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Which city is best for culture? New research crunches the nu...

Paris has three times the number of cinemas as London, twice as many public libraries, far more bookshops, theatres and music venues while London has more museums, restaurants, night clubs and green spaces. The figures emerge from th [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

The city of culture

That said, being in India as part of the country's only Formula One team competing in its home Grand Prix was fantastic. The fans are very knowledgeable and excitable, and there's no denying the support they have for Sahara Force [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 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

UPDATE - Jersey City Will Save $138K by Cutting July 4 Firew...

As we reported yesterday, a dire budget situation has forced Jersey City to cancel its annual July 4 concert and fireworks display. We just received the numbers on how much the city stands to save by doing so. According to city spokesper [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Controversy circles landmark Animas (City) Mountain

The great debate of our era is not health care, nor snowmaking at Chapman Hill, nor budget cuts and layoffs, nor even who wore the chicken suit to the Durango City Council meeting a few months back. Soon the talk in coffee shops, on down [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Event celebrates city’s cosmopolitanism

THAI, Scottish, Turkish and Bollywood dancing along with Chinese harp playing and African drumming were among cultural events marking a celebration of Aberdeen’s international community.The event hosted at the Lemon Tree in West No [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Cultural extravaganza to hit city

Nazariya ushered in the fortnight on Sunday with two of its four films for peace. Vinod Ganatra’s ‘Harun Arun’, winner of Liv Ullmann Peace Prize at Chicago, will be screened today. Many viewers won’t like to miss th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Festival shows city in its best light

Christmas on the River is Demopolis’s best hour. Its citizens come together to organize, create, design and perform for seven days to help people get the holiday season started on the right foot. Originally begun through an idea seen [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Istanbul exhibit seeks to reveal city's soul

The glories of Istanbul have arrived in Paris. From white marble statues of Greek and Roman gods to gleaming medieval Christian icons to a huge red Ottoman tent. An exhibition devoted to Istanbul seeks to expand French awareness of the cit [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

China Remembered - Turandot at the Forbidden City

The hosting of Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Turandot” at the Forbidden City in Beijing in 1998 was a landmark occasion for both the city, and China. Although we weren’t to know it at the time, it laid the groundwork fo [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

A city rich in culture, but poor nearly everywhere else

It may be the current European Capital of Culture, but Liverpool still has serious problems. The statistics that confirm the city as the country's capital of deprivation prompted the Health is Wealth Commission, a non-governmental organi [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Exchanging cultures - Japanese sister city group welcomed

While here, a delegation of Japanese citizens will make a special trip to the University of Evansville to learn about an intensive program for teaching English.It's just one of many stops the 10 residents of Tochigi City, the sister city [...]