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Art Competition-3 Weeks Left!

ONLY THREE WEEKS LEFT!!!! 4th Annual Juried Art Competition

2014 First Prize Winner:
Alejandro Zespo Velazquez, Self Portrait 2013;
Oil on canvas

There’s only 3 weeks left for Bridgeport Art Center’s (BAC), 1200 W. 35th St. 4th Annual Juried Art Competition awarding $3,000 in prizes to Chicago and vicinity artists! Hundreds attended last year’s show to view, vote, and purchase their favorite pieces! Applications must be submitted by January 30th. Categories include painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, etc.), drawings, graphics, photography, photo-based work, sculptural work, 3D work, and mixed media.

 

The winners will be announced at BAC February 26th. Awards are Best of Show, 2nd Place, 3rdPlace, Best Three-Dimensional Work, Best Representational Work, and Best Photo or Photo-Based Work.

 

This year’s jurors are prominent artist, Mary Ellen Croteau, who has been reviewed and reproduced worldwide in books, magazines and TV; and William Lieberman from Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, a top venue for contemporary art in Chicago since the 1970s.

 

Located in the burgeoning Bridgeport art community, BAC has offered gallery space for artists since 2000. Currently, over 40 artists and fashion designers occupy space in the historic 500,000 sq. ft. former Spiegel Catalogue Warehouse.

 

To enter, artists should visit BAC website www.bridgeportart.com for competition guidelines and application.

They are back! Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Veep begin new seasons April 24

HBO has confirmed that the new seasons of GAME OF THRONES, SILICON VALLEY and VEEP will debut back-to-back on SUNDAY, APRIL 24, starting at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

GAME OF THRONES begins its ten-episode sixth season SUNDAY, APRIL 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m.). Based on the popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. The ensemble cast for the fifth season included Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.

SILICON VALLEY returns for its ten-episode third season SUNDAY, APRIL 24 (10:00-10:30 p.m.). The Emmy®-winning and Golden Globe-nominated series takes a comic look at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. A collaboration between Mike Judge and Alec Berg, the series stars Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Amanda Crew, Matt Ross, Suzanne Cryer and Jimmy O. Yang. Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Michael Rotenberg and Tom Lassally executive produce. The series was created by Mike Judge & John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky.

VEEP launches its ten-episode fifth season SUNDAY, APRIL 24 (10:30–11:00 p.m.). This Emmy®-nominated series stars Emmy® winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former Vice President Selina Meyer, who became president after her predecessor stepped down. The cast also includes Emmy®winner Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Matt Walsh, Timothy C. Simons, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson and Hugh Laurie. Dave Mandel, Frank Rich, Chris Godsick, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lew Morton executive produce.

Video: Game of Thrones Season 6: Tease (HBO)

 

Top TV Shows Today, Jan 8: Reign, Unforgettable, Blue Bloods

Well, another day and three more television shows today. Our TOP#1 TV Shows Today is for the series Reign. Today’s episode: Our Undoing. Season 3. Episode 8. 8:00 pm. CW. From Wikipedia: Reign is an American historical fantasy romance television series following the early years of Mary, Queen of Scots living in France.

It’s Friday and it’s time for the series Unforgettable. Today: We Can Be Heroes. Season 4. Episode 7. 10:00 pm. A&E.

And our last recommendation is for Blue Bloods. Today: Back in the Day. Season 6. Episode 11. 10:00. CBS.

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

Top TV Shows Today, January 8: Reign | Our Undoing Trailer | The CW

Famous Birthdays Today, Jan 8: Elvis Presley, Kim Jong-un, Stephen Hawking, R Kelly

Well, he was the best and his memory is still alive. He’s Elvis Presley and he’s or Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, January 8. “The King of the Rock” was born in Tupelo in 1935 and he died in 1977. His sign was Capricorn and, well, rest in peace, Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.

Elvis Presley

Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

Elvis Presley

And well, we are not sure what to say but today is also the birthday of Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea. No comments.

Black & White photo of Hawking at NASA.

More famous birthdays today, January 8: the great scientist Stephen Hawking, born in Oxford, England in 1942; and R Kelly, R&B singer.

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

Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.

Stephen Hawking

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Stephen Hawking

Famous Birthdays Today, January 8 Video: The Best of Elvis Presley – 1st Beautiful Elvis Playlist

Poll. Aidan Turner, David Tennant, Sheridan Smith or Suranne Jones? Vote! Who do you prefer?

Poll. Aidan Turner, David Tennant, Sheridan Smith and Suranne Jones are in the running for a National Television Award in the UK. Dermot O’Leary will host the awards from the O2 Arena in London on January 20. Then, tell us your opinion. Who do you prefer? Vote now!

Aidan Turner in Poldark

Thus and in your opinion, who plays the Best Drama Performance? Aidan Turner playing the role as Captain Ross Poldark in Poldark (BBC One), David Tennant as DI Alec Hardy in Broadchurch (ITV), actress Sheridan Smith as Jo Gillespie in the mini-series Black Work (ITV) or Suranne Jones as Doctor Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster (BBC One)?

Poldark has proved a huge success in the UK, Ireland as well as the US. Aidan Turner is a great actor and sexy man. And his dramatic performance of Ross Poldark has joint lots of fans and followers.

How about David Tennant in Broadchurch? Broadchurch season 1 focused on the search for a boy’s murderer by detectives Alec Hardy (played by David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (played by Olivia Colman). The second series primarily focuses on two plot strands: the trial of Joe Miller and the reopening of the Sandbrook case.

David Tennant in Broadchurch

Sheridan Smith also rocks! In fact, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama.

And I love Doctor Foster TV show. It focus on Doctor Gemma Foster (Suranne Jones) suspecting her husband has been having an affair and finding out the truth. The show was commissioned for a second series with Mike Bartlett and Suranne Jones returning. What do you think about elegant actress Suranne Jones? Vote now!

Deadline: January 19, 2016.

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

Poll. Aidan Turner, David Tennant, Sheridan Smith and Suranne Jones.
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Will Matt Bomer reappear in American Horror Story: Hotel?

The last episode of American Horror Story: Hotel, titled ‘Battle Royale,’ was impressive and everybody is speechless. Now, only one episode is left for the creepy finale on January 13, 2016. What will happen? I cannot wait for it! And you?

Matt Bomer in American Horror Story: Hotel

In fact, none of us were really prepared to see Donovan’s death (actor Matt Bomer) as a result of Iris and Liz’s ‘Hotline Bling’ shootout. However and following Donovan’s wish, they dragged his corpse to the sidewalk and dying outside Hotel Cortez, he is free, as any other soul, and he won’t be back.

But the golden question is if Matt Bomer could still return to AHS: Hotel?

Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer in American Horror Story: Hotel

Remember that if you die in the hotel, you’ll stick around so long as your soul has incomplete affairs. Thus, Donovan made the right choice, but fans and followers are sad… Everybody loves Matt Bomer, and we need to meet him again!

Will we see Donovan in the finale? Well, there is a slight chance that we may see Bomer again. For example, remember that Finn Wittrock as Tristan Duffy returned to play a completely different character being a goner too. Thus, we have still a hope and Bomer can return in the body of another handsome character or reappear in some dream or vision.

What do you think? Don’t you need to see Matt Bomer again? Tell us your opinion now!

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

** American Horror Story: Hotel is the fifth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. Although the season was originally reported to consist of thirteen episodes that number was later revised to twelve, with the finale set to air on January 13, 2016. Are you ready? For sure!

American Horror Story: Hotel. Trailer. Take a look!

HBO renews Girls for sixth and final season

HBO RENEWS EMMY®-WINNING COMEDY SERIES GIRLS, CREATED BY AND STARRING LENA DUNHAM, FOR SIXTH AND FINAL SEASON, TO BEGIN IN 2017

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6, 2016 – With the Emmy®-winning comedy series set to launch its fifth season Feb. 21, HBO has renewed GIRLS for a sixth and final season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Created by and starring Lena Dunham, the hit show takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of women in their 20s. Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner, Lena Dunham, Ilene S. Landress, Murray Miller and Bruce Eric Kaplan executive produce the series.

“Lena Dunham and her brilliant collaborators, including Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner, have given HBO a signature series of rare wit and intelligence,” said Lombardo. “They are exceptional talents, and I can’t wait to see what Lena, Jenni and Judd have in store for the final seasons of this unique show, and look forward to working with them on future projects.”

“I can’t imagine a more fulfilling creative experience than GIRLS,” says Dunham. “The freedom and support that HBO has given Jenni, Judd and me is something rare and beautiful. The commitment and originality of our actors has been stunning, and our crew is truly my family. I conceived of GIRLS when I was 23 and now I’m nearly 30 – the show has quite perfectly spanned my 20s, the period of time that it’s about – and so it feels like the right time to wrap our story up. We look forward to creating a sixth season that will honor our amazing cast, crew and fans. And in the GIRLS universe, nothing ever ends too neatly.”

In addition to Dunham, the cast of GIRLS includes Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Alex Karpovsky, Adam Driver, Andrew Rannells, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jake Lacy.

GIRLS was created by Lena Dunham; executive producers, Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner, Ilene S. Landress, Murray Miller and Bruce Eric Kaplan; producer, Jesse Peretz; co-producer, Sarah Heyward.

Stories Without Words: Geometric Abstraction

*Victor Nelson

January 15 – February 19, 2016 | 4th Floor Gallery

Five prominent Chicago artists will present an unusual exhibit by reviewing contemporary geometric abstraction with an in-depth look at paintings and sculptures January 15th, 7-10PM at Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St.

The word abstraction itself refers to the practice of removing something from the work of art – usually representational imagery or narrative content. Geometric abstraction is to abstraction as veganism is to vegetarianism.Geometric Abstraction removes even the trace of the artist’s hand, by eliminating expressive gestures that could imply a story outside of the work of art. Yet all the artists in this show create works that refer to narratives of some kind.

Artists: Jens Brasch, Walter Fydryck, Michael Grucza, Steven Lockwood, and Victor Nelson.

*Victor Nelson’s works express the metaphorical potential of the basic geometric shapes of his sculptures.  Through simplification of form, he abstracts to the underlying basic subject, as when a wave shape expresses the movement of air and gravity on water.

  Jens Brasch reverses the accustomed movement from subject to symbol by enlarging and enlivening graphic language to make paintings and three-dimensional objects inspired by graphs.

  Walter Fydryck expands the usually neutral painting ground, the canvas, by using it as a basic geometric element of composition. He juxtaposes numerous small canvases spatially to create a new multiple work, on which painted forms relate to one another and form larger shapes by “jumping across” spatial divides between them.

  Michael Grucza plays with complex spatial relationships, sometimes constructing screens comprised of holes punched into metal sheets.  These screens describe interior spaces in which are found additional geometric structures and shapes. The viewer is given changing visual patterns depending on one’s position with respect to the work.

  Steven Lockwood’s work is inspired by our built environment – architecture and roads and the forms and materials of construction.  He explores the nature of materials such as metal and cement in elegant geometric compositions that allude to the patterns of the city.  The wall pieces create shadows that are an integral part of the work.

Plan, Pack and Go – with PacaPod’s Resourceful New Spring Summer Range

PacaPod’s New SS16 Collection

Pack like a pro with the new PacaPod SS16 collection which offers parents a stylish and simple solution to transporting baby gear on journeys. Discerning travellers will appreciate the covetable range and welcome the innovative 3-in-1 organiser which is tucked neatly inside each bag.

A simple yet satisfying solution the struggle of travelling with tots – it’s the fiercely functional features inside each PacaPodthat make it easy to plan, prioritise, pack and to retrieve essential items on the move – so there’s no need to feel like a pack mule.

