/ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS: Spying 101: Campus ‘Dissent’ Under Scrutiny in Canada

Canadian police and intelligence officials have demonstrated the same myopia in trying to distinguish between legitimate dissent and real security threats to the state as have their counterparts in other western countries, such as the United States and Great Britain.

/ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-SWAZILAND: Where Culture is Entertainment

The traditional African homestead is called 'Swazi Cultural Village', and since its opening four years ago the site has become Swaziland's top tourist attraction, a savvy combination of authenticity and show business.

/ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-SWAZILAND: A Place Where Culture is Entertainment

The traditional African homestead is called "Swazi Cultural Village", and since its opening four years ago the site has become Swaziland's top tourist attraction, a savvy combination of authenticity and show business.

/ARTS WEEKLY/JAPAN: Robot Dogs Keep Company in Industrialised Society

Keiko Ogasawara spent more than 2,000 U.S. dollars to buy her husband an Aibo, Sony's robot dog that has taken Japan by storm since it was first released in June 1999.

/ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-SWAZILAND: A Place Where Culture is Entertainment

The traditional African homestead is called "Swazi Cultural Village", and since its opening four years ago the site has become Swaziland's top tourist attraction, a savvy combination of authenticity and show business.

/ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS: Spying 101: Campus ‘Dissent’ Under Scrutiny in Canada

Canadian police and intelligence officials have demonstrated the same myopia in trying to distinguish between legitimate dissent and real security threats to the state as have their counterparts in other western countries, such as the United States and Great Britain.

/ARTS WEEKLY/ LITERATURE-BRAZIL: An Angolan Revolution in Rio de Janeiro

A revolution of the Afro-Brazilians in the "favelas" (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, led by drug traffickers carrying Angolan weapons is the undercurrent of a new novel by José Eduardo Agualusa, a transnational writer of the Portuguese-speaking community.

/ARTS WEEKLY/LITERATURE-NICARAGUA: The Long Shadows of Power

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez recently released in his home country his newest book, "Sombras nada más" (shadows, nothing more), a novel that tells the tale of a collaborator of the Somoza dictatorship condemned to death by the residents of a small village in 1979, just days before the Sandinistas took over the government.

/ARTS WEEKLY/PHOTOGRAPHY-MEXICO: One Man’s Legacy Yet to Be Discovered

Manuel Alvarez Bravo, the best-known Mexican photographer on the international art scene, died Oct 19 at age 100, leaving a vast oeuvre, but also a surprise, as he was also among the world's leading collectors of art photos and lithographs, which are just beginning to be catalogued.

/ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-JAMAICA: Scorned Bob Marley Statue Finally Gets Freedom

For nearly 20 years, sculptor Christopher Gonzalez endured the pain of watching one of his best works gather dust at the National Gallery in Jamaica's capitol.

/ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: Film on Girl’s Journey from Prostitution Goes Far

A low-budget Bengali film on the quest for freedom by a sex worker's daughter is the rage in festivals worldwide, boosting the credentials of avante-garde director Buddhadeb Dasgupta as India's most accomplished serious filmmaker today.

/REPEAT FROM OCT. 26//ARTS WEELY/LITERATURE-NICARAGUA: The Long Shadows of Power

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez recently released in his home country his newest book, "Sombras nada más" (shadows, nothing more), a novel that tells the tale of a collaborator of the Somoza dictatorship condemned to death by the residents of a small village in 1979, just days before the Sandinistas took over the government.

/REPEAT FROM OCT. 26/ /ARTS WEELY/LITERATURE-NICARAGUA: The Long Shadows of Power

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez recently released in his home country his newest book, "Sombras nada más" (shadows, nothing more), a novel that tells the tale of a collaborator of the Somoza dictatorship condemned to death by the residents of a small village in 1979, just days before the Sandinistas took over the government.

/ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-JAMAICA: Scorned Bob Marley Statue Finally Gets Freedom

For nearly 20 years, sculptor Christopher Gonzalez endured the pain of watching one of his best works gather dust at the National Gallery in Jamaica's capitol.

/ARTS WEEKLY/INDIA: Film on Girl’s Journey from Prostitution Goes Far

A low-budget Bengali film on the quest for freedom by a sex worker's daughter is the rage in festivals worldwide, boosting the credentials of avante-garde director Buddhadeb Dasgupta as India's most accomplished serious filmmaker today.

PHOTOGRAPHY-MEXICO: One Man’s Legacy Yet to Be Discovered

Manuel Alvarez Bravo, the best-known Mexican photographer on the international art scene, died Oct 19 at age 100, leaving a vast oeuvre, but also a surprise, as he was also among the world's leading collectors of art photos and lithographs, which are just beginning to be catalogued.

/ARTS WEEKLY/U.S.: New Yorkers Shed Blood in Plea for Peace

On a recent Sunday afternoon at an out-of-the-way gallery in Manhattan, an unusual, even disturbing, work of art was coming to life.

/ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-CUBA: Rappers on Shoestring Budgets Dream of Fame

The international success of Orishas, a group of Cuban rap musicians living in Europe, is whetting the appetite of hundreds of young people on this island for "hip-hop" fame, a musical genre that emerged from the African-American community of the United States.

/ARTS WEEKLY/JAPAN: Robot Dogs Keep Company in Industrialised Society

Keiko Ogasawara spent more than 2,000 U.S. dollars in January to buy her husband an Aibo, Sony's robot dog that has taken Japan by storm since it was first released in June 1999.

/ARTS WEEKLY/ART-MEXICO: Wearing Kahlo, Rivera on T-shirts and in Perfume

People in Mexico, the United States, Europe and Asia will soon be able to wear the images and works of celebrated Mexican surrealist artist Frida Kahlo and her husband, the famed muralist Diego Rivera, thanks to a new line of t-shirts, pants, ties, scarves, and even perfume.

/ARTS WEEKLY/BRITAIN: ‘Midnight’s Children’ Goes on Stage

Salman Rushdie's novel 'Midnight's Children' will finally go on stage in London in January next year. The novel is being adapted for the stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company after several attempts to stage it earlier failed.