UNESCO is undertaking an important review of the implementation of the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist. This is a timely and valuable exercise that will furnish us with current data regarding the status of the artist nationally, regionally and globally, and which will be reflected in
An international jury selected by IGCAT for the European Region of Gastronomy Platform met in Ponte de Lima, Portugal to consider the applications and see presentations from candidate regions for the European Region of Gastronomy title for the year 2016. On the basis of the written applications, visits to the regions, presentations and
From 9-13 of February, United Cities and Local Governments will come together for a Retreat and Campus in Barcelona, home of the organization’s World Secretariat. The Retreat and Campus will bring together representatives of UCLG Sections and Regions, UCLG committees, as well as international agencies, private sector partners and civil
After the economic collapse, McDonalds failed to keep customers coming back in Iceland, and the company was forced to close their doors in the country. The final day that McDonalds was open in Iceland was October 31, 2009, and on that day a man named Hjortur Smarason purchased a meal
In Oakland, California, there is a tale of two cities.But for seven nights in late January, the two neighborhoods were suddenly linked when two cross-town storefronts became gigantic video-chat portals. Using Skype, back-projection, and some well-secured audio equipment, artistsMaya Gurantz and Ellen Sebastian Chang created «A Hole in Space«: Rockridge
