The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a corner of what was once Sacred Heart Church, proof the stalls — as well as the Roman …
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Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration
Upcycling Turns Would-Be Trash into Ice Cream and Pizza
At Tyler Malek’s ice cream parlors, one cook’s trash is another chef’s frosty treat. The head ice cream maker at the Portland, Oregon-based Salt & Straw uses the whey leftover …
your ads here!Four Ukrainians Intern at New York’s Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera in New York not only organizes concerts and campaigns to support Ukraine but also has offered four Ukrainians an internship. Iryna Solomko has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. …
your ads here!Big Names in Fashion, Tech, Entertainment Attend DC Dinner for India’s Modi
Titans of business, fashion, entertainment and more made the guest list for Thursday’s big White House dinner in honor India’s Narendra Modi, with the likes of designer Ralph Lauren, filmmaker …
your ads here!Hope for Baseball Flourishes in Nigeria, Despite Lack of Resources
Introduced in Nigeria by the U.S. Peace Corps in the 1960s, baseball is slowly becoming a sport of note, thanks to the efforts of a few dedicated enthusiasts of the …
your ads here!Drone Photo and Video Competition Shows Stunning Views of Earth
Drone photographers and videographers from around the world submitted more than 65,000 pieces of work in an annual online competition. VOA’s Julie Taboh highlights some of the winning entries. Editing: …
your ads here!Roman Ruins Where Caesar Was Stabbed Opens to Tourists
Four temples from ancient Rome, dating back as far as the 3rd century B.C. stand smack in the middle of one of the modern city’s busiest crossroads. But until Monday, …
your ads here!Iranian Diaspora in Los Angeles Unites to Aid Anti-Government Protesters
A new film charts the response of the large Iranian community in Los Angeles to the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Paris, Iranian …
your ads here!Seattle Marks Summer Solstice With Whimsical Parade
June 21 marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere – in Seattle, Washington, the summer solstice was celebrated this past weekend with the annual Fremont Solstice …
your ads here!Pastors Find Role Ministering to Young Men Swept up in El Salvador’s Crackdown on Gangs
The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,” or “free life,” a gang rehabilitation program founded in El Salvador by American pastor Kenton Moody in 2021. The …
your ads here!Some US Lawmakers Unhappy With Proposed PGA-LIV Golf Merger
The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf have long battled in court over competing claims affecting men’s professional golf. But in a surprise move last week, the groups announced …
your ads here!Beyoncé Likely a Factor in Sweden’s Unexpectedly High Inflation
Can you pay my bills? That seems to be what Sweden is asking Beyoncé after the star came to town. When the singer launched her global tour last month in …
your ads here!Cormac McCarthy, Author of ‘The Road,’ ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dies at 89
Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as The Road, Blood …
your ads here!Hong Kong’s Film Industry Quietly Blooming Again, Despite Censorship
A young actress drags a suitcase despondently up a tree-shaded street, as a crew shoots a scene in a film about director Norris Wong’s unachieved dream of becoming a Cantopop …
your ads here!Hong Kong Film Industry Undergoing Revival
In its heyday, Hong Kong was the Hollywood of Asia, turning out stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat and recent Best Actress Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh. While …
your ads here!McCartney: ‘Final Beatles Record’ Out This Year Aided by AI
A “final Beatles record”, created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Tuesday. “It was …
your ads here!BTS Turns 10; Seoul Lights Up Landmarks to Celebrate
Skyscrapers, bridges and other landmarks in South Korea’s capital will be lit up in purple Monday as the country begins celebrating the 10th anniversary of K-pop band BTS, whose global …
your ads here!Denver Contemporary Art Gallery Adds 2 Painters from Ghana
The new Modern Art gallery at the Denver Art Museum includes two painters from Ghana. VOA’s Scott Stearns gives us a look. …
your ads here!Select List of Winners of 2023 Tony Awards
Best musical: “Kimberly Akimbo” Best play: “Leopoldstadt” Best revival of a musical: “Parade” Best revival of a play: “Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog” Best performance by an actress in a leading role …
your ads here!Tony Awards Make History With Laurels for Nonbinary Actors
The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle …
your ads here!‘Transformers’ Edge Out ‘Spider-Verse’ to Claim Box Office Lead
It was Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse versus the “Transformers” at the box office this weekend and the bots came out on top. “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” the seventh …
your ads here!The Show Must Go On: Putting on a Tony Awards Telecast During a Writers’ Strike
New location? No script? No rehearsal? No sweat. Welcome to the 2023 Tony Awards, a show with an extra jolt of electricity this time due to the Hollywood writers’ strike. …
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