http://www.culturekiosque.com/ The best of our coverage of the arts and culture since 1996. en-us Copyright 2008 Euromedia Group, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 17 May 2008 23:06:09 EST 1440 http://www.culturekiosque.com/special/images/ck_horizontal_logo.gif http://www.culturekiosque.com/ http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/karl_lagerfeld_confidential184.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/karl_lagerfeld_confidential184.html Shine Anthony-Dharan weighs in on the up-close documentary and haute gossip about the life and times of fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/cesar_arles_france183.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/cesar_arles_france183.html Ce buste en marbre du fondateur de la cité romaine d’Arles constitue la plus ancienne représentation aujourd’hui connue de l'empereur romain. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/seen/jazz_giants_pictures182.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/seen/jazz_giants_pictures182.html A photography show in Manhattan's Soho district highlights the golden years of the Jazz, Blues and Bebop eras and the jazz legends who comprise the pantheon of America's most original art form. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/sarkozy_mccain181.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/sarkozy_mccain181.html John McCain and Nicolas Sarkozy mirror each other: near-racist anti-immigrant appeals, a dispirited party out of ideas, and the slavish calculus of poll-driven politics. Sarkosy's first year reveals that strategies that win elections don't necessarily help you govern-- and the French Gaullist President and Republican Presidential nominee may be drinking each other's strategy juice. Harold Hyman comments from Paris. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/reviews/preljocaj_annonication180.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/reviews/preljocaj_annonication180.html Half-men, half-horses flex their muscular bodies to produce startling sculptural effects in 'Centaures', but even near-nakedness won't distract an audience from the torture of the music in the Frenchman's new work,'Eldorado'. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/bush_idiot_first_class_forever_stamp179.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/bush_idiot_first_class_forever_stamp179.html As the U.S. Post Office raises stamp prices, the official USPS Forever Stamp may be selling out, but it will never be as memorable as the George W. Bush 'Idiot King' stamp from Houston artist David Krueger. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/sport/delahoya_forbes178.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/sport/delahoya_forbes178.html Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and former champ Steve Forbes strap on the gloves for a 12-round bout in Los Angeles. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/chef/books/dessert_recipes177.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/chef/books/dessert_recipes177.html A review of Gail Monaghan's new cookbook 'Lost Desserts: Delicious Indulgences of the Past Recipes from Legendary and Famous Chefs'. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/satyagraha_glass_metropolitanopera176.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/satyagraha_glass_metropolitanopera176.html Aerialists, puppeteers and stilt walkers mark Philip Glass' semi-narrative opera about Mahatma Gandhi’s early years in South Africa. In Sanskrit. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/bidil_and_race_profiling_in_targeted_medicine175.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/bidil_and_race_profiling_in_targeted_medicine175.html Do medical and commercial products targeted by race re-energize the idea of race as a biological category just when scientists thought they had laid it to rest? MIT research scientist and physician Dr. David S. Jones weighs in on the controversy before an upcoming conference on race, medicine and the social sciences. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/news/pina_bausch_film174.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/news/pina_bausch_film174.html Broadcast recently at primie-time on French and German television, it is the first time that the German choreographer has accepted to have one of her works recorded on film. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/artmrkt/copyright_law_photography173.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/artmrkt/copyright_law_photography173.html 'Naughty priests and nuns have been in the literature about as long as there have been priests and nuns, but even an image of a simple, albeit ecclesiastic kiss can have enough originality to be protected under copyright law,' writes Alan Behr in New York. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/chef/wines/best_italian_wines172.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/chef/wines/best_italian_wines172.html It is still true that luxury knows no limits, so that even very high end wines are unlikely to feel the negative effects of the current economic crisis. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/chef/recipe-tips/carre_dagneau171.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/chef/recipe-tips/carre_dagneau171.html Découvrez une recette de Cyberchef pour savourer le printemps! Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/tech/online_gaming_green_computers170.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/tech/online_gaming_green_computers170.html An inefficient gaming PC with powerful graphics card, multiple hard drives and optical drives, flash memory reader and a 30-inch LCD might consume as much as 750 watts, or about as much as a typical refrigerator. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/news/neworleans_jazzfest169.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/news/neworleans_jazzfest169.html Reduced from seven days to six following Hurricane Katrina, top headliners Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw and Keyshia Cole join New Orleans Jazzfest veterans Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Randy Newman, and Al Green, along with the hundreds of Louisiana acts that draw thousands to the New Orleans Fair Grounds every spring. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/comment/interior_design_trends168.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/comment/interior_design_trends168.html Design consultant C. Davis Remignanti offers his view on current trends in home decor and reveals the only timeless rule you should ever follow for achieving good design. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/travel/doris_salcedo_crack167.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/travel/doris_salcedo_crack167.html In an attempt to address a long legacy of racism and colonialism that underlies the modern world, Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has created a subterranean chasm that stretches the length of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London. Sat, 5 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/books/darfur166.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/books/darfur166.html Sudan coverage may be missing from American news these days, but Janjaweed ethnic cleansing, financed by Chinese oil money, goes on every day. A new film on DVD and a book of photographs call us to remember those dying in Darfur. Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/exhib/rolandpetit_expo165.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/exhib/rolandpetit_expo165.html "The Grand 'Old' Man of French ballet, Roland Petit, will probably go down in dance annals as the most important French choreographer of the 20th century", writes Patricia Boccadoro. Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST