Alberta rockers Nickelback are the latest group to sign a global recording and merchandising deal with concert promoter Live Nation, according to the company.
Christopher Hitchens, a Washington-based journalist known for his support of the Iraq war and the U.S. war on terror, has subjected himself to waterboarding.
After announcing details of new records broken by the just-wrapped edition, organizers of the Montreal International Jazz Festival revealed a few ambitious plans Monday for next year's 30th anniversary.
Principal dancer Greta Hodgkinson and first soloist Etienne Lavigne, who met while performing for the National Ballet of Canada, were married last week.
With Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara enjoying a renaissance on the silver screen, Bolivian officials have unveiled his original journals dating from 1966-67.
The Society of London Theatre has released a report noting that 2007 was the West End's most successful year ever as the trade group celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Sprited bidding from art lovers around the globe pushed the sale of three Goya sketches - presumed lost for 130 years - to more than $8 million, auction house Christie's said Tuesday.
A longtime business partner of reality TV guru Mark Burnett has filed a lawsuit against the mastermind behind programs like Survivor and The Apprentice.
Indie rock from both emerging and established artists dominates the 2008 Polaris Music Prize's short list, which organizers unveiled in a laid-back ceremony at a downtown Toronto nightclub Monday morning.
Hong Kong real estate mogul Yu Panglin announced on Monday his plans to transform Bruce Lee's final home into a museum dedicated to the actor and martial arts star.
Canadian fiddle player and composer Oliver Schroer, who successfully combined folk music traditions with elaborate classical arrangements, has died at age 52.
A Czech appeals court has ordered a group of artists who staged a fake nuclear explosion on national TV to be tried again on charges of spreading false information, an official in Hradec Kralove, east of the capital Prague, said Monday.
The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, which performs in a tent on the grand green lawn of Boscobel Restoration, is putting on ?Twelfth Night? and ?Cymbeline? this summer.
For years, Gary Stegman, Crookston High School's art teacher, thought about how he could visually bring together his two majors, art and music education. Having solved that riddle, the creative juices are now flowing into what's likely to become a series of unique prints done by the artist.
Elaine held dance and performance workshops for children from Selayang. An RM50,000 grant was disbursed to candidates who best combined art with community development, writes DENNIS CHUA.
Mark Lavatelli, an encaustic painter, will be the third artist in residence for the Rocky Neck Art Colony.He will give a presentation about his work on Wednesday, July 9, at 7 p.m. at the Bryan Gallery.
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum will offer an in-depth tour of the works of noted South Carolina artist Jonathan Green at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12. The tour will be led by Museum docent Karen Olsen and is free and open to the public. Green’s works are part of the Museum’s current exhibit Jonathan Green: The Artist & The Collector, which includes 31 paintings by Mr. Green, ...
PHILLY ARTIST Chuck Connelly is the subject of "The Art of Failure," an HBO documentary that premiered last night. The film by Jeff Stimmel follows the artist over a period of six years.
Sicilian artist Salvatore Montanucci with one of his pupils. Photo: Jason Borg Sicilian artist Salvatore Montanucci has just launched his summer art school from the rooftop terrace of his Mosta studio.
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Ballet Mistress Olga Kostritzky teaching students the art of classical ballet. Kostritzky will lead one of three Master Classes offered as part of the Vail International Dance Festival’s off-stage events.
