[norebro_text css_class="like-button-nonmobile"] [/norebro_text] [norebro_text css_class="opening-lede-intro"] We provide results updates at the tennis season’s first major tournament — held in Melbourne, Australia — for matches in the singles, doubles and wheelchair competitions. [/norebro_text] [norebro_social_networks icon_layout="flat" small_shapes="1" googleplus="0" pinterest="0"][norebro_text css_class="like-button-mobile"] [/norebro_text] [norebro_heading subtitle_type_layout="bottom_subtitle" module_type_layout="on_left" heading_type="h2" title="U3RhdHVz" title_typo="normal~1||weight~inherit||uppercase~1" subtitle_typo="weight~500" css_class="entry-section-heading"][norebro_accordion accordion_tabs_type="outline" appearance_effect="fade-up" tab_color="#555555" appearance_duration="3000"][norebro_accordion_inner title="Section 1" tab_id="1641423341943-13e6dfd3-f35c" heading="Fields | Subjects"] Sports, Tennis, Tournaments [/norebro_accordion_inner][norebro_accordion_inner title="Section [...]

We provide results and updates of major events leading to the United States 2020 General Elections in November — including primaries, endorsements, conventions, polling of significance, and major and final announcements. On Results and Updates for the 2020 United States General Elections ISSUES • Politics, Governance, Election PLACE • All 50 states, United States DATES • February 2 - November [...]

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Presidential and General Elections in the United States On Tuesday, November 3 2020, US voters head to poll stations across the country to submit their decisions on their President, Vice-President and a range of candidates and issues. On this page, we provide information to help readers understand the process. Learn More Elections Explained Every four years, in early November, most [...]

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Australia hosts the first major of the tennis season, and the world’s best players arrive Down South to compete for both history and some of the sport’s most prized trophies. On the 2020 Australian Open of Men’s and Women’s Tennis ISSUES • Sports, Tennis, Tournament PLACE • Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia DATES • January 20 - February 2, 2020 ORGANIZATIONS • The [...]

The United Nations bolsters a global community committed to climate change action by holding a special summit this September. On the United Nations 2019 Summit on Climate Change and Action ISSUE • The Environment PLACE • New York, NY, USA DATE • September 23, 2019 ORGANIZATION • United Nations State of Event The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has convened a UN Climate [...]

The G7 of leaders from the 6 largest national economies and the European Union will convene in Southern France. On the Convening of the 2019 G7 Summit ISSUES • Economy, Inequality PLACE • Biarritz, France DATES • August 25 — 29, 2019 ORGANIZATIONS • The G7, the European Union, and the Republic of France On the Convening of the 2019 G7 Summit ISSUES [...]

We provide results updates at this premier dual-city tournament — with men’s and women’s matches in Montreal and Toronto. On Match Results at the Canadian Tennis Open in Montreal and Toronto ISSUES • Sports, Tennis PLACE • Montreal and Toronto, Canada DATES • August 2-11, 2019 ORGANIZATIONS • Canadian Open aka Rogers Cup, ATP Tour, WTA, and Tennis Canada On [...]

The doyenne of American fiction, letters, and culture, writer of several prize-winning novels, passed away after a brief illness. On the Passing of Toni Morrison, American Novelist, Thinker, and Nobel Laureate ISSUES • Transition, Literature PLACE • New York City, USA DATE • August 5, 2019 BODY • Family of Toni Morrison and Random House On the Passing of Toni Morrison, [...]

The Conservative party has elected Boris Johnson as its leader, and thus he will become PM of the United Kingdom, moving into 10 Downing Street this week. On the Election of Boris Johnson as Leader of the Conservative party and the United Kingdom ISSUES • Governance, Election, Parliament PLACE • London, United Kingdom DATE • July 23, 2019 ORGANIZATION • Parliament of [...]

We provide updates on the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo, now the second largest in history. On the Ongoing Outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ISSUES • Health, Epidemics PLACE • The Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu Province and spreading) DATES • May 2018 — present ORGANIZATIONS • DRC Ministry of Health, Médecins Sans Frontières, and World [...]

The World Bank hosts its conference on development economics in Washington, focusing on multilateralism in the past and future. On the World Bank’s 2019 Conference on Development Economics ISSUES • Economy, Development Economics PLACE • Washington, DC, USA DATE • June 17-19, 2019 ORGANIZATION • World Bank Group On the World Bank’s 2019 Conference on Development Economics ISSUES • Economy, Development [...]

