The Moving Moment When I Went to the Universe brings new works, a trippy Infinity Mirror Room and plenty of giant pumpkins and more by celebrated Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, to Victoria Miro. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, London, Shopping
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Tagged Art, contemporary art, east london, exhibition, EXHIBITIONS, galleries, gallery, London, pumpkins, reviews, Shopping, The Moving Moment When I Went to the Universe, victoria miro, Wharf Road, Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama: The Moving Moment When I Went to the Universe, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Direct links between Blackbeard and Savannah are scarce, tenuous and not well documented. However, it’s as swashbuckling a city as ever you’ll come by. Plus, when initially planning my trip, I had hoped to shove off from to explore Georgia island that bears the pirate’s name. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Bars, Blackbeard's Wake, Drink, Food, Georgia, History, Hotels, Museums, Restaurants, Travel, USA
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Tagged #Blackbeard300, #TCBlackbeard300, 31401, Abercorn Street, Art, BARS, blackbeard, Blackbeard Island, Blackbeard's Wake, Bonaventure Cemetery, Bonaventure Road, cocktails, Drink, East Broad Street, Food, georgia, Ghost Coast Distillery, hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Historic District, history, hotels, Indian Street, Ken Klehm, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Mrs Wilkes Dining Room, museums, Oglethorpe Square, Olde Pink House, Owens-Thomas House, Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters, Pirate's House, Pirates, restaurants, reviews, road trip, Roadtrip, Savannah, Savannah Georgia, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, Telfair Museums, Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt Georgia, Travel, USA, West Bay Street, West Jones Street, William Scarbrough House and Gardens
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Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Sushi Shop has partnered with three legendary street artists to create three distinctive designs for a limited edition 42-piece sushi box. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Food, Graffiti, London, Restaurants, Video
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Tagged Art, Food, Graffiti, japanese food, London, marylebone, reviews, street art, sushi, sushi shop, Sushi Shop 20th Anniversary, Sushi Shop 20th Anniversary Box, Sushi Shop 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Box, Video, W1, W1G 8NY, Weymouth St, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Celebrated Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini’s passion for sweet treats dates back to his childhood when, so the story goes, he would happily exchange toys with his brother for an extra portion of dessert. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Belgium, Celebrities, Chocolate, Food, London, Luxury, Shopping
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Tagged Art, belgian chocolate, chocolate, Food, Judith Schrut, London, luxury, marylebone, Marylebone High Street W1U 4QE, Pierre Marcolini, Shopping, W1, winter collection, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne at the National Gallery showcases 40 Impressionist masterpieces, most of which are on loan from the Courtauld Gallery, which is currently closed as part of a major transformation. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, England, Entertainment, London, Museums
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Tagged Art, Cézanne, Courtauld, Courtauld Impressionists, Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne, From Manet to Cézanne, Impressionism, Impressionists, Judith Schrut, London, Manet, modern art, museums, national gallery, Renoir, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, trafalgar square, Travel, WC2, WC2N 5DN, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Entering its eighth year, the Open City Documentary Festival returns to London this September to celebrate the art of nonfiction through films, audio and immersive (VR/AR) projects, screenings, special events, panels, workshops and masterclasses and more in a variety of venues across central London. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Entertainment, London, Movies
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Tagged Art, cinema, documentary, Entertainment, film, Movies, Open City Doc, Open City Docs, Open City Documentary Festival
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WOMAD – the biggest international festival on the planet is celebrating its 36th year in style, bringing hundreds of performing artists from dozens of countries and thousands of world music fans to a beautiful open air site deep in the Wiltshire countryside. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Books, England, Entertainment, Food, Live Performance, Music, Travel, USA
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Tagged Amadou & Mariam, Art, bohemian, Charlton Park, dance, england, FESTIVALS, folk music, Food, Gypsies of Camargue, Gypsy Kings, Hamid El Kasri, Jiggy, Judith Schrut, Malmesbury, music, spa, summer festival, Too Many Zooz, Whiskey Shivers, wiltshire, WOMAD, world, world music
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Episode 27 of tikichris Talks features an interview with San Francisco-based artist, Michael Murphy. During our conversation, we talk about Modernism, architecture, California and other key elements of Michael’s work. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, California, Design, interview, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, ARCHITECTURE, Art, california, design, interview, L.A., los angeles, michael murphy, mid century modern, modernism, PODCAST, san francisco, Supersonic Modern, tikichris talks, Travel
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Episode 27 of tikichris Talks features an interview with San Francisco-based artist, Michael Murphy. During our conversation, we talk about Modernism, architecture, California and other key elements of Michael’s work. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, ARCHITECTURE, Art, california, interview, L.A., los angeles, michael murphy, mid century modern, modernism, PODCAST, san francisco, Supersonic Modern, tikichris talks, Travel
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Summertime Britain is a food lovers’ paradise, with dozens of festivals, fairs and other tasty offerings where food and cooking take centre stage. That’s certainly true at the Port Eliot Festival in Cornwall. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Beer, Drink, England, Fashion, Food, Gardening, Live Performance, Music, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
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Tagged Art, Brian Patten, chefs, cornwall, Drink, england, Entertainment, family events, fashion, festival, Food, foraging, gardens, Grace Dent, Judith Schrut, literary festival, live music, live performance, LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR, music, Orla Kiely, performance, Port Eliot, Port Eliot Festival, restaurants, reviews, Shappi Korsandi, Shopping, sipsmith gin, St Germans, summer, Teri Hatcher, Travel, writers
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Sam Hunt is the first ever Creative Director for the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2019. Inspired by the UK City and European Capital of Culture programs, the London Borough of Culture award is an initiative launched by the Mayor Sadiq Khan. Waltham Forest (my home borough – yay!) is the first borough to be awarded. For episode 25 of tikichris Talks, I sit down for a quick chat with Sam to talk about his role as Creative Director, what makes Waltham Forest culturally distinct, what to expect in 2019 and how folks can get involved. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, interview, London, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, #wfculture19, Art, Borough of Culture, Borough of Culture 2019, E17, east london, interview, London, London Borough of Culture, Mayor’s London Borough of Culture, Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2019, PODCAST, Sam Hunt, tikichris talks, Travel, waltham forest, WALTHAMSTOW, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Sam Hunt is the first ever Creative Director for the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2019. Inspired by the UK City and European Capital of Culture programs, the London Borough of Culture award is an initiative launched by the Mayor Sadiq Khan. Waltham Forest (my home borough – yay!) is the first borough to be awarded. For episode 25 of tikichris Talks, I sit down for a quick chat with Sam to talk about his role as Creative Director, what makes Waltham Forest culturally distinct, what to expect in 2019 and how folks can get involved. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, #wfculture19, Art, Borough of Culture, Borough of Culture 2019, E17, east london, interview, London, London Borough of Culture, Mayor’s London Borough of Culture, Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2019, PODCAST, Sam Hunt, tikichris talks, Travel, waltham forest, WALTHAMSTOW, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Whether this is your first exposure to Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) and her remarkable photographs or you’re a lifelong admirer, this is a must-see exhibition. I was surprised to learn it’s the first ever retrospective of her work in the UK. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, London, Photography
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Tagged Art, barbican centre, Barbican Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Franklin Roosevelt, galleries, great depression, Japanese internment, Judith Schrut, London, Migrant Mother, Photography, Vanessa Winship, Women artists, world war II, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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For Episode 24 of tikichris Talks I visit the British Library to interview Laura Walker and William Frame, co-curators of James Cook: The Voyages. Running until 28 August, the exhibition marks the 250th anniversary of the ship Endeavour setting off from Plymouth with Captain James Cook in command for the first of three world-changing voyages. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, interview, London, Museums, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, Art, british library, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, history, interview, James Cook, James Cook: The Voyages, Laura Walker, London, museums, PODCAST, tikichris talks, Travel, William Frame
