The Aspen Times2d
PHOTOS: Cirque Kalabanté brings African dance and theatrics to Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House
A combination of theater, circus, dance, and a live concert, the colorful performance was meant to show off the essence of ...
Observer2d
Heartbeat Opera’s ‘Salome’ Dares Us to Look
Director Elizabeth Dinkova flips the script on Salome by ensuring that the audience sees more of the male body than the ...
Syria Direct2d
Waning hopes: Will Damascus help Afrin’s Kurds reclaim their homes?
Days before the new Damascus government’s security forces entered Afrin, a Kurdish-majority Afrin area of the Aleppo ...
‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
Will classical music still have a place in Syria? First concert since Assad’s ousting held
Syria’s national symphony orchestra performed for free in an unheated hall, reflections of the dire economic toll of the ...