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Kizomba Live: Awgwshto Pires Live Stream July 25 2020

Kizomba Live:
Awgwshto Pires
Live Stream July 25 2020
6pm ESTStream it Live on YouTubeBuy his songs on iTunesStream on Spotify
Toronto's Massemba Productions presents a live streaming concert by Awgwshto Pires on July 25. He's based in the states, and records out of Miami.

Kizomba is both a style of music and a dance that comes from Angola, and originated about 35 years ago. If you're a fan of zouk or bachata, you already get the idea.
If you've never danced it before, you can check out a video to prepare for July 25.  Let Kizomba light up your summer evening. FacebookInstagram Here's a taste of what you can expect from this talented artist.

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#TravelTomorrow Summertime Spirits (With a Czech Twist!)

From a media release:
Summertime Spirits (With a Czech Twist!)
If you were hoping to visit the Czech Republic this summer, there's good news and bad news, depending on where you are to start with. 
Let’s get the restrictions out of the way first.
For the moment (but not forever!) Czech borders remain closed for countries with a high risk of Covid-19 infection. However, we've begun to see hopeful signs of safely welcoming international guests. Local businesses, pubs, hotels, and monuments have slowly opened in stages to residents and some European travelers without significant surges. 
This careful approach will help ensure a safe and smooth experience once all tourists return to our cobblestoned streets. In the meantime, you can always enjoy a cocktail with a Czech twist.  Czech Cocktail Hour
Let’s be real: after months of stressful work environments and being cooped up indoors, we all need a drink. We’ve got an idea for a crisp cocktail that can give you a taste of Czech life.  
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Art Gallery Of Ontario To Reopen July 2 2020

From a media release:
Art Gallery of Ontario to reopen July 2, 2020
Explore a world of great art, reconnect and recharge once again; special exhibitions Diane Arbus, Photographs: 1956-1971 and Illusions: The Art of Magic extended until November
TORONTO – We’ve missed you! Today the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is excited to announce its plans to safely reopen, following public health and government of Ontario guidelines. We can’t wait to open our doors and welcome you back. We will be welcoming our community back in stages: On July 2, the AGO will open to Members and Annual Pass Holders who book timed-entry tickets in advance. Members can book tickets starting June 25 and Annual Pass holders can book starting June 26. Not a Member or an Annual Pass Holder? Not a problem. Purchase one online, or if you are aged 25 and under, sign up for free, before booking your time to visit the Gallery. On July 16, the public can purchase timed-entry single tickets in advance, and start coming on July 23…
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Jazz: Streaming Live at The Village Vanguard

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Streaming Live at The Village Vanguard Continues this weekend with the Joe Martin Quartet featuring Mark Turner, Kevin Hays and Nasheet Waits Saturday nights at 7 p.m. EDT and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. EDT
Streaming Live at the Village Vanguard continues its series on Saturday, June 27 at 7 p.m. EDT and Sunday, June 28 at 2 p.m. EDT with the Joe Martin Quartet featuring Mark Turner, Kevin Hays and Nasheet Waits.  Tickets are $7 and available at villagevanguard.com.  Each week there will be two shows approximately 75 minutes in length on Saturday @ 7 p.m. EDT and a Sunday Matinee @ 2 p.m. EDT. Streaming Live at The Village Vanguard Schedule:
• June 27th & 28th – Joe Martin Quartet featuring Mark Turner, Kevin Hays and Nasheet Waits • Friday, July 3th & Sunday, July 5th – Joe Lovano Trio Fascination featuring Ben Street and Andrew Cyrille • July 11 & 12 – Eric Reed Quartet featuring Stacy Dillard, Dezron Douglas and Jeremy Bean Clemons Please continue to …
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Jazz release: Deerhoof Announce New Live Album Ft. Wadada Leo Smith

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Jazz release:
Deerhoof Announce New Live Album
To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough
Ft. Wadada Leo SmithBandcamp exclusive available July 3, 2020All proceeds to Black Lives Matter Legendary composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith is featured on Deerhoof’s new live album To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough, available as a Bandcamp exclusive on July 3rd, 2020 via Joyful Noise Recordings.  The digital pre-order is now available to purchase HERE alongside a stream of the first preview track featuring Smith, “Breakup Songs.”
Deerhoof today announced that their new live album To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough will be released as a Bandcamp exclusive on July 3rd, 2020, via Joyful Noise Recordings. Sharing its name with a line from Walt Whitman’s “I Sing The Body Electric” and comprising 11 beloved tracks not found on Deerhoof’s last live album (Fever 12161…
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#TravelTomorrow - Eat Today: Emilia-Romagna Italy

#TravelTomorrow - Eat Today
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
A culinary region like no other - find out more
Stretching east-west from the Adriatic Sea across northern Italy, with the River Po to the north and the Apennine Mountains to the south, Emilia-Romagna is one of 20 administrative regions of Italy. It is a thriving region with a rich agricultural heritage that has resulted in a cuisine that is renowned the world over.
Even if travel plans are scuttled by the pandemic in 2020, we can enjoy the region's gifts to the world's palate. 
Prosciutti di Parma Parma is the second largest city in the region, after Bologna. The succulent prosciutti di Parma is made with pigs raised locally, salted and cured, and then aged in underground caves. 
Parmigiano Reggano Authentic Parmigiano Reggano can only be produced in the Emilia-Romagna. This is where it gets it delicious nutty flavour. Eight quarts of milk go into one pound of this cheese, created with a traditional recipe and aged between 12 and …
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Virtual Cinema Release: My Darling Vivian

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Virtual Cinema Release:
My Darling Vivian
TORONTO – Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (Available June 25, 2020) VANCOUVER – Vancity Theatre / Vancouver International Film Festival (Available June 26, 2020)
Now playing at dozens of theatres in the U.S. Find your theatre at the link Rewriting Hollywood's fictionalized version of events, My Darling Vivian tells the true story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. The acclaimed new documentary feature had its world premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival and played other top festivals
A story that was lost or misinterpreted to serve a myth comes to life in this revealing new film that is painful but compassionate, wrenching but true.
Featuring exclusive footage and interviews. Take a first look at a teaser for the film here. Rosanne Cash opens up about her mother in this first look at My Darling Vivian. In 1951, Catholic schoolgirl Vivian Liberto meets handsome Air Force cadet Johnny…
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