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La Scala protests to protect Italian culture

The conductor of the opening opera of La Scala's gala season appealed to Italy's president to protect the country's theatres from planned budget cuts in unprecedented remarks from the orchestra pit before raising the baton on [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

A song in his heart for culture

Minister of Culture Cai Wu loves singing. On weekends, the 61-year-old minister goes to parks where elderly citizens enjoy singing and dancing, drawing inspiration from songbooks featuring popular songs over the last 60 years. So in Octo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Angry young girls: Binge-drinking culture 'creating a genera...

The number of teenage girls who are physically aggressive and lash out at school and at home has risen at an alarming rate, experts claimed yesterday. More and more girls are binge drinking and – tired of being regarded as the pass [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Heritage and Culture

Traditional handicraft, performances, competitions and artworks completed the six-day Fourth International Date Palm Festival at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), which ended on Saturday. Over 100 participants joined this [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Ireland’s culture of cosy cronyism must end

Ireland is suddenly on the world’s centre-stage, but for all the wrong reasons. For two weeks, fleets of media vans have been parked opposite government buildings in Dublin as international viewers are fed images of a small nation [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

NAFAC showcases rich culture

THE week-long 2010 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) in Tamale is giving a clear manifestation of the legacies of true heroism, unity and the dignity of our ancestors, with the participants doing their best to advance art and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Alberta has Canada’s biggest appetite for culture – again

Albertans continue to be this country’s biggest spenders on cultural goods, services and activities, according to an analysis of Statistics Canada household spending data released Wednesday. The report, prepared by Hill Strate [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Chinese Tibetan Culture Week kicks off in Spain

The "2010 China Tibetan Culture Week" was launched here Monday with an exhibition of traditional paintings and colorful pictures of Tibet. Dong Yunhu, deputy director of the Chinese State Council Information Office, said it was [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Culture brought to you by a wolf in sheep's clothing

Yoshikazu Yamagata is not your average fashion designer. He scours the streets for his models and then takes 50 metres of fabric to fashion an outrageous garment on their body. His musical equivalent would be Atsuhiro Ito, who fashions a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Russian culture headed to Vietnam

Russian cultural days will be held in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City from November 14 to 22, 2010 as part of a cooperative, two-year cultural exchange between the two countries. The program will include Russian photo exhibitions whi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

College Board Brings Back AP Italian Language And Culture Pr...

The College Board announced it would reinstate its Advanced Placement (AP) Italian Language and Culture program next fall and its AP Italian exam in May 2012. According to The Washington Post, College Board has continuously offered [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Italian Culture Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote Over Pompe...

Italy's opposition says it plans to force the culture minister to resign because of Saturday's collapse of an ancient house in the ruins of Pompeii. The opposition says it will hold a no-confidence vote in parliament to get Sandr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Harnessing Culture for Education

The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) has established Children Folklore Societies in three schools in Chitral and Kalash valley under Joint Institutional Cooperation between Pakistan and Norway. The sch [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

An Ancient Culture in Mountainous Mexico

Ruben E. Reyes is Mexican. He was raised in Mexico City. But some of the indigenous Tarahumara people of northern Mexico had a word for him when he first traveled among them in 2002. The word was “gringo.”“I was never c [...]