Sentences with phrase «folk festival of»

Sarna explores not only the familiar Jewish holidays but also new inventions like Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israel Independence Day, minor days like Tu be-Shevat (new year for trees) and Tu b» Av (a day for matchmaking) and the Moroccan springtime folk festival of Maimuna that is becoming popular in Israel.

He is the author of Taíno: The Activity Book and The Vejigante and the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico.

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It's a unique opportunity for Toronto - based Canada Goose, this year's official outerwear sponsor of the festival, to clad typically fashionable film folks in arctic apparel.

Saturday is a busy day for the festival, but that day's nearly constant rain heightened folks» sense of crisis.

A lot of pro-choice folks like to say that «no one is pro-abortion,» but when celebratory concert series and festivals are organized around the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, I can't help but question the degree to which we have desensitized ourselves to the reality that abortion means the termination of, at the very least, a potential life, something that should never be celebrated with balloons and rock concerts.

Festivals, musical forms, and other features of folk culture are not denounced as antiquated features of authoritarianism that seek to destroy autonomy, which seems to be what the Frankfurt School thought about folk culture.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) caresses a lion cub as thousands of participants to the «Pilgrimage to Rome» festival - circus professionals, carnival people, street artists, madonnari (pavement artists), bands and folk groups — gather in Aula Paolo VI (Paul VI Audience Hall) in the Vatican on December 1, 2012 for their audience with the pope.

But the festival appears to have had a pre-exodus history among pastoral folk as a spring celebration of the birth of the lambs with attendant rites for the consecration of the flocks and probably a communion meal shared by the shepherd group and the deity.

ARTIST OF THE WALL FESTIVAL: Eighth annual event is an art showcase featuring urban folk arts and crafts, music and food along the lakefront.

He added that the festival would hold without denying the female folks their right of freedom of movement.»

Every year this city of bridges and festivals spices up its calendar with the Canada Remembers Airshow, the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, a Folk Fest and an art festival called Art in the Heart.

The party - goer who burned to death when he threw himself into a massive, flaming effigy at the Burning Man festival has been identified as a married,... Every year, tens of thousands of free - minded folks migrate to the desert in northern Nevada to participate in the week - long festival of

Every year, tens of thousands of free - minded folks migrate to the desert in northern Nevada to participate in the week - long festival of

«Change» is one of the themes of this year's festival, with the folks behind the festival embracing the evolving landscape of film and film distribution.

Plenty of other folks are predicting a win for Foxcatcher's Steve Carell, and they'd probably be right if this were Sundance, or some other festival with a purely American jury.

I tried to keep this list to things that folks had an opportunity to see so you'll see a lack of other festival goodies like The Sacrament, A Field in England or Afflicted.

Since 2015, when the hashtag first became a rallying cry for inclusion, most, if not all, of the big studios have reinvigorated or created diversity initiatives, agencies have taken a more active role in supporting their clients and film festivals have continued to be entrees into Hollywood for traditionally marginalized folks.

Prior to arriving at this year's festival, I intuited this was a project that may possibly best be experienced midst non-journalist folks (rather than at a Press Screening), so prioritized arranging an advanced seat for a public audience viewing of the film at Park City's Library Theater... during the showing and following Q&A, one could hear a pin hit the floor as the motionless audience appeared fully intrigued.

While many folks are furiously updating and upgrading their Oscar predictions as festival season gets underway, the thing is we're barely into the swing of the awards season, and more crucially, most of the films have yet to be seen.

August 1, 2010 • Tao Rodriguez - Seeger, the grandson of folk all - timer Pete Seeger, has carried on in the family tradition of musical activism, making frequent appearances at the venerable folk festival.

Despite evidence to the contrary, both here and on our main site, you may be forgiven for thinking the folks at the Film Society of Lincoln Center are the only ones throwing a film festival right now.

Recording as the folk - pop duo The Pierces, Allison and Catherine Pierce have enjoyed a fruitful run of albums dating back to the turn of the century — never quite breaking all the way, but still landing festival spots, touring the world, attracting strong reviews, and even providing the theme song for the TV series Pretty Little Liars.

It was a darling of the festival circuit last year, earning high praise wherever it played, and is a favorite among the folk here at Twitch.

Easter Around The World 1 Ethiopia - Easter meal, Easter services, White Clothing Germany - Decorating trees and branches, Passion Play, Easter Rabbit, Oberammergau Passion Play Greece - Red eggs, Osterfeuer - the lighting of bonfires Italy - Pope's Easter Mass in Saint Peter's Square Cyprus - Easter services, decorated candles, fires and bonfires Israel - The Via Dolorosa, the Palm Sunday procession, lighting of the «Holy Fire» in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Easter Around The World 2 Brazil - The Mardi Gras, Easter symbol - macela flower Mexico - «Pascua», woven plams, bonfires, passion plays - Iztapalapa Spain - «Dance of Death» in Gerona, tronos, the nazareno, «La Mona» cake, torrijas Sardinia - Procession of Sorrowful Mysteries Sweden - The Easter Wizard USA - The Whitehouse egg roll, the Easter Bonnet Parades Easter Around The World 3 France - «Cloche Volant» (Flying Bells), chocolate fish, «Poisson d'Avril» «Osterlammele» (lamb shaped biscuits) Lithuania - spring cleaning,» verbos», the «Easter Granny» (Velykų Senelė), sharing of hard boiled egg custom, egg rolling game Norway - Korsvandring (Cross Wandering), the «Riddu Riđđu» Sami culture festival Bermuda - Kite Flying Australia - the «Easter Bilby», festivals in Australia - Sydney Royal Easter Show, National Folk Festival, East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival, Gospel Music Festival South American egg game - «Cascarones» These are ideal assemblies at any time during the Easter period.

