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Mpls Schools Celebrate Native American Culture

There are Native American drummers, fry bread cooks and dancers in the Minneapolis schools for the district's annual celebration of American Indian culture. The district says Thursday is Native American Family Involvement Day, which a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

European culture carnival opens in Delhi

Children can look forward to a surprise November bouquet in the capital. A musical journey by a Polish Oriental band, storytelling sessions, puppet theatre, folk dance, music and movies promise a feast from the European Union at a weeklon [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Sharing culture

On Raoul Molnar's first trip to the United States a couple of years ago, acquaintances in New Jersey thought the main method of transportation in his native Israel was camels. While he hasn't encountered a similar cultural vacuum [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | 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

UN Culture Body Unesco Admits Palestinians in Landslide Vote

Full Palestinian membership in the United Nations' cultural body, Unesco, was approved today in a landslide vote that has imperiled U.S. funding for the group. The Palestinian membership application for the Paris-based agency won 1 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 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

Culture shock: working on foreign shores

Earlier this month, the Australian government ran events in Athens and Berlin called Skills Australia Needs. It was an attempt to lure Greeks and Germans to fill shortages in industries such as healthcare and engineering. It's all ver [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture of intolerance

The district and sessions judge, Pervez Ali Shah, who had handed down the death sentence to Mumtaz Qadri for killing former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, has left for Saudi Arabia along with his family after receiving death threats from [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Pop culture, trial starsset to dominate costume selection th...

The annual ritual of scouring the costume stores and niche boutiques for a dazzling or spooky ensemble is here, and the top contenders for hottest options are once again inspired by pop culture. Pirate attire is flying off the shelves at [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Everything Is Culture

The environmental story of the day concerns a project started by a climate skeptic named Richard Muller, a physicist who was so convinced that actual climate scientists were distorting or misreading the data that he started his own projec [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

China culture exhibition "Charming Beijing" opens in Milan, ...

China culture exhibition " Charming Beijing" kicked off in Milan, Italy on Wednesday as part of the ongoing "Year of Chinese Culture in Italy". The exhibition, which consists of a photographic and a fashion exposition, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Leaders aim to expand 'influence' of Chinese culture

China's leaders have agreed guidelines aimed at preserving "cultural security" and expanding Chinese soft power, state media reported at the end of a key meeting of Communist Party chiefs. The country will strive to improve [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Evasion culture

Culture appears to play an important role in tax evasion, and the current enforcement policies seem less effective in dealing with it, observe Jason DeBacker, Bradley T. Heim, and Anh Tran in ‘Importing Corruption Culture from Overs [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 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 [...]