Nearly five years after New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina, one part of the city's legacy has returned with renewed support - jazz, the music that was invented in New Orleans. For many years, long before Hurricane Katrina came to town, jazz was leaving New Orleans. Visitors to the city's famed Bourbon...
Professional training in dance is often out of reach for children in low-income urban communities. Fabian Barnes, a former dancer with the acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem, started his own school to change that. He offers summer classes - often free of charge - to students with talent and passion. ...
Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean is criticizing Haiti's election officials for blocking his application to run for president in November elections. Jean says the ruling discriminates against Haitians who have lived outside the country. VOA Creole Interview with Wyclef Jean: U.S.-based singer Wyclef Jean is not giving up his hopes to run for Haiti's...
Egyptian authorities have blocked at least nine culture ministry officials from leaving the country in an effort to find out who stole a $55 million Van Gogh masterpiece from a Cairo museum. News agencies also reported Monday that the head of the culture ministry's fine arts section, Mohsen Shaalan, three museum security guards...
Egypt's culture minister says police have recovered the Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a Cairo museum earlier Saturday. Farouk Hosni said security officials at the Cairo airport have arrested two Italian nationals who were trying to leave the country with the painting. The painting by the Dutch artist is valued...
A pop star on trial in Germany is facing charges of grievous bodily harm. The crime she is accused of is infecting a man with HIV when she knew she was carrying the virus. The criminalization of HIV transmission has been widespread across Europe and North America for decades and new laws are...
Among the many specialty summer camps in the U.S. are drama camps, where youngsters learn about theater and put on a play. There is a summer camp in Loch Sheldrake, New York, that has nurtured some well-known Hollywood actors. Intense experience The campers who attend Stagedoor Manor have an intensive introduction to professional...
Van Halen Working on New Album Van Halen is working on their first new studio album since 1998. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex announced that David Lee Roth is back as the group's lead singer. He hasn't recorded a studio album with Van Halen in 26 years. Van Halen is...
Boy meets girl and they fall in love. It's a plot that Hollywood loves to revisit, but the new film by director Rob Reiner takes a nostalgic journey back to the pangs, pains and joys of first love. Here's a look at the coming-of-age comedy Flipped . "Julie Baker? You hate her." "That's...
In the shadow of London's British Museum , is a bit of South Africa's desert. The museum, working with Kew Botanical Gardens, shipped two refrigerated containers full of South African flowers, shrubs and trees for a six-month exhibit. "They came from Cape Town in the summer to sort of Britain in the winter...