On 21st July, both Grammy award winning country musicians and students from a top Nashville music program will be at the White House as part of a series of events honoring the arts.

The Harrogate International Festival is bringing the best in world music to Yorkshire’s doorstep: it’s a view you won’t want to miss.

Stitch by Stitch; Traces I Made with Needle and Thread

an exhibit at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Saturday, July 18-Sunday, September 27, 2009

The word “Stitch” in the exhibition title refers to the act of working in needle and thread. What does “stitches” mean to you?

For many, what “stitches” calls to mind is handicrafts, needle art, or perhaps traditional embroidery or embroidery found on ethnic clothing. The work included in this exhibition will very likely confound those expectations.

EXCLUSIVE BURNS TOURS OF STIRLING CASTLE

An evening at a great Scottish historic attraction – complete with haggis

note: NOW CLOSED (alas!)
 

CHEF TIM McKEE'S SEA CHANGE OPENS JULY 21
INSPIRED MENUS, REDESIGNED INTERIOR ANNOUNCED FOR McKEE'S NEW RESTAURANT AT THE gUTHRIE THEATER

Royal BC Museum brings famed Lewis Chessmen to life — literally

International travel grant for US teachers to travel to Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hond