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For Episode 24 of tikichris Talks I visit the British Library to interview Laura Walker and William Frame, co-curators of James Cook: The Voyages. Running until 28 August, the exhibition marks the 250th anniversary of the ship Endeavour setting off from Plymouth with Captain James Cook in command for the first of three world-changing voyages. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, Art, british library, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, history, interview, James Cook, James Cook: The Voyages, Laura Walker, London, museums, PODCAST, tikichris talks, Travel, William Frame
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Episode 23 of tikichris Talks features an in-studio interview with Amanda Lwin, a multi-disciplinary maker of “Things about Places.” I met Amanda recently at the launch of Sculpture in the City, the City of London’s annual public art program/outdoor urban sculpture park. Amanda’s piece A Worldwide Web of Somewheres (on view inside Leadenhall Market) was one of my favourites of the 18 artworks that comprise Sculpture in the City. During my conversation with the erudite (but incredibly kind about it) Lwin, we chat about A Worldwide Web as well as systems and structures, the difference between a labyrinth and a maze, and all sorts of other fascinating topics that come from contemplating her work. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, interview, London, Podcast, TCTalks
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Tagged #TCTalks, A Worldwide Web of Somewheres, Amanda Lwin, Art, city of london, interview, London, PODCAST, sculpture, Sculpture in the City, tikichris talks, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Episode 23 of tikichris Talks features an in-studio interview with Amanda Lwin, a multi-disciplinary maker of “Things about Places.” I met Amanda recently at the launch of Sculpture in the City, the City of London’s annual public art program/outdoor urban sculpture park. Amanda’s piece A Worldwide Web of Somewheres (on view inside Leadenhall Market) was one of my favourites of the 18 artworks that comprise Sculpture in the City. During my conversation with the erudite (but incredibly kind about it) Lwin, we chat about her art as well as systems and structures, the difference between a labyrinth and a maze, and all sorts of other fascinating topics that come from contemplating her work. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, A Worldwide Web of Somewheres, Amanda Lwin, Art, city of london, interview, London, PODCAST, sculpture, Sculpture in the City, tikichris talks, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Live knitters, brass musicians and backing singers stage left. Harp, strings and temperance choir, stage right. The legendary Taylor Mac, aka the gender fluid pronoun ‘judy’, in a multi-coloured explosion of glitter and tinsel, spectacularly centre stage. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Beer, Celebrities, Design, Live Performance, London, Music, Theatre, Travel, USA
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Tagged Art, barbican centre, cabaret, city of london, costume, Drag, EC2, EC2Y 8DS, history, Judith Schrut, Le Gateau Chocolat, LGBTQ, LIFT, live performance, London, musical, new york, popular music, reviews, Show, silk street, Taylor Mac, theatre, Travel, USA
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With the opening of Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, the V&A’s hugely anticipated, hot ticket of a show, you’ll have a unique chance to savour more than 200 of Frida’s paintings, photographs, clothing and personal possessions. Their fascinating back story is clearly part of the allure: most of these items have never been seen outside the Casa Azul (Blue House), the Mexico City home in which Frida was born, lived and died. They had been protectively stashed and sealed inside a bathroom by her husband, muralist and revolutionary Diego Rivera, and only revealed 50 years after her premature death. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, England, Fashion, London, Mexico, Museums, Photography, Travel
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Tagged Art, exhibition, fashion, Feminism, Frida Kahlo, gallery, Huipil, Jewellery, Judith Schrut, Leon Trotsky, London, mexico, museum, Photography, Polio, Prosthetics, reviews, Travel, Victoria & Albert Museum
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A comprehensive survey spanning five decades of the American artist’s odd oeuvre, Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts is a beast of an exhibition and one I believe is worth a visit to Basel in its own right. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Basel, Museums, Switzerland, Travel
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Tagged Art, Basel, bruce nauman, Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts, contemporary art, Disappearing Acts, EXHIBITIONS, Laurenz Foundation, Laurenz-Stiftung Schaulager, Münchenstein, museums, reviews, Ruchfeldstrasse, Schaulager, switzerland, Travel
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“As daylight fades and darkness falls, London is transformed.” These words aptly set the stage for visitors entering London Nights, the newly-opened photography exhibition at the Museum of London. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, London, Museums, Photography, Travel
