festivals

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“I have traveled to festivals all over the world in the last few years. I don’t know that I can define why freedom is failing, but I see that it is — everywhere.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The masquerade’s origins lie in Greek religion and Roman festivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It's where Graham wrote, got inspired and eventually became the first group of people from his small town to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, one of the world's largest arts festivals.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Movies premiering at Venice picked up 15, while two other fall festivals, Telluride and Toronto, largely programmed the Cannes features, alongside films that didn’t land with voters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

They exchanged members, hunted together, traded rare luxuries, cemented political alliances and celebrated religious festivals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari