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Tidus Has The Best German Name In MTG's Final Fantasy Crossover
TheGamer
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June 13, 2025
Us Magic: The Gathering players are an immature lot. We see a card like Sinister Starfish or Armada Wurm, and we can't help but titter. Fortunately, the German-language release of Final Fantasy has put a new arrow in our quiver with a new amusing...
A uniquely American musical style is getting a once-in-a-generation update
LPM - Kentucky
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June 13, 2025
In the small town of Benton, Kentucky a few dozen people are gathered in the local county courthouse to participate in the 142nd annual “Big Singing.” A plaque on the building claims it’s “the oldest indigenous musical tradition in the U.S.” This...
Germany’s defence awakening is rooted in geopolitical realities
The Indian Express
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June 12, 2025
Germany’s post-World War II identity has long rested on pacifism, diplomacy, and a deep aversion to military assertiveness. It changed dramatically in 2022 when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine jolted Berlin into a strategic reset. Chancellor Olaf...
‘The art of retail’ takes shape at Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3
The Moodie Davitt Report
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June 13, 2025
GERMANY. Fraport has revealed an updated list of concessionaires for the 64 retail and service units set to open at the new Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 in the first half of 2026. Futuristic design and curated brand experiences shape the Terminal...
Comedian Little Brian stunned Germans don't know where Uganda is
TUKO
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June 12, 2025
Little Brian said Germans rarely recognise Uganda, prompting him to mention Kenya as a neighbour The funnyman joked about teaching Germans about Uganda and making light of the situation Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, he shared his admiration for Kenya's...
Ahead of Art Basel, Katharina Grosse Sprays the Messeplatz with Color
Art in America
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June 13, 2025
Over the past 40 years, German artist Katharina Grosse (b. 1961) has gained many fans for using an airless spray machine to make eye-catching, color-saturated, and immersive paintings. Many of her works have been shown in museums and galleries—one...
What to Make of Germany’s New Veterans Day
War on the Rocks
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June 13, 2025
Even avid observers of German affairs likely missed the first-ever celebration of its armed forces past and present on June 15, 2024. Last year’s preliminary event — falling during the month-long European football championship taking place in...
Father and son share stage in final Sarasota Music Festival weekend
Sarasota Herald Tribune - Florida
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The final week of the Sarasota Music Festival will offer something of a family affair as music director and pianist Jeffrey Kahane gets the chance to work alongside his son, musician and composer Gabriel Kahane, who will lead a couple of his...
Hydrotec Launches State-of-the-Art Iron Foundry — A Strong Signal for...
Foundry-Planet.com
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While many industrial companies are shifting operations abroad, Hydrotec Technologies AG is making a clear statement in favor of Germany as a business location. In Wildeshausen, at the heart of Lower Saxony, we witnessed firsthand one of Europe’s...
Germany: A Democracy Trying to Protect Itself
The Good Men Project - California
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June 12, 2025
By Civic Media Observatory This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. On May 2, 2025, Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) officially designated...
“Can't identify with today's attitude and values anymore”- Former Evanescence guitarist Jen Majura announces she’s leaving the music industry
Sportskeeda
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June 13, 2025
Former Evanescence guitarist Jen Majura took to Instagram on June 10, 2025, to announce that she was stepping away indefinitely from the music world. The German guitarist shared a candid post where she noted a deep lack of alignment with where the...
German court rules puzzle maker can use Da Vinci image
eNCA
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FRANKFURT - A German court ruled that toymaker Ravensburger can use Leonardo da Vinci's drawing "Vitruvian Man" for its puzzles, in a setback for the Italian state and a Venetian gallery. The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court dismissed a claim filed...
Renowned British Sculptor Tony Cragg to Exhibit at Dubrovnik Art Gallery This Summer
The Dubrovnik Times
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A major international exhibition by one of Britain’s leading contemporary sculptors, Tony Cragg, is set to open at the Dubrovnik Art Gallery on July 22, 2025, and will run through October 5, 2025. Curated by Jelena Tamindžija Donnart of the...
Book Review: ‘The Art Spy: The extraordinary untold tale of WWII resistance hero Rose Valland’
TBR Newsmedia
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June 13, 2025
Reviewed by Jeffrey Sanzel Author Michelle Young “Her job, her life calling, was about celebrating the beauty in art, and presenting it to the public, but now she was witnessing the wholesale theft and secreting of the world’s finest creations to...
The enemy of culture Trump at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Boos, cheers, suggestions of blacklisting actors who refused to perform
World Socialist Web Site
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June 13, 2025
Donald Trump, the purveyor-in-chief of ignorance and reaction, attended a performance of the musical Les Misérables Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Fellow fascists Vice President J.D. Vance and...
Germany’s legal showdown over the limits of press freedom
EurActiv
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June 12, 2025
BERLIN – A court battle over the ban of a noxious far-right magazine is pitting Germany's struggle to contain rising extremism against the limits of free speech. The magazine, Compact, has published some of the most notorious figures on Germany's...
An essential survival guide for tea drinkers in Germany
The Local - Germany
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June 12, 2025
Is Germany a nation of secret tea lovers? Columnist and tea lover Tom Pugh explains where to get the perfect 'cuppa', how to drink tea like an 'Ostfriesen', and where to buy the brands you crave from home. It’s no secret that British people love...
Cellist Irena Josifoska Named as Recipient of 2025 Villa Musica Star Award
The Violin Channel
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June 12, 2025
The Villa Musica Star Award, which carries a cash prize of €5,000, is awarded each year to a scholarship holder of the State Foundation Villa Musica, in the German state of Rheinland-Pflalz. Around 80 young professional musicians hold scholarships...
Gqeberha’s Mninawa Mangweni off to Germany to showcase Xhosa culture
Herald (South Africa)
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June 13, 2025
Paying for his visa and flight, performer hopes to forge artistic relations for benefit of local artists Premium By Simtembile Mgidi - 13 June 2025 The beating of a drum, sharing of traditional songs and dance, as well as lessons on ubuntu are...
Five hard truths about starting out as a freelancer in Germany
The Local - Germany
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June 12, 2025
Starting out as a freelancer in Germany might seem like the ideal option but it comes with some hard truths that everyone should know, writes Berlin-based freelancer Ido Vock. You’ve given away any clothes that aren’t in shades of black, practiced...