Arts & Culture

Pearl Jam’s lead vocalist Eddie Vedder performs in concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Nov. 3, 2011. WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Pearl Jam blasted out their forthcoming album to a few hundred family, friends, industry insiders and reporters Wednesday, and the tracks showed they are doing anything but…

THE Northern Marianas Humanities Council  is excited to announce the launch  of the Inafa’måolik-Tipiyeew or IT Matters project, which is funded by a grant  from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the United We Stand:  Connection Through Culture initiative. IT Matters was created …

A book published by Simon & Schuster is displayed on July 30, 2022 in Tigard, Ore. NEW YORK (AP) — One of the world’s largest and most influential publishers, Simon & Schuster, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. To mark the centennial, the publisher has unveiled a list of 100 notab…

Michael Do, right, and Madge Gai chew their way to 1st  place and 3rd  place, respectively, in the Inas’ Fried Chicken Wing Eating Contest at the Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival in June 2023 on Saipan.   This year’s Taste of the Marianas will be held on May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2024…

THE people of As Teo are happy to announce that the annual Santa Lourdes novena in As Teo, Saipan, starts on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.   From Feb. 2 to 9, the rosary and novena will begin at 5 p.m. at the Santa Lourdes Shrine. On Saturday, Feb. 10, Fiesta Day, rosary and novena will begin at 2 p.m., fo…

Dr. Anne Perez Hattori, professor of History, CHamoru Studies, and Micronesian Studies at the University of Guam, holds the first and reprinted editions of her book “Colonial Dis-Ease: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898–1941.” MANGILAO, Guam (UOG) — It was a different time in G…

Nine-year-old Maia Maratita Ada holds her one-year-old brother Jacob near the Sugar King Memorial in Garapan, Saipan. Maia and Jacob are the children of Ciera and Ike Ada of Saipan, and the grandchildren of Rosalind Concepcion Cepeda and David Reyes Maratita.  A third grader with top grades at Grac…

From right, Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres and Patrick J. Adams pose at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 7, 2024. (Reuters) — Legal drama “Suits” took the top spot as the most streamed title ever from another audience favorite “The…

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick arrive to celebrate the opening of their new play, “Plaza Suite” in New York City, March 28, 2022. LONDON (Reuters) — “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker is making her debut in London’s West End alongside her husband Matthew Brod…

(Reuters) — Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday evening, after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually-explicit images of the pop singer on the social media site last week. The search has been reactivated and the social media…