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Tagged Art, Art Openings, Bill Brandt, city of london, EC2, EC2Y 5HN, Judith Schrut, London, LONDON WALL, museum, museum of london, Photography
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St. Pancras International Station turned 150 years old yesterday on the 8th of May. The station is celebrating with a series of events named Celebrate St Pancras – the people, the place, the journey to mark the occasion. The events, exhibitions and installations have been commissioned to showcase the transformation of the station since 1868. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
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Tagged afternoon tea, Art, Demi Perera, Drink, Euston Rd, Food, FORTNUM & MASON, king's cross, London, London N1C 4QP, restaurants, Shopping, st pancras, St Pancras International, St Pancras International Station, ST PANCRAS STATION, tea, Travel, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Art fans and garden lovers alike are sure to enjoy two exhibitions of 20th century Welsh artist and plantsman Cedric Morris, running concurrently at London’s Garden Museum and the Phillip Mould & Company’s gallery. Not heard of Cedric Morris? No, neither had I before viewing these shows. Maybe like the proverbial London bus, you wait ages and two stunners come along at once. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, England, Gardening, London, Museums, Travel
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Tagged afternoon tea, Art, artists, Cedric Morris, flowers, galleries, garden, Garden Museum, gardening, Judith Schrut, LGBT, London, medieval church, museum, museums, PALL MALL, plants, st james's, SW1Y 5LU, tea, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン
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Great things are happening down at the Southbank Centre, the UK’s largest art venue, where the Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room have just re-opened after a major facelift and refurb. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Museums, Music, South London, Travel
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Tagged Art, BARS, Belvedere Road, Brutalist, concert, festival, gallery, hayward gallery, Judith Schrut, London, movie, music, performance, Purcell Room, queen elizabeth hall, Sam Lee, SE1, south london, southbank centre, Travel
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Chang Sensory Trails to Shoreditch to “deliver the unexpected” through a multi-sensory experience centred around Thai food, art and music taking place 12 May from noon to 10pm at Last Days of Shoreditch. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Beer, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Live Performance, London, Music, Restaurants, Street Markets
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Tagged Art, beer, Chandos Place. WC2N 4HG, Chang, Chang Beer, Chang Sensory Trails, Chef Saiphin Moore, covent garden, Drink, east london, EC1, EC1V 9LA, Entertainment, Food, Lao Cafe, Last Days of Shoreditch, live performance, London, music, old street, restaurants, Saiphin Moore, shoreditch, street food, street markets, thai food, thai restaurants, WC2, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Following a four month refurbishment, the Espace Dali in Montmartre recently re-opened with a clean, contemporary new look and plenty of intriguing surrealist artworks. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, France, Paris, Travel
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Tagged 75018, Art, Cat Byers, Dali, france, museums, paris, Rue Poulbot, SALVADOR DALI, SURREALISM, Travel
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We’re heading south now, down Highway 101 to Berkeley, home of the Free Speech Movement, the top public university in the USA and my Alma Mater. Continue reading →
Posted in (Northern) California Dreamin', Art, Books, California, Celebrities, Coffee, Drink, Food, Hotels, Movies, Museums, Pizza, road trip, Shopping, Travel, USA, Wine
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Tagged Art, bart, bay area, Berkeley, cafe, california, Campanile, carillon, Cheeseboard Pizza, Chez Panisse, cinema, coffee, Drink, film, Free speech movement, head shop, hippie, Judith Schrut, movie, museum, Northern California, pizza, restaurants, Shopping, Travel, university, university of california, wine
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An exhibition of new paintings by American artist Eric Fischl opens at Skarstedt gallery near Green Park Station on Thursday (1 March). The show examines the artist’s central theme (and title of the show, “Presence of an Absence” via seven large canvas works that provoke the more you ponder them. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Freebies, London
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Tagged Art, Bennet Street, contemporary art, Eric Fischl, Eric Fischl: Presence of an Absence, Exhbiitions, free, freebies, galleries, mayfair, Presence of an Absence, reviews, Skarstedt, st james's, SW1, SW1A 1RP
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Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip, savour and more – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy.
