Illuminating The Palm Beaches

THE Palm Beaches is a collection of 39 cities and towns stretching from Boca Raton to Jupiter and Tequesta, with 47 miles of pristine Atlantic Ocean beaches and sophisticated art and culture. The destination has more than 200 cultural organizations that produce 42,000 events, exhibitions and performances annually.

This holiday season, travelers looking to ditch the cold for a sunny, culture-filled getaway are headed to Florida's Cultural Capital to experience an incredible selection of cultural programming for all ages and interests. A sampling of holiday happenings in the Palm Beaches includes:

Handel's Messiah – The Benjamin School (Palm Beach Gardens)
On Friday, December 14, celebrate the holidays with Masterworks Chorus of The Palm Beaches' presentation of G.F. Handel's Messiah. Tickets are $25/person; $10/students.

Garden of Lights – Mounts Botanical Garden (West Palm Beach)
Through Sunday, December 30, visitors of Mounts Botanical Garden can gaze in awe as thousands of lights illuminate garden areas, with live dance performances and musical presentations will be held on select nights. The garden is open daily from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and tickets are available online or at the gate.

Photos with Santa – Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society (West Palm Beach)
Jolly old Saint Nick takes time out of his busy schedule to spend quality time with visitors at the zoo through Saturday, December 22.

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical – Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach)  The 'Most Famous Reindeer of All' comes to life on Sunday, December 23 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Families can enjoy all of their favorite characters as the beloved classic soars onto the stage for two performances on Sunday. Tickets start at $20 and are available for purchase online and at the venue.

A Very Jewish Concert on Christmas Day – Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center (Boca Raton) Led by Aaron Kula and featuring the sounds of Klezmer, Yiddish, Israeli and Chassidic music from Second Avenue and beyond, the renowned Klezmer Company Orchestra will perform on Tuesday, December 25 at 3 p.m.


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GFEST 2018

THE annual November LGBTQI+ entertainment and cross-art event GFEST – Gaywise FESTival will be launched on Monday the 12 November at Alexandra Palace, Palm Court. GFEST 2018 events will be listed on the website: https://gaywisefestival.org.uk

This year’s festival theme is #SociallyEQUAL and the organisers are proud to present a free entry entertainment evening full of live acts presenting music, dance, acapella, performance poetry at the launch.


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Wuzhen Theater Festival

IN the sixth Wuzhen Theater Festival, which will be held from October 18 to 28, 2018, in addition to the list of theatrical performances specially invited to the event, represented by masters of the world theatrical and operatic, there will be an Outdoor Carnival that will be presented to more than 100 companies and performances that will perform more than 1800 works in the district of Xizha in Wuzhen during the 11 days of the event.

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Discover Tasmania Discover Dark Mofo

MONA, the Museum of Old and New #Art in #Tasmania holds an annual winter festival, Dark Mofo which first arrived on the scene in 2013. The #festival aims to connect old winter solstice rituals whilst exploring the links with modern day mythology, celebrating dark through large-scale public art, food, film, music, light and noise.

Taking place from June 8-21 across Hobart, on Tasmania, with major exhibitions at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), a public art playground at Dark Park, international musicians and artists performing around the city.

The celebrations include the City of Hobart Dark Mofo Winter Feast on Hobart's waterside docks, the ogoh-ogoh parade and burning on the solstice night, and the annual Nude Solstice Swim in the River Derwent at sunrise to welcome back the return of the light after the longest night.

Much controversy is surrounding this years event in particular the planned killing of a bull in the Hermann Nitsch 150.Action which is scheduled for Saturday June 17. Nitsch has been a part of the Vienesse Actionist movement for over 50 years and is a highly respected international artist.

A number of events are free including the Hermann Nitsch 150.Action but they do require prior registration.

darkmofo.net.au

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Brighton Fringe

BRIGHTON Fringe is England’s largest arts festival in various locations throughout #Brighton, this years event runs from May 5 - June 4.

A wide array of critically acclaimed shows and performers also appear at Brighton Fringe each year and this year’s programme includes a record-breaking 932 shows and events across a dizzying array of art forms, including the first ever Fringe All-Nighter (27 May) with shows running until dawn.

More than 200 events are free.

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Toronto Caribbean Festival turns 50 this year.

THE Toronto Caribbean Carnival is an exciting three-week cultural explosion running from July 11- August 7. 

Caribbean music, cuisine, and revelry as well as visual and performing arts are all on the menu. It has become a major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. 

As the #Carnival is an international cultural phenomenon, the great metropolis of #Toronto will come alive as the city explodes with the pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Chutney, Steel Pan and Brass Bands. 

torontocaribbeancarnival.com

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Festival delights in the East

NEXT year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival runs from May 12 to May 28. Theatre, contemporary circus, music, dance, visual art, and cinema are in the programme of one of England’s largest international arts festivals.

www.nnfestival.org.uk

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Capital attractions for US visitors, as London leads in Google arts searches

LONDON’S leading museums and galleries had 2.4 million visits by Americans in 2014/15, up by nine percent on the previous year, according to figures published by London & Partners, the official promotional company for the capital to mark the launch of the city’s Autumn Season of Culture.

It means the US now ties with France as London’s top tourism market by volume, followed by Italy, Spain, and Germany.

Separate statistics released by Google flags up #London as the most Googled city on the planet for art galleries, the performing arts, and innovative art and design. London’s theatres generate more searches than those in any other city, while international searches for globally renowned museums rank the #ScienceMuseum in London as the world’s most Googled museum. The #NaturalHistoryMuseum and the British Museum rank second and third according to Google, followed by The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

The number of international visitors coming to London continues to rise, reaching 17.4 million last year.

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Fringe fun kicks off in Edinburgh

SAID to be the planet’s largest arts festival, the #EdinburghFestivalFringe (to August 31) is under way, with 50,459 performances of 3,314 shows from 49 countries in 313 venues across the city.  

Established in 1947 as an unofficial alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it’s a showcase for the performing arts – cabaret, children's shows, comedy, dance, circus, exhibitions, music, and the spoken word.

In addition to ticketed, programmed events, there are street shows every day on the #RoyalMile and at the Mound Precinct.

Kath M. Mainland, festival chief executive said: ‘The Fringe is a festival like no other.  Completely open access – where artists don’t need to wait for an invitation, where anyone with a story to tell is welcome.  Where there’s no curator, no vetting, no barriers.  Just incredible talent from almost fifty countries all over the world.

‘It’s also an incredibly important festival for #Scotland, the UK, and our performing artists.  A vital platform to showcase the range and diversity of creative skills on offer.  A profoundly international market place which can have transformative effects on careers.  An explosion of culture which can be life-changing for the audience.  And lots and lots of fun.’

For full events listings, go to www.edfringe.com

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Join the dance in Bath

VISITORS to the Jane Austen's Bath exhibition (to October 4) at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath will be able to see a display of Georgian and Regency dancing – and learn a few steps themselves – this August. 

The Bath Minuet and Jane Austen Dancers will be dancing in period costume at late openings of the exhibition on Thursdays during August. They will also be talking to visitors about the dances, music, and their Georgian and Regency costumes. The Thursday evening openings have been made possible by funding from Arts Council England to the Bath Museums Partnership.

The Bath Minuet Dancers will be in the gallery from 5-7pm on August 6 and 13; and the Jane Austen Dancers on August 20 and 27, also 5-7pm. The groups will perform twice each evening.

The standard entry charge is £3.50 with concessions available, and no booking is required.

The Jane Austen's Bath exhibition features some of the gallery's best watercolours and prints, so visitors can see the city as she saw it on her visits, and as she depicted it in Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.

There is also a programme of talks, tours, and walks.

www.victoriagal.org.uk

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Summer in Dubrovnik

THE #Dubrovnik Tourist Board has announced its #Summer Festival programme, which runs from July 10 to August 25.

It features more than 2,000 artists and 70 plays, plus classical concerts, films, and folklore performances in 15 open-air venues across the city.

‘During the summer months, Dubrovnik becomes the cultural capital of #Croatia and South-Eastern Europe,’ said Romana Vlašić, director of the Dubrovnik Tourist Board.

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Orlando sets new record for tourism

VISIT ORLANDO reports that more than 62 million people visited the city in 2014, an all-time record for the US travel industry.

A record 32 million room nights were sold in Orlando in 2014, resulting in bed tax collections topping $200 million ($136.3 million) for the first time in Orange County, home to the Central Florida tourism district.


In 2014, Walt Disney World Resort completed New Fantasyland and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and Diagon Alley at the Universal Orlando resort opened.

Other new venues include the Dr Phillips Center for Performing Arts.

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