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TV Shows Today, Feb 10: American Idol, Arrow, Criminal Minds

It’s Wednesday and, as always, we have great shows to enjoy. Our first recommendation is for the iconic, legendary show American Idol. Today: Showcase #1: 1st 12 Performances. Season 15. Episode 11. 8:00 pm. FOX. From Wikipedia: American Idol is an American singing competition series created by Simon Fuller and produced by 19 Entertainment, and is distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television.

Our second choice is for the series from CW, Arrow. Today’s episode: Sins of the Father. Season 4. Episode 13. 8:00 pm. CW.

And our last recommendation is for Criminal Minds. Today: Hostage. Season 11. Episode 14. 9:00 pm. CBS.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, February 10 Video: Celebrating The Farewell Season: Opening Sequence – AMERICAN IDOL

Birthdays Today, Feb 10: Vic Fuentes, Emma Roberts, Chloe Grace Moretz, Elizabeth Banks

He’s the lead singer of the band Pierce the Veil, he was born in San Diego, California in 1983… Yes, of course, he is Vic Fuentes and he is our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, February 10. From Yareah, we wish him, his band and his family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Vic Fuentes!

Famous Birthdays Today, February 10: Vic Fuentes of Pierce the Veil at Rock am Ring 2013. Source: Wikipedia. Author: Achim Raschka

Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can’t control my thoughts or even my body at times.

Vic Fuentes

When I’m writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I’m alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible.

Vic Fuentes

More famous birthdays today, February 10: Chloe Grace Moretz, young and beautiful actress born in Atlanta in 1997; Emma Roberts, who played the role as Addie Singer on the series Unfabulous, born in Rhinebeck, New York in 1991; and the beautiful actress Elizabeth Banks, born in Pittsfield in 1974.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, February 10 Video: Pierce The Veil – King for a Day ft. Kellin Quinn

Longmire season 5 could be more romantic. Love is in the air!

Longmire season 5. The show has announced its official dates for the Longmire Days and everybody is excited! Aren’t you? There, details about the upcoming season and the official release date will be announced. Great!

Vic and Walt in Longmire TV show

Furthermore, some of the cast and crew of the show are expected to attend the event. Remember that in the past years, Robert Taylor, Cassidy Freeman, Adam Bartley and Katee Sackhoff showed up in the event.

According to Carter Matt, the annual Longmire Days convention will be held on July 8-10 in Buffalo, Wyoming.

What do you expect from Longmire season 5? The show posted a photo of Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) and Vic (Katee Sackhoff) together on their Facebook page with the caption ‘What does the future hold for Walt and Vic?’ Is it a clue? Is love in the air? Probably!

Those who have read the book knows that Walt and Vic end up together, but TV series adaptations do not always stay true to the books. What will happen then? In spite of their generation gap, I think Walt and Vic could be a fantastic couple, because both are brave and share the same idea of justice.

Katee Sackhoff as Vic in Longmire TV show

We cannot wait to see Longmire season 5!

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!

**Longmire is an American crime drama television series that premiered on June 3, 2012, on the A&E network, but on November 19, 2014, Netflix picked up the show. It was developed by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin, and is based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.

The entire fourth season was made available for viewing online via Netflix streaming on September 10, 2015. And on October 30, 2015, Netflix announced that it had renewed the series for a fifth season.

The Boston Cyberarts Gallery presents Fresh Media

The Boston Cyberarts Gallery is pleased to present Fresh Media 2016, an annual Dynamic Media Institute collaborative production. The Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) at Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a Master’s Program in Design made up of a diverse group of educators, computer programmers, engineers, fine artists, graphic and industrial designers. The projects and collaborative work produced by DMI students aim to explore the role of media technologies within the fields of art, design, interactivity, and communication. The main focus is on designing experiences with extreme empathy for users and participants, so the success of DMI projects rely heavily on research, user testing, and reflection. Tangible results not only provide the designers with a better understanding of the projects, but the feedback also aids in expanding the field of interaction design as a whole.

Fresh Media 2016

Emphasizing thought-provoking technology issues which affect so many of our lives, the experience of Fresh Media 2016 is far from the framework of a standard, non-interactive gallery exhibition. This hands-on gallery event encourages playful participation, whether it is interacting with visually pleasing projections, creating your own musical composition, or challenging your perception of social norms. Fresh Media is for experimenting, feeling, dancing, and exploring the future of communication design. Please join us for the interactive, user-focused, design phenomenon that is Fresh Media 2016!

MassArt’s Dynamic Media Institute presents: Fresh Media 2016. Exhibition: March 11th to March 13th, 2016.

Fresh Media 2016

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Sixten Abbot received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992. He spent the next twenty years working in advertising and design for local, national, and international clients, and has taught graphic design for the last six. His photographs have been exhibited at the Providence Art Club and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery in Fall River, and his first dynamic media piece was installed at Fresh Media 2015.

Liz Carre is an American born, Haitian-American, artist, photographer, graphic designer, and artist based in the Tri-State Area. Liz obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Stony Brook University in New York and while attending school discovered and pursued art. Through her journey in art she discovered the full extent to which her Haitian heritage and New England upbringing influenced her artwork and approach to design. Liz’s style of photography is shaped by female artists like Cindy Sherman and Kara Walker, while her installation work and printmaking is influenced by artists like Kiki Smith. With this multifaceted approach to art and photography, Liz seeks to make a mark through visual media and provide a creative and aesthetically pleasing body of work. Today Liz lives and works in the Greater Boston area where she is a graduate student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the DMI program.

Amanda Schuermann is a visual artist, designer, and educator who graduated with her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston Massachusetts in December 2011. Currently Amanda is a second year, part time graduate student in the Dynamic Media Institute at MassArt. She has been teaching art and design for over 4 years and is currently working full time at Plymouth North High School teaching visual art, film, digital photo, and graphic design. Amanda has a passion for all forms of design, specifically interactive, multimedia installations. At DMI, she is studying play as experience for her thesis topic, based on her interest in designing interactive experiences that can disarm individuals of their self-consciousness, inspire them to play, interact and be curious. One of Amanda’s many goals at DMI is to participate and showcase her work in an exhibition.

Reem Alfaiz is a designer from Saudi Arabia who is interested in the use of technology for social change.

Philip Gedarovich is a Boston-based designer and educator who specializes in animation, motion and computer-based design. This, on top of his love for comics, cartoons, avant-garde film, and just about anything clever and creative, has helped to inform his process of prototyping, user testing, and playful project work which sit at the core of his methodology. Striving to focus on the design of engaging, immersive experiences with strong opportunities for personal narrative is the sort of work he enjoys most. Philip has had the opportunity to work on a wide range of creative projects for clients such as Hasbro, Continuum Innovation, Monster Cable, and Trip Advisor.

Anne Sisto is a dynamic media artist, art director and feminist. She spent the last decade working in the advertising industry on clients including Four Seasons, Best Western, Emirates Airline and Saint Lucia. While receiving her Masters at MassArt’s Dynamic Media Institute she took a critical look at the effect that the male dominated media industries have on the portrayal of the female experience in American pop culture. Her work as an artist highlights this limited perspective and its use as a subconscious reference for the formation of female identity.

Pat Davivongsa is a graduate candidate of the Dynamic Media Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her interests lay on the intersection of user experience and human interaction to their surroundings in the current developing world. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Design from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok in 2014, from which her interest of space derived. In conjunction with architecture and digital media works, Davivongsa is also a co-producer, a bassist, and an occasional vocalist of the band ‘New Mandarin’, which they have just released their first EP in 2015.

Andrew Ringler is a professional software developer and artist. He brings together performance, comedy, filmmaking, visual arts, and code to create engaging experiences. He has been developing software professionally for over 10 years always with a passion for usability, design and accessibility. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from McGill University and is currently an MFA candidate at the Dynamic Media Institute of MassArt. See more of his work at andrewringler.com.

Bing Lin is a second year graduate candidate in the Dynamic Media Institute at MassArt. She is a designer who uses multimedia to see, evaluate and create harmony. The back and forth exchange of skills and information from music to design is what she has in mind for the future expansion of her work. Her website isbioraisin.wix.com/bing.

TV Shows Today, Feb 9: Limitless, The Flash, NCIS

Well, it’s Tuesday and, of course and as always, we have great television shows for you today. Our Top#1 TV Shows Today is for the series Limitless. Today’s episode: Fundamentals of Naked Portraiture. Season 1. Episode 14. 10:00 pm. CBS.

Our second choice is the series from the CW, The Flash. Today: Welcome to Earth-2. Season 2. Episode 13. 8:00 pm. CW.

And our last recommendation is for NCIS. Today’s episode: Decompressed. Season 13. Episode 14. 8:00 pm. CBS.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

TV Shows Today, February 9 Video: LIMITLESS Season 1 TRAILER (2015) | New CBS Series First Look HD

Birthdays Today, Feb 9: Kelli Berglund, Avan Jogia, Sophia Smith, Tom Hiddleston

Our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today is for the actress who played the role as Bree on the series Lab Rats. Her name is Kelli Berglund, she was born in Moorpark, California in 1996 and, from Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congratulations and happy birthday, Kelli Berglund!

Famous Birthdays Today, February 9: American teen actress Kelli Berglund – Publicity shot for the 2013 Dance Awards Benefit Show.. Source: flickr. Author: Jesse Ashton

Most people don’t know that I’ll eat anything spicy. A little extra kick is always a good thing!

Kelli Berglund

As a teenage girl myself, I’ve gone through times in my life where I’ve felt insecure about who I am and have tried so hard to fit in with everyone else.

Kelli Berglund

More famous birthdays today, February 9: Avan Jogia, known for his role as Beck Oliver in Victorious, born in Vancouver, Canada in 1992; Sophia Smith, known as the girlfriend of One Direction singer Liam Payne; and Tom Hiddleston, actor who played the role as Loki in the film The Avengers, born in Westminster, England in 1981.

Happy birthday to all of them. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, February 9 Video: Disney XD My Life Kelli Berglund

Recommended TV shows. ‘Mercy Street’ is a really interesting period drama

Recommended TV shows. Mercy Street is a really interesting period drama. Today, ten things you should know.

Mercy Street TV show

Mercy Street is an American period medical drama television series created by Lisa Wolfinger and David Zabel.

David Zabel is currently the showrunner/executive producer of the ABC series ‘Betrayal.’

The first season of six episodes premiered on-demand on January 14, 2016. And is set to be broadcast January 17 through February 21, 2016. Just now!

‘Mercy Street’ is set during the American Civil War. The show focus on two volunteer nurses from opposing sides who work at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia.

Mercy Street TV show

The show is inspired by letters of doctors and nurses at Mansion House Hospital.

Mansion House Hospital, was a Union hospital, during the American Civil War, formed after Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, and the seizure of the Mansion House Hotel.

The production consulted a number of experts, including James M. McPherson and Dr. Stanley Burns, for historical and medical accuracy.

Music by David Buckley, who was recently honored as a BRIT TO WATCH by BAFTA and has been the recipient of numerous BMI AWARDS.

‘Mercy Street’ stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Phinney, who wrote ‘Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars.’

Winstead is known for her roles in the horror films The Ring Two, Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, Death Proof, The Thing, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but has also branched out to other genres. Furthermore, she has a singing career which started in 2013, with her formation of the music duo Got a Girl with Dan the Automator.

Video: Mercy Street trailer.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you! Don’t miss ‘Mercy Street,’ a great TV show!

The fast growth of yoga in the United States of America

What do you think about yoga? Have you ever practiced it? Did you feel better? Today, read this data about the fast growth of yoga in America. A very interesting subject. Don’t you think so? Tell us your opinion now!

Buddha. Photo attribution Robert Piemme

Hindus are highly pleased with the fast and tremendous growth of yoga in the United States of America; with yoga practitioners reaching to about 37 million according to a recently released “2016 Yoga in America Study” conducted by Yoga Journal & Yoga Alliance.

Calling it a step in the positive direction, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that although introduced and nourished by Hinduism, yoga was a world heritage and liberation powerhouse to be utilized by all.

Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out that yoga, referred as “a living fossil” whose traces went back to around 2,000 BCE to Indus Valley civilization, was a mental and physical discipline for everybody to share and benefit from. According to Patanjali who codified it in Yoga Sutra, yoga was a methodical effort to attain perfection, through the control of the different elements of human nature, physical and psychical, Zed noted.

