A the very end of “Beirut Hellfire Society,” in the last 21 words from author Rawi Hage, we’re directly informed what his fourth novel is about: “This is a book of mourning for the many who witnessed senseless wars, and for those who perished in those wars.” Hage’s macabre novel celebrates death more than life and almost howls (sometimes the characters literally do howl) at the reader for almost 300 pages.
For Ernest Hemingway, whose bravado was matched only by his thirst, his liberation of the Ritz Hotel’s bar in Paris was the stuff of legend. Officially the author was a war correspondent the U.S. magazine Collier’s when he entered the French capital on Aug. 25, 1944.
Woodstock was many things but one thing is clear. It is revered by many as the cultural touchstone of a generation. The 1969 festival of peace, love and music marks its 50th anniversary this weekend, triggering a wave of nostalgia for an era when rock was for the young, tie-dye was cool, long hair was a statement, and kids said “groovy” without a trace of irony.
Usually found playing tunes at bars and jazz clubs around Beirut, the Monday Blues Band found themselves at a much larger stage Thursday night, entertaining the crowd in Beiteddine’s palace courtyard.
To protect the masterpieces at the Uffizi Galleries, the Florence museum’s director climbed a ladder and hurled an employee’s bicycle down at a sheet of glass...
It happens in even the best kitchens: You bring together top-quality ingredients and a promising recipe, but somehow the end result comes out tasting wrong,...
“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” is a likable Frankenstein of a movie that stitches together tales from the cultishly beloved 1980s book series by Alvin...
A fictional caper about an antiquities heist set in an ancient Jordanian city has stirred widespread outrage over the film’s portrayal of historical Jewish...
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky Thursday told a Stockholm court he felt "scared" and had tried to "walk away" before a street brawl, in an assault case that has...
Social media users flocked to Facebook and Twitter over the weekend to voice their anger and admiration after Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife refused to play...
Nearly a month after he was arrested in Sweden, rapper A$AP Rocky returned to the United States as the verdict in an assault case against him and two other...
Stevie Wonder surprised concertgoers in London Saturday night by announcing that he would take a break from performing so that he can receive a kidney...
Around a thousand Beatles fans came together in London Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band making its iconic zebra crossing picture for the...
The film adaptation of “The Art of Racing in the Rain” seems to have been designed by algorithm to maximize appeal for a certain demographic of women aged...
The curtain rises on the Middle East’s newest electronic music festival this weekend.
Iraq has hosted an exhibition of World Press Photo images for the first time this year, after being the dramatic subject of the annual competition’s...
Despite setting up shop just this April, arts center Citerne Beirut has shut, and ceased all operations.
Palestinian artist and scholar Kamal Boullata passed away in Berlin Wednesday.
It takes balls to try to make an exhibition out of Baalbeck.
When author Angela Flournoy was asked to dress as her favorite literary character for a magazine shoot four years ago, she knew how to look the part: a wide...
Seeking to highlight Lebanon’s losing battle to preserve its urban heritage, architect Christian Zahr’s small, yet poignant work in Beirut Art Residency’s La...
For twin sisters Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz, the past few years have been a whirlwind.
Carrie’s back! At least her alter ego, Candace Bushnell, whose loosely autobiographical newspaper columns and book about the dating adventures of single women...
“These photos must be from the late 1800s or early 1900s,” you think, glancing at the black-and-white pictures of men, women and children from Lebanon’s Druze...
Bent over a computer tablet in war-torn northwest Syria, cartoonist Amani al-Ali takes her pen to the screen to sketch life in the embattled rebel bastion of...
Through flowers, foliage and works of art, a big botanical garden show distills the genius of influential Brazilian artist and landscape designer Roberto...
Once the bustling heart of the Bekaa-Syria train line, Riyaq Station now sits derelict, its steam engines rusting away.
French electro-pop sensation Jain sang, danced and jumped about on the steps of the Bacchus Temple Thursday night.
Add an “e’’ and “Hobbs & Shaw” might have been a time-traveling thriller about George Bernard Shaw and 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
The world’s biggest celebration of the performing arts began Friday in Edinburgh, with its most international lineup yet, grappling with issues every bit as...
Images of daily life in Syria spanning more than two decades cover the walls of a vaulted hall at the Beiteddine Palace.
The Baalbeck International Festival will once more play host to musical fusion, with two nights of classical Arabic music blended with Latin tunes.