Arts & Culture

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Every night in Buenos Aires, cozy clubs and cavernous halls fill with dancers from around the world who cling to one another in the embrace of Argentine tango, gliding in sync to plaintive tunes of nostalgia, loss and love. Tango’s spotlight moved to the stage this we…

Elvis Presley’s jewelry and pill bottle are displayed ahead of Artifacts of Hollywood & Music sale by GWS Auctions, in New York City, Aug. 26, 2024. NEW YORK (Reuters) — Rare collectibles from the worlds of music and film, including gold rings owned by Elvis Presley and a letter written by Beac…

(AP) — Can what looks like running away from grief and sadness actually be a way to heal? In “The Slow Road North,” writer Rosie Schaap chronicles her circuitous route from spending most of her life as a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker to finding herself settling down far away in a small town in Northe…

Sabrina Carpenter (AP) — Say you can’t sleep? Sabrina Carpenter knows. That’s that her espresso. The 25-year-old pop sensation’s smash hit of the summer, “Espresso” — with its grammatical mystery of an earworm line, “That’s that me espresso” — gave listeners a taste of her newest album, “Short n’ S…

LONDON (AP) — Oasis will reunite for a tour, the Britpop band known for their timeless hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” announced Tuesday, ending a 15-year hiatus and, presumably, the long-held feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. The guitar band said tickets for the …

People attend the annual Redhead Days Festival in Tilburg, the Netherlands, Aug. 25, 2024. TILBURG, The Netherlands (Reuters) — Thousands of people gathered in the Netherlands this weekend to celebrate their red hair at the annual Redhead Days Festival in the southern town of Tilburg. Architecture …

Uzma, right, chats with another attendee during a matchmaking event organized by Muzz matrimony app at a cafe in Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 18, 2024. LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) — Dozens of young singles gathered this week to meet potential marriage partners in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, t…

The top three cosplay winners celebrate during an anime, manga and cosplay meeting at the second Otakukon event in Harare, Zimbabwe, Aug. 25, 2024. HARARE (Reuters) — Cheers grew louder as Gabriel Ota, clad like a popular Japanese action game character, strutted his costume on stage inside a garden…

Buddy, a 1-year-old male Labrador Retriever dog, and Mai, a 1-year-old, a female Newfoundland dog, of U.C.E (Canine Emergency Unit) MresQ, swim during a rescue training in the Mediterranean Sea, at Levante beach, in Torre del Mar, southern Spain, Aug. 18, 2024. VELEZ-MALAGA, Spain (Reuters) —  A te…

“An Tåya’ Elektrisidat” is a new children’s book written by Michael Bevacqua and illustrated by Jack Bevacqua. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — On Saturday at the Guam Museum in Hagåtña, children’s book author Michael Bevacqua released a new book, “An Tåya’ Elektrisidat,” inspired by his…