DU fests shift online: Seniors happy, freshers sad

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Internet is divided over corporate holiday party faux pas - but who is in the right?

A New York City influencer has divided the internet with her hot take on corporate holiday party invites. Piper Phillips posted a video to her 93,000 TikTok followers ranting about a friend's work Christmas party that does not allow them to bring a plus one. Piper Phillips posted a video to her 93,000 TikTok followers ranting about a friend's work …

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7 months, 1 week ago

DU fests: Do you know how much SRCC, Hansraj, Hindu, KMC, Miranda and other colleges spent?

Hindustan Times

From Stebin Ben to Mohit Chauhan and Aastha Gill, almost every popular singer made it to fests of Delhi University colleges this year. We’re proud to have kept the 45-year legacy of Crossroads, alive!” Hansraj College's Confluence" ₹ 35 lakh Singer Akhil Sachdeva aka Nashaboy was invited for the star act of Hansraj College's Confluence. They made cold calls, sent …

Budget Student Singer College Star Hindu Punjabi

1 year, 6 months ago

These L.A. activists are giving away gender-affirming-gear

LA Times

Sitting outside their apartment on a glittering Los Angeles morning, birds chirping in a cluster of trees behind them, Milan Alex Rafaelov describes the moment when they had simply had enough. Making gender-affirming products available in person will help expand access for L.A.’s unhoused youth, Trans Joy Fest organizers say. “Coming together helps us feel more human and gives us …

Youth Access Products Young California Young People Los Angeles

1 year, 11 months ago

DU fest season begins: Stebin Ben ko thoda thoda pyar hua JDMC se!

Hindustan Times

The long lull has broken on campus, with the fest season finally dawning in the new year. ‘Mujhe kabhi itne goosebumps nahi aye’ “Pehli baar main show ke pehle nervous hua,” says Stebin Ben, who was consumed by the enthusiasm of thousands of youngsters cheering in the audience, waiting to hear him perform live. Thrilled to be amid such a …

Love Dance Students Student College Crowd Audience

2 years, 11 months ago

New Year’s Eve used to be like Diwali for us, rue DJs amid cancellations

Hindustan Times

Ringing in the New Year while dancing to the hottest party tracks has been the norm for many on December 31. In view of the rising Covid-19 cases, several cities have banned New Year celebrations and imposed night curfew, which has led to last-minute cancellations, calling off party packages and tours of DJs — leaving the live music industry in …

Eve New Year Nye

3 years ago

The pandemic birthed a brave new world of online lit fests

The Hindu

It was pretty in pink. But most importantly, in the new world of online festivals, it was the first offline literary festival I had travelled to in almost two years. This is what is being called ‘hybrid’, which might also become a euphemism for frazzled lit fest organisers wondering if visa rules will change before the guest lands in town. …

Festival Literary Kolkata Writer Lit Fests

3 years, 1 month ago

China’s Singles’ Day shopping fest muted amid tech crackdown

Associated Press

HONG KONG — China’s biggest online shopping day, known as “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11, is taking on a muted tone this year as regulators crack down on the technology industry and President Xi Jinping pushes for “common prosperity.” The Singles’ Day shopping festival — also known as Double 11 — is a massive event for China’s e-commerce companies. Alibaba …

China Singles Billion Platforms Fest Common Prosperity Alibaba

3 years, 9 months ago

The Feel at Home International Community Fair goes online in 2021

Dutch News

Coronavirus has put paid to many of the traditional events which take place within the international community but the annual Feel at Home International Community Fair is still going ahead on March 14 – with an online spectacular. Billy Allwood, who started the fair over a decade ago, says he feels it is more important than ever that the international …

Community International International Community Online Fair Billy

3 years, 9 months ago

Announcing music festivals for 2021 is absolutely absurd – here’s why

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s the biggest music event so far to announce …

Festivals Festival Music Events

3 years, 10 months ago

Sundance from home: A virtual wrap on 2021’s unprecedented all-digital festival

LA Times

This year’s Sundance Film Festival, its first virtual incarnation, ran Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 and Times film staffers were collectively glued to our TVs, laptops, smartphones and other devices to join in the annual celebration of independent cinema. Made with footage triumphantly excavated after sitting in a basement for nearly 50 years, the movie premiered on the first day …

Festival Film Movies World Films Experience Jen

4 years ago

How virtual concerts became the new normal in 2020

Live Mint

You finish your pre-gaming and head to the gig at 7.30pm, fashionably late as always. The social media platform also held its own virtual festival that month with “Live In Your Living Room”, which featured 14 artists performing 30-minute sets on Instagram Live. Artists have responded to the crisis by going online, in an attempt to keep fans engaged and …

Festival India Mumbai Events Indian Company Live Entertainment

4 years ago

Free online festival to entertain youth on New Year’s Eve

NL Times

The New Year will be celebrated online this year in the Netherlands with the Goodbye 2020 Festival. From 4 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to 5 a.m. the following day, the audience can choose amongst roughly forty different streaming channels which artist they want to celebrate 2021 with. We hope, therefore, to create a nice experience together with the artists.” …

Eve Schulz Entertain Youth

4 years ago

Online festival marks 13th birthday of NCPA

China Daily

The National Center for the Performing Arts held on Dec 22 a 12-hour "Online Arts Festival", marking the venue's 13th birthday. Featuring a wide range of performances, such as singing, dancing, drama and opera, the online programs included numerous highlights, such as NCPA drama productions A Doll's House, Crossroads and The Count of Monte Cristo, the National Ballet of China's …

Birthday Ncpa Online Arts Festival Marks 13Th Online Arts

4 years ago

Online festival marks 13th birthday of NCPA

China Daily

The National Center for the Performing Arts held on Dec 22 a 12-hour "Online Arts Festival", marking the venue's 13th birthday. Featuring a wide range of performances, such as singing, dancing, drama and opera, the online programs included numerous highlights, such as NCPA drama productions A Doll's House, Crossroads and The Count of Monte Cristo, the National Ballet of China's …

Birthday Ncpa Online Arts Festival Online Arts Dec 22

4 years ago

The Friday List: From Thespo's youth theatre festival to a poetry reading by Ranjit Hoskote, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Firstpost

Compiled by Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe The year 2020 has been quite eventful, what with the coronavirus crisis completely changing the way we approach our daily lives, our work and our friends and family. On this week’s #FridayList: Thespo’s virtual theatre festival for the youth, a poetry reading by Ranjit Hoskote and Netflix’s Meryl Streep starrer, The Prom. When: 12 December Where: …

Culture Festival Art Theatre Poetry South Asia Netflix

4 years ago

From chat rooms to virtual avatars: on-ground music festivals move online amid COVID-19

The Hindu

Last year, a music festival promised the exhilaration of grooving with hundreds of others to genre-bending music blasting from an exorbitantly lit stage. Virtual avatars, VR walkthroughs, private chat rooms, multiple online stages, bartenders at home, and options to show off one’s dance moves live to the festival audience, are some of the online addenda, this year. “We have not …

Festival Music Sunburn Online Experience Audience Stage

4 years, 1 month ago

China gears up for world’s largest online shopping festival

Hindustan Times

Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year’s Singles’ Day online shopping festival, as the country recovers from the pandemic. The shopping festival, which is the world’s largest and falls on November 11 every year, is an annual extravaganza where China’s e-commerce companies, including Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo, …

Festival Shopping China Discounts Singles Chinese Tang

4 years, 2 months ago

Rekindle the spark in festivities with online garba

The Hindu

A few days ago, friends Disha Sethi and Bhavya Shah decked up in traditional attire to dance the garba and dandiya indoors to a 90-second mashup playlist competing at Garba Ni Ramjat, an all-India virtual competition held by city-based garba choreographer Bina Mehta. This year, the nine-day Dasara festival that begins on October 17 will make a new beginning with …

Dance Navratri Garba Dasara Session Virtual

4 years, 3 months ago

Online Mid-Autumn celebrations for Danish netizens

China Daily

Local students join a party held at the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept 18. On Sept 18, the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, launched five online programs to greet the advent of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a major traditional Chinese festival, on its official website and social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Besides the online …

China Chinese Center

4 years, 3 months ago

Online Mid-Autumn celebrations for Danish netizens

China Daily

Local students join a party held at the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept 18. On Sept 18, the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, launched five online programs to greet the advent of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a major traditional Chinese festival, on its official website and social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Besides the online …

China Chinese Center

4 years, 5 months ago

Changing role of college festivals: How they can be a tool for practical learning

India Today

“Tell me, and I forget, teach me, and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin These golden words can be aptly related to a student’s journey, starting their admission in college and emerging as a high-spirited leader. College fests: Expanding horizons of a student's learning experience A college festival augments a student’s practical learning experience. There are …

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DU fests shift online: Seniors happy, freshers sad

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