Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags NEW YORK — The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to …
Fairs and festivals
Florida’s ‘Fantasy Fest’ ends with increased emphasis on costumes and less on decadence
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The 10-day Fantasy Fest costuming and masking celebration is ending in Key West, after some 100 events with an increased emphasis on imaginative …
Leo Brooks, a Miami native with country roots, returns to South Florida for new music festival
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags MIAMI — Growing up in Miami in the ’80s and ’90s, Leo Brooks had a secret love that he always was afraid to …
Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability …
Fantasy Fest kicks off in Key West with 10 days of masquerades, parties and costume competitions
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Key West’s Fantasy Fest has begun ByThe Associated Press October 20, 2023, 9:28 PM In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News …
Hamas attack at music festival led to chaos and frantic attempts to escape or hide
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Hamas militants attacked a large music festival in the desert near the Gaza-Israel border, killing at least 260 people and causing chaotic escape …
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to the New Mexico sky
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is ready to bring colorful displays to the New Mexico sky ByGABE STERN /REPORT FOR AMERICA Associated Press …
Turkey’s premier film festival is canceled following a documentary dispute
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Turkey’s oldest film festival has been canceled amid controversy surrounding a politically sensitive documentary about the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt. Antalya …
Rapper Travis Scott is questioned over deadly crowd surge at Texas festival in wave of lawsuits
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags HOUSTON — Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned on Monday in a deposition he is giving in connection with hundreds of lawsuits that …
‘American Fiction’ wins People’s Choice award at Toronto Film Festival
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto …