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/ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/Nature Gets The Spotlight At Wildlife Film Festival
About 10,000 film-makers, broadcasters and conservationists from across different continents are here to participate in the world's oldest festival of wildlife and natural history films./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-JAMAICA: Carnival to Invade Jamaican Heartland
As major reggae shows continue to bite the dust, carnival Jamaica-style is gearing up to assume the mantle of the hottest musical event in a country where calypso was once shunned./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CHILE-COSTA RICA: Allende and Pinochet on the Radio
The last days of Chile's president Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973, are being relived in Costa Rica through a communications project that is an attempt to revive the tradition of Latin American radio-theatre./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/US: Congo Plus Cuba Equals Future of Salsa
Funky sounds from three different continents converge on a new album by the influential Afro-Cuban musician Ricardo Lemvo, who is currently touring the United States with his band Makina Loca./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-JAMAICA: Carnival to Invade Jamaican Heartland
As major reggae shows continue to bite the dust, carnival Jamaica-style is gearing up to assume the mantle of the hottest musical event in a country where calypso was once shunned./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CHILE-COSTA RICA: Allende and Pinochet on the Radio
The last days of Chile's president Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973, are being relived in Costa Rica through a communications project that is an attempt to revive the tradition of Latin American radio-theatre./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS-JAMAICA: Debut Novel Explores Life Within The Drug Posses
In his more than 20 years living in North America, Desmond Levene has seen, close up, the glamour and tragedy associated with Jamaicans involved in the illegal drug trade. That experience forms the basis of "The Other Side: Rastaman Vibrations", his debut novel./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ MUSIC-JAMAICA: University To Teach Work of Tragic Genius Composer Don Drummond
Ultra-talented and moody, Don Drummond has long been revered as one of Jamaica's greatest musicians. Though he was once rated as one of the top five trombonists in the world, Drummond is best known for a tragic incident that ended his career in 1965./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ CULTURE-PAKISTAN: Buzkashi – More Than Just Horsing Around
Dominating Malang Palawan's carpet shop in congested Shoba Bazaar is a portrait of his father of horseback - an accomplished player of Buzkashi, the strenuous equestrian sport of Afghanistan./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ BOOKS-CHILE: Readership – and Pirate Editions – On the Rise
The proportion of Chileans regularly reading books has risen by 10 percent since 1993. But due to the growing interest in reading and the high price of books, the production of pirate editions also increased./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS-JAMAICA: Debut Novel Explores Life Within The Drug Posses
In his more than 20 years living in North America, Desmond Levene has seen, close up, the glamour and tragedy associated with Jamaicans involved in the illegal drug trade. That experience forms the basis of "The Other Side: Rastaman Vibrations", his debut novel./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ MUSIC-JAMAICA: University To Teach Work of Tragic Genius Composer Don Drummond
Ultra-talented and moody, Don Drummond has long been revered as one of Jamaica's greatest musicians. Though he was once rated as one of the top five trombonists in the world, Drummond is best known for a tragic incident that ended his career in 1965./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ CULTURE-PAKISTAN: Buzkashi – More Than Just Horsing Around
Dominating Malang Palawan's carpet shop in congested Shoba Bazaar is a portrait of his father of horseback - an accomplished player of Buzkashi, the strenuous equestrian sport of Afghanistan./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE-COLOMBIA: Festival Revives Region’s Prestige
The seventh Ibero-American Theatre Festival of Bogota, underway in the Colombian capital April 7 to 23, is on its way to becoming the most important exhibition of its kind in Latin America as it renews emphasis on the region's artists./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ART-COSTA RICA: New Market to Showcase Handicrafts
Craftspeople now selling their paintings, pottery, sculptures and handmade jewelry in stalls on the streets of the Costa Rican capital will soon see their dream of a space of their own come true, when they move into a new three-story municipal building./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-CUBA: French Ruins May Be Named World Heritage Site
The ruins of 19th century French-owned coffee plantations in eastern Cuba, vestiges of a nearly forgotten current of immigration, could be named a world heritage site./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-CHINA: Disney Characters No Longer Threat to Chinese Values
Hong Kong's plans to court the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney might have stirred criticism from Chinese culture purists on the island, but not among the entertainment- hungry public on China's mainland.COMICS-ARGENTINA: Quino’s Successor Targets Women, With Humour
Argentine comic strip artist Maitena Burundarena now occupies the space in Spain's 'El Pais' newspaper once held by Quino, creator of the 'Mafalda' strip, and from this pedestal she speaks to women by making light of their daily lives.CULTURE: Egyptian Filmmakers Bring Sadat’s Life To The Big Screen
Hot on the heels of his 1996 blockbuster hit Nasser 56, which explored the life and times of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdul-Nasser, actor Ahmed Zaki plans to portray another of the country's head of state on the big screen./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-NEPAL: Medieval Palace Square Stands Out in Asia
"Were there nothing else in Nepal save the Durbar Square of Bhatgaon (Bhaktapur), it would still be amply worth making a journey halfway round the globe to see," said A.E. Powell in 'The Last Home of Mystery', London 1929./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-VENEZUELA: Recovering a Lost Hero
The Venezuelan government has declared the 250th anniversary of the birth of independence leader Francisco de Miranda a year of homage to the hero who spent his last four years shut up in a Spanish prison cell.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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