All Entries in the "Art" Category
Conference Hound-Up March 30, 2012: The Other Way to Make Millions
Wanna be a millionaire? Mix Conference Hound with promising career to find professional advancement. Add ambition, investment and skill. Bam. Millionaire. Buying lottery tickets can’t hurt, though. The Abilities Expo is an exposition of all things that support, educate and inspire persons with disabilities and their families, friends, caregivers, healthcare professionals, etc. It’s a day [...]
Conference Hound-Up March 23, 2012: Home and Garden and Bourbon
According to the event industry, the beginning of Spring is a great time to pay attention to your home and garden, because there’s a slew of chances to do so. This particular weekend also brings a lot of other interesting and compelling events, and you’ll have to read on to find out if there’s one [...]
Conference Hound-Up March 2, 2012: So Much Wine, So Little Cheese
Welcome to the Wag, where Hounds find conferences and conferences find Hounds. We’re like a dating service for people who are married to their job. Apparently it’s a weekend for wine lovers, and I’ve got your whole weekend planned out: Get your sample on down South at the French Quarter Wine Festival in New Orleans [...]
Rumpus Vol. 6: Dia de Los Muertos!
When I first decided to attend Rumpus I had absolutely no idea what to expect. Their website held promises of bands with names like Sam the Womp, Penny Black Remedy and Perhaps Contraption, and attractions like the Rubbish Sideshow Circus and Jungle is Massive. Upon further investigation nothing became any less obscure; phrases like ‘art [...]
The Port-a-Potties at Burning Man
I don’t mind not showering for days or having to survive without electrical devices. In fact, I love not having to worry about where my phone is or how much battery life I have before finding and outlet to plug-in. I don’t mind being out of email contact nor do I mind eating cold meals [...]
Fatex: Industrial Manufacture in Fashion and Home Textiles
Fatex is a one-of-a-kind event that serves as the only European interface between those who create and distribute fashion and those who manufacture it. The international trade show for the industrial manufacture in Fashion and Home textile boasts a large selection of Exhibitors, mainly from Asia, with a shared wealth of knowledge involving the textile [...]
Celebrate the Arts and More at the Tuscan Sun Festival
Ah, Tuscany. The region is known for its warmth, good food, and welcoming people. So it should be no surprise that the Tuscan Sun Festival takes all these qualities and adds the performing arts to create an intoxicating mix. This food, wine, and music festival takes place August 1-7 in Cortona, Italy. A festival that [...]
Wine Tasting Against Cancer with L’Eté du Vin, Nashville Crush
L’Eté du Vin, Nashville Crush, is a unique event in many respects. A wine auction and festival that raises money for organizations combating cancer, L’Eté du Vin is America’s largest and oldest one-day event of this nature outside of California. The glitter and glamour for a great cause takes place on July 16 at the [...]
Calling All Connoisseurs to Menlo Park’s 25th Annual Marketplace this Weekend
It might be the 25th Connoisseurs’ Marketplace in Menlo Park, CA, but this premier food and wine festival never seems to show its age. Chef demos, live music, collector cars, fine art from 250 of America’s best artists, incredible food and drink, and much more takes over Santa Cruz Ave and downtown Menlo Park July [...]
