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I'm a Freelance Music Photojournalist from NYC and Founder of the Heavy Metal website PiercingMetal.com; I created this blog site to showcase the other things in life that keep my interest or catch my attention. Believe me that is a lot of stuff to talk about when it comes down to it. I hope you enjoy what we are delivering because there is so much to share as a resident of this bustling metropolis.
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Whitney Museum Announces Upcoming Exhibitions Through Summer 2025

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The Press Release:
Upcoming exhibitions include Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night and Amy Sherald: American Sublime
New York, NY, July 17, 2024 — The Whitney Museum of American Art announces updates to its advanced exhibition schedule through summer 2025. Highlighting the Whitney’s commitment to an inclusive and representative view of American art, these exhibitions focus on various mediums, from painting and sculpture to photography, dance, performance, and digital art.

NEWLY ANNOUNCED EXHIBITIONS

Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night – February 8–July 2025
Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night is the artist’s first major museum survey. Co-organized by the Whitney Museum and Walker Art Center, the exhibition foregrounds how Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980, Orange County, California; lives and works in Berlin, Germany) utilizes sound, language, and the complexities of communication in her wide-ranging approach to artmaking. All Day All Night brings together works spanning 2011 to the present and features drawings, site-specific murals, paintings, video installations, and sculptures. Using musical notation, infographics, and language—both in her native American Sign Language (ASL) and written English—Kim has produced a body of work that is perceptive, poetic, humorous, and political. Inspired by similarly named works made at different moments in her career, the exhibition’s title, All Day All Night, points to the energy Kim brings to her artistic practice; she is relentlessly experimental, iterative, and dedicated to sharing her lived experiences with a broad spectrum of audiences.

Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, where it will open in March 2026. The organizing curators are Jennie Goldstein, Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator of the Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art; Pavel Py?, Curator of Visual Arts and Collections Strategy, Walker Art Center; and Tom Finkelpearl, independent curator; with Rose Pallone, Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Brandon Eng, Curatorial Assistant, Walker Art Center.
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Presenting The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations

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The nominations for the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were just announced by actors Tony Hale and Sheyl Lee Ralph. Down below you can find the full rundown. While we didn’t watch the reveals we shall offer up some editorial rumblings at the close just the same. Here goes.

Outstanding drama series
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“Fallout” (Prime Video)
“The Gilded Age” (HBO)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (Prime Video)
“Sh?gun” (FX)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV+)
“3 Body Problem” (Netflix)

Outstanding comedy series
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Bear” (FX)
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Hacks” (HBO)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV+)
“Reservation Dogs” (FX)
“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
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Presenting The 46th Annual Museum Mile Festival – June 18th

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The Press Release:
Eight New York City museums are once again coming together to present the 46th annual Museum Mile Festival, New York City’s biggest block party, which will take place, rain or shine, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 6 to 9 p.m. The celebration of art and culture will feature live programs, musical performances, exhibitions, and art-making activities for all ages, as well as additional virtual events. Festival attendees can walk Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue between 82nd Street and 110th Street while visiting eight of New York City’s finest cultural institutions, all of which open to the public with free admission throughout the event.

Museum Mile received its name because of the cultural diversity and vast richness of the museums located on the stretch of the Upper East Side. Since its inception, upwards of two million visitors have come from all over the country to take part in this annual celebration. The Museum Mile Festival was established in 1978 to increase public awareness of its member institutions, promote public support of the arts, and bring communities together.
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Rainbow Studios Announces Winx Club Netflix Series and Playmates Toys Line

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The Press Release:
The most powerful fairies on the globe are back. After rumors and a massive deal of anticipation, creator Iginio Straffi has recently unveiled at the latest edition of Italy’s Comicon Napoli that Rainbow Studios will be launching the new, CGI-animated “Winx Club” series on Netflix in 2025. It will be a whole new series, premiering worldwide on the world leading SVOD platform, to celebrate the incredible legacy of Winx Club, among the most loved shows worldwide by both new and longtime fans, now ready to show a total fresh look in a ‘throwback’ version that will make everyone fall in love once again. The news is followed by the appointment of Playmates Toys and Giochi Preziosi as master toy partners providing for an enchanting new Winx Club toy line.

Leading companies in the toy industry, providing top quality and know-how, Playmates and Giochi Preziosi will release globally the new collection of fashion dolls, accessories, role play toys and playsets inspired by the Italian fairies that keep calling the shots when it comes to style. After its debut back in 2004, the show produced and distributed by Iginio Straffi’s Rainbow Group, headquartered in Italy, has been piling up successes and adventures, spanning 8 animated seasons, 3 theatrical movies, 4 made-for-television movies, 2 “World of Winx” animated series coproduced with Netflix, 2 seasons of a Netflix Original live action series ‘Fate – The Winx Saga’, countless live events around the globe and boasts a fandom of loving fans following the steps of their favorite fairies. The Winx Club community has generated over 20 Billion views of Winx Club content on YouTube and more than 35 Billion views of Winx Club related videos on TikTok, and this year, Rainbow is calling the world to celebrate together 20 years of friendship, magic, adventures and love with special initiatives, but also creating a new exciting chapter.
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Organizers Announce Lineup for Paramount+ Movie Nights @ Bryant Park

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The Announcement:
Welcome to the 31st season of summer movies in Bryant Park! Bring a blanket and a friend, and snag your spot on the lawn to watch a feature film on the big screen under the stars. The lawn opens 5pm; film begins 8pm. Paramount+ Movie Nights at Bryant Park are supported by Vulture and HSS. Enjoy the show!

Food items for sale curated by Hester Street Fair on the Fountain Terrace, and beer and wine available for purchase on the eastern end of the lawn beginning at 5pm.
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