Posted in Art, Books, Design, Food, Good Cause, Good Stuff, Shopping
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Tagged Antonion Forcellino, Art, books, Boundless Activate Nuts and Seeds, design, Ettore Sottsass: The Glass, Food, good cause, good stuff, leonardo da vinci, Leonardo: A Restless Genius, Luca Massimo Barbero, Metcalfe's Skinny Popcorn, Nush, Nush Dairy-Free Nut Milk Yoghurt, popcorn, reviews, Shopping, vegan, VerMints
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Jerusalem is certainly an interesting place. Now that maybe stating the obvious but there’s something very contemporary happening and it’s hard to ignore. The city’s millennials are redefining it with one of the coolest underground movements since the hipster take over of Shoreditch in London. Here’s a list of places where it’s all happening. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Drink, Food, Hotels, Israel, Jerusalem, Restaurants, Shopping, Street Markets, Travel
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Tagged Art, Demi Perera, hotels, Hotes, Israel, Jerusalem, Machne Yehuda, restaurants, Shopping, street food, street markets, Travel, WIZZ Air, Yehuda Hotel, Yehuda Market, Zuzu Tours
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San Francisco. It’s the City by the Bay, SF, the Golden City; creator of denim jeans, fortune cookies, mimosas, waterbeds, Rice-a-Roni and the Summer of Love; home to more than 50 hills, 14,000 Victorian houses, 200 landmark buildings and the only moving national monument in the USA (the cable car), and year after year voted America’s coolest city. Continue reading →
Posted in (Northern) California Dreamin', California, Coffee, Drink, Food, Hotels, Movies, Museums, Photography, Pizza, Restaurants, Travel, USA
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Tagged (Northern) California Dreamin', Art, bakeries, bicycle, Bike tour, cable car, california, Castro Theater, coffee, Cruffins, disney, Drink, Dylan's tours, e-bike, Food, Golden Gate, hotels, ice cream, Ice cream sandwich, Judith Schrut, Movies, Northern California, Painted Ladies, Photography, pizza, restaurants, san francisco, sourdough, Tours, Travel, walt disney, Walt Disney Family Museum, West Coast
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Episode 11 of tikichris Talks features an in depth interview with New York artist Dan Witz about Mosh Pit Paintings 2010-2018, his exhibition currently on view at Stolenspace Gallery in East London. During our conversation we also chat about Dan’s activism and prolific street art as well as his punk rock past. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, interview, London, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, Art, dan witz, Dan Witz Mosh Pit Paintings, Dan Witz Mosh Pit Paintings 2010-2018, E1, E1 6TD, east london, Graffiti, interview, London, Mosh Pit Paintings, Mosh Pit Paintings 2010-2018, Osborn Street, PODCAST, stolenspace, Stolenspace Gallery, street art, tikichris talks, Travel, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Episode 11 of tikichris Talks features an in depth interview with New York artist Dan Witz about Mosh Pit Paintings 2010-2018, his exhibition currently on view at Stolenspace Gallery in East London. During our conversation we also chat about Dan’s activism, prolific street art and activism as well as his punk rock past. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, Art, dan witz, Dan Witz Mosh Pit Paintings, Dan Witz Mosh Pit Paintings 2010-2018, E1, E1 6TD, east london, Graffiti, interview, London, Mosh Pit Paintings, Mosh Pit Paintings 2010-2018, Osborn Street, PODCAST, stolenspace, Stolenspace Gallery, street art, tikichris talks, Travel, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Relive the ‘Golden Age’ of ocean travel at the Victoria & Albert Museum’s 2018 opening exhibition, Ocean Liners: Speed and Style. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Design, London, Luxury, Museums, Travel
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Tagged Art, cromwell road, cruise liner, Cruise ships, cruises, culture, design, fashion, Judith Schrut, kensington, London, luxury, luxury travel, museum, museums, ocean, Ocean liners, review, south kensington, steerage, style, SW7, SW7 2RL, Travel, V&A, V&A Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, victoria and albert museum, west london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Have an hour or so to spare and an interest in jazz, or just want to expand your London cultural horizons? If so, you’re sure to enjoy this bitesize exhibition and season of events, Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain. Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Design, Entertainment, Live Performance, London, Museums, Music
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Tagged 2 Temple Place, Art, art deco, cocktails, design, Entertainment, exhibition, Family, free, jazz, Judith Schrut, kids, live performance, London, music, Temple Place, The Age of Jazz, Two Temple Place, Twotempleplace, WC2, WC2R 3BD
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