Variety spices up Juan de Fuca festival - Peninsula Daily News
28 May 2012, 2:25 am
PORT ANGELES — You have your choice of experiences at the Juan de Fuca festival of the Arts today. There's the big stage with the eight-piece Latin dance band Locarno, featuring members of the Paperboys, at the Vern Burton Community Center ...

Go Social Film Magazine Partners with San Jose Short Film festival to Stream Official Selection Shorts Online to Global Audience via the iPad - YAHOO!
28 May 2012, 2:03 am
The San Jose Short Film festival was founded to showcase Silicon Valley's leadership role in contemporary filmmaking and support independent filmmakers from around the globe, the new Go Social Film Magazine iPad App will focus on bringing talented ...

Folklife festival 2012 comes to a close - Seattle Times
27 May 2012, 10:43 pm
The 41-year-old Northwest Folklife festival, which wraps up Monday, usually puts more of a human-potential spin on folk arts — "Learn to tango dance and live a fuller life!" — than a political one. This year that was still true, but it also ...

Celebrate Father's Day at the Washington Brewers festival at Marymoor Park - Examiner
27 May 2012, 10:07 pm
Father’s Day is just around the corner and what could be better for that hard working man in your life than a nice cold beer.  This year's Washington Brewers festival will be held from June 15 through June 17 at Redmond’s Marymoor Park.

Santa Ana's Patchwork festival: Knitted headphones, soap, among other crafts - Orange County Register
27 May 2012, 6:54 pm
SANTA ANA – With wares ranging from glittery Darth Vader necklaces to crochet-covered headphones, local vendors showed their unique take on classic crafts Sunday. The Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts festival, now in its fifth year, brought ...

"Much Ado About Nothing" on after Stratford Shakespeare festival averts strike - 680 News
27 May 2012, 6:32 pm
STRATFORD, Ont. - The Stratford Shakespeare festival says it has reached a negotiated settlement with the union representing dozens of call centre staff averting a strike that threatened to derail the opening of its season. The workers had been ...

Swaziland festival Held Despite Boycott Call - Voice of America
27 May 2012, 6:11 pm
MBABANE, Swaziland - Swaziland exiles called for a boycott of the 6th annual Bushfire festival this weekend to protest the kingdom's government policies. But the boycott did not appear to slow the three-day musical and cultural event. Thousands of people ...

Cannes Film festival: David Cronenberg on Adapting Unadaptable Books - New York Times Blogs
27 May 2012, 4:38 pm
CANNES, France — The Canadian director David Cronenberg has a long and eventful history at the Cannes Film festival: he has competed for the Palme d’Or three times and was awarded a lifetime achievement prize in 2006. He has also stirred ...

Stratford Shakespeare festival box office strike averted - toronto.com
27 May 2012, 4:30 pm
It turned out to be Much Ado About Nothing, after all. That very Shakespeare comedy will, in fact, open the 60th season of the Stratford Shakespeare festival on Monday night after management came to an agreement with members of its box office and call-centre.

Annual Chatham Fishawack Invitational festival starts June 10 - NJ.com
27 May 2012, 1:46 pm
The 8th Annual Chatham Fishawack Invitational festival kicks off Sunday, June 10. The Fishawack Lacrosse Invitational is a local sporting event and is all about having a great day out with local lacrosse enthusiasts. The festival was founded by ...