The News Review:
- rganisers defend dance festival
- NH festival to sprout bluegrass
- Two bailed over festival attack
- Film festival reels in works with personal connections
- If you go … Shaw Festival
- ver 270000 Visit Taiba 28 Festival
rganisers defend dance festival
BBC News – Jul 29, 2007
ne festival-goer Lizzie Allitt said it took her four-and-a-half hours to access the site at Long Marston near Stratford-on-Avon on Friday evening. She also complained that the camping area was waterlogged. rganiser James Algate denied the site was boggy and added that 15 minutes was a normal time for entry. "This year it’s been diabolical" Ms Allitt told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
NH festival to sprout bluegrass
Boston Globe – Jul 29, 2007
– There will be some fast-fingered picking in the mountains come next weekend at the 15th annual Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival. String instruments like the banjo fiddle stand-up bass and various guitars are king during the three-day festival Aug. 3-5 at the Branch Brook Campground.
Two bailed over festival attack
BBC News – Jul 29, 2007
The 15-year-old boy was found on Friday night in a field at Helsington where the Kendal Calling event is being held. He had suffered serious head injuries in a “violent attack” according to Cumbria Police. Two 15-year-old boys arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous body harm have been released on police bail pending further inquiries. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the attack to contact them.
Film festival reels in works with personal connections
Boston Globe – Jul 29, 2007
Works by independent filmmakers Jibril Haynes L. Lumpkins-’Bryant and Bill Willis will be among more than 50 films to be presented at the ninth annual Roxbury Film Festival which opens Wednesday and runs through next Sunday at five Boston sites. The event is organized by two nonprofit organizations: ACT Roxbury which promotes arts and culture as a vehicle for economic development and the Color of Film Collaborative which supports media makers of color and others who have an interest in creating and developing new and diverse images of minorities.
If you go … Shaw Festival
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jul 29, 2007
Shaw FestivalSunday July 29 2007Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Acolorful 72-page schedule and visitors’ guide to showsaccommodations restaurants and attractions is available from theShaw Festival Box 774 Niagara-on-the-Lake ntario Canada L0S1J0; phone 1-800-511-SHAW;.
ver 270000 Visit Taiba 28 Festival
Arab News – Jul 29, 2007
Various activities are being held at the King Fahd Park the Al-Nakheel Park the Hijaz Train Station and the Al-Hassan Mall. The summer Umrah season has also increased demand for hotels and furnished apartments. Among popular events being held is the money exhibition which is showcasing 2000 different currencies including those from various Saudi eras. Among currencies on display is the rare gold dollar which Aramco initiated in 1948 to pay for oil because the Kingdom at the time insisted on exchanging oil for gold.