According to USA’s National Institutes of Health; yoga may help one to feel more relaxed, be more flexible, improve posture, breathe deeply, and get rid of stress. Yoga was the repository of something basic in the human soul and psyche, Rajan Zed added.

This comprehensive national Study points out that there is about 50 percent increase in the number of yoga practitioners in the last four years; raising the annual practitioner spending on yoga classes, clothing, equipment, and accessories to $16 billion.

The Study also indicates that 86 percent of practitioners self-report having a strong sense of mental clarity and 79 percent give back to their communities—significantly higher rates than among non-practitioners. Among all Americans; 34% (over 80 million) say they are likely to try yoga for the first time in the next 12 months, 28% have participated in a yoga class at some point in their lives, 90% are aware of yoga and 75% agree “yoga is good for you”. Yoga is strongly correlated with having a positive self image, Study adds.

New York exhibits. A retrospective of the Indian modernist Nasreen Mohamedi opens at The Met Breuer

New York exhibits. A retrospective of the Indian modernist Nasreen Mohamedi (1937 – 1990) will open at The Met Breuer, the new location for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s expanding modern and contemporary art program opening to the public 18 March 2016. The exhibition is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, with the collaboration of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.

Nasreen Mohamedi at The Met Breuer

Nasreen Mohamedi (18 March – 5 June 2016) at The Met Breuer, New York, is by far the most comprehensive exhibition of any Indian artist in the United States. With more than 150 works by Mohamedi on display, the exhibition brings to an international audience more than three

decades of her work, comprising of her few early oil paintings, collages, drawings in ink and graphite, watercolours, and photographs. Mohamedi rarely theorized or spoke about her work but documented her internal dialogue in a form of soliloquy, in tiny personal diaries and notebooks, some of which will be on display in the exhibition. The exhibition explores the conceptual complexity and visual subtlety that made her practice unique in its time.

Nasreen Mohamedi at The Met Breuer

​In the history of Indian Modernism, Mohamedi remains a distinct figure who broke away from the dominant figurative-narrative mainstream practice and became one of the outstanding artists who pioneered the trajectory of non-representational and non-objective art in India, as well as creating a body of work vital to the evolution of international modernism and abstraction.

In cultivating an interiorised vision, Mohamedi sought to reflect beyond the familiar and the known, arriving at a pristine form of abstraction quite apart from her contemporaries. The grids and geometry she leaned toward in the 1970s were not without precedent though. In the West, closer to her time, were Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman, Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Constructivists. Closer to home were the mystical traditions of the East that relied on geometry for a symbolic manifestation of the universe and its creative force. Drawing upon this range of inspirations, Mohamedi evolved her own formal vocabulary with delicate grids using only line, and this aesthetic informed and infused the photographs she took throughout her life.

Mohamedi’s practice has garnered serious attention within India and globally only in the last fifteen years. Though admired in her lifetime, she remained enigmatic and elusive, quite the reflection of her work – a distilled oeuvre that does not lend itself to ordinary comprehension. Through her uncompromising singular pursuit, Mohamedi arrived at a harmonious melding of the rational and the poetic, the philosophical and the mystical.

Kiran Nadar, Chairperson and Founder of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, “This is a momentous occasion for KNMA, having collaborated with two veteran institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States and the Reina Sofia Museum in Spain, in bringing Nasreen Mohamedi’s individualistic/distinctive practice to the western world. The museum’s mandate is also focused on artists whose practice is yet to receive desiring attention and critical acclaim. We believe that their stories be told.”

TV Shows Today, Feb 8: The X-Files, Castle, Scorpion

Promotional poster for the revival 6 episode event series for The X-Files

It’s Monday and we have, as always, great television series for you. First, The X-Files. Yes, they are Mulder and Scully and they are back for a few episodes. The X-Files. Today’s episode: Home Again. Season 10. Episode 4. 8:00 pm. FOX.

And we love them too. Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) are a great couple and we love the series too. Castle. Today: Tone Death. Season 8. Episode 9. 10:00 pm. ABC.

And our last recommendation is for the series Scorpion. Today’s episode: Fractured. Season 2. Episode 16. 9:00 pm. CBS.

TV Shows Today, February 8 Video: THE X-FILES | Intruder from “Home Again”