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This Weekend In The World: Festivals Hit Sydney, San Antonio and Savannah
· Sydney
It's the final weekend to catch some large-scale sculpture snuggled up the sandy shores of Bondi Beach up to Tamarama as Sculpture By The Sea ends on Sunday, November 15. Works by over 100 artists sit half-buried in the sand, or perched on rocks, or just chilling in the surf. The best part of making it a day and seeing all of the sculptures, aside from the amazing photographs you can take, is that it's all free. See examples from last year and find out more information at their official website.
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This Is What A Fall Festival Looks (And Sounds) Like
Can't make it out of the city this autumn to experience one of our Top Three Town Festivals For Fall Foodies? Don't worry, we went to one for you this weekend, after trekking from our usual roost in New York City to Northwest Ohio for the Grand Rapids Apple Butter Fest.
The freshly-churned apple butter, piping hot apple dumplings, bean soup and buffalo burgers aside, fall festivals such as this are truly the epicenters of the culture surrounding autumn. We can go crunch the leaves in Central Park whenever, but being surrounded by crafters who do wrought-iron cornstalks and stalls selling candles scented like pumpkin vanilla is a concentrated fall experience. But it's not too late to head to one of these festivals on your own!
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This Weekend In The World: Science Films, Pumpkin Beer and Apple Butter
· New York:
Even though the Food Network Wine & Food Festival has been in full swing since yesterday, the finger-licking, heavy tippling good times continue through Sunday around the city. For a complete list of events and how to get tickets for them, visit their official website, but we're most tempted by the Michelin and illy "Coffee Talks" in the Gansevoort plaza, the South African Tourism dinner with James Beard winner Marcus Samuelsson, Giada de Laurentiis and designer Zac Posen, and the Bob Dylan wine pairing—all on Saturday. Headquarters are at the Eater.com lounge at The Standard Hotel.
· Paris:
It's not your average Parisian film fest this weekend in the City of Lights, as Pariscience screens forty science-focused films, paired with debates, through the weekend. Hosted by l’Association Science & Télévision, the film festival lasts through Sunday and you can find out more at their website.
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Treasure Island Music Festival Offers Indie Rock Oasis In San Fran
For Pitchfork-reading, Ray Ban-sporting music fans, the Treasure Island Music Festival delivers nothing less than a heaven sent lineup. Acts getting heavy airtime on hipper-than-thou radio stations, including MGMT, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, and club kid heroes MSTRKRFT, will all be on-hand from October 17-18 in San Francisco to get the youthful masses shaking in their skinny jeans and buffalo plaid shirts. Make no mistake, this festival is cool incarnate.
The artificial island lies in between San Francisco and Oakland and is accessible by the Bay Bridge if you're driving, or a MUNI line from within SF. Now in its third year, the two-day event is skewed more toward electro/dance on Day One and what you might broadly call "indie rock" on Day Two. We're excited to see psychedelic performers The Flaming Lips headlining Sunday's affair; we predict trippy lights, costumes, and frontman Wayne Coyne climbing over the audience in a plastic bubble, as he's known to do during their set.
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This Weekend In The World: Olympic Partying And Oktoberfest Comes Stateside
· Rio de Janeiro:
Do we really have to tell you that Rio is going to be off da chain this weekend, now that they've won the 2016 bid for the Olympic games? We can't even pinpoint one specific event, because all parties, beach throw-downs, and street festivals will be spontaneous showing of support for the city, which will be the first South American city to host the Olympics. Our advice? Simply walk around down by Ipanema and especially Leblon areas.
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This Weekend In The World: Five Cities Celebrate The Seasons
We could spend hours digging up all kinds of random festivals from all over the world happening this weekend, but thankfully we've already got five excellent choices completely detailed on Jaunted already:
· Chicago:
As the upscale alternative to the Taste of Chicago, the Chicago Gourmet Festival focuses on the five-star restaurants and James Beard-winning (and nominated) chefs that make The Windy City a foodie-friendly metropolis. Everything from dishes by Rick Bayless to a semi-separate wine festival will go down this weekend in Millennium Park. All details here.
· Canberra:
Flowers are everywhere in spring, but for us in the western hemisphere we've only got leaves dying and the smell of autumn. To relive spring, head to Australia's capital of Canberra, where it's currently springtime and they're celebrating with the Floriade Festival. All details here.
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Canberra's 'Floriade' Flower Fest Welcomes Spring With Giant Fire Organ
Australia's tiny capital city of Canberra is somewhere tourists often stop by to simply visit Parliament House or the national War Memorial, but in the Down Under spring (which would be now), it actually comes alive with something better than stuff from the history and geography curriculum: it's time for Floriade.
This month-long festival is now in full bloom and runs right through until October 11. From its origins as a rather stuffy garden show, Floriade has turned into a hip reason to head to Canberra and even has the Floriade NightFest up and running—it's this week until Sunday, and has outdoor films, a Glow Bar, live music and most impressively, the "Pyrophone Juggernaut"—the largest hand operated multi-octave fire organ in the world, which basically spews fire while making noise.