The festival hosted well - known performers for large concerts and a series of workshops that attracted both locals and folks from around North America.

Outside the classroom, Mrs. Torres supports Prince of Peace students in the Homework Help program and shares her Mexican heritage and folk dancing at school events and community festivals.

And lastly way, way back in December last year I was invited by the British Council to give a talk and presentation of my work to a visiting delegation of comics folk from the Strip Turnhout comics festival in Belgium.

Shenism is closely linked to Taoism which combines elements of Hinduism (multiple dieties and festivals) with the ethics of Buddhism (compassion, moderation, humility)- although organized Taoists would, on the whole, distinguish themselves from those who follow folk religions.

Richmond also hosts a growing number of annual festivals, including the Folk Festival, River Rock, and most recently, the Bacon Festival.

Whether you want to headbang to heavy metal, sway to reggae or enjoy folk music with your family, here is our rundown of the world's top 10 music festivals

Local cultural events or folk festivals such as Provinssirock in Seinäjoki (one of the oldest in Scandavia) or midsummer celebrations with their bonfires and folk dances are amongst Finland's many attractions.

Listen to the best the planet has to offer across vintage blues and soul, jazz, latin, fusion, funk, swing, gospel, African, reggae, hip hop, R&B, swamp rock, folk and alt country — a massive selection which every year promises the finest line up of any festival in the country.

There are many events and festivals in nearby picturesque towns almost all year round including Opera in the Alps, Yackandandah Folk Festival, Celtic & Jazz Festivals of Befestivals in nearby picturesque towns almost all year round including Opera in the Alps, Yackandandah Folk Festival, Celtic & Jazz Festivals of BeFestivals of Beechworth.

You can expect loads of traditional activities and events during this festival, including folk music and dancing, theatrical performances, wine tastings and local food samplings.

Rob: I already knew a bunch of the folks at Codename through our mutual connections at IndieCade, a fantastic annual independent game festival near Los Angeles.

After establishing a career as a chemist, she dedicated herself to expanding the couple's portfolio of jazz and folk festivals.

As a familiar centerpiece of traditional folk festivals, the maypole is presented as a continuation of Spero's interest in «victimage,» a term she coined to describe the transition from victim to protagonist.

In awards news: this year's BP Portrait Award has announced its shortlist, with artists Miriam Escofet, Felicia Forte, Ania Hobson and Zhu Tongyao in the running — the winner will be announced in June; LA's Mike Kelley Foundation has named recipients for its 2018 Artist Project Grants — the Craft & Folk Art Museum, Fulcrum Arts, Hammer Museum, JOAN, LA Freewaves, LAXART, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Latin American Art, Self Help Graphics & Art and the Underground Museum will receive a total of USD$ 400,000 in support; ArtCenter / South Florida have announced a new USD$ 500,000 visual art awards called the Ellies, with first recipients anounced in October; and the official selection for the 71st Cannes film festival, which runs 8 — 19 May, is here, with Jean - Luc Godard, Spike Lee and Jia Zhangke in competition — only three out of 18 films competing for the Palme d'Or have female directors.

The twins often incorporate masks, instruments, and musicians in their work as a way to visualize the folk customs, festivals, and crafts that represent the myriad of cultural influences that make up the social and cultural landscape.

The exhibition «Tools», on the occasion of the theme of this year's festival «Roots in Marpissa», which is «Patterns», invites the participating artists to think over what a folk motif can mean today, how it can be reread and reconnected with the present.

Their piece The Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership (2017) commissioned for the festival is a similarly playful take on the visual culture of protest and folk traditions, inspired by a Northumbrian miners» banner design from 1924 (the dragon emerged as a motif in 19th - century radical pamphlets).

A South African Moment in New York As the first solo museum show of work by black South African photojournalist Ernest Cole hangs at the Grey Art Gallery at NYU, Carnegie Hall prepares its Ubuntu festival of South African jazz, classical, and folk music, which will also feature a program of films by William Kentridge.

In this work Kelley painstakingly dissects and reconstructs the ritual culture of religious festivals that occur beyond the context of the church as a kind of unique American folk culture or true popular culture.

The festival program includes performances, workshops, live demonstrations of face painting and exhibitions of folk art techniques as well as numerous demonstrations.

Slip into that Cosby sweater (sorry, Hannibal) because the folks behind Made in the Lower East Side are putting their pop - up powers to work in one of their most ambitious projects to date: a festival that will bring a slew of makers, artisans, artists, bands, and even an ice skating rink to the South Street Seaport over the course of four weekends in November.

In keeping with the tenor of that festival, we're pleased to see they are promoting greener transport for those folk not sailing in.

Whether you want to spice up your garden, living room or bedroom, there are plenty of ways to incorporate folk festival style into your decorating.