Category: Offbeat
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Extreme Kidnapping Adventure Service Relocates to Las Vegas
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Can you handle it? Bringing their own special brand of terrifying hijinks westward, Extreme Kidnapping, formerly of metro Detroit, is now gaming Las Vegas. The controversial ‘adventure kidnapping’ company has moved to Vegas, trading soot and steel for the bright lights and gambling on new successes.
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Artist Encourages Apple to ‘Think Different’ with Steve Jobs Action Figure Sculpture
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: In wake of the recent Foxconn riot, Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) announces that Post PC artist XVALA will debut his latest sculpture of the Apple-banned Steve Jobs action figure in an upcoming gallery show at AIS Editions in the Los Angeles Brewery Arts Complex.
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Virgin Mary in Bondage Causes Stir with Community in Women’s Rights Protest
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) announces that artist and feminist Marilyn Artus is introducing her new portrait of the Virgin Mary in attempt to protest the continued infringement of women’s rights by the Catholic Church and the many prominent conservatives. The portrait of the Virgin Mary will be on tour though many…
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Inside Story of How Houdini’s Missing Bust Was Recently Secretly Restored to His Gravesite in New York City
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The Houdini Museum, a 501(c)3 nonprofit museum in Scranton, PA, had a secret project to restore Houdini’s grave site bust for over 20 years. It reached full intensity in the past year. The original statuary bust was installed after Houdini’s death in 1926. It was destroyed by vandals in 1975.
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Art Controversy Revealed this Week: Daniel Edwards’ Justin Bieber Allegory of a Teen Sex Symbol
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Images of the allegorical tribute to teen idol Justin Bieber, created by controversial New York artist Daniel Edwards, are being released by Cory Allen Contemporary Art this week.
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Osama Bin Laden Death Sculpture Gets Name from Facebook
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A naked Osama Bin Laden, laden with sea crabs and shackled to a U.S. Navy SEALs cement block at the bottom of the sea receives its official title, courtesy of the friends on Facebook. The Osama Bin Laden sculpture is the latest by New York artist Daniel Edwards, and is being unveiled…
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Kyle Gass of Tenacious D to perform at ‘Prop 6-Pack’ Wedding
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Eleventh Percentile Entertainment is proud to announce the addition of Kyle Gass and Friends to the entertainment portion of The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock ‘N’ Roll Reception to be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The event is a celebration of the union between Buck…
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The Alex Jones Show: Charlie Sheen Requests Meeting with Obama Over 9/11 Cover-Up
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: AUSTIN, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to syndicated talk show host Alex Jones, actor and television star Charlie Sheen has publicly requested a meeting with President Barack Obama to urge him to reopen the official investigation into 9/11; in light of the fact that the majority of the 9/11 Commission members have…
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Radio Waves Allow People to Communicate with the Deceased
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: LONDON, U.K., April 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Specialist communications company SentForever Limited is offering an unusual alternative to the traditional greetings card by using radio waves rather than paper to convey messages of love, celebration and remembrance.
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Oprah Burial Mask a Tribute to Inner Beauty – Golden Likeness of TV Talk Queen Winfrey Debuts in Chicago
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: CHICAGO, Ill., April 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On the heels of last year’s farewell tour of the King Tut exhibit starts this year’s tour of the gilded likeness of talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey. The Oprah Burial Mask will debut in Chicago April 24th, near Oprah’s Harpo Studios at GARDENfresh Gallery, courtesy…