PHNOM PENH – The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. The items repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Ar t arrived Wednesday and were displayed … Read more
NEW ORLEANS – The City of New Orleans on Thursday officially welcomed thousands of people descending on the Big Easy for the Essence Festival of Culture. The celebration has been around for three decades — no easy feat, Essence CEO Caroline Wanga said Thursday during a news conference at Gallier Hall to kick off the … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Centro Cultural Aztlan is celebrating its 47th anniversary with El Gran Día de los Artistas on July 20. The event will feature an artisan market showcasing original works by local artists, live painting and art demonstrations. There will also be fine art exhibits, live music and poetry performances with one-hour intervals throughout … Read more
NEW YORK – Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. To watch it again is to be swept along, all over again, by its flowing action and breadth of vision. Just as swiftly as Kambei Shimada … Read more
Grapevine resident William Hicks’ build featured 6,000 pieces over 45 hours, winning him the title of 2024 Mini Master Model Builder. GRAPEVINE, Texas — A 9-year-old named William Hicks has rebuilt the Fort Worth Stockyards brick by brick by — or, well, Lego brick by Lego brick, at least. Hicks, a Grapevine native, recently won … Read more
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – New Jersey officials say financial concerns spurred state lawmakers to rescind $24 million in funding for a planned outpost of Paris’ acclaimed Pompidou Center in Jersey City. But the city’s mayor said he believes his deteriorating relationship with Gov. Phil Murphy led to the decision. Centre Pompidou x Jersey City was … Read more
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden’s fitness to serve a second term in office has been a top story since his halting performance in last week’s debate against Donald Trump, where the president at times appeared unable to complete or articulate some thoughts in the pressure of the moment. To some press critics who are … Read more