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CZECH REPUBLIC-CULTURE: Milena Jesenka – a ‘Living Flame’
The Czech Literature Museum has opened a new exhibition that portrays the work and life of one of the most distinguished Czech women: journalist Milena Jesenka.CINEMA-COLOMBIA: ‘Ilona’ a Box-Office Smash
Cinema-goers are lining up across the nation to see 'Ilona Arrives with the Rain' - a movie based on the novel by Alvaro Mutis and directed by Sergio Cabrera - which appears destined to be Colombia's first box office hit./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ ARTS: New York Exhibit Redefines Asian Art /REPEAT/
Works of the 27 artists taking part in the exhibition 'Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions' - no matter how varied in material, style and subject - seem to have one thing in common: they fall outside traditional boundaries of Asian art./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/
Ziggy Marley gets annoyed when people say his lyrics lack the appeal of his father's./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ ARTS: New York Exhibit Redefines Asian Art /REPEAT/
Works of the 27 artists taking part in the exhibition 'Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions' - no matter how varied in material, style and subject - seem to have one thing in common: they fall outside traditional boundaries of Asian art./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ CULTURE-SUDAN: Wrestling – Much More than a Sport /REPEAT/
As the crowd of more than 20,000 watched in suspense, two men wearing shorts, their bodies painted in chalk and limestone, locked arms./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ CULTURE-SUDAN: Wrestling – Much More than a Sport /REPEAT/
As the crowd of more than 20,000 watched in suspense, two men wearing shorts, their bodies painted in chalk and limestone, locked arms.INDIA-FILM: The Man, the ‘Mahatma’
Nearly a decade ago, Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' won worldwide critical and popular acclaim as one of the best biographical films ever made. Now another remarkable film on the same man has been made, this time by an Indian director.CULTURE-IRELAND: The Renaissance is Irish
Ireland, which has for long regarded itself as a small, insignificant country on the edge of Europe, is now enjoying a veritable renaissance./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ GAMBIA-MUSIC: Artiste With a Vision
The Gambia -- a country which has traditionally shown little regard for its pop musicians -- now has one whose international reputation makes him difficult to ignore.MUSIC-JAMAICA: Gospel Goes Mainstream
Though the beat of reggae music and the strains of rhythm and blues from North America remain the dominant music forms in Jamaica, gospel music is finding acceptance by listeners outside the boundaries of the church./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ MUSIC-JAMAICA: Gospel Goes Mainstream
Though the beat of reggae music and the strains of rhythm and blues from North America remain the dominant music forms in Jamaica, gospel music is finding acceptance by listeners outside the boundaries of the church.GAMBIA-MUSIC: Artiste With a Vision
The Gambia -- a country which has traditionally shown little regard for its pop musicians -- now has one whose international reputation makes him difficult to ignore./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ CULTURE-PHILIPPINES: The Sound Of History
The only sound at night here is the clop of hooves down the narrow, cobblestoned streets lined with tall, Spanish-era houses.POLAND: Tributes to Wislawa Szymborska, ‘The Mozart Of Poetry’
Poland has paid unanimous tribute to Wislawa Szymborska, the quiet and self-effacing 73-year-old poetess who has won the Nobel Prize for literature this year./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ POLAND: Tributes to Wislawa Szymborska, ‘The Mozart Of Poetry’
Poland has paid unanimous tribute to Wislawa Szymborska, the quiet and self-effacing 73-year-old poetess who has won the Nobel Prize for literature this year./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ CULTURE-LATIN AMERICA: Youth in Step with Tango Revival
Tango, the seductive ballroom dance-tune or dance featuring long steps and pauses, is enlivening the cultural scenes in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, the two cities of the Rio de la Plata which have contested claims to its creation.CULTURE-PHILIPPINES: The Sound Of History
The only sound at night here is the clop of hooves down the narrow, cobblestoned streets lined with tall, Spanish-era houses./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ U.S.-BOOKS: ‘Lies My Teacher Taught Me’ Revises U.S. History
"Ignorance is strength," George Orwell wrote in '1984', in his depiction of the twisted logic of a totalitarian state. For James Loewen, a sociology professor at the University of Vermont, ignorance is not merely strength -- it is the state of education today.CULTURE-LATIN AMERICA: Youth in Step with Tango Revival
Tango, the seductive ballroom dance-tune or dance featuring long steps and pauses, is enlivening the cultural scenes in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, the two cities of the Rio de la Plata which have contested claims to its creation.NICARAGUA: ‘Man of Thousand Voices’ has Fun at Others’ Expense
Luis Enrique Calderon, Nicaragua's best mime- actor, is having a field day in the runup to the presidential elections with his hilarious impersonations of the two main candidates.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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