March 8, 2025

European Artists

European Artists

Christmas Village returns to LOVE Park with extended hours and more    | Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

LOVE Park and City Hall’s courtyard will once again transform into an open air German Christmas market. Christmas Village opens for its 16th season after the Thanksgiving Parade on November 23, 2023. The market is one of the largest and most authentic German Christmas markets in the United States.  A special preview weekend will be

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Historic groundbreaking marks another victory for the Baumholder Military Community | Article

1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz hosts a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Army Lodge for the Baumholder Military Community Nov. 3. From left: Timothy Conley, AECCOM; Roger Vogler, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Gunther Jung, mayor of the City of Baumholder; Command Sgt. Maj.

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3 Black American Dance Artists on Making Work—and Building Lives—in Europe

Imagine leaving home and taking up residence in a foreign land—not as a migrant seeking refuge, but as an expatriate, voluntarily opting to start a new life in a different language and culture. That’s the “What if?” that many American dance artists dare to risk by relocating to Europe. African American dancers are a large

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The Kingpin Who Kidnapped Migrants for Ransom

Girma’s story is not unusual: many people who were held captive by Kidane never crossed the sea. Although Estefanos estimates that Kidane did put some fifteen thousand migrants on boats, the financial core of his business seems to have been kidnapping and extortion, not smuggling. Cartoon by Jorge Penné It’s difficult to know exactly how

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In Shota Nakamura’s Meditative Paintings, People Rest as Nature Flourishes

Shota Nakamura thinks a lot about gardens, and people in them. “I couldn’t really tell why, but nature is always coming up in my paintings,” he said, during a recent tour of his Berlin studio. The bright space was dotted with canvases featuring these gardens—some flaming pink and orange, others a murky mix of blues

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USAFE Unveils New TACAN System for Enhanced Combat Deployments > U.S. Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces Africa > Article Display

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany —   The 1st Combat Communication Squadron (CBCS) was greeted with an influx of innovative technology recently, thanks to the arrival and implementation of the new Tactical Air Navigation system. A vital milestone in military aviation, this system marks a significant upgrade in the technological arsenal for

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South Asian miniatures in Milton Keynes — a chronicle of empire, power and art

A poster-painter up a ladder daubs a likeness of a Bollywood heroine on a cinema facade, oblivious to a riotous mob, cudgels raised, stripping a man below the waist to determine his religion. The chillingly counterpointed scenes, in blood reds and livid greens, are in “City for Sale”, a large-scale oil painting by the Indian

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Five injured, arts museum damaged in Russian strikes on Odesa, Ukraine officials say

ODESA, Ukraine, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Five people were injured in Odesa and one of the city’s principal art galleries was damaged in Russian strikes late on Sunday, Ukrainian officials in the Black Sea port said. “On November 6, the Odesa National Art Museum turns 124 years old,” Oleh Kiper, governor the of the Odesa

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Travel notes: Discovering the less-visited Baltic countries

Song Festival grounds today. Poster photo of Song Festival Grounds when full of people singing. Visiting the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was an eye-opener. Under Soviet occupation from 1945 to 1991, they achieved independence from the USSR via the Singing Revolution and the Baltic Chain – accomplishing a virtually bloodless break-away.

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Annual revenue from music copyright climbs to $41.5bn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Annual revenues generated by music copyright have grown to $41.5bn globally on the back of continued growth in streaming and a post-pandemic resurgence in public licensing in concerts and hospitality. A report by Will Page,

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