Fans of the Phantasy rock down memory lane as the club is listed for sale

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- So the Phantasy Entertainment Complex is on the block. My big memory is going there to watch the debut of a newly signed band named Nine Inch Nails. The lead singer was a kid named Trent Reznor who worked at the club doing light and sound. I interviewed him in a dressing room backstage for the Friday magazine. He was smart and very nice. I remember thinking that this guy just might go places. Little did I know. (Here are some of the other bands that played there over Read more [...]

Grade II Listed Barber Institute is a feather in Edgbaston’s cap

When it opened just over 75 years ago, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts was described by The Times as being the “purest example” of the work of a key British architect. A leading architect in the 20s and 30s, his name was Robert Atkinson, and the Barber Institute, located on the University of Birmingham campus, is regarded as one of his greatest achievements. This purpose built gallery boasts an “outstanding collection” of works from Old Masters – which include Rubens, Renoir and Monet Read more [...]

Grade II Listed Barber Institute is a feather in Edgbaston’s cap – Birmingham Mail

When it opened just over 75 years ago, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts was described by The Times as being the “purest example” of the work of a key British architect. A leading architect in the 20s and 30s, his name was Robert Atkinson, and the Barber Institute, located on the University of Birmingham campus, is regarded as one of his greatest achievements. This purpose built gallery boasts an “outstanding collection” of works from Old Masters – which include Rubens, Renoir and Monet Read more [...]

Blue Capital listed ILS fund portfolio hits 112 positions at renewal | Artemis.bm

London and Bermuda listed reinsurance and insurance linked securities investment fund, the Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund, deployed its portfolio across 112 different reinsurance positions at the mid-year June renewal. The ILS funds investment manager, Blue Capital Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Bermudian reinsurance firm Montpelier Re and soon to become a part of Endurance once the merger between the two is completed, detailed its portfolio in an updated prospectus filing. Blue Capital had Read more [...]

EXCLUSIVE — Scandalous Palm Beach Socialite Donald Burns’ House of Orgies …

For sale: Scandalous socialite Donald Burns’ crib on North Ocean Boulevard (MLS photo) PALM BEACH — Telecom millionaire Donald Burns‘ Palm Beach house of orgies is for sale! The house at 1021 North Ocean Boulevard is on the market for $28.75 million, Gossip Extra has learned exclusively. The news comes just a week after Palm Beach society figure Burns’ dirty laundry was aired out in a federal extortion trial, embarrassing the well-liked 20-year resident of the chichi island. Palm Beach Read more [...]