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Lagos & West Africa Market Overview Lagos enters November as the most closely watched date on the West African art calendar. ART X Lagos returns to the Federal Palace Hotel for its 11th edition from November 5 to 8, opening a new decade for the fair after last year’s tenth-anniversary edition. The main section lists twelve galleries, nine of them Nigerian, and a spotlight section adds three emerging Nigerian spaces. This year’s ART X Icon exhibition, Ladi Kwali: Beyond the Vessel, is curated by Dr. Jareh Das. It revisits the pioneering Gbari potter (1925–1984) through ceramics and archival material from…
Jamison HensleyOct 28, 2026, 06:00 AM ETCloseJamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.Multiple AuthorsEarlier this month, Lamar Jackson stood on the sideline for most of the second half after his left ankle bent awkwardly in the Baltimore Ravens’…
Tropical Storm Vance continues to move northward off the coast of western Mexico and is projected to turn toward the coast of Sinaloa, where it could make landfall by the end of this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center forecasts that Vance will lose strength and become a post-tropical remnant low on Thursday, potentially approaching Sinaloa between Thursday and Friday. Landfall as a tropical storm is unlikely. A las 12:00h, la #TormentaTropical #Vance se localiza a 365 km al oeste-suroeste de Cabo Corrientes, #Jalisco, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 65 km/h y rachas de 85 km/h. Se desplaza hacia el…
Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and composer John Carpenter will receive the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award at the 77th annual ACE Eddie Awards. Editors Bonnie Koehler and Christopher Nelson will also receive ACE Career Achievement awards during the ceremony, which recognizes the best film editing achievements of the year across film and television. Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt is set to return to host the awards, held on Feb. 6. Carpenter was largely introduced to audiences in 1978 with “Halloween” and has since gone on to shape the modern horror genre with directing credits that…
Uncertainty hung over Israel’s election Wednesday as neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing, religious bloc nor that of his centrist rival, Gadi Eisenkot, appeared to be heading for a majority in the Knesset. But there was a surprise: an unusually strong showing by Arab parties could make them unexpected kingmakers.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 21, as 175 fishing boats streamed out of the Cabo San Lucas Marina during the iconic shotgun start of Bisbee’s Black and Blue — aka “the world’s richest fishing tournament” — a group of protesters lined the shore. But they weren’t protesting the tournament. In fact, crew aboard some of the fishing boats participating in the tournament were among those displaying signs of peaceful protest. At issue was a new schedule of dock fees from the Cabo San Lucas Marina, already considered the most expensive in Mexico. Why tourism service providers are protesting in Cabo San Lucas…
International distributors continue to fall for “Ulya.” The Latvian Oscar submission for Best International Feature Film has closed North America (New Mountain Films), France (Destiny), Italy (Invisible Carpet), Slovakia (ASFK), former Yugoslavia (Five Star Distribution), Estonia (Hea Film), Lithuania (GPI), MENA (Teleview), Finland (Cinema Orion), Poland (1989) and Brazil (Belas Arte). The black-and-white film, directed by Viesturs Kairišs, will open the 30th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. It premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. Produced by Ego Media (LV), Allfilm (EE), Staroń Film (PL) and Tremora (LT), it’s sold by B-Rated International. Inspired by the life of…
Gaza City — Mohammed al-Jamal, 60, tries to secure the nylon sheets of his family’s worn-out tent as a storm approaches his displacement camp on a beach in western Gaza City.He and his sons pull at the tarpaulin, trying to fasten it firmly to the ground for protection from rain and wind coming in from the sea.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThis will be the fourth winter that displaced Palestinians in Gaza have faced without adequate shelter. Many still live in tents and makeshift structures that offer little protection against the impending winter weather when temperatures can drop…
Everything But the Girl have lined up a new album, Blue Reservoir. After returning from a 24-year break, in 2023, with Fuse, the duo of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt is back with 10 more originals, out February 19 via Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin Music Group. The announcement comes with new song “Young and Dumb” and a video directed by Edward Bishop from a treatment by the duo.The video was shot at London venue Moth Club, where, last year, Thorn and Watt performed a residency that informed the direction of the new material. “There was an intensity and simplicity to the Moth…