The Fine Print

2011-05-29 08:03:13

Trying to find the right gift for a man can be a total nightmare.

When East meets West in the home

2011-05-29 08:02:51

East is East and West is West, but the two cultures can find middle ground.

Global ensembles are playing musical chairs

2011-05-29 08:01:42

Every year international orchestras with exotic or impressive-sounding names crisscross the United States. But they are not always what they seem.

A handcrafted, feminine sideof the urban art of graffiti

2011-05-29 08:01:42

The bronze statue of Rocky near the Philadelphia Museum of Art irked Jessie Hemmons.

Turning pop culture into a religion

2011-05-29 08:00:25

David Bowie developed a new guise for each album, Madonna for each song release; Lady Gaga seems to have one for every news cycle.

Strings theory

2011-05-28 07:15:26

Despite her excitement about the instrument, she appeared stoic when she took the stage at a recent performance with Spain's Gran Teatre Del Liceu Chamber Orchestra.

A music festival filled with Love and Hope

2011-05-28 07:15:26

For Zhang Youdai, the nation's most famous DJ, one of the joys of attending an outdoor music festival is discovering something new.

Modern mystery meets present history

2011-05-27 08:01:13

A detective writer strives to show the changing social realities of the times in his whodunit storylines.

What's on

2011-05-27 08:01:13

The band Ajinai from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region will release its new album at a Beijing concert.

Tongue twister

2011-05-27 08:01:13

The upcoming performances of the opera Die Fledermaus blends German singing with Chinese dialogue.

Shop tillyou rock at the mall

2011-05-27 08:01:13

Drinking onstage, eating apples or walking around in sandals - that's how folk musicians will perform in the open square of Jinqiao Shopping Mall in Pudong.

IN BRIEF

2011-05-27 08:01:13

It's hardly news that the near meltdown of the US financial system enriched a few at the expense of the rest of us.