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Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Partners With Community Groups and Charities
Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Partners With Community Groups and Charities Bethany Beach Ocean Suites in Bethany Beach, Delware — photo courtesy of VC Inc. Marketing. Guests enjoying the upmarket seaside accommodations at the Bethany Beach Ocean Suites luxury hotel in tiny Bethany Beach, Delaware (population 1,060) can sleep better knowing their…
Harry Potter-themed Charitable Yoga Classes Combine Magic and Movement
Harry Potter-themed Charitable Yoga Classes Combine Magic and Movement When Harry Potter wants objects to levitate, he waves his magic wand while intoning “wingardium leviosa!” But as any yoga practitioner can tell you, freeing the mind also induces feelings of weightlessness. Now the fun of Harry Potter and the physical expression of yoga are coming…
Kris Kristofferson Presents Bruce Cockburn with First-ever People's Voice Award
Kris Kristofferson Presents Bruce Cockburn with First-ever People's Voice Award Bruce Cockburn holds his People's Voice Award Feb 15, presented by Kris Kristofferson — photo credit: Brian HethermanBruce Cockburn will need to clear some space on the proverbial mantel. On Wednesday (Feb. 15), the legendary Canuck singer/songwriter and activist…
Why the Family of Late Vinyl Café Host Stuart McLean Asks for Donations for Camp Kanawana
Why the Family of Late Vinyl Café Host Stuart McLean Asks for Donations for Camp Kanawana The Vinyl Cafe host Stuart McLean died Feb. 15 of melanoma — photo credit: Vinyl Cafe Facebook pageStuart McLean would be the first person to seek out the upbeat amid the sadness. The beloved host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Café — also a bestselling author and award-…
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl holding the autographed album up for auction — photo via Grammy Auctions eBay pageUnique memorabilia from the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Adele, Stevie Nicks and many more high profile musical acts are up for auction right now to support the Grammy Foundation and…
Watch Tom Petty’s MusiCares Speech; Event Raises $8.5 Million and Counting
Watch Tom Petty’s MusiCares Speech; Event Raises $8.5 Million and Counting Tom Petty accepts MusiCares Person of the Year honour — photo credit: screenshot. The Music Cares Person of the Year tribute to the legendary Tom Petty on Friday night (Feb. 10, 2017) at the Los Angeles Convention Center raised $8.5 million (USD) “and counting” for MusiCares,…
1000 Days Of Protest Songs Set to Mark Next Four Years
1000 Days Of Protest Songs Set to Mark Next Four Years 1000 Days, 1000 Songs — graphic via 30 Days, 30 Songs Facebook pageIf nothing else good comes out of the next four years, at least it will have a great musical soundtrack. A pair of interconnected musical projects have been unveiled that will provide music for the resistance against U.S. President…
Guess Who's Protest Song Enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Guess Who's Protest Song Enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame The Guess Who in 1970 — photo courtesy LibertyInkThe Guess Who's 1970 protest song "Hand Me Down World" has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF), by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the performing rights organization…
Happy Birthday Gord Downie: Let's Raise More Money for His Charities
Happy Birthday Gord Downie: Let's Raise More Money for His Charities Live shot of The Tragically Hip 2016 — photo credit: David Bastedo. The Tragically Hip's frontman Gord Downie turns 53 today. Let’s reignite the flood of donations for his charities, which were set up following the announcement a year ago that he had glioblastoma, an aggressive…
Fin Free Work To Protect Sharks, Reduce Demand For Shark Fin Products
Fin Free Work To Protect Sharks, Reduce Demand For Shark Fin Products Rob Stewart — photo via Fin FreeWhen Toronto filmmaker and shark protection activist Rob Stewart was missing last week one of the first organizations to step up and search for him was Fin Free, a group he was part of dedicated to eliminating the global demand for shark fins. While the…
Dunes Manor in Maryland Declares February Love Month for Charity
Dunes Manor in Maryland Declares February Love Month for Charity Dunes Manor Hotel & Suites — photo courtesy of VC Inc. Marketing.A Ocean City, Maryland resort Dunes Manor Hotel & Suites located right on the boardwalk, has decided to dedicate February to raising money for Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, Baltimore-based charity that…
Rethink Breast Cancer Takes Campaign Global for Feb. 4 World Cancer Day
Rethink Breast Cancer Takes Campaign Global for Feb. 4 World Cancer Day Rethink's Boobyball, Sound Academy, 2015 — photo credit: Wandering Eye Photography. Under the banner "We can” and “I can," Rethink Breast Cancer has launched a multi-pronged campaign to coincide with World Cancer Day on Feb. 4. The Toronto-based organization is encouraging advocacy…
What Is The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?
What Is The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)? ACLU's message on social media on the evening of Jan. 28 — graphic via official ACLU TwitterAs new U.S. President Donald Trump continues to systematically dismantle the United States Constitution, one organization has emerged to defend the supreme set of American laws established 227 years-and-counting…
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi Takes a Stand Against Trump's Muslim Ban
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi Takes a Stand Against Trump's Muslim Ban Iranian director Asghar Farhadi — photo courtesy of Elevation Pictures.Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has condemned President Trump’s Muslim ban and will not be attending the Academy Awards, for which his film, The Salesman, is up for best foreign-language movie. “I …hope…
Read and Watch: Teen Slam Poet Goes Viral with Poignant Piece About Rising Up
Read and Watch: Teen Slam Poet Goes Viral with Poignant Piece About Rising Up He's spoken in front of such luminaries as the Martin Luther King Family and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and his viral videos of his controversial slam poetry have garnered more than 15 million views. His name is Royce Mann; he's from Atlanta; he's a slam poet — and he's only 15…