Submissions are invited for a forthcoming book to be published in 2015, entitled: ‘Teaching and Learning Cultural Entrepreneurship: A global comparative analysis of course and program content in university – and community-based education for the cultural and creative industries’. Contributions to the book will be presented as part of the
Restaurants on the streets – also known as outdoor food festivals – are finally catching on in Kyiv, long after they started flourishing in many capitals of the world. While Kyiv has had street food vendors for a long time, restaurateur Roman Tugashev organized the first Street Food Festival in August
The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC Global) was awarded EU funding from the European Commission Creative Europe Support to Networks Programme for the project EUNIC – Crossroads for Culture – Enhancing EU member states transnational and international cooperation. The project, which is expected to last 3 years, will
Cape Town – Tourism is what makes the Mother City go around, and locals are being encouraged to join in and explore what it is that keeps international visitors coming back time and again. September sees the focus shift not only to heritage, but also domestic tourism. “Tourism is viewed as someone
Joburg Tourism will be utilizing the Soweto Wine Festival, taking place at the UJ campus from September 4-6 as a promotional platform to celebrate spring, Tourism and Heritage Month, as well as launch its latest campaign – Love Joburg – Explore, Experience & Enjoy! The “Love Joburg” tagline is being introduced
The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME) will receive $20,000 in funding from Tourism Victoria’s Events Program to help boost interstate and international marketing for this year’s November program. AWME has come to be known as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier roots music event attracting artists, industry professionals and music lovers from across
The Valletta 2018 Foundation will host the first in a series of annual conferences titled ‘Dialogue in the Med: exploring identity through networks’ on Thursday and Friday at the University’s Valletta campus. It will encourage debates on the common histories and geo-political realities of Europe and the Mediterranean within the
This year makes the first year of the “Culture City of East Asia” project, which was agreed on by cultural affairs ministers from Japan, China and South Korea last year. The aim of the project is to promote understanding and a sense of unity among the three nations, said Kimiyoshi
Crisis… what crisis? It seems that the economic downturn in Greece has brought a new outlook and fresh creative life to the city. ‘Greeks are being forced to be creative, to work together for the first time’, says Tina Kyriakis (Alternative Athens). She provides a few examples of creative innovations…READ
Cities should always be thinking about their future, but this year Leeds is thinking about a very specific point in its future: the year 2023. 2023 is the next year that a city from the UK can be declared European Capital of Culture, following Glasgow’s turn in 1990 and Liverpool’s
We all know our world is increasingly urbanized, but what makes a city smart? A sense of place, for starters, says Ian MacFarlane, consultant for National Geographic Channel’s Smart Cities program. “A city needs a heart and soul—typically the center, where people congregate for work and leisure. Smart cities are well-connected
The Tourism Section of the Division of Geography of the KU Leuven is organizing an international conference with the title “Tourism Research and Management in a Rapidly Changing World”. The conference will be held in Leuven on the 15th and the 16th of September 2014.Leuven is very proud of both its past and its
The Limerick Cultural Garden was a silver medal winner at this year’s Bloom Festival in Dublin, where it was viewed by 100,000 people. Inspired by Limerick’s built and cultural heritage, the show garden has been relocated to the grounds of City Hall, where it can be enjoyed en route to
The Four Seasons Bangkok’s World Gourmet Festival returns next month and brings with it an excellent opportunity to sample some fine cuisine. Bangkok’s appreciation for gastronomy has always been concrete. It’s evident in its numerous culinary festivals, world-class gala dinners and back-to-back visits of famous, star-studded chefs from across the globe…READ
SAVE THE DATE: The United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) Culture Summit will be hosted by the City of Bilbao, on the 18th until the 20th of March 2015. The process to elaborate the new Agenda 21 for culture was initiated by the Committee on Culture in 2013 through subsequent
The Dominican Academy of Gastronomy and Tourism was constituted on August 18, 2014, as a non-profitable institution aimed at showing and preserving the gastronomic traditions of the country, as well as national and internationally spreading its finest values, thus supporting the promotion of the country’s brand…READ MORE
