Arts and Entertainment Archives

MUSIC-JAMAICA: “Dr. Dread” Back in Business.

After an absence of nearly one year, the all-reggae RAS Records label, credited with introducing reggae to a niche market in the United States and Europe, is back in operation.

HISTORY-MEXICO: Remembering 1968

By IPS Correspondents

The massacre of 300 students in Tlatelolco Plaza 30 years ago is being commemorated here with exhibitions, concerts, drama presentations and film showings.

ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT -1.

By Farhan Haq

The cover of singer-rapper Lauryn Hill's new album is a revealing hint of symbolism: Hill's dreadlocked hair and somber face are etched on a school desk, in homage to the cover of an old album by Bob Marley and the Wailers.

CULTURE-RWANDA: Artists Turn City Streets into National Museum

By IPS Correspondents

For most Rwandans who may never have stepped inside a national art gallery, or a national museum of history, moving through the centre of the capital city is the next best thing.

ART-CANADA: Automatistes on Show

By Paul Weinberg

It's been 50 years since a group of artists and intellectuals defied the church-dominated society of French-speaking Quebec under Premier Maurice Duplessis and, in the process, jeopardized their careers and personal livelihood.

MUSIC-BURMA: Exiled Singer Makes ‘Freedom’ Music

By IPS Correspondents

Mun Aung made a name for himself in his native Burma in the 1980's, with his songs of young romance but, while he remains popular with fans in the land of his birth, he no longer lives there. Today, freedom for the Burmese people is the predominant theme in his music.

MUSIC-CARIBBEAN: Search for a New Star

By IPS Correspondents

Wanted: One superstar to revive world interest in the music of the Caribbean.

ART-ARGENTINA: Honouring Mothers of the Disappeared

By Marcela Valente

Nearly 100 artistes from various parts of the world are contributing to a huge project that has been in preparation for two years to honour women whose children disappeared under the last dictatorship in Argentina.

PANAMA-CULTURE: Saving a Chunk of History

By IPS Correspondents

Founded in 1519, six years after Spanish sailors became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean, Panama City became the pride of the Americas in the 16th and 17th century.

ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT – 7.

By IPS Correspondents

While some Russians are busy hoarding everything from food to toilet paper, ahead of expected shortages in the coming winter, many others aim keep their minds active as well as their stomachs full.

CINEMA-VENEZUELA: ‘Waking Up Suddenly’ Brings Controversy

By Estrella Gutiérrez

The movie 'Amanecio de golpe' (Waking Up Suddenly), which recreates the first of two bloody military uprisings in 1992 in Venezuela, has sparked controversy even before its premiere here.

CINEMA-SIERRA LEONE: Lights, Camera, Smile!

By Lansana Fofana

Multi-talented artist Ernest Brewah oftern is described in Sierra Leone as this West African nation's version of the African-American movie star Eddie Murphy.

THEATRE-CHINA: ‘Turandot’ at Home in Beijing

By IPS Correspondents

After journeying more than half a century through the world's famous opera houses 'Turandot', Giacomo Puccini's final masterpiece, has been drawing acclaim in the Forbidden City in Beijing - the site chosen by the Italian composer for his oriental fantasy.

BOOKS-US: ‘Race Men’ Questions Images of Black Masculinity

By Farhan Haq

What do Miles Davis, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, C.L.R. James and Danny Glover have in common?

MUSIC-JAMAICA: Roots Reggae Creeps Back on Track

By IPS Correspondents

Two years ago the roots reggae ensemble "Mystic Revealers" was on a high after the release of two critically- acclaimed albums along with a growing reputation, both local and overseas.

THEATRE-BRAZIL: Reliving History

By Mario Osava

One morning 44 years ago President Getulio Vargas rose early and shot himself in the heart - a suicide committed, as he wrote in a letter, in order for him to "enter history."

MUSIC-JAMAICA: Reggae Struggles on US Airwaves

By IPS Correspondents

The best chance anyone in the United States has of hearing the latest reggae hit is to buy a CD at the nearest That's because U.S. listeners are not likely to hear much reggae on their local radio stations, a situation that is disturbing the music industry here.