Arts and Entertainment Archives

/ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE-MALAYSIA: ‘Taboo’ Play Moves Audience to Tears

Two people in love have to part ways because one of them finds out he is dying and decides to end the relationship. The other refuses to let go, but in the end, each finds solace in someone new.

/ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS-POLITICS: Reviewing the Years of Operation Condor

By Marcela Valente

Seven years of research by Argentine journalist Stella Calloni is reflected in her book "The Years of the Wolf: Operation Condor" which details the support given by the United States to South American dictators in the 1970's and 1980s.

/ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS: Queen of Paramaribo, Queen of Whores

By IPS Correspondents

The visual impact of the center of Paramaribourban hub of Suriname, the former Dutch Guyana, wedged into the northeast coast of South Americais enormous.

/ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/SPORT-SRI LANKA: Cricket World Cup to Bridge Ethnic Divide Again

By Feizal Samath

If there is one thing that has united Sri Lankans in the midst of a bloody ethnic war, it is the fortunes of the national cricket team.

/ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-BENIN: Preserving The Royal Heritage

By IPS Correspondents

Children in Benin are studying the 15th century royal music of Abomey to preserve the country's lost heritage.

/ARTS ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-MEXICO: Mayan Find Rewrites History

By IPS Correspondents

An archaeological find in the ancient Mexican city of Palenque, a key historical site of the Mayan people, promises to rewrite the history of the ethnic group, which developed one of Latin America's leading indigenous cultures.

/ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS-REVIEW: Harsh Epitaph for Pinochet

By IPS Correspondents

The "democratic transition" of Chile, as well as the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, comes in for heavy criticism in "Pinochet: Epitaph for a Tyrant" - by journalist and author Pablo Azocar.

/ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/CINEMA: Sundance Promotes Independents in Mercosur Countries

By IPS Correspondents

The Sundance Institute run by US actor- director Robert Redford has plans top help independent movie producers expand their output in the countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

CULTURE-CANADA: Syria Regains Stolen Treasures

By IPS Correspondents

Syrian artistic treasures stolen from the ancient city of Aleppo have at last been returned after being seized from Canadian smugglers.

ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/CINEMA-BRAZIL: “Orpheus” Reveals Dark Side of Carnival

By Mario Osava

A new version of the French- Brazilian movie classic "Black Orpheus" - that won the Oscar for the best foreign film of 1959 - hit Brazilian cinema screens this week.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC-JAMAICA: Reggae Sunsplash Singing the Blues

By IPS Correspondents

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The revered opening lines from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations sums up the fortunes of two of Jamaica's leading music events.

ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: ‘Gypsy Caravan’ on Tour in United States

By Farhan Haq

The past decade has been a brutal one for the 10 million Roma people of central Europe with reports of harassment and expulsion in Hungary, Romania and former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-CHINA: Yuppies Savour Late Nights Out in Beijing

By Suvendrini Kakuchi

Chairman Mao smiles benevolently at well- dressed young Chinese men and women sipping cocktails and munching popcorn at Public Space, one of several trendy drinking places that dot Sanliun, or bar street, in Beijing's chic diplomatic area.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/CINEMA: South Africa Urged To Promote Film Industry In Africa

By IPS Correspondents

Africa's leading film maker, Ousmane Sembene has urged South Africa to promote the fledgling film industry in Africa.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-PAKISTAN: No Violence Please, We’re Pakistani

By IPS Correspondents

Pakistan's government has sent a big box- office hit back to the film censor board saying movies should strictly be good, clean entertainment, meant for viewing with the entire family.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC-CUBA: Concert Theatre Rises from the Ashes

By Dalia Acosta

Cubans once again are enjoying world class concerts in the Amadeo Roldan Theatre, now rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire 22 years ago.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE-JAMAICA: Daring Playwright Has the Last Laugh

By IPS Correspondents

Playwright Basil Dawkins whose unique take on the sensitive topic of spousal abuse has made him the darling of the local stage is finding that it pays to be daring in Jamaican theatre these days

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT/DRAMA-USA: ‘Death of a Salesman’ Resonates

By Jim Lobe

The Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's 1949 classic play of of middle-class life and tragedy, 'Death of a Salesman,' is hitting audiences today as hard as ever - perhaps an indication that confidence over the booming U.S. economy may be only skin-deep.