Alvin Ailey arrives in France with a marvelous series of dance pieces, representing African-American culture across bodies, music, languages. On Alvin Ailey II‘s 2019 Tour in France ISSUES • Performance, Dance PLACE • Maison de la Danse, Lyon, France DATE • 13 to 18 May, 2019 ORGANIZATION • The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater On Alvin Ailey II‘s 2019 Tour in France ISSUES [...]

The world famous dance company from New York arrives in Spain offering a special set of its performances, communicating across bodies, languages and cultures. Details: SUBJECTS • Dance VENUES • Centre Cultural Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain DATES • 10-11 May, 2019 SPONSORS • Ailey II/Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble and Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. Description: Founded in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, [...]

Alvin Ailey arrive en France avec une série merveilleuse des pièces, représentant la culture afro-américaine à travers du corps et du langage. Détails Genre: Performance, Danse. Venue: Maison de la Danse, Lyon, France. Dates: 13 au 18 Mai, 2019. Fundateurs: The Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. Description Prevue: Figure emblématique de la danse afro américaine, Alvin Ailey a créé en 1958 [...]

Navona ha publicado la definitiva edición del clásico de Alejandro Dumas, El conde de Montecristo; “un gran acontecimiento literario europeo” en la lengua española. Detalles Genero: Libros, Ficción, Traducción. Titulo Completo: El conde de Montecristo. Escritor: Alejandro Dumas (1802-1870), novelista y dramaturgo francés, cuyas obras reconocidas incluyen Los Tres Mosqueteros (1844) y El conde de Montecristo (1845). Editor: Navona Editorial. [...]

El más famoso Gospel Choir del mundo llega en Barcelona durante el festival de jazz, una escena muy celebrada, musical, multicultural. Detalles Genero: Música, Actuación. Lugar: Barcelona Arts on Stage (BARTS), Barcelona, España. Fecha 19 Diciembre 2017. Patrocinadores: El concierto es parte del49 Voll-Damn Festival Internacional de Jazz Barcelona, una celebración de la música jazz con una gran variedad de [...]

La famosa compañía de danza de Nueva York llega en España para ofrecer actuaciones especiales tras cuerpos, idiomas, y culturas. Detalles Genero: Danza. Lugar: Centre Cultural Terrassa, Barcelona, España. Fechas: 10-11 Mayo, 2019. Patrocinadores: Ailey II/Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, y Fundación de Danza de Alvin Ailey. Todas las coreografías de Revelations son un generoso regalo de Donald L Jonas para [...]

In May, in Spain, the world’s best tennis players meet in Madrid, for an important stop on clay surfaces, with competition here doubling as preview and preparation for terre battue at coming the French Open. Details: SUBJECTS • Sports, Tournaments VENUE • La Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain DATES • 3-12 May, 2019 SPONSORS • Mutua Madrid Open Sports Club, Mutua [...]

We review The International Red Cross 2018 World Disasters Report — which presents sobering data, incisive insights, and recommendations concerning the gap between those impacted by disasters and those who receive adequate relief. PUBLIKS REPORTS ARCHIVE YEAR • 2019 MONTH • 5 • May REPORT REVIEW On The 2018 World Disasters Report of the International Red Cross DISASTER RESPONSE • HUMANITARIAN [...]

Europe’s football clubs continue their quest for the continent's most coveted trophy, via the Group, Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final Stages of Champions League. Details Genre: Sports, Football. Venue: Varied Venues, Europe. Dates: April 30 - May 1, 2019. Sponsors: Union of European Football Associations. Description Program: Some of the most popular teams in the world’s most popular sport begin the group stage [...]

En mayo, en España, los jugadores del tenis se encuentran en Madrid, para una parada importante sobre la tierra batida. Detalles Genero: Deportes. Lugar: La Caja Mágica, Madrid, España. Fechas: 3-12 mayo, 2019. Patrocinadores: Mutua Madrid Open Sports Club, Mutua Madrileña, e el Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Descripción Programa: Uno de los torneos de tenis más importantes del mundo, por supuesto [...]

We provide updates on progress and setbacks concerning the planned withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. State of State On June 23, 2016 citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) voted on whether to have the UK leave the European Union. The result: just under 52% voted for leaving. Soon after, the UK Government (under the newly installed [...]

The early hardcourt season continues in the Americas, with Acapulco enjoying the now regular presence of several well-known names in tennis.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Acapulco, Mexico. Dates: February 25 - March 2, 2019. Sponsors: ATP World Tour, WTA Tour, TelCel, and HSBC. Description: The stellar names that make up the yearly roster continues to impress, from Nadal, Sloane, Pliskova and [...]

