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One of the gems of Boston’s film community is the Brattle Theatre. Located in Harvard Square the Brattle Theatre is dedicated to showing art-house, cutting edge, foreign, and classic films, including new releases of classic films and some first-run films. Although the Theatre has been in existence since 1953, the Brattle Film Foundation, which was formed to run the Theatre as a non-profit, is only 10 years old. On 10-10-10 the Foundation will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary with a Mini-Fest.

In Brattle tradition, the Mini-Fest will run all day and highlight the high quality and diverse cinema that has made the Theatre into Boston’s Unofficial Film School . The Mini-Fest kicks off with a free cartoon program at 11am, timed not just to appeal to families, but to coincide with Oktoberfest, an annual Harvard Square tradition. Throughout the day the Fest will screen something from every genre the Theatre is known for: documentary, cult, world, independent, and classic films will all be celebrated, with a full schedule to be announced soon.

The Brattle has become known not only to residents in Harvard Square, but attracts people from all over the area, including those staying in Boston hotels or visiting area universities. The cornerstone of the Theatre’s programming is a repertory programming format that groups films by genre, subject, or director and screens them in a weekly series or a series on the same day throughout a given month.

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The South Florida arts season kicks off next month with Festival Miami 2010 , an annual festival featuring local and international artists performing jazz, chamber music, and symphonic and orchestral works. Held October 8-30, 2010 at the Frost School, the Festival also offers students and faculty the opportunity to showcase their talents. Some 20 concerts will comprise the Festival, under the general themes of Jazz and Beyond, Music of the Americas, Great Performances, and Creative American Music.

This year’s event will open with Transcendence on October 8th at the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall and showcase works for orchestra and chorus by Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc and Richard Strauss. The theme of the evening is music that reflects on death, life, transfiguration and the reawakening of faith. Thomas Sleep will conduct the Frost Symphony Orchestra and the Frost Choral will be conducted by Joshua Haberman during Strauss’s Four Last Songs and Poulenc’s Gloria while Zoe Zeniodi will conduct Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, featuring the Bergonzi String Quartet.

The goal of the Festival is to provide opportunities for personal enrichment and music enjoyment to residents of South Florida and visitors to the area, who will find luxurious accommodations at five star Miami hotels . The Festival offers innovative programming that stretches across the various cultural boundaries of the South Florida community, including Latin Explosion and world music.

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Once again, the Junior League of Las Vegas will open its historic mid-century Morelli House, located at 821 E. Bridger Avenue. Guided tours will begin October 24, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm. Tourist staying at any of the Las Vegas hotels will enjoy this open house event, especially if they admire mid-century architecture. The is free and open to the general public.

The Morelli House tour will feature the exhibit ‘Remains of the Day’, which is a photo collection loaned to the Junior League by the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas. The photographs come from the collection of the renowned photographer Jay Florian Mitchell. They are photos of mid-century modern buildings in Las Vegas that have escaped the wrecking ball and still exist as a reminder of the city’s rich architectural heritage. The exhibit will showcase several dozens of Mitchell’s most distinguished images, as well as period domestic and aesthetic artifacts.

The Junior League’s ‘Morelli Models’ will be wearing fashions from its mid-century vintage clothing collection. The open house is one of several community events during the weekend of October 22 – 24 in celebration of all the mid-century culture and architectural heritage. A ‘Mid-Mod Marvels Weekend’ convention simultaneously and is co-sponsored by The Architectural and Decorative Arts Society and the Friends of Classic Las Vegas.

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There are a lot of current and historical events that are worth exploring when it comes to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem . Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths all consider this site to be sacred for their faiths. There are many old testament events that are said to have taken place in the area of the Temple Mount.

The words of faith are deeply intertwined with these three religions all over the Temple Mount. This is, after all, where it all said to have begun. Right here in the heart of Jerusalem. Whether one reads the Bible, the Quran or the Torah all of the teachings lead back to this one spot of the whole world. So many stories of Temples and Churches going up and burning down. Religious leaders giving their famous speeches on top of this hill.

Today, there are still battles going on in the world between these religions and there are many people traveling to this land to see what the fight is all about. It seems that everyone should learn about what has gone on in this land as a way to understand the fight that is happening today.

This is the center and there are plenty of Jerusalem hotels to stay in to discover what your truth is when it comes to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.

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