Farewell Concert of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter Gilberto Gil at Colors of Ostrava Festival

Farewell Concert of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter Gilberto Gil at Colors of Ostrava Festival

He was released from custody after two months. When the Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil composed the allegorical samba Aquele Abraço, he violently described all the sensations he saw in the streets of Rio de Janeiro after his return to freedom: the Portela dance school, the Banda de Ipanema carnival group, the girls from the favelas, … Read more

Exploring New Realms: The Narrative Style of Saleha Obaid

Exploring New Realms: The Narrative Style of Saleha Obaid

Sharjah: Ashraf IbrahimMany writers and poets volunteer their time to ignite the flames of words on other banks, according to the mood and the desire to reveal themselves, and sometimes their thoughts in the summer period go towards restoring the glow of speech, whether by careful contemplation of everything that inspires beauty, and then submissiveness … Read more

Concert under Točník. The band Kryštof started the castle festival, performed a rowing song

Concert under Točník.  The band Kryštof started the castle festival, performed a rowing song

After four years, the group Kryštof, led by the singing actor Richard Krajč, returned to the traveling festival Hrady CZ, which started this Friday in the sub-castle of Točník in Central Bohemia. Since the last performance at the local castle, the Havířov band has released the album Halywůd. She has now released the title song … Read more

The Controversy Surrounding Anna Netrebko’s Prague Concert: Politics, Sanctions, and Nationalism

The Controversy Surrounding Anna Netrebko’s Prague Concert: Politics, Sanctions, and Nationalism

Bobošíková presents concrete examples of until recently unthinkable dealings with people and their works, which are united by only one thing – the place of birth in Russia. The exiled anti-Putin journalist allegedly accredited herself at the press conference of Presidents Petr Pavel and Volodymyr Zelensky last week. She passed all security checks, yet the … Read more

A festival for the Jewish quarter. People come to Boskovice for music and exhibitions

A festival for the Jewish quarter.  People come to Boskovice for music and exhibitions

Hundreds of people started coming to Boskovice in Blanensko on Thursday morning for the local Festival for the Jewish Quarter. The program started with screenings in the Panorama cinema, followed by openings and concerts in the afternoon, and the first theater performance in the evening. The event draws attention to one of the best-preserved Jewish … Read more

The Arab Girl Award: Honoring the Literary Legacy of Aousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi

The Arab Girl Award: Honoring the Literary Legacy of Aousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi

the date 7/4/2023 8:01:04 PM (MENAFN-Al-Bayan) At the Symposium on Culture and Science in Dubai, I attended a special evening with a literary award, which bore the name of a great literary figure, who was known, for decades, by the literary cultural circles in the Al Jazeera region and the Arab Gulf as “The Girl … Read more

Ceremonial Opening of Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Awards Presented to Russell Crowe and Alicia Vikander

Ceremonial Opening of Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Awards Presented to Russell Crowe and Alicia Vikander

Friday’s ceremonial opening of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival culminated in the presentation of awards to actors Russell Crowe and Alicia Vikander. The rain stopped just in time for people to greet the biggest stars on the red carpet. Jiřina Bohdalová, Jitka Čvančarová, Ivan Trojan and unexpectedly also Michael Fassbender arrived. If you have noticed … Read more

The stars have arrived. Russell Crowe and Alicia Vikander walked the red carpet in Vary

The stars have arrived.  Russell Crowe and Alicia Vikander walked the red carpet in Vary

Right after Alicia Vikander, the second main guest of the evening, actor Russell Crowe, arrives for the award. “I wrote a speech, but I have it on my phone and it would look stupid, so I improvise,” he says. He admits that he had not heard of the festival until recently. “And I’ve been to … Read more

Slovaks cut with spoons and axes. Prague found itself in the hands of world scenographers

Slovaks cut with spoons and axes.  Prague found itself in the hands of world scenographers

“It would be best if everyone became their own guide,” artistic director Markéta Fantová says about the extensive program of the Prague Quadrennial, which began last Thursday and will last until Sunday, June 18. The program of the world exhibition of scenography and theater design has 300 items and includes exhibitions, performances, discussions and workshops. … Read more

An apocalypse that one needs to survive. Muse rounded out Rock for People in a big way

An apocalypse that one needs to survive.  Muse rounded out Rock for People in a big way

The Rock for People festival in Hradec Králové, which ended on Sunday evening, advanced to a higher league this year. He welcomed 37,000 people, increased the budget from 100 to 200 million crowns and precisely handled the technically demanding performance of Muse. At the end, the British rockers played a show of Hollywood parameters. On … Read more