Festivals

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Deepavali – or The Festival of Lights – is celebrated by Hindus worldwide to mark the victory of good over evil. To commemorate the holiday, you’ll find more than a dozen live garden displays and floral sculptures throughout Singapore’s Changi Airport through October 25th. Here’s a sample of the installations: There are seven displays in […]

Happy Souvenir Sunday! Munich, Germany’s official Oktoberfest celebration is winding down now and many folks have no doubt spent all their time hanging out at the fairgrounds drinking oversize mugs of beer instead of shopping for lovely gifts for their loved ones. So it’s a good thing that the traditional Oktoberfest frosted gingerbread, or lebkuchen, […]

Going to Austin for SXSW? The fun – and free stuff – starts at the airport.  Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has three live-music venues (all post-security) that together offer up at least seven free concerts each week. And since Austin is chock-full of top-notch musicians and the concert organizer, Nancy Coplin, is plugged into the scene,  […]

It would be great if we could watch movies – cartoons, short subjects, mini-docs, etc. – at the airport.  For free (of course).  Given how long we all spend at airports these days, there’s often time to watch full-length features as well. Instead, we often watch films in-flight.  And as I wrote here a while […]

The theme of this year’s is “Southern Style: Feel Likes Home,” and to celebrate, a variety of musicians are performing at Nashville International Airport (BNA) on Friday, October 17th. Saaneah performs from noon -2 pm on the C-Concourse stage. On the A/B Tootsie’s stage, look for Denitia Odigie from 11 am – 1 pm. And […]

Deepavali – or The Festival of Lights – is celebrated by Hindus worldwide to mark the victory of good over evil. To commemorate the holiday, you’ll find more than a dozen live garden displays and floral sculptures throughout Singapore’s Changi Airport through October 25th. Here’s a sample of the installations: There are seven displays in […]

Happy Souvenir Sunday! Munich, Germany’s official Oktoberfest celebration is winding down now and many folks have no doubt spent all their time hanging out at the fairgrounds drinking oversize mugs of beer instead of shopping for lovely gifts for their loved ones. So it’s a good thing that the traditional Oktoberfest frosted gingerbread, or lebkuchen, […]

Going to Austin for SXSW? The fun – and free stuff – starts at the airport.  Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has three live-music venues (all post-security) that together offer up at least seven free concerts each week. And since Austin is chock-full of top-notch musicians and the concert organizer, Nancy Coplin, is plugged into the scene,  […]

It would be great if we could watch movies – cartoons, short subjects, mini-docs, etc. – at the airport.  For free (of course).  Given how long we all spend at airports these days, there’s often time to watch full-length features as well. Instead, we often watch films in-flight.  And as I wrote here a while […]

The theme of this year’s is “Southern Style: Feel Likes Home,” and to celebrate, a variety of musicians are performing at Nashville International Airport (BNA) on Friday, October 17th. Saaneah performs from noon -2 pm on the C-Concourse stage. On the A/B Tootsie’s stage, look for Denitia Odigie from 11 am – 1 pm. And […]

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