How a decades-old tenant battle in Washington, D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood is still shaping the city today.The Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C., gets pretty crowded on weekends. If you walk down 18th Street at night, you have to dodge hordes of drunken 20-somethings between their second and third bar
Special exhibition “Faces of Impressionism: Portraits of the Musee D’Orsay” is in its final week at the Kimbell Art Museum. Exploring French portraiture and sculpture from the late 1850s until the first years of the 20th century, the 74 portraits from the d’Orsay reflect the origins and flowering of one
Two Spanish studies conducted jointly by researchers from the Universities of Extremadura and Jaén have revealed that tourists are increasingly showing appreciation for sustainably managed destinations. The studies by these researchers have indicated that, when taking a trip, tourists are opting for destinations that are part of a scheme of
On Wednesday 4th February 2015, 09.30-17.00 GMT, London (UK), HRH Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit (ISU) has convened an international meeting on “Food in an Urbanised world: The role of City Region Food Systems in resilience and sustainable development.” Bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders from around the world, including
Last year, a staggering 26 new food and agriculture funding sources launched across the globe. This year, that number has almost doubled. To help you navigate the sea of new food startup funding options, we’re publishing lists of the new food and agriculture focused funds, accelerators, crowdfunding sites and corporate incubators.
From income inequality and unemployment to poverty, education and healthcare, communities around the world are facing critical challenges that require creative ideas and solutions. Any of these challenges could use an artist’s mind, a creative question or a critical thinker to help us find our way to a more healthy
As an important step in preserving Peru’s rich cultural history, Culture Minister Diana Álvarez-Calderón announced the construction of Peru’s first large-scale national museum. The Museo Nacional del Perù will be built just southeast of Lima on the Pachacamac archaeological site, which features temples and pyramids predating the Inca Empire. While serving as
Culture is seen as having a key role in social wellbeing and economic development by citizens across Europe’s Neighbourhood, as well as contributing to greater tolerance, according to the Autumn 2014 EU Neighbourhood Barometer just released. According to the poll, 79% in the East and 58% in the Mediterranean partner
Cities everywhere are wrestling with how to update infrastructure and building stock while maintaining communities’ character and identity—two big priorities for resilient cities. This dispatch from Seattle looks at how local organizations are helping the city balance these priorities.In a neighborhood facing high unemployment and poverty rates where owners struggle
The beginning of the World Food Travel Summit is becoming closer. The event to be held in Estoril from 8 to 11 April, is receiving new confirmation of participants and the program is being enriched. The Portuguese Association of Culinary Tourism and Economics (Aptece), responsible for organizing the event, has
Catalonia has been awarded with the title of European Region of Gastronomy 2016, a recognition to be awarded each year to two or three regions of the network, which, together or separately develop a program of events and collaborations which will help to achieve visibility… read more
In the annual round up of arts and culture across Asia and Europe, culture360.asef.org Editor Judith Staines takes a trip around some of the best arts and culture events coming up in 2015 such as the European Capitals of Culture, the best Festivals and the most famous contemporary art biennales …READ MORE
Creativity is something highly valued in today’s society. Whether you’re finding new ways to present a product to the masses, writing the best screenplay ever, or capturing emotion with the movement of a paintbrush or violin bow, being creative can be lucrative and deeply satisfying. And it makes sense that
“After five or six hours, they saw we are actually creating something out of what they thought was trash.” The temporary installation, by Sucuoğlu and Ensari’s design firm, İyi Ofis, is part of a small but growing movement positioning itself as an alternative to themassive development projects currently (and controversially)
Armenian tour agencies cannot fully utilize and serve Armenian national cuisine as a tourist ‘product’ to incoming tourists, whereas thus they would have contributed to the recognition of the country’s cultural values, specialists say. Development and Preservation of Armenian Culinary Traditions NGO head Sedrak Mamulyan thinks that the field is
UNESCO is undertaking an important review of the implementation of the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist. This is a timely and valuable exercise that will furnish us with current data regarding the status of the artist nationally, regionally and globally, and which will be reflected in