Malaysia continues a preeminent history of hosting meetings on emerging world crises, from the perspectives of the most vulnerable peoples.    Genre: Planet/s, Climate Change, Environment. Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dates: February 21-22, 2019. Sponsors: University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and The International Institute of Knowledge Management, Sri Lanka. Description: The 3rd International Conference on Climate Change 2019 (ICCC 2019) [...]

African literature has long been asked to teach readers about their pasts. What if readers learned of their futures instead? The Long ESSay The Ends of Education in Achebe Fiction and Criticism AUTHOR • Alvan A. Ikoku ISSUES • Education, African Literature YEAR • 2019 MONTHS • 2-8 • February-August 2019 The Long ESSay The Ends of Education in Achebe [...]

FAO, WHO, WTO host a conference in Addis Ababa on the future of world food safety for peoples, economies, environments. Genre: Health, Food, Conferences. Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dates: February 12-13, 2019. Convenors/Sponsors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and the African Union. Description: Responding to an estimated yearly incidence of 600 million cases [...]

Wimbledon Champion Richard Krajicek, director of his hometown tournament since 2004, has succeeded in hosting top players each year.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Sports Plaza, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dates: February 9 - 17, 2019. Sponsors: ATP World Tour and ABN AMRO. Description: By the time the 46th iteration of the annual stop in Rotterdam begins, it is February, and most players have [...]

The men’s tour continues after the Australian Open with an important and popular stop for French players and fans. Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: La Sud de France Arena, Montpellier, France. Dates: February 3 - 10, 2019. Sponsors: ATP World Tour and Montepellier Méditerranée Metropole. Description: The Open de Sud at Montpellier (previously hosted in Lyon) has for many years enjoyed attendance by a [...]

The renowned and celebrated dance company has made available its program for this year’s world tour across stages, cities, nations. Details Genre: Performance, Dance Venue: Worldwide tour starts in New York City, USA. For other locations and dates, see the schedule. Time: February 1 2019 till September 22 2019 Sponsors: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Supported, in part, by public funds from the [...]

Global leaders in several sectors meet in Switzerland to set new priorities and agendas for regional and global industries.    Genre: Industries, Major Economies, Summit. Venue: Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Dates: January 22 — 25, 2019. Sponsors: World Economic Forum. Description: The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will bring together a broad range of leaders of global society — heads [...]

The renowned dance company has provided the year’s program for its accompanying ensemble, offering rigorous and engaging shows, dance, choreography. Details Genre: Performance, Dance. Venues: Worldwide 2019 tour including stops in the United States, France, Germany, and Spain. For locations and dates, see the schedule. Time: January 15 2019 till May 18 2019. Sponsors: Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. Description Performers: Alvin Ailey [...]

Australia hosts the first major of the tennis season, and the world’s best players arrive Down South to compete for both history and some of the sport’s most prized trophies.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. Dates: January 14 - 27, 2019. Sponsors: International Tennis Federation, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). Description: One of four, prestigious [...]

General Elections in the Federal Republic of Nigeria In February 2019, Nigerian voters head to polling units across the country to elect from a range of candidates: President and National Assembly, with the latter comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives. On this page, we provide information to help readers understand the process. Learn More Information Four things Nigerian [...]

Preparations for the Australian Open intensify in Sydney, with the International fielding a full roster of players and competition.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia. Dates: January 6 - 12, 2019. Sponsors: Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Suncorp Australaia. Description: The Sydney International is scheduled to be days away from the first [...]

On offer in New Zealand are ideal conditions for players to compete for the first trophies of tennis season.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: ASB Classic Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Dates: December 31, 2018 - January 12, 2019. Sponsors: Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Suncorp Australaia. Description: The ASB Classic in Auckland is also one of the select [...]

For tennis players seeking the season’s earliest matches, 2019 season begins during in late December, at this popular venue.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and Squash, Doha, Qatar. Dates: December 31, 2018 - January 5, 2019. Sponsors: Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Qatar Tennis Federation, and ExxonMobil. Description: The Qatar Open has, over many of the prior men’s tennis seasons it has [...]

Several top tennis players open the season at Brisbane, with plans to peak by the Australian Open in January.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Dates: December 30, 2018 - January 6, 2019. Sponsors: Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Suncorp Australaia. Description: The 2019 tennis season begins during Australia’s summer, and Brisbane is an important [...]

Two poets and critics discuss literature, race, politics, and the 1956 passport denial to WEB DuBois for a conference in France.    Genre: Talks, Conversations. Venue: Kaufman Concert Hall, The 92 Y, New York, NY, USA. Dates: December 13, 2018. Sponsors: Part of the Unterberg Poetry Center series at The 92 Y. Speakers/Presenters: Claudia Rankine, multiple award-winning Jamaican and American [...]

A no-confidence motion against the government of Édouard Philippe and Emmanuel Macron was defeated in France’s National Assembly. PARIS, FRANCE — In part due to the immediate political climate fostered by les gilets jaunes (translated as “yellow jackets”) protesting recent fiscal and societal reforms, the far-left opposition of the current government tabled a no-confidence motion (motion de censure), directly against [...]

This morning Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, successfully had SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity reach space and return safely. MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA — Virgin Galactic has achieved a long-planned milestone this morning in the successful flight to space and return. The craft, SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, was partnered with a mother craft, WhiteKnightTwo, from takeoff till release sometime after the pair reached 43,000ft. [...]

MoAD’s Poets in Residence program culminates in evening readings by the year’s resident fellows and a specially invited guest poet. Genre: Readings, Poetry. Venue: Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, USA. Dates: December 12, 2018. Sponsors: Museum of the African Diaspora. Readers/Performers: Raina León, American poet and founding editor of The Acentos Review. Tongo Eisen-Martin, American poet, movement worker, [...]

The Poetry Center hosts Tyehimba Jess with his ensemble poets and sound artists in curated readings and musical verse translations.    Genre: Talks, Readings, Musical Performances. Venue: Buttenwieser Hall, The 92 Y, New York, NY, USA. Dates: December 10, 2018. Sponsors: Part of the Unterberg Poetry Center series at The 92 Y. Readers/Performers: Tyehimba Jess, American poet and professor, author [...]

River Plate of Argentina becomes what many in football recognize as the Champions of the Americas, winning La Copa Libertadores. MADRID, SPAIN — In a final moved to Madrid’s famous Santiago Bernabéu stadium, due to an episode of archrival mayhem in Buenos Aires, River Plate defeated Boca Juniors in the final of the Copa Libertadores da América. The score was a [...]

The Ingenuity Festival hosts a public conversation with Janelle Monae on influences of rhythm and blues in her music.    Genre: Talks, Conversations. Venue: Washington, DC, USA. Dates: December 6, 2018. Sponsors: National Museum of African-American History and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution. Description: The program, titled A Conversation with Janelle Monae and Christian McBride, is part of the Smithsonian [...]

The IAAF announce Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya and Caterine Ibarguren of Colombia as male and female athletes of 2018. MONTE CARLO, MONACO — In award ceremonies held today, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced the recipients of the 2018 Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Eliud Kipchoge, the Kenyan marathoner and reigning Olympic champion, was awarded the male [...]

The Ingenuity Festival hosts a public dialogue on history and race with acclaimed US Poet Laureate, Tracy K Smith.    Genre: Talks, Conversations. Venue: Washington, DC, USA. Dates: December 5, 2018. Sponsors: National Museum of African-American History and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution. Description: The program, titled On Art and History: A Conversation with Tracy K Smith, is part of [...]

World dignitaries, family, and friends gather at National Cathedral for the state funeral of former President George HW Bush. WASHINGTON, DC — Today, an important part of the state funeral ceremonies for former United States President George HW Bush is being held at the National Cathedral in Washinton DC. Those in attendance include United States President Donald Trump and First [...]

Callaloo, a journal on original, creative and critical work by and from the African diaspora, is now accepting submissions. Genre: Submissions, Journal, Writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art. Venue: College Station, Texas, USA. Dates: Rolling submission, continual. Publication/Editors: Callaloo and Charles Henry Rowell (Editor). Description: Founded in 1976 by its current editor, Charles Henry Rowell, Callaloo publishes creative and critical work by [...]

Glimmer Train, a journal for emerging writers since 1990, is accepting manuscripts till May 2019 for its final issue. Genre: Submissions, Journal, Writing, Fiction. Venue: Portland, Oregon, USA. Dates: Continually, on rolling basis, at least until May 2019. Publication/Editors: Glimmer Train and Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies (Co-Editors and Sisters). Description: Founded in 1990 by Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies, sisters [...]

