$350,000 sculpture shatters en route from Italy to Miami
A larger-than-life sculpture called Survival of Serena was shipped from Italy to Miami to serve as a signature work for ArtMiami, one of several major art festivals opening in the city this week. The 4-foot-by-8-foot depiction of a girl dozing in an inner tube was also for sale. Price tag: $350,000.

Longview accepting applications for tourism funding
The city of Longview is taking applications to fund projects that support or maintain tourism in Longview, such as festivals, events or advertising brochures.

Documentary returns to South Bay ahead of television debut
The documentary "Dear Zachary" has screened this year at festivals throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and the Netherlands.

Web site: Oyster Festival ranks seventh in the world
A popular online travel site has ranked the Arcata Bay Oyster Festival seventh among the top 10 food festivals in the world. Sandwiched between The World Gourmet Summit in Singapore and the Festival Gourmet International in Puerto Vallarta,

Indian Panorama films to be screened across country
Panaji, Dec 2 : Film Festivals director S M Khan today said the films shown at the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India 2008 will have more screenings in different parts of the country.

Harbor parades to light up the water
All 3 harbors put on festivals of lights, with Newport celebrating its 100th year.

Reach for the lasers
In the aftermath of recent festivals like Global Gathering and Stereosonic, Andrew James gets his jazz hands on and delves into the supposed renaissance of all things trance.

Towns seek ways to keep holidays bright in bad economy
Times are hard and the slumping economy has taken a bite out of the fundraising that pays for local holiday festivals and light displays. But organizers are dipping into reserves, seeking new donors and making the most of contributions to keep their town?s traditions going.

Christmas tree festivals grow in popularity
More than 250 people went to church at the weekend ? to help choose a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree festival at Sacred Heart Church, Uppermill, was successful for a second year running.

Hainesville resident heads ethnic folk festival
HAINESVILLE - For the third year running, Hainesville resident Jim De Nomie has chaired the one of the largest ethnic folk festivals in the country.

Leaders from the international retail real estate market descended upon the Palais de Festivals in Cannes last month. ...
Thousands of market experts, developers, investors and journalists gathered in the French city of Cannes in November to participate in the 14th annual MAPIC international market for retail real estate, arguably one of the most important events on the industry's calendar.

Tradition Counts More Than Beauty at a Pageant
Amid a host of influences, the Taíno tribe occupies a special place in Puerto Rico?s cultural hierarchy.

John Travolta - Manero Drama Wins Turin Film Festivals Big Prize
A quirky new South American movie about a serial killer obsessed with JOHN TRAVOLTA's SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER character has won the big prize at the Turin Film Festival ...

Directorate of Film Festival plans to include films from N America from next year
Panaji, Dec 1 : Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) Director S M Khan today said the DFF plans to include films from North America in the competition section of the International Film Festival of India from the coming years.

Karen Heller: A stadium plan that won't pay off
Major League Soccer, you may have heard, is coming to Philadelphia. Well, not Philadelphia, but Chester, the town so irrevocably socked by hard times that the recession barely registers.

Flower power
FLOWERS are an indispensable part of the Filipino landscape. Grown in gardens, hung in our windows, offered in religious shrines and festivals, used as food or medicine or even used as playthings, they are a universal tool for expressing the pure principle of beauty.

Fair fare strategies
It is easy to work up an appetite while enjoying an outdoor festival. During our glorious Miami International Book Fair, I took some time off from the readings to check out the food court.

Local man volunteers time to promote downtown Frederick events
The heart of many projects is the volunteers

From madness to Merry: A holiday helper
By some accounts, if we haven't started our preparations for Christmas before the Thanksgiving holiday, we're behind.

From madness to Merry: A holiday helper
By some accounts, if we haven't started our preparations for the Christmas season before the Thanksgiving holiday, we're behind.