Cultures

Jun 1, 2017

Israeli minister threatens to defund art show over nudity

Israeli culture minister threatens to cut funding for major arts festival over performances featuring frontal nudity


May 31, 2017

'Dandy Lion' rejects young black male stereotypes

"Dandy Lion" rejects young black male stereotypes, celebrates fashion as form of resistance


May 29, 2017

Paris mayor says 'solution' found for black feminist event

The mayor of Paris said Monday that a "clear solution" has been found with organizers of a festival for black feminists, an event that had aroused her ire because four-fifths of the festival space was to be open exclusively to black women


May 26, 2017

Poland faces deadline to stop over-logging in ancient forest

Poland has until Saturday to explain to European Union authorities why it has increased logging in one of Europe's last primeval forests and to suspend the excessive removal of trees


Artists ask Polish leaders to stop primeval forest logging
May 19, 2017

Artists ask Polish leaders to stop primeval forest logging

Writers and artists have appealed to Poland's top leaders to stop the logging at Europe's last primeval forest


May 14, 2017

This year's Cannes Film Festival is quaking with change

With a lineup featuring Netflix films, virtual reality and television, this year's Cannes Film Festival is quaking with change


May 13, 2017

Thousands in Madrid demand end to bullfighting in Spain

Thousands of animal rights activists protested Saturday in Madrid to demand an end to Spain's long tradition of bullfighting


May 12, 2017

Historic tomb moved to make way for dam in Turkey

An enormous tomb has been moved to make way for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river in Turkey's southeast.


May 10, 2017

Agents: Customs officers committed sexually abusive hazing

Federal investigators are reviewing allegations that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in New Jersey have been subjected to sexually abusive hazing


May 9, 2017

St. Louis to turn Chuck Berry's one-time home into museum

St. Louis is planning to convert Chuck Berry's one-time home into a museum and to create a cultural district around it honoring the rock 'n' roll legend and other prominent African-Americans who have lived in that part of the city