Mexico City hosts chili pepper festival

Chili peppers and sauces will take centre stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honoured, organizers said. The first Chilis, Sauces and Mortars Festival, which will be held Friday to Sunday, is being organized by the Enchilada Fair, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Mexico ...

Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre

A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope. Investigators believe he hanged himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. --IANS/RIA ...

Tickets to all 2013 shows at State Theatre on sale today

May 23--Tickets to all 2013 upcoming acts in the Culpeper State Theatre go on sale to the public today at 10 a.m. Just three weeks after the historic live arts venue reopened, the diverse program keeps rolling. Highlights of today's pre-sale include: -- Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes performs summer party music July 12 at 8 p.m. The Jersey Shore based band formed in the '70s ...

Be at the opening of Kneehigh classic Theatre

FIRST performed in 2006 at Restormel Castle, Tristan & Yseult is one of Kneehigh's best-loved - and critically acclaimed - shows. Since then it has toured to places as diverse as the Eden Project, the National Theatre, Sydney Festival, the New Zealand International Arts Festival, and Spoleto Festival in South Carolina. For this new tour, six years after it was last staged, Kneehigh will ...

Arrested Development fans geek out ahead of Netflix release

Seven years after what was thought to be the end of Arrested Development, the cult television comedy is coming back to screens of all sizes this Sunday in a first-of-its-kind Netflix ...