Ethnic, cultural, and art news and events from all over New Jersey and beyond.
Maliheh Rahimi crochets at a workshop of Bavar charity in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, a women’s group hopes to empower its members by helping them make and sell face masks. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, French fashion designer Pierre Cardin acknowledges applause after a show to mark 70 years of his creations, in Paris. France’s Academy of Fine Arts says famed fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at
In a career spanning more than three-quarters of a century, he remained a futurist, reproducing fashions for ready-to-wear consumption and affixing his brand to an outpouring of products. — NYT: Top Stories
The number of vegetarians in Brazil doubled over a six-year period, which has given rise to a booming plant-based industry that is seeking to turn meatpacking plants obsolete. — NYT: Top Stories
With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit industries. — NYT: Top Stories
Christians on the screen attend an online Christmas service for social distancing and a precaution against the coronavirus at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ROME (AP) — Curfews, quarantines and even
Maha Mamo had no citizenship. Born in Lebanon of Syrian parents, she was ineligible for either nationality. It took her years of perseverance and some lucky breaks to find a homeland — in Brazil. — NYT: Top Stories
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating their first Christmas in the United States since leaving their official royal duties behind. — FOX News
On a holiday when health experts admonished people not to travel, the weather brought its own hazards across much of the country. — NYT: Top Stories