Chiba Day

  By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...

French and Asian cuisine fusion fest

The Hotel Majestic Saigon, together with Le Cordon Bleu International, will host a food fest themed “Flavor Fusions” at Serenade Restaurant (7th floor) & Prima Ballroom (5th floor) of the hotel on June 8, 9...

Shamrock Fest 2009: St. Paddy's Day Celebration with leprechauns

Shamrock Fest 2009 is taking place at RFK Stadium in Washington DC today for St. Patrick's Day and it includes more than 50 live bands, unlimited green beer and of course, a few leprechauns thrown in for good...

International Performing Arts Fest Spotlights Liberal Pakistan

The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop has been holding puppetry, theatre, dance and Sufi music festivals for several years now. Here is a report from an independent journalist and filmmaker, Beena Sarwar, about its...

Italian cultural fest in HCM City

" Italian culture, arts and cuisines will be introduced in Hcm city from September 12 to September 19 under the Italian Cultural Festival.The festival will open with a fashion photo exhibition of famous photographer Max Salvaggio. With the theme “Italian fashion”,...

Toronto Film Festival Announces 2008 Lineup

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its 2008 lineup which will prominently feature the work of emerging Canadian filmmakers. This year's festival runs from September 4-13, 2008 in Toronto,...

Beres Hammond, Kymani Marley For D.C's Reggae Summer Fest 2008

The National Alliance Foundation, a non-profit network committed to promoting peace and harmony while raising funds and awareness for cancer, announced today plans for the First Annual Reggae Summer Fest For Cancer Research reggae show. The inaugural concert will bring...

Get your JazzFest Cubes at WWOZ-FM Website

Do you love Jazz? Listen to live-streaming of the Absolute Best Jazz Radio on WWOZ website from anywhere in the world! Just click the Pink 'Tune In- Listen Online' radio button.Sometimes they even play original recordings from the early 1900s, though much was lost in the...

Tomko has heat with TNA management

"The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that TNA took the tag titles off Tomko and A.J. Styles last week because they were upset with Tomko. He worked in Japan the day before the Lockdown pay-per-view despite their request that he skip the show. He missed the company's fan...

Motley Crüe to Rock 41-City Crue Fest

Oh yeah, baby, Motley Crüe is hitting the road this summer to bring their deafening rock love to legions of their most ardent and already hard of hearing headbanger fans.I still remember getting the 'Dr....

Motley Crue announces Crue Fest

The Crue isn't finished kickstarting hearts just yet."LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Motley Crue is hitting the road again - and they're bringing some friends along for the ride. The heavy metal band announced the launch...

Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Thousands of Partiers Near Michigan State Campus

Police say around 3,000-4,000 people were gathered in East Lansing, Michigan on Saturday night after an attempt to re-start the Cedar Fest parties that were shut down in 1987 after the parties got too...

Brazilian police brutality drama wins at Berlin fest

"A blood-soaked Brazilian drama about police brutality, "The Elite Squad", beat out favourites from Hollywood and Britain to win the Golden Bear for best picture Saturday at the 58th Berlin Film Festival. Director Jose Padilha based his first feature film on actual accounts...

Rothbury festival: the next Bonnaroo?

Michigan music fans must be excited about this one.The Rothbury festival will make its inaugural debut this July and it promises to be a green-powered, mega-music-filled weekend."It could turn out to be one of the...

Lollapalooza: A NowPublic blog roundup

So it goes: 2007's Lollapalooza, the last of the great summer fests (give or take) went out this weekend, not with a whimper, but a bang. A stellar lineup and the accomodating people of Chicago's Grant Park...

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