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Irish Examiner food festival in Cork 2012

There will be food photos in this post because I just returned from the Irish Examiner food festival in Fitzgerald park and I couldn’t help taking few macro shots of the tasty things they have in there. In was the first time I [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

First Annual Los Angeles Culture Festival – June 28-30, 2012

Regulaz Entertainment, Inc. is proud to announce the 1st Annual Los Angeles Culture Festival, three (3) days of events featuring the unique tradition of “Carnival! Caribbean Style!” This celebration of our Caribbean culture wi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

13 Cultural Events To Be Seen At In 2012

This special carnival rivals Spain’s La Tamatina with parades using blood red oranges as ammunition. Binche is a small mining town south of Brussels but it is renowned the world over for its carnival, which was recognised by UNESCO [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Despite its lack of international reputation, the Portuguese...

Paris has the Louvre, Madrid has the Prado and Florence has the Uffizi. And Guimarães? Well, Guimarães has a corridor made of cardboard boxes in a room above the city’s police station. I walk slowly between the boxes. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Calgary named Culture Capital of Canada for 2012

Calgary will share the 2012 Cultural Capital of Canada title with the Niagara region in southern Ontario. The designation comes with a $1.6-million federal government grant. Calgary-Centre MP Lee Richardson made the announcement Friday on [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

A Future Wrapped in 1980s Culture

Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One” is a book filled with references to video games, virtual reality, ’80s pop-culture trivia, geek heroes like E. Gary Gygax, and funny-sounding cult items like Frobozz and Raaka-Tu. [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Prague Food Festival 2011

In a country where fine dining is still a relatively new phenomenon, the food festival of top chefs and their creations boldly announced that Czechs like, want and appreciate the subtleties of pepper-crusted yellow-fin tuna with [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Homage to Spielberg, 1970s youth culture

JJ Abrams made his reputation with TV's Lost, whose early appeal rested on the threat posed by an unseen enemy. He does the same thing in Super 8, but sitting on his shoulder all the way through is producer Steven Spielberg, whom Abra [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

ICWAI to confer Literature, Culture, Peace 2011 award to Fak...

The committee of International Congress of Writers Intellectuals and Artists (ICWAI) has announced to confer award for Literature, Culture and Peace for the year 2011 to famous writer, intellectual, novelist, play write and Chairman of Pa [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

First Annual Jerusalem Season of Culture to Launch Summer 20...

This summer, Jerusalem will be home to one of the most ambitious cultural projects in the history of the Israeli arts scene. Unveiled in Jerusalem by Artistic Director Itay Mautner, the Jerusalem Season of Culture (JSOC) will produce an [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

The gospel on celebrity and pop culture‎

Miley Cyrus is back ... on Twitter, that is, crediting her return to none other than Charlie Sheen. Oh, and her fans too. The teen star returned to the micro-blogging site on the heels of her favorite movie actress win at the Kids' C [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Najaf unprepared to be 2012's Islamic Capital of Culture

A half-billion-dollar effort to showcase Iraq’s holiest Shiite city to the world is coming down to the wire as many contracts remain unsigned and funds are being hastily re-allocated. Preparations for Najaf to become the Arab world [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture Watch: That's the St. Aug Marching 100 on aisle two

I wonder how many towns celebrate themselves in as many varied ways as we do? I know there are those who think some of our self-congratulations are corny, and I guess they are. But, I’ll admit it, I love it. Take the Rouses TV [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Turku, Finland: European Capital of Culture 2011

Doctors in the Finnish city of Turku will this year be dispensing a new form of medicine to those feeling a bit down - a visit to a one of the thousands of cultural events taking place during the next 12 months. Alongside Tallinn, Turku [...]