Arts & Culture

Two Katori Shrine members await the start of the Shinto ceremony at the Saipan Katori Shrine in Garapan in 2023. THE Japanese Society of the Northern Mariana Islands will host the 2024 Autumn Festival on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Sugar King Park in Garapan from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. As is tradition at the a…

Titus Kaphar attends a red carpet event for the film “Exhibiting Forgiveness” in Beverly Hills, California, Sept. 12, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Black American contemporary painter Titus Kaphar decided to dive into the director’s chair for his film “Exhibiting Forgiveness” to help hi…

Guests view the Moncler Genius “The City of Genius” show in Shanghai, China on Oct. 19, 2024.  SHANGHAI  (Reuters) — Luxury clothing maker Moncler showcased its latest celebrity collaborations in a series of pavilions built inside an old shipyard in downtown Shanghai on Saturday as it looks to shru…

THE Northern Marianas Humanities Council and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios honored this year’s recipients of the Governor’s Humanities Awards on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Kensington Hotel.  The awards recognize outstanding contributions to the humanities by individuals and organizations in the community. Th…

Cher, left, and Dua Lipa perform during the 39th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. CLEVELAND (AP) — Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Zendaya bookended Saturday’s inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of…

This combination of photos shows Alec Baldwin, left, attending the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History, May 21, 2019, in New York, and Maya Rudolph, right, arriving at the season two photo call for “Loot,” March 21, 2024, in West Hollywood, Calif. NEW YORK (AP) …

Singer Liam Payne poses for photographers at the world premiere of the film “I am Bolt” in London, Britain, Nov. 28, 2016. BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Pop star Liam Payne, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel room…

REMINDER that for Preptober, Marianas Writers Movement has a free, open-to-the public, writing workshop this Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10 am to 12 noon at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, VTC room. We will be working on novel plot and structure. Hoping to get ready for National Novel Writing Month (Nov…

K-pop boy band BTS member J-Hope salutes after being discharged from his 18 months of mandatory military service outside a military base in Wonju, South Korea, Oct. 17, 2024. WONJU, South Korea (Reuters) — K-pop star J-Hope, a member of the supergroup BTS, was discharged from South Korea’s mi…

Lyric Choir is Bob Jones University’s all-women music ensemble. GREENVILLE, S.C. (BJU) — Bob Jones University recently named YiLin Huang of Saipan to the Lyric Choir, BJU’s all-women music ensemble. Huang is a Freshman majoring in Nursing. Auditions are held at the beginning of each semester …