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Mandy Moore Can Beat Homesickness With London's Notting Hill Carnival
Yesterday, Mandy Moore began shooting the romantic comedy "Swinging With the Finkels" in the UK, which is an extension of Jonathan Newman's short film/internet sensation, "Sex With The Finkels".
On Sunday however, Mandy Tweeted, "in lovely londontown but totally feeling homesick" and yesterday she added, "Day 1 of work in full-swing. Phone is dying and missing home still but it seems to be off to a good start here." Even though she may be homesick for L.A. and is probably missing her husband, Ryan Adams, Mandy is actually in London at a good time. This weekend is the U.K.'s Bank Holiday and there are several festivals happening all over the country, the biggest being The Notting Hill Carnival in London.
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Darwin Festival Brings 'Guitar Orchestra' and More to North Australia
Australia's Northern Territory capital of Darwin is apparently not just a city of crocodiles and beer—they actually have culture there too, and to prove it the Darwin Festival turns 16 this year.
From August 13 to 30, Darwin will be getting all arty with a stack of dance, film, theatre, comedy and music performances to see, including the Indigenous Music Awards on August 21 with Australian Idol runner-up Jessica Mauboy headlining. There's also a new venue called the Lighthouse, which is basically an open-air concert area constructed with festoon lighting.
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Flower-Spotting Down Under, Where Winter Is Spring
Winter in Western Australia isn't the cold and blustery season people in other parts of the world are accustomed to—in fact, it's more like spring. So it's little wonder that from June to September, tourists arrive by the plane-full to check out the state's famous wildflowers in bloom.
Western Australia's a pretty big place—think more than three times larger than Texas—and the tourism peeps there have designed a bunch of itineraries best suited to self-drive vacations.
With over 12,000 species of wildflowers to be spotted, we're talking more than just a quick trip to the florist. Cool ones include everlastings (they feel like paper and last, well, forever) and kangaroo paws, twisted red and green blooms which could belong on kangaroos if you use your imagination.
The season winds up with the Wildflower Festival in Kings Park, Perth, in September. As well as going haywire on the wildflowers, the park gets pumping with a music festival, cultural shows and related exhibitions. So if you're taking a Down Under winter vacation but want to skip the snow, start geeking up on your wildflower knowledge or at least getting your camera ready.
Related Stories:
· Wildflowers Western Australia [Official Site]
· Winter Down Under Starts Early at Mount Buller [Jaunted]
· Western Australia Travel Guide [Jaunted]
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Shakespeare Festival LA Offering the Chance to Act with Tom Hanks
So, you think you have the chops to act along side Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson? If you do, today’s your last chance to bid on a speaking role in a performance of "The Comedy of Errors."
Every year, some of Hollywood's A-list stars with legit acting chops (sorry Lindsay, Paris, Kim, Heidi, LC, Lo, et. al.) participate in a staged reading of a Shakespearean comedy. The annual event raises money to support Shakespeare Festival/LA’s acting programs. According to their mission statement, Shakespeare Festival/L.A. works to “enchant, enrich, and build community through professional theatrical traditions that are accessible to all”.
The winner, or highest bidder, will participate in rehearsal, gain admission to the VIP post-show party and take a group photo with the cast, which the cast will all sign.
This year’s participants will also include Martin Short, Christina Applegate, Peter Graves, Arte Johnson, Shirley Jones, Kelsey Grammer, and Eugene Levy.
If you’re more of an observer than an actor, the event, which will take place May 18th at the Geffen Playhouse, is open to the public. Visit Shakespeare Festival/L.A.’s website for ticket information.
Related Stories:
· Shakespeare Festival/L.A. [Official Site]
· Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors [Ebay]
· Shakespeare Festival/L.A. [Facebook]
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Where to Sword Dance and Get Lei'd for May Day
May Day, it's May Day! Well at least tomorrow is, which means that you might get caught up in some curious activities if you're traveling through Britain, where May Day can mean anything from a rip-roaring spring celebration to a workers' festival. In the English town of Hastings, for example, they've got the Jack-in-the-Green fest with freaky green costumes and plenty of traditional Morris dancing—a traditional rhythmic step dance which occasionally features swords.
Zipping further north to Edinburgh, May Day gets a slightly more political bent with the Edinburgh Peoples Festival—Che Guevara's daughter Aleida was meant to be the guest of honor, but pulled out to be replaced by a Cuban parliamentary deputy. The main May Day event here, however, takes place on Saturday with a march leading to a rally outside the Scottish parliament.
Back in the States (sort of), Hawaii's May Day has been totally mixed into the more locally-flavored celebration of Lei Day. If you luck out and happen to be in Honolulu on Lei Day, you can enter the lei contest or boogie down to some traditional Hawaiian music.
With so many different approaches to celebrating May Day, we're starting to think that the name is the only thing they have in common, but we really don't mind so long as there's a celebration and lots of crazy bacchanal dancing involved.
Related Stories:
· Jack-in the Green Festival [Official Site]
· Edinburgh Peoples Festival [Official Site]
· Honolulu Lei Day Celebration [Official Site]
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