The Nigerian authors meet to discuss their writing at the forefront of “Africa’s quiet LGBT revolution” in Boston Brookline Booksmith.    Genre: Readings, Conversations, Fiction, Nonfiction. Venue: Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA, USA. Dates: December 4, 2018. Sponsors: Brookline Booksmith. Readers/Performers: Emmanuel Iduma, Nigerian fiction writer, essayist, and co-founder of Saraba Magazine. Author of The Sound of Things to Come (first [...]

Biographer, Ray Arsenault, and sports journalist William Rhoden meet to discuss the tennis champion's life, activism, and new biography.    Genre: Talks, Conversations, Interviews. Venue: Washington, DC, USA. Dates: December 3, 2018. Sponsors: National Museum of African-American History and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution. Description: The program, titled Arthur Ashe: A Life—A Conversation Between Ray Arsenault and Bill Rhoden, is [...]

WHO convenes a high-level meeting on current knowledge and experience regarding emergency crisis response for global and globalizing cities. Genre: Health, Public Health Emergencies, Conferences. Venue: Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France. Dates: December 3-4, 2018. Convenors/Sponsors: The World Health Organization and the Government of France. Part of a series that includes the 2008 WHO Consultation on Cities and Public Health Crises [...]

Domingo stages a reading of the play, “DOT,” at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California.    Genre: Readings, Drama. Venue: Lorraine Hansberry Theater at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, USA. Dates: December 1, 2018. Sponsors: Museum of the African Diaspora. Readers/Performers: Colman Domingo, American actor, playwright, television and stage director. Description: The Lorraine [...]

Since 1988 UN Members have participated in World AIDS Day; this year the Secretary-General’s published call is urgent, caring, persuasive.    Genre: Health, Official Day. Venue: Worldwide (all UN Member States). Dates: December 1, 2018. Sponsors: The United Nations and all UN Member States. Description: Governments and organizations based within and across the borders of all United Nations Member states [...]

The G20 of the 19 largest national economies and the European Union meet in Argentina to further development, sustainability, fairness, equality.    Genre: Industries, Major Economies, Summit. Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dates: November 30 — December 1, 2018. Sponsors: The G20. Description: Heads of state and finance and economy ministers from the nineteen largest econonmies and the European Union are [...]

The Smithsonian showcases recipients of its Ingenuity Awards with events open to the public held throughout its National Museums Centers.    Genre: Festivals. Venue: Washington, DC, USA. Dates: November 29 — December 6, 2018. Sponsors: National Museum of African-American History and Culture as well as a number of other National Smithsonian Museums, and the Smithsonian Institution. Description: The Ingenuity Festival [...]

Hennepin County invites students to spend History Day at library programs on how to read, research, propose, write history projects.    Genre: Archives, Libraries, History, Education (Primary and Secondary). Venue: Minneapolis, MN, USA. Dates: December 1, 2018 and January 26, 2019. Sponsors: Hennepin County Public Library System, Minnesota Historical Society, and the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. Description: [...]

The San Francisco Public Library system participates in November’s Native American Indian Heritage Month with over 80 public programs at branches.    Genre: Archives, Libraries, Heritage Month. Venue: San Francisco, CA, USA. Dates: November 2 — 29, 2018. Sponsors: San Francisco Public Library. Description: As part of November Native American Heritage Month, the San Francisco Public Library is offering a [...]

Steven Caple Jr’s sequel to a branching from the ‘Rocky’ movies brings to the screen beloved characters and actors, their grudges, grimaces, bruises, trials, victories.   Genre: Film, Sequel. Venue: United States and Worldwide Release. Date:  November 21, 2018. Primary Creators/Distributors: Steven Caple Jr (director), Sylvester Stallone (co-writer and co-producer), and MGM. Primary Actors: Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, [...]

A crowning achievement for national men’s team tennis, and this year's between Croatia and France will be tense, packed in Lille.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France. Dates: November 18 - 24, 2018. Sponsors: International Tennis Federation (ITF) and BNP Paribas. Description: France will play Croatia in the finals of the men’s annual world team tennis competition. The Davis Cup [...]

In Mariah Carey's latest, each song provides pleasure to the ear, an album worthy of her career and our attention throughout.    Genre: Music, Popular, R&B, Soul. Title: Caution. Date: November 16, 2018. Artists/Distributors: Mariah Carey and Sony Music Entertainment. Description: Mariah Carey, the singer-songwriter of multiple awards and that multi-octave voice, releases a new album this November, Caution, that [...]

