This is Beirut 09/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell took to the ice at a figure skating gala in Zurich on Thursday, aiming to "push the limit" of the sport as a same-sex pair performing together. In 2022, Skate Canada became the first governing body to allow same-sex duos to compete at the national level. However, Papadakis and Hubbell are ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 08/02 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Paris Opera Ballet Culture Dance
The Paris National Opera, a prestigious cultural institution founded in 1669 during the reign of Louis XIV, is renowned worldwide for the rigor of its artistic programming, particularly the excellence of its Ballet. Each season, tens of thousands of spectators flock to attend performances on the legendary stages of the Palais Garnier and the ...
This is Beirut 08/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Awards Culture Art Actress
Demi Moore took home the Best Actress award at the Critics Choice Awards on Friday, cementing her position as the favorite for the Oscars. Her win came during a tumultuous week that saw scandal engulf her Emilia Perez rival, Karla Sofia Gascon. Moore’s critically acclaimed horror film, The Substance, also earned Best Original Screenplay at the ...
This is Beirut 08/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Art Culture Film Venice
After The Pianist, Adrien Brody delivers one of the most defining performances of his career in The Brutalist. This monumental 3h35 film revisits the American Dream, its promises, and its failures through the journey of a Holocaust survivor turned architect. Since its debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival, the movie, set to hit ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 07/02 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Music Story Culture Song Simon & Garfunkel
In the early 1960s, Paul Simon, then an unknown young musician, composed his songs in an offbeat place—his parents’ bathroom. Captivated by the acoustics of the small space, he refined the chords and lyrics of what would become one of the most iconic songs of the 20th century. At that time, Simon and his childhood friend Art Garfunkel formed ...
Fabienne Touma 07/02 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Festival Cinema Culture Art Lebanon France
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which began on Friday, January 31, and runs until Saturday, February 8, is an unmissable event for cinema enthusiasts. For its 47th edition, the festival highlights Lebanon through an exceptional selection of short films. Some filmmakers are given special recognition, with sessions dedicated ...
This is Beirut 07/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Culture Series Author Art Book Film
Emily Blaine had envisioned in her novel Dear You an alpha male, a dark and brooding businessman. In the series adaptation, over a decade later, this hero has changed—shyer, less seductive. “Thrilled and proud to be the first French romance author adapted into a series,” declares the author during the press presentation of the series Dear ...
This is Beirut 06/02 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On February 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in saffron and holding prayer beads, participated in a sacred ritual during the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering. A week after a tragic stampede claimed at least 30 lives, millions of pilgrims have already bathed in the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical ...
This is Beirut 06/02 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Beirut Culture Kids Lebanon Art France
On Saturday, February 8, 2025, the French Institute in Lebanon, located on Rue de Damas in Beirut, will host the second edition of the “Rendez-vous des enfants.” After the success of the first edition, which brought together over 2,000 children and their families in February 2024, this year’s event returns with an even more engaging program ...
This is Beirut 06/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
New York Paris Museum Art Culture
Inspired by the Louvre's upcoming renovation project, aimed at easing the crowding in front of the Mona Lisa, several leading museums are redesigning their spaces and collections to address the challenges of overtourism and climate change. “In light of the surging tourism, security concerns, the climate emergency, and the digital revolution, ...
David Sahyoun 05/02 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Psychoanalysis Culture Hope
Is hope bound to lead to disillusionment? This fundamental question shapes our individual and collective lives, from the intimacy of the psychoanalytic couch to the political upheavals that shake public squares, to the conjugal bedrooms where the dramas of love unfold. Psychoanalysis, through its various theoretical currents, offers valuable ...
This is Beirut 05/02 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Through her interdisciplinary solo exhibition at Galerie Janine Rubeiz, starting February 5, Christine Kettaneh examines how systemic decay impacts the symbolic and practical value of life staples, inviting us to rethink our relationship with stability and worth in turbulent times. “What happens when the essentials of life – our bread, our ...