Inside each bag is the brand’s signature baby organiser, featuring a changer ‘pod’ and feeder (fully insulated cool bag). The lightweight pods keep food and dirty clothing hygienically apart while separate parent pockets help to keep valuables and holiday paperwork safe. The versatile design means that all three elements of the bag can be used at the same time and shared with a partner to juggle the needs of a small family. Attach the main bag to the buggy or luggage trolley and detach the pods for quick trips to the change room or cramped airplane toilet.

Richmond is a new tote style and the perfect travel accessory due to some clever pocketing and storage solutions. Carry over the shoulder with the comfortable thick webbing carry handle, across the body, or clip onto a buggy or luggage trolley to go hands-free. Available in slate and charcoal herringbone print £85.

Prescott is perfect for bigger broods. It has a slim, or generous profile – thanks to hidden side zips which help increase capacity as required. A striking blend of fabric with a tactile mix of coated cotton and soft canvas make this a smart and rugged travel companion. Available in black price £115.

Lewis is a boxy, characterful style with a modern tile print comes into its own when converting from backpack to messenger in seconds. Kangaroo pouch pockets at the front are ideal for easy reach items so it’s easy to grab and go. In black or marine, price £85.

Hastings is a shape-shifting knapsack and messenger bag in bold blue or sand stripes. As part of the range of PacaPod’s lite range, it contains flat-packable pods for versatility on the move and a shoulder saving lightweight construction. Available in sand and blue stripe print, price £69.95.

Diverse Thinking Key for Legal Professionals in 2016

Rina Goldenberg Lynch

The call for diverse thinking in the workplace is a hot topic for many corporations, not least to mention those in the legal profession. Voice at the Table is a diversity and inclusion consultancy, focussed on women in business, who advocate diverse thinking within companies and are holding a panel discussion on the subject this month.

The event will take place on Monday January 25 2016 at leading law firm Addleshaw Goddard, Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4AG, where guests such as Clarissa Coleman, a partner at Addleshaw Goddard, will be speaking as part of a panel of leading businesswomen. The evening will begin at 6.00PM and will end at 9.00PM.

Voice at the Table’s primary focus is to support and represent women in all stages of their career and provide them with the necessary tools to progress and deliver their unique skillset.

Founder and Managing Director of Voice at the Table, Rina G Lynch, explains how business leadership is experiencing positive changes. “The era of command and control leadership is in the past and we are now experiencing a collaborative stage. However, the future demands purposeful management and leadership, which is something that requires authenticity and a vision beyond the bottom line.”

The company’s passion for increasing both cognitive and social diversity in the workplace is echoed through its Training Academy courses. On the agenda for the January 25 event, titled “Being Authentic: What’s the Big Deal?”, will include the topic of authenticity; what it means to be authentic, why does it matter and how can women develop authentic approaches to work? The panel will also discuss how the topic fits into the early stages of a career and the risks and pressures associated.

The panel will be made up of five expert businesswomen, including:

Clarissa Coleman, partner at Addleshaw Goddard, the international law firm.

Kathryn Flett, TV star and author.

Vanessa Vallely, motivational speaker and founder of WeAreTheCity, a leading women’s network, job board and website in the UK and India.

Kaela Fenn-Smith, Head of Commercial from Land Securities, the UK’s largest commercial property company.

Amanda Gill of Deutsche Bank, a worldwide banking and financial services company.

Moderating the discussion is Greg Young, co-founder and CEO of LeaderShape Ltd a business leadership development firm.

Voice at the Table, runs workshops, presentations, coaching and mentoring focussed on three key areas; confidence, resilience and initiative.

There are typically between three and six events held each month and are run by one of Voice at the Table’s experienced team of associates, trainers and facilitators or include a panel of experts.

Tickets for the event cost £30 and are available online from Eventbrite.

Links:

Voice at the Table: http://voiceatthetable.com/

Addleshaw Goddard LLP: http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/)

Event Tickets: http://bit.ly/1NSTNjn