Arts & Culture

Ben Affleck in a scene from “The Accountant 2.” Prime-Amazon Content Services via AP (AP) — Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less competition around the paper-pushing rite of Tax Day. Yet on the hee…

BRIDGE Capital LLC announced the winners of its annual art contest during this year’s Flame Tree Arts Festival, which was held at the Garapan Fishing Base on April 25-27.  Bart Jackson, Bridge Capital LLC general manager, said submissions came in from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. He said Bridge Capita…

Ia Sukhitashvili in a scene from “April.” Metrograph Pictures via AP (AP) — Whatever cruelness you might assign to the month, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s “April” probably has it beat. Kulumbegashvili’s shattering, sensational film is set in a hardscrabble, provincial region of Georgia, the Eastern Europe…

An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene of two lions attacking a boar, is on display at the El Jem archaeological museum in El Jem, Tunisia, December 2011. REUTERS (Reuters) — In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiato…

THE cast of TeAda Productions’ “There’s Nothing Micro About Micronesia” worked to further stimulate the creativity of participating students during a workshop held at Kagman High School on Tuesday. Actors TristanKasy Henry, Kealaula Faifili and Koa Shope, joined TeAda Productions associate artistic…

Sang Hyuk Kwon of South Korea, second left, beats four other competitors in the international food challenge held at the Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival in May 2024 in Saipan, The Marianas. Kwon will return to defend his title as part of a team in the Inas’ Kitchen International F…

LONDON (Reuters) — A musical incarnation of author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” has opened in London’s West End, offering audiences the chance to step into Jay Gatsby’s world of parties at his Long Island mansion near New York City. ̶…

J-pop idol group SkySyllabus will perform on May 24, 2025, at the 26th Annual Taste of The Marianas International Food Festival in Garapan, Saipan. The group filmed the video for their song “Kirameki White Splash!” in Saipan in 2023 and will be named a Marianas Goodwill Idol Ambassador by the Maria…