VENICE, Italy, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 69th Venice Film Festival opened here on Wednesday with Venice-regular Indian director Mira Nair's political thriller which explores life changes of a young Pakistani man rising through the ranks on Wall Street...
IRKUTSK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- An international film festival opened Friday in Russia's small Siberian city of Kansk, attracting 1,460 applicant works, including five from Russia. In the nine-day International Kansk video festival, 55 films, made by di...
Remembering Writer Gore Vidal; New Findings on Hindu Success in America; Funnyman Stephen Colberts Music Festival JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm June Simms. This week, we look at plans for a just announced...
ROSKILDE, Denmark, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2012 edition of Denmark's Roskilde Festival, one of the biggest in Europe, closed Sunday with music critics and reviewers here saying the event delivered a host of sterling performances and a crop of upcoming...
At Smithsonian Festival, Art and Music from Black DC Neighborhoods One group at the festival performs using song and dance to showcase African traditions that are deeply rooted in Washington's black Southeast neighborhoods. The group is performing Ta...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - An Explosion of Color at the National Cathedral Flower Mart; Sheep and Wool Celebrated at Maryland Festival JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program we visit two...
Chicago Gears Up for Annual Blues Festival Blues fans from around the world will descend upon Grant Park in downtown Chicago for three free days of acoustic and electric blues by mostly-hometown musicians. You can count on the citys very own Lil Ed T...
CANNES, France, May 27 (Xinhua) - For Asian professionals in the film industry, the world-famous Cannes film festival on the French Riviera has always been a hard-fought battle far away from home. Although barely eligible to contend for the festival'...
Festival Promotes Science as Fun Frontier To these children, it's all fun and games. But the marbles in this so-called Chaos Machine teach them about physics, gravity and more, says exhibitor Tony Montuori. It also teaches kids all kinds of useful sk...
Cherry Blossom Festival Marks Centennial Event This years cherry blossoms provided a spectacular display. Aarti Kabade is enjoying her first Cherry Blossom Festival with friends. We're really enjoying it. We are loving it. And these are beautiful col...