror in the time of one of the cruelest of Roman emperors. A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched to help raise funds for the creation of a soundtrack and actor voice-over talent for this full-feature 3D animation movie.

Eleven year old Lexi Schwartzberg is the author and creator of a new book, Lily Droplet's Amazing Adventure: The Water Cycle (ISBN: 978-0-99629-331-0).

Summer is the perfect time for children to pick up a new pastime. With no school or after-school activities to attend, adding some structure to a day can be a great way to make sure kids benefit from all the extra free time while still having fun and enjoying their break. This summer, Playtime Piano is offering guitar and piano lessons to Howard County, MD, and the surrounding Greater Baltimore metro areas, to help students and parents alike have a fun and fulfilling summer.

Kimono artisans and art of kimono creation is on the verge of a crisis because of reduction of kimono market, aging of artisans, and lack of their successors in Japan. For expanding kimono markets to the world, kimono artisans stand out from their workshops and plan to show their kimono outfits on stage at New York Fashion Week in February 2016, produced by a kimono fashion stylist, Hiromi Asai. This project is organized by two non-profit organizations, Kimono Hiro Inc. and Kimono Artisan Kyoto, in US and Japan, respectively. For this project, Kickstarter campaign is ongoing to raise crowdfunding over $50,000 for 50 days until July 31.

Can a broken heart be a catalyst for the extraordinary? A new author says, "Absolutely!" In her first book, "Thrive Anyway: You Can Heal Your Broken Heart; How to Recover from 9 Stages of Grief, Manage Stress Relief, and Create Healthy Relationships", personal coach Julie Bishop explores the difficulties of navigating through the heartache of loss, stress and insecurity after a major break up. Herself a divorced mother of two, Julie has firsthand experience traveling the hard terrain of letting go, losing and re-building almost everything to moving forward for a healthier you and healthier relationships.

The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do by the end of each grade.

It seems too good to be true. Cash a check, complete a couple of simple "mystery shops," wire some of the proceeds from the check to someone else, and pocket hundreds of dollars for a few hours of work. Rinse and repeat and make up to $2000 a week.

Singing is something that everyone enjoys doing to at least some extent, and singing taps into our emotions more powerfully than most speech. That said, singing does not come naturally to everyone, and requires training and technique to sound its best. Sound Hunter is a website dedicated to helping people find ways to sound better when singing. They have just reviewed Aaron Anastasi's Superior Singing Method, a new self-taught singing course available online that is taking the singing community by storm.

The party is set to continue as The Ultimate Bikini Championships (UBC) kicks off it's opening weekend at Drai's Beachclub atop The Cromwell this Sunday, July 5th. The UBC isn't just the first bikini competition to be held at this 65,000 square foot rooftop hotspot, it's also the highest paying bikini competition in the history of Las Vegas.

A rumor has been going around Hollywood stating that the series 13 Witches was to be bought by Netflix for the record amount of $200 millions and Kim Kardashian would play a lead role in the show. The Hollywood Reporter seems to confirm the story.

Amateur and advanced magicians around the world know D. Robbins & Co. as the go-to provider for both brand-new and time-tested wholesale magic books, DVDs and tricks. Now, alongside its large selection of magic products, D. Robbins & Co. is offering a wide variety of jokes and gags for aspiring magicians and comedians.

School is back in session in Angeles City, Philippines, and as individuals start making their calendar of events for the up and coming months, entertainment for children and adults alike is considered as necessary for any celebration.

Finding Xanadu, the first book in the J.B. Kids Adventures series, centers on ten-year-old Dean and his funny feelings. Fortunately, he has a good friend who understands, because Ol' Sam has the same ability and experiences those same funny feelings. Dean rushes to the jelly bean factory to see Sam, when an earthquake hits. He escapes his peril in a mysterious tunnel, and falls asleep. Ol' Sam's stories become real when Dean awakens in a strange land with the most unusual characters. He finds himself in Xanadu, the land of Jelly Beans, and he knows he's somewhere that isn't supposed to exist. Dean tries to understand this new world and its unusual inhabitants, but most of all, he needs to remember where he came from, and how to get back.

NewBrunswickNightOut.com is a newly launched Entertainment search engine and events calendar website created especially for the Central New Jersey area. The website specializes in events, and specials for restaurants, bars, nightclubs, lounges, concerts, live music and entertainment in Central Jersey. New Brunswick Night Out provides local entertainment, leisure and recreational businesses and events to market themselves to a much wider audience.

For anyone in need of entertainment for their children's next birthday party, All Around Amusements, an all-in-one provider of bounce houses and kid party rentals, is proud to announce they have recently expanded their selection of amusements. The company provides amusements for festivals, birthday parties, and any celebrations where fun is demanded.