National Museum of African-American History and Culture provides experts to teach the public how to preserve individual and family histories.    Genre: Archives, Museums, Preservation, Personal and Family History. Venue: Washington, DC, USA. Dates: November 14, 2018. Sponsors: National Museum of African-American History and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Save Our African American Treasures is a collaboration among cultural institutions, [...]

Considered by tennis players to be the biggest tournament trophy after the four majors, with only the top eight competing.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: The O2, London, United Kingdom. Dates: November 11 - 18, 2018. Sponsors: ATP World Men’s Tennis Tour and Nitto. Description: The final tournament of the men’s tennis tour, featuring only the top eight players of the year, competing in [...]

Women’s tennis national team competition ends in November in Prague, with the Czech Republic and the United States contesting the final.    Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic. Dates: November 10 - 11, 2018. Sponsors: International Tennis Federation (ITF) and BNP Paribas. Description: The Czech Republic will play the United States in the finals of the women’s annual world team tennis [...]

Super League Triathlon Championship Series heads to Mallorca, Spain, where it is hosted by champion, Rafael Nadal, of tennis.    Genre: Sports, Triathlon. Venue: Mallorca, Spain. Dates: November 3 - 4, 2018. Sponsors: Super League Triathlon and Rafael Nadal Sports Centre. Description: The Super League Triathlon Championship Series makes a beautiful stop at the island of Mallorca. The top athletes gathered [...]

Jason Moran combines music, film, archival images, historical account in his meditation on an African-American infantry in WWI France.    Genre: Music, Film, Performance, Viewing. Venue: Barbican Centre, London, England. Time: October 30 2018. Curators & Sponsors: Part of the Barbican’s 2018 Season, The Art of Change. Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious. Co-produced Berliner Festspiele/Jazzfest Berlin. Production: Directed by Jason Moran, composer, [...]

Midterm Elections in the United States On Tuesday, November 6 2018, US voters head to poll stations across the country to submit their decisions on a range of candidates and issues, except their President. On this page, we provide information to help readers understand the process. Learn More Information Four things American voters can do for their communitiesFind Your Voter [...]

The top eight women’s tennis players of the year compete against each other for the fifth most important tournament along with its trophy, title, and the chance to be a year-end champion. Details Genre: Sports, Tennis. Venue: Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore. Dates: October 21 - 28, 2018. Sponsors: Women’s Tennis Association and BNP Paribas. Details Program: The final tournament of the women’s tennis [...]

Adams’s visual art shows us what the medium becomes with attention to culture at the nexus of race, religion, sexuality, history, politics.    Genre: Exhibit, Visual Art, Sculpture. Venue: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Dates: October 18, 2018 - January 27, 2019. Sponsors: Iziko Museums of South Africa and Standard Bank. Description: Igshaan Adams combines weaving, sculpture and culturally-specific materials [...]

In his directorial debut, Bradley Cooper remakes the film standard, starring himself and Lady Gaga in performances that are disarming, mesmerizing, persuasive.   Genre: Film, Remake, Adaptation (from short story). Venue: United States and Worldwide Release. Date:  October 5, 2018. Primary Creators/Distributors: Bradley Cooper (director, co-writer, co-producer) and Warner Bros Pictures. Primary Actors: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chappelle, and [...]

A painful exhibit comes to Cape Town’s South Africa National Gallery in the partial archival recovery of enslaved women’s lives. Details Genre: Exhibit, Performance. Venue: Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Dates: September 26, 2018 - October 21, 2019. Sponsors/Curators: Iziko Museums of South Africa in partnership with Centre for Curating the Archive at the University of Cape Town. Curated by Carine Zaayman [...]

In her tenth full-length album, Macy Gray’s voice is as intimate and emotive as we, in 1999, first heard it.   Genre: Music, Soul, Popular. Title: Ruby. Date:  September 21, 2018. Artists & Distributors: Macy Gray and Mack Avenue Records. Description: Macy Gray’s Ruby remains authentically contemporary in its use of bass as it plumbs the horns of mid-twentieth-century jazz and the [...]

Spike Lee adds to his significant work as influential director and social commentator with a feature that is unafraid, wry, startling.   Genre: Film, Adaptation (from Memoir). Venue: United States and Worldwide Release. Date:  August 10, 2018. Primary Creators/Distributors: Spike Lee (director, co-writer, co-producer) and Focus Features. Description:  Spike Lee presents a significant addition to his oeuvre in BlacKkKlansman, an adaptation from Ron Stallworth’s memoir of [...]

