George Wein, the impresario who almost single-handedly turned the jazz festival into a worldwide phenomenon, died on Monday at his apartment in Manhattan. He was 95. His death was announced by a spokeswoman, Carolyn McClair. Jazz festivals were not an entirely new idea when Mr. Wein was approached about presenting
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At the Venice Film Festival, Women Are the Focal Points of Several Movies
There is a moment that happens every time I am lucky enough to attend the Venice International Film Festival, just before it all begins, when overloaded screening schedules still seem perfectly doable, and deadlines are distant and abstract, almost pretty, like far-off flocks of birds. Freewheeling down the Lido (the
Venice Film Festival: Tim Blake Nelson Gets the Lead. Someone Send Him a Tux.
VENICE — The first time Tim Blake Nelson went to the Venice Film Festival was three years ago, as one of the featured players in the western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. As Nelson soon learned, trailing those filmmakers around Venice can open
Venice Film Festival: Elena Ferrante, Olivia Colman and Resort Horror
Are we our best or worst selves when we go on vacation? Sure, these trips are taken with good intentions, but when you’re determined to relax, that determination can look an awful lot like work. Throw in bad weather, a crying child or downed hotel Wi-Fi, and sometimes you arrive
Victorious Festival 2021: The house of fun is back as Madness bring the party to Southsea Common
LIVE music, sea air, and lots of glitter – Victorious Festival is back, and the Southsea festival returned with a homecoming atmosphere thanks to House of Fun legends Madness. Tens of thousands of festival goers packed out Southsea Common last night – with social distancing feeling like a distant memory
Cartier Joins the Sponsors of the Venice Film Festival
Along with lavish screenings of new films starring Oscar winners like Penélope Cruz and Olivia Colman, the 2021 Venice Film Festival will feature a different type of premiere: the debut of Cartier as a new main sponsor. The festival “has elegance. It has exclusivity. It has glamour,” said Arnaud Carrez, Cartier’s chief marketing
Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better?
EDINBURGH — The drone of bagpipes drifted down the Royal Mile last Saturday, as members of a student theater troupe walked the cobblestones trying to drum up interest in their show. In a normal year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this central artery of the city’s Old Town district would
In-Individual New York Movie Pageant Unveils Lineup
The Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Titane,” a few serial killer with moderately unorthodox sexual tastes, and the Sundance vital hit “Passing,” an adaptation of the Harlem Renaissance novel by Nella Larsen, are among the many highlights of the 59th New York Movie Pageant, organizers introduced on Tuesday. After final 12