1414 years ago, amid a dense jungle of cedar, mahogany, and sapodilla trees, a Mayan king was born in Palenque, which is the modern-day State of Chiapas, Mexico. Born in 603 CE, and dying eighty years later after a reign of 68 years, K’inich Janaab Pakal I was considered the greatest king of Palenqu

Top 35 entries selected so far for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. May 7, 9 and 11, 2024

Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 -- July 13, 1954; Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán.
Perhaps best known for her self-portraits, Kahlo's work is remembered for its "pain and passion", and its intense, vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in

Three young cantors, all rising stars in the American Jewish music scene, are brought together in Amsterdam’s revered 17th century Portuguese Synagogue for a concert of Jewish sacred and secular music arranged for orchestra and choir. The New York Cantors, all serving synagogues in New York, are: Br

Tel Aviv Pride (גאווה תל אביבית) celebrates the rights and lives of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) in a week-long series of events that lead tothe biggest pride event in Israel and in Asia, Tel Aviv Pride Parade. The Pride Parade event starts off in Meir Park in central Tel Aviv with a

IN THEATERS JUNE 11!Starring Tony Award-winning and Emmy-nominated John Benjamin Hickey and featuring the debut of Niv Nissim, Sublet focuses on a New York Times writer (Hickey) who visits Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The city's energy and his relationship with a younger man he meets there (N...

Atmosphere contains water vapor in amounts comparable to all the surface and underground water on the planet. But current machines that collect water from the atmospheric reservoir have major limitations. They use electrical refrigeration to cool the air and condense the vapor and that consumes a lo

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is a contemporary ballet based on the Russian romantic work Swan Lake, from which it takes the music by Tchaikovsky and the broad outline of the plot. Bourne's rendering is best known for having the traditionally female parts of the swans danced by men. It was the longest-...

full text: Based on Funiculi Funicula Sung by the Three Terrors: Erdogano Pavarotti, Assad Carreras and Ahmedido Domingo Erdogan: I say -- it's time that I restore the Empire Let's get to work (let's get to work!) Because in Europe everybody knows that I'm just a jerk (he's just a jerk!) Assad: And...

Dale Chihuly has been creating major Glass Blown exhibitions in major parks and venues across the country. He has major exhibits abroad including Jerusalem, Israel and Venice, Italy. Community of Lights had the opportunity to visit his exhibit at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida. ...