Fans of Sade — and a recent single released this March — have received cherished news of new songs, incoming. State of Sound GLOBAL — In a July interview with R&B Rated Stuart Matthewman, one of the core and original musicians that make up Sade the band, revealed that the group has been at work on what may become a [...]

Drake’s unparalleled genius for melding lyric, bass, space, and syncopation is on full display in his most recent LP offering. Details Genre: Music, Hip-Hop, Rap. Title: Scorpion. Date: June 29, 2018. Artists/Distributors: Drake, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records. Description Preview: In Scorpion, Drake sustains an unmatched pace of creativity, song-craft, and production release — to the genuine [...]

Les plus grands joueurs au tennis se battent sur la terre battue pour un des championnats les plus importants du monde.    Genre: Sports. Place: Stade Roland-Garros, Paris, France. Dates: 21 mai - 10 juin, 2018. Fundateurs: Fédération Française de Tennis. Description: Le premier tournoi de tennis sur la terre battue, en France, et en Europe. Un de quatre Grands Chelems du Tour, [...]

The life of Sammy Davis Jr is brought to engaging complexity in a documentary that is cultural, personal, political.   Genre: Film, Viewing Venue: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, USA Time:  April 29, 2018, 7:15pm Sponsors: Brooklyn Academy of Music. Curators: Part of a BAMcinématek Series, New Voices in Black Cinema. Artists & Producers: Film focusing on Sammy Davis, Jr, performer, artist, legendary [...]

The venue is a museum, the medium is film, the exploratory mode is that of Toni Morrison, literary, perceptive, prescient.   Genre: Film, Viewing Venue: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, USA Time:  April 28, 2018, 2pm Sponsors: Brooklyn Academy of Music. Curators: Part of a BAMcinématek Series, New Voices in Black Cinema. Artists & Producers: Film focusing on Toni Morrison, novelist, winner of [...]

Novelist Junot Diaz has decided to reveal, via nonfiction writing, childhood trauma that he has previously channeled through characters, fiction, imagination.   NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — In an important moment for those who closely follow the writings and career of Junot Diaz, the author has made public his experience of and struggle with childhood sexual trauma. The piece is [...]

The former wife of Nelson Mandela, and a well-known activist in her own right, passed from illness today. On the Passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African Activist ISSUES • Transition, Activism PLACE • Johanessburg, South Africa DATE • April 2, 2018 BODY • Family of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela On the Passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African Activist ISSUES • Transition, Activism PLACE [...]

California Science Center hosts the US and California stop of a world tour of artifacts from the Egyptian tomb excavation.   Genre: Exhibit Venue: California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA Time:  March 24, 2018 till January 6, 2019 Sponsors: California Science Center. Curators: Part of an exhibition world tour, with introductory and tour information at kingtutexhibition.com. Description:  As part of the [...]

A culling of vivid, focused works by the Spanish painter, made during just a handful of days in March 1932.   Genre: Exhibit Venue: Tate Modern Museum, London, UK Time:  March 8, 2018 till September 9, 2018 Sponsors: Tate Modern Museum, the EY Tate Arts Partnership, with additional support from the Picasso Exhibition Supporters Circle. Curators: Curated by Achim Borchardt-Hume, Director of [...]

Sade’s most recent single proves to be a beautiful reminder of what soul music is and can still be in 2018 and beyond. State of Sound WORLDWIDE RELEASE — Today Sade (the British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and band) released the first single in nearly seven years since their acclaimed Soldier of Love album and tour (2010-11). Part of a soundtrack for the [...]

Befitting one of the most genre-shifting, defining artists of our times, the Brooklyn Museum exhibit is multimedia, immersive, plentiful.   Genre: Exhibit Venue: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA Time:  March 2, 2018 till July 15, 2018 Sponsors: Brooklyn Museum, with additional support from Spotify, BMW, and NU Hotel. Curators: Part of an exhibition world tour organized by the Victoria and Albert [...]

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Tiafoe is on his way to fulfilling the promise of his tennis talent and his parents’ move from Sierra Leone.   DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA — Long watched as one of the most promising prospects of his generation of tennis players, Frances Tiafoe has won his first ATP Tour tennis tournament, at the Delray Beach Open. Many observers, careful not to [...]

Boots Riley directs one of the most incisive and thought-expanding critiques of capitalism in recent years, ample, experimental, caustic, visionary.   Genre: Film. Venue: United States and Worldwide Release. Date:  January 20, 2018. Primary Creators/Distributors: Boots Riley (director, writer) and Annapurna Pictures. Description:  In a mesmerizing directorial debut, Boots Riley crafts a film that wills itself the required room to deploy experimental art, caustic [...]

