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A Week in Art & Culture
(09/03/2006 -
16/03/2006)
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By The IOL Art & Culture Team
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Mar.
16, 2006
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Talking in culture at Leipzig's renowned Gewandhaus
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Brave
New World: Spain's New Architecture
16/03/2006
I
don't have to go too far to see how Spain is changing before our eyes; round the
corner from where I live in Barcelona is the Arenas bullring which is being
transformed by British architect Richard Rogers.
Source:
Expatica
LA
Suburb Home to Gangsta Rap Seeks a Quieter Life
16/03/2006
Most
small cities in the United States are desperate to put themselves on the map,
but after decades of rap tributes and breathless news headlines, Compton is
praying for a quiet life.
Source:
BBC News
A
Spring Festival for Books
15/03/2006
Each
year, there are two book fairs in Germany: in the autumn, the massive
international trade fair in Frankfurt, and in the spring, the more intimate
Leipzig Book Fair that brings together authors and readers. Thanks to public
demand and a positive resonance from publishers in recent years,…
Source:
DW-World
Truly
Asia
15/03/2006
Malaysia
is full of breathtaking scenery, diverse cultural heritage and intricate
artistic traditions, all supported by a clean and modern infrastructure that
makes tourism simple and inviting…
Source:
Egypt Today
Black
Page Greets Integration Test for Migrants
15/03/2006
A
group representing Dutch citizens who want to bring a partner into the country
has described the introduction of the integration exam as a dark day in Dutch
history…
Source:
Expatica
German
Jews Outraged by Artist's "Gas Chamber" in Synagogue
13/03/2006
German
Jews blasted a conceptual artist Sunday for converting a former synagogue into a
'gas chamber' in a project he said targeted the "trivialization of the
memory of the Holocaust."…
Source:
DW-World
Out
of the Sand
11/03/2006
It
was built in 1504, but abandoned 13 years later and left to crumble. Now, after
a huge restoration project, Yemen's Amiriya palace is considered the world's
most beautiful mosque…
Source:
The Guardian
Excellent
Shot, Sir!
11/03/2006
Anthropologists
soon recognised that photography could be a very useful tool in their attempts
to catalogue the different peoples of the world. Artists previously employed to
provide illustrations tended to pay more attention to clothes than to facial
features,…
Source:
The Guardian
US
Priests Launch Web site Refuting "Da Vinci Code"
10/03/2006
Ahead
of the release of Ron Howard's movie based on the best-selling novel "The
Da Vinci Code" in May, US Catholic bishops on Thursday, March 9, launched a
Web site to refute the novel's allegations about the marital relationship of
Jesus Christ…
Source:
Islam Online
Unborn
in the USA
09/03/2006
In
his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Nation contributing
writer Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline
and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusade against choice…
Source:
The Nation
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