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June 19th, 2010

Shakespeare under the stars at the Ludlow Festival

The medieval ruined castle of the bustling market town of Ludlow in Shropshire, is home each summer to the thriving Ludlow Festival. Festival highlight is always the open air Shakespeare within the castle grounds, which ends under a starry night sky.

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June 17th, 2010

Horizon Field: Antony Gormley in Austria

The British artist Antony Gormley is creating a unique project in the Austrian mountains of Vorarlberg in co-operation with the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Horizon Field will be the largest landscape intervention in Austria to date. The opening will be on 31st July.

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June 10th, 2010

Richard Gere at the Aruba International Film Festival

Aruba rolled out the red carpet this last weekend for the kick off of the first ever Aruba International Film Festival. The inaugural Film Festival is showcasing 28 films over the course of the week, of which the majority will be independent films of special interest.

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March 30th, 2009

Europe’s Largest Gay & Lesbian Choral Festival at Southbank Centre, May 2009

Various Voices 09, Europe’s largest ever gay and lesbian choral festival, brings to the Southbank Centre in London 60 choirs with more than 2,000 singers over 4 days of music and events over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, 1-4 May 2009.

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March 25th, 2009

KOCCA to introduce Korean Manhwa at Palazzo D’Accursio in Bologna

The Korea Culture and Content Agency (KOCCA, Representative: Kyung-mo An) is hosting a Special Exhibition on Korean Manhwa under the theme of Manhwa: The Exiting New Discovery at Palazzo D’Accursio in Bologna for 2 weeks

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February 20th, 2009

New Cartoon Museum for Angoulême, Poitou-Charentes

From Asterix to Garfield, from Tintin to the Japanese Anime cartoons, there is something for everyone at the soon to open Cartoon Museum in Poitou-Charentes in Western France.

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January 27th, 2009

Weird and Wonderful Events in Latin America in 2009

Latin America is home to some of the world’s most famous festivals and events, including the Rio carnival and Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, but there are also a number of more alternative and quirky events taking place year-round.

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December 27th, 2008

Baltimore Celebrates Poe’s Bicentennial Birthday With ‘Nevermore 2009′

2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the world’s greatest writers. To honour his strong links with the city, Baltimore is planning a series of birthday celebrations throughout the year, ‘Nevermore 2009 in Baltimore’ in which visitors can participate and commemorate the life and words of this beloved author.

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August 14th, 2008

Festival della Mente in Sarzana, August 29th through 31st 2008

The fifth annual Festival della Mente, the first ever European Festival which investigates the theme of creativity, new topics and new approaches, will be held in the medieval town of Sarzana in Liguria between Friday 29th and Sunday 31st August 2008.

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August 12th, 2008

Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008, September 14th – November 23rd

“Out There: Architecture Beyond Building”: this year’s theme of the Biennale of Architecture gives a new meaning to the way of living. Architecture puts the building aside and becomes a philosophy, proposing dreams, emotions and utopian visions.

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