En muchas partes del mundo hispanohablante, cristiano, las celebraciones de la temporada no se terminan con el nuevo año 2018.   MADRID, ESPAÑA — En muchas partes del mundo hispanohablante, la gente sabe que las celebraciones importantes de la temporada nunca se terminarán con el nuevo año. Conocido como un día muy esperado y emocionante para los niños, el 6 [...]

En muchas partes del mundo hispanohablante, las celebraciones de la temporada no se terminan con el nuevo año. Todavía tienen, en el 5 y 6 de enero, el sobredicho “Día de los Reyes Magos.” MADRID, ESPAÑA — En muchas partes del mundo hispanohablante, la gente sabe que las celebraciones importantes de la temporada nunca se terminarán con el nuevo año. [...]

A highlight of the season in Cape Town, the Parade features all the city colors, in music, floats, costumes, peoples.   Genre: Performance, Festival Venue: Fanwalk, Green Point Track, Cape Town, South Africa Hosts & Sponsors: The City of Cape Town and several minstrel associations, such as the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association and the Kaapse Klopse Karnival Association, among others. Performers: Over 13,000 [...]

Se celebram 60 anos da Bossa Nova com o festival de artistas musicais, um movimento continuo, uma programação esperada.   Genero: Festival, Musica. Lugar: Beco das Garrafas, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Datas: 1-31 janeiro 2018. Participantes: Tom Jobim, Durval Ferreira, Vinicius de Moraes, Maíra Freitas, Taís Feijão, e Sanny Alves. Descrição: No ano de 2018, a Bossa Nova completa [...]

Beginning January 1, till June 30, Threepenny Review will be accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Genre: Submissions, Magazine, Writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Venue: Berkeley, California, USA. Dates: January 1 — June 30, 2019. Publication/Editors: Threepenny Review and Wendy Lesser (Editor). Description: During only their reading period starting January 1 and ending June 30, Threepenny Review will receive manuscripts for review [...]

Accusé d’« outrage au chef de l’Etat », Patrice Nganang, camerounais, professeur de la littérature comparée, reste en prison. DOUALA, CAMEROUN — Un jour après avoir publié le 5 décembre un « Carnet de route en (zone) dite anglophone » sur le site de l’hebdomadaire Jeune Afrique, Patrice Nganang, professeur de la littérature comparée à l’Université de Stony Brook, en [...]

The most famous Gospel Choir in the world arrives in Barcelona during the International Jazz Festival, making for a musical and multicultural celebration. Details Genre: Music, Performance. Venue:  Barcelona Arts on Stage (BARTS), Barcelona, Spain. Date: 19 December 2017. Sponsors: The concert is part of the 49th Voll-Damn International Festival of Jazz in Barcelona, a celebration of jazz music with [...]

University of Texas has done a considerable public service in digitizing, cataloguing, and making available the papers of Gabriel García Márquez. AUSTIN, TEXAS — When the University of Texas acquired the personal papers of Gabriel García Márquez, soon after his death three years ago, many in his home country of Colombia and beyond it expressed disappointment that the archive of [...]

Le Président Emmanuel Macron invite plusiers secteurs de la société à une réunion importante sur la question urgente de l'environnement.   Genre: Congrès, Environnement. Venue: La Seine Musicale, Île Seguin Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France. Date: 12 décembre, 2017 Co-organisateurs: Présidence de la République Française; les Nations Unies (ONU); et le Groupe de la Banque Mondiale. Description: Répondent à l’urgence écologique pour notre [...]

La temporada del Ballet Nacional de Cuba ofrece en noviembre una actuación preciosa y muy esperada de esta famoso baile.   Genero: Baile. Lugar: Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, Havana, Cuba. Horario: diciembre 2017, el 8 (viernes) y el 9 (sábado) a las 8:30 pm, y el 10 (domingo) a las 5:00 pm. Patrocinadores: Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Equipo: Coreografia: [...]

Film by the Chinese artist-activist has been hailed as a masterful and moving response to contemporary global migration’s concerns, disruptions, revelations.   Genre: Film, Viewing Venue: Barbican Centre, London, England Time: December 8-18 2017 Curators & Sponsors: Film produced by Amazon Studios. Production: Directed and written by Ai Weiwei, one of China’s most internationally known artists, also recognized as a prodigious activist, architect, curator, and filmmaker. [...]