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December 17, 2019
Droid leaks: How C-3PO crossed his legs for 'Star Wars'
December 17, 2019
'Star Wars' grips Hollywood with 'Rise of Skywalker' premiere
December 17, 2019
Jordan, a blockbuster location for Hollywood
December 16, 2019
Taylor Swift to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival
ESSAOUIRA, Morocco — In a riot of color, acrobatics and drum beats, Morocco's gnawa artists joyously celebrated the inclusion of their ancient art-form in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.Troupes of the artists in traditional costumes paraded through the white-and-blue citadel town of Essaouira in southern Morocco Saturday, the sound of their lute strings and steel castanets filling the streets."Our goal is to bring this music to the world," said Mokhtar Gania, 56, one of the great Gnawa masters, with a broad grin.Gnawa culture is a centuries-old Moroccan practice rooted in African rituals, Sufi traditions and music played with the guenbri, a type of lute with three strings, and steel castanets called krakebs.The tradition, which includes the...
December 16, 2019
Rhythm and smiles as Morocco's Gnawa artists cheer UNESCO listing
LOS ANGELES — During a decade as a janitor at a US border station, Tom Kiefer gathered the trash left behind by thousands of undocumented immigrants, piecing together the histories of those who arrived seeking a better life.Everyday objects from clothes, medicine and toys to handwritten letters were confiscated by officials as dangerous or "non-essential" items, leaving photography student Kiefer to sift through fragments of their owners' struggles."El Sueno Americano/The American Dream", at Los Angeles's Skirball Cultural Center through March, displays more than 100 photographs of these remnants, which the artist collected in secret at the Ajo, Arizona station between 2003 and 2014.From a distance, many of the works look like abstract modern art, but peer...
December 16, 2019
Detained migrants' trash inspires US janitor's art
December 16, 2019
Harvey Weinstein's 'forgotten man' comments anger accusers
December 13, 2019
Clint Eastwood slammed over 'sex for stories' portrayal
December 13, 2019
Star Wars fans camp outside LA theater week before film opens
December 13, 2019
John Lennon's round glasses sell for nearly $200,000
