The News Review:
- Moon Festival honors Lord Rabbit
- Festival’s next piano will be handled with care
- Hairy crabs miss moon festival in Taiwan
- American Directors Dominate NY Film Fest
- Writers festival builds bridges
Moon Festival honors Lord Rabbit
央è§åé – Sep 27, 2007
The legend derives from the story of Chang’e. A beautiful lady who floated to the moon after drinking an elixir made by her husband. She’s lived there since. Her pet a jade rabbit prepares medicine at the lunar palace.
Festival’s next piano will be handled with care
guardian.co.uk – Sep 27, 2007
An £85000 hand-built Bosendorfer Imperial Concert Grand is being presented by the firm to the eclectic Two Moors festival a feast of classical music scattered among dozens of parish churches and halls across 1000 square miles (2590 sq km) of Exmoor and Dartmoor where at many events soup and sandwiches are supplied to an audience turning up in hiking boots. The piano will replace the Bosendorfer which the festival organisers bought second-hand at a London auction after fundraising for years. It made the journey safely to Devon and was being unloaded at the home of festival founder Penny Adie when it slipped toppled sideways down a bank and landed upside down in splinters among the spring daffodils with echoes of a slapstick movie. Mrs Adie captured the scene with her camera as the horrified delivery men literally tore their hair in anguish. It was “a Laurel and Hardy moment” she said at the time. “It made a noise like 10 honky-tonk pianos being hit by mallets… Never in the company’s history has it given a piano of this value to any individual or organisation. “The destroyed piano was a saleroom bargain at £26000 but even if the festival could have afforded a new one it might have faced a long wait: only 400 are built in most years often to order: owners have included José Carreras Michael Jackson Frank Sinatra and a Tsar of Russia. The 10-day Two Moors festival was founded in 2001 to boost the local economy in the aftermath of the last foot-and-mouth crisis. Now with the Countess of Wessex as patron it attracts up to 5000 people to venues including Culbone one of the smallest churches in Britain. The new piano will be played first by Tom Poster who comes to the festival fresh from winning the Scottish international piano competition.
Hairy crabs miss moon festival in Taiwan
央è§åé – Sep 27, 2007
com 09-27-2007 11:08. The seasonal delicacy was sorely missed at many dinner tables during the traditional holiday. None of the Chinese mainland’s hairy crabs reached Taiwan consumers in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. Crab distributors say this year’s delays can be traced back to the Taiwan quarantine authority’s picky examinations. Many of the distributors have expressed their doubts over the test results and insist their crabs bred in Yangcheng Lake are safe to eat.
American Directors Dominate NY Film Fest
FXNews – Sep 27, 2007
Though the NYFF has always put forth a highly international slate of selections this year’s fest _ the 45th annual _ features 11 movies (out of 28) from American filmmakers. Wes Anderson’s comedy “The Darjeeling Limited” will open the festival Friday at the Frederick P. Rose Hall the festival’s temporary home while construction in completed at Lincoln Center. Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy “No Country for ld Men” is the festival’s centerpiece… Though the NYFF has always put forth a highly international slate of selections this year’s fest _ the 45th annual _ features 11 movies (out of 28) from American filmmakers. Wes Anderson’s comedy “The Darjeeling Limited” will open the festival Friday at the Frederick P. Rose Hall the festival’s temporary home while construction in completed at Lincoln Center. Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy “No Country for ld Men” is the festival’s centerpiece.
Writers festival builds bridges
Jakarta Post – Sep 27, 2007
php”);}); Be a member & get the benefits! Register or login. Wacik said the festival was aimed at bridging different cultures around the world to create harmony. “”Delegates from 18 countries have come here smiling and showing love. This is harmony”" said Minister Wacik in his opening address. He said Bali especially Ubud had long been home to international writers and painters who had brought their different cultures to the island.