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PHOTOS: Chimney Sweeps Festival In England

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Photography, Photos, