Arts and Entertainment Archives

MUSIC-ARGENTINA: Posthumous Honour for Piazzola

The late Astor Piazzola, the controversial tango genius, was the subject of a retrospective in this city, when a gamut of international singers met in the Opera Theatre to pay him homage last week.

MUSIC-JAMAICA: New Start for Jamaica’s Oldest Reggae Festival

By IPS Correspondents

When the lights hit centrestage and the first notes are strummed on Aug. 1 to signal the start of the 19th Reggae Sunsplash show, the country's oldest reggae festival will be under new management.

CINEMA-CHINA: Rebel Zhang Continues Filmmaking Despite Official Ban

By IPS Correspondents

Zhang Yuan may not be among China's internationally acclaimed directors but he typifies the new young talent in China's film industry who are forced underground to make controversial films on a shoestring budget.

CINEMA: Little Fire in ‘Flame’

By IPS Correspondents

'Flame', Zimbabwe's first feature film on the black struggle for independence, bobs and weaves around the issues but never tackles any of them with passion or confidence.

CINEMA: Little Fire in ‘Flame’

By IPS Correspondents

'Flame', Zimbabwe's first feature film on the black struggle for independence, bobs and weaves around the issues but never tackles any of them with passion or confidence.

CULTURE-SPAIN: Ole Cristina!

By IPS Correspondents

Blonde, pony-tailed Cristina Sanchez is poised to enter the very heart of Spain's cultural mystique - the blood and sand of the bullfight arena and a preserve, until now, for men only.

ARTS: HABITART – A Showcase For Visitors Only

By IPS Correspondents

Turkish authorities saw the second U.N. Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) currently underway here as a great opportunity to expose the country's arts scene to a captive audience.

ART-COSTA RICA: Pre-Columbian Exhibit Tours United States

By IPS Correspondents

An exhibition of works of arts made by Costa Rica's pre-Colombian inhabitants, currently on tour in the United States, serves as a lesson for today, according to Arnoldo Mora, the Minister of Culture.

CRAFT-INDIA: Future is Bleak for Delhi’s ‘Walled City’

By IPS Correspondents

New Delhi: India's capital. Teeming, hot and dusty metropolis of nine million people.

TRAVEL: Tourism Industry in Search of Jamaica’s Roots

By IPS Correspondents

Until now, tourism officials have wooed visitors to the shores of Jamaica with pictures of suntanned bodies lazing on stark white sand beaches with a dazzling blue sea winking in the horizon.

CULTURE-KENYA: Dreadful Time for Locksters

By IPS Correspondents

His first visit to Kenya and Africa was to have been a homecoming for African-American volunteer teacher John Ford.

CULTURE: Exhibit on the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin

By IPS Correspondents

At a time when athletes and sport fans from around the world are looking forward to the upcoming Olympic Games in Atlanta, some people in Germany reflect on the Games that took place 60 years ago.

THEATRE-BRITAIN: Colonialism Savaged On Stage

By IPS Correspondents

The internationally acclaimed Theatre du Complicite has returned to London with another ground-breaking show: 'Foe', which gives a completely new interpretation of the Robinson Crusoe story.

ARCHITECTURE-ZIMBABWE: Termites Inspire New Office Complex

By Mercedes Sayagues

The humble termite nest has inspired the architecture and ventilation system of Zimbabwe's latest and largest office complex and shopping mall.

CINEMA: 25 Years Later, Sequel to Jamaica’s Most Famous Film

By IPS Correspondents

It has been 25 years since Perry Henzell's low-budget epic about a reggae singer-turned 'bad man' hit the screen, propelling the music of a small island on to the international scene, and earning Henzell and star Jimmy Cliff immortality in the annals of cult movie history.