Category: Arts & Culture (艺术与文化)

From Aloe Blacc to Esperanza Spalding, 37 musicians are represented in two summer music playlists recently released by U.S. President Barack Obama. The music is available on Spotify, the streaming…

Every summer artists perform at Fringe Festivals around the world. Fringe Festivals are a celebration of strange art. They have all kinds of performers — from dancers, musicians and actors…

Nashville, Tennessee is known as “Music City” in the United States. But on the west coast, some people might argue Silicon Valley is just as worthy of the name. The…

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. women’s basketball team will work to win a sixth gold medal. The U.S. team has won the championship at every…

Road trips have been popular with Americans for almost as long as their love of cars. But when gasoline prices are high, people abandon the highway. This summer, gasoline prices…

Last week the latest movie in the “Star Trek” series was released. “Star Trek Beyond” made close to $60 million in ticket sales. Although it led movie openings in earning…

Billy Shreve was surprised by the talent and imagination of the student films he watched at a Maryland Film Festival last year. The festival inspired him to start a competitive…

Clearly, there was no social media or television to spread the word when America declared its independence from Britain in 1776. Information about the American Revolution came from newspapers. An…

Forget everything you think you know about the new “Ghostbusters” movie. Critics, movie-lovers and film industry professionals had expressed considerable worry about the remake of the movie from 1984. There…

Pop music star Taylor Swift is rich, likely beyond her “Wildest Dreams.” Forbes magazine lists the highest-paid celebrities each year. It puts the singer-songwriter at the top of its 2016…

Look out for Alexi Pappas at the Olympics in August. She is a Greek-American long-distance runner. Pappas will run in the 10,000 meter event for Greece. She grew up in…

He has ridden a bike, received a medal, flown a kite and learned the alphabet. He has even traveled into space. Since the Curious George series began in 1941, the…

British singer Adele opens a series of shows in the United States this week in the small city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Three hundred thousand people live in Saint Paul.…

Movies and television with superheroes are popular all over the world. Both young people and adults love characters like Batman and Spider Man. But for some people, such characters and…

Summer is here in the United States. It is extremely hot in most of the country. Heavy rain storms are not unusual. The unpleasant weather helps drive the movie business.…