New York, NY -- On Location Tours reports that Sex and the City Fans can enjoy a “sex”-filled day to celebrate the release of SATC2, the sequel to Sex and the City: The Movie. On Friday, May 28, On Location Tours will be offering a Sex and the City Movie Package that includes the famous Sex and the City Hotspots Tour, dinner, a ticket to SATC2, and admission to a nightclub, all for one low price. The nine-hour+ day will be led by actresses and stand-up comediennes who share inside industry information and will allow fans to follow in the footsteps of Carrie and Company.

The tour of Sex and the City Hotspots incorporates more than 40 locations from the movie and the TV show including the shop where Charlotte bought her "Rabbit,” the trendy Meatpacking District, and a stop to drink a cosmopolitan at the bar owned by Aidan. It’s the perfect mix of shopping, drinking, and sightseeing in the hip neighborhoods of New York City. There are also locations from Sex and the City: The Movie interspersed in the tour.

The package costs $179 per ticket and departs at 2pm in front of Pulitzer Fountain on Fifth Avenue. For more information or to purchase tickets follow this link . . . or call 212-209-3370.

On Location tours has launched Sex and the City girlfriend getaways and bachelorette packages that include the tour of Sex and the City Hotspots by limousine, dinner at a location used in the show, and entrance into one of the nightclubs where scenes from Sex and the City were filmed!

On Location Tours, Inc. is a bus tour company based in New York City, specializing in TV and movie location tours. On Location Tours also operates the tour of Sopranos Sites and Gossip Girl Sites, the New York TV and Movie Sites, Washington DC TV and Movie Sites, and the Central Park Movie Sites. The company was founded in 1999, by Georgette Blau, a 1996 graduate of Skidmore College.

Frankfurt, Germany -- The French Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat (1859–1891) is considered to be one of the icons of nineteenth-century art and the most important exponent of Pointillism, a style of painting he developed. With about sixty paintings, oil studies, and drawings from public and private collections in London, Paris, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, a.o., the exhibition in the Schirn Kunsthalle offers a representative survey and, at the same time, focuses on a crucial aspect of Seurat’s oeuvre: the figure in space. No other pictorial subject tells more about Seurat’s art. Both his paintings and drawings testify to his great interest in the subject, which he dedicated himself to throughout his entire creative career. The artist initially looked to groups such as the École de Barbizon, to epochs like the Renaissance, or to fellow artists such as Puvis de Chavannes, but realized his subjects in a new painting technique and innovative compositions. Examining the
Impressionists’ pictorial solutions and the most recent scientific insights in the fields of physiology
and chromatics, Georges Seurat developed the method that went down in art history as Pointillism
and became an important source of inspiration for later artists. Runs to: May 9, 2010 at the Schirn Kunsthalle , Frankfurt Use this link for more information . . .

Zurich, Switzerland -- The Kunsthaus Zürich will host one of the world’s most important private collections – the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection until May 16th, 2010. The collection’s main focus is on French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, including other 19th-century French painters. Since it fell victim to a robbery in 2008, the collection's museum in Zürich has been accessible only with restrictions. For the Kunsthaus Zürich, whose success in the past century has been closely intertwined with private collectors and sponsors, the show constitutes a kind of dress rehearsal, since the about 180 paintings and sculptures in the current exhibition are intended to take up their permanent place in the Kunsthaus extension when it opens in 2015. More information

London, England -- This June, Kensington Gardens will provide the stunning backdrop to Art Antiques London, which runs from 9-16 June 2010, a new art and antiques fair aimed at both the seasoned connoisseur and those who admire and value beauty and timelessness.

Art Antiques London will be held in a beautiful custom-built marquee opposite the Royal Albert Hall, adjacent to the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Fair’s participants are leading specialists in a wide range of disciplines, including furniture, paintings, jewellery, clocks, textiles, silver and ceramics, as well as rare books and modern and contemporary objet d’art. Every object exhibited at the Fair is rigorously examined and vetted for quality and authenticity, so collectors can be assured they can buy with confidence. The Fair will also host a full programme of lectures and seminars that will make Art Antiques London an important destination for international collectors and institutions, and a glamorous Charity Gala evening that will ensure the Fair will become a fixture in the Capital’s social calendar.

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Beverley, England -- The Pipe and Glass Inn in Beverley is the sixth and latest venue in the county to have been awarded the prestigious star which recognises the finest cooking throughout the world.

Kate and James MacKenzie, owners of the Pipe and Glass Inn, join Yorkshire's star line up of The Yorke Arms in Ramsgill; The Burlington at The Devonshire Arms in Bolton Abbey; The Box Tree in Ilkley; Star Inn at Harome and The Old Vicarage in Sheffield, all of whom have a commitment to making the best of Yorkshire's produce.

The Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2010 also awards Rising Stars to restaurants to watch in the future. The Black Swan in Oldstead in North Yorkshire received one of only three Rising Stars awarded this year in the UK.

Yorkshire pips Kent to the post of county with the most Michelin starred restaurants, with the Lake District coming a fabulous fourth with four Michelin Stars. These include The Samling at Windermere; The Holbeck Ghyll, Windermere; Sharrow Bay, Ullswater and L'Énclume, Cartmel.

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New York City, NY -- Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Canaletto, Poussin, Watteau & others This spring, the Frick presents a special exhibition of loans from Dulwich Picture Gallery, one of the major collections of Old Master paintings in the world. Heralding the London museum's bicentenary in 2011, the exhibition will introduce American audiences to this institution's holdings and history through nine of its most important and best-loved works. Indeed, Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery, to be shown exclusively at the Frick from March 9 through May 30, 2010, includes signature works that seldom travel, many of which have not been on view in the United States in recent years, and, in some cases, never in New York City.

Featured are Anthony van Dyck's Samson and Delilah, c. 1619-20; Nicolas Poussin's Nurture of Jupiter, c. 1636-37; Rembrandt van Rijn's Girl at a Window, 1645; Peter Lely's Nymphs by a Fountain, c. 1650; Gerrit Dou's Woman Playing a Clavichord, c. 1665; Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's Flower Girl, c. 1665; Jean-Antoine Watteau's Les Plaisirs du bal, c. 1717; Canaletto's Old Walton Bridge, 1754; and Thomas Gainsborough's Elizabeth and Mary Linley-The Linley Sisters, 1771-72. On view in the Oval Room and Garden Court, the exhibition is co-organized by Colin B. Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, and Xavier F. Salomon, Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Salzburg, Austria -- Since 1976 the annual Art & Antiques Fair has been held at the time of the Easter Festival in the state rooms of the Residence formerly used by Salzburg's prince archbishops. The archiepiscopal power was magnificently manifested at the foot of the Mönchsberg for centuries. Similar to the way the residential city once embraced the spirit of Italian architecture, going down in history as the "Florence of the Alps," Salzburg now embraces the encounter with international culture: an encounter between the past and present, as envisaged by the international visitors to the Art & Antiques Fair.

International meeting place for culture • The fair is attended by 15,000 art lovers from all parts of the world each year. 1,300 square meters of exhibition space are available to over 40 exhibitors in the historic rooms, decorated during the 18th century with frescoes by Lukas von Hildebrandt und ceiling paintings by Johann Michael Rottmayr and Marino Altomonte. The exhibitors, who rank among the best in the branch, present an impressive, diversified selection of merchandise of exquisite quality. The sculpture collection unveils the mysteries of Gothic statuary. The antique furniture displayed at the fair in Salzburg, attracting aficionados of fine interior design, runs the gamut of elegant home living from centuries past.

A high-profile cultural experience • The art gallery displays paintings from the 17th century to modern times. Antique carpets and clocks, whose cases and precision clockwork date back to the height of Viennese clock making, are certain to find admirers. A variety of other gems - whether sparkling jewelry, decorative silver, glass craftsmanship from five centuries, icons, folk art and scientific instruments - give the Salzburg Art & Antiques Fair its unique flair. Dates: March 27 - April 5, 2010 Follow this link for more information

San Francisco, Calif. -- Making its United States premiere this season, The Little Mermaid, by Hamburg Ballet Director and Chief Choreographer John Neumeier, offers a dramatic and modern interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen’s 1836 tale by the same name.

Featuring an original commissioned score by renowned composer Lera Auerbach, Neumeier’s contemporary version of The Little Mermaid is a haunting tale of two divergent worlds: the serenity and simplicity of underwater life and the complex, often flamboyant lives of humans. The mermaid heroine travels through both worlds, enduring torment because of her committed love for a prince—but through her own strength in the end—transcends. Composer: Lera Auerbach Choreographer: John Neumeier

Performance dates: Sat Mar 20, 8pm* | Sun Mar 21, 2pm* | Tue Mar 23, 8pm | Wed Mar 24, 7:30pm• | Thu Mar 25, 8pm | Fri Mar 26, 8pm* | Sat Mar 27, 2pm | Sat Mar 27, 8pm | Sun Mar 28, 2pm

Please Note: This critically acclaimed production focuses on the deeper, mature themes of the original story and is not recommended for younger children.

London, England -- The BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair is the UK’s foremost national art and antiques fair which runs from the 17-23 March 2010 and will exhibit work from 103 members of the British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA). The BADA was founded in 1918, setting the standard for trading in the antiques business. The annual Fair takes place in in a purpose-built pavilion in the Duke of York Square, Chelsea, one of London's most exclusive areas and provides a unique forum in which to buy from some of the country's very best art and antiques dealers.

This year visitors will enjoy a broad range of isciplines with excellence and diversity being key, work includes fine English furniture, important paintings contributing the strongest-ever contingent of Modern British painting at the Fair, textiles, clocks, glass and ceramics and
jewellery. Long standing participants include Thomas Coulborn & Sons, Lennox Cato, Sandra Cronan, Raffety & Walwyn, Duncan Miller and Frank Partridge will bring items of the highest calibre.

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Cambridge, England -- The celebrated Sculpture Promenade is returning to the grounds of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum for a second year. This free annual installation of contemporary sculpture showcases work by some of the most talented artists working today, ranging from monumental works in bronze and steel to wind-driven, mobile forms. The 2010 Sculpture Promenade will feature recent sculpture by Angela Conner, Ann Christopher, Mike Lyons, Nick Turvey, Nick Hornby and Rob Ward - all members of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS).
In contrast to last year’s event, the 2010 Promenade presents up to three sculptures by each artist, making this the largest sculpture installation yet seen on the lawns of the Fitzwilliam.
Opens 23 March Follow this link for further information . . . .