Even though the UK is selected to deliver an European Capital of Culture only in 2023, cities should already be thinking of bidding to obtaining this title. Nicola Greenan talks here about the need for any bid from the city Leeds. She is chair of Leeds Music Trust, an organization
One of the world’s largest artistic carousels with giant puppets spun in Western Bohemian Plzen in early September. That is how the city, famous for the production of beer, started its transformation into the European Capital of Culture 2015. The project, which starts January 17, will offer more than 50
Collaborating with surrounding towns, the village of Ruidoso and all of Lincoln County, a state program could bring ideas, money and exposure to the area. Building Creative Communities is part of a state initiative, the Arts and Cultural District designation, with the goal of revitalizing communities through arts, culture, tourism
As a successful outcome of being European Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool will now provide the blueprint for how the whole country should use arts and culture. This in order to boost young people’s chances and regeneration under a Labour government, said Harriet Harman, the party’s deputy leader. She
The rural world not only produces food, it also holds the cultural landscape, traditions, architecture, nature and knowledge of identity. Those who live there want to stay, but it is not easy; “from the 60’s, technological development tends to concentrate land and expels population”, says Ernesto Barrera, coordinator of the
Cyprus’ cultural development ranks highly among the government’s priorities, President Nicos Anastasiades assured,addressing on Friday evening the opening of the ‘Pafos Aphrodite Festival’, organized for the 16th consecutive year. ‘For this purpose we are promoting a series of further measures, with the first one being the restructuring of the management
What does responsible tourism look like in 2014? What are the experiences and destinations at the top of our travellers’ minds? The 200+ Longlist of the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2014, sponsored by the Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Tourism, reveals those organisations in the running to win the prestigious
The European Commission will have a significant presence at this year’s edition of the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre event to be held in Turin, October 23-27. All speakers highlighted at the press conference that this remarkable participation of four Directorates-General at an international event held beyond the borders of
Latin America’s biggest food festival opened its doors to the public on Friday, bringing together chefs, restaurant owners, farmers and everyone else in the food business from across Peru and other parts of the world. The 10-day annual event, known as Mistura, is being held along the Costa Verde beach in
Millions of people will enjoy free access to thousands of historic and cultural sites, many of which are normally closed to the public, in 50 countries throughout September as part of the annual European Heritage Days. The European Heritage Days is a joint initiative of the European Commission and Council
The independent selection panel responsible for assessing the Bulgarian cities competing to be European Capital of Culture in 2019 has recommended that Plovdiv should be awarded the title. The other three cities short-listed after the initial selection round in December 2013 were Sofia, Varna and Veliko Turnovo. The formal nomination
Submissions are invited for a forthcoming book to be published in 2015, entitled: ‘Teaching and Learning Cultural Entrepreneurship: A global comparative analysis of course and program content in university – and community-based education for the cultural and creative industries’. Contributions to the book will be presented as part of the
Restaurants on the streets – also known as outdoor food festivals – are finally catching on in Kyiv, long after they started flourishing in many capitals of the world. While Kyiv has had street food vendors for a long time, restaurateur Roman Tugashev organized the first Street Food Festival in August
The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC Global) was awarded EU funding from the European Commission Creative Europe Support to Networks Programme for the project EUNIC – Crossroads for Culture – Enhancing EU member states transnational and international cooperation. The project, which is expected to last 3 years, will
Cape Town – Tourism is what makes the Mother City go around, and locals are being encouraged to join in and explore what it is that keeps international visitors coming back time and again. September sees the focus shift not only to heritage, but also domestic tourism. “Tourism is viewed as someone
Joburg Tourism will be utilizing the Soweto Wine Festival, taking place at the UJ campus from September 4-6 as a promotional platform to celebrate spring, Tourism and Heritage Month, as well as launch its latest campaign – Love Joburg – Explore, Experience & Enjoy! The “Love Joburg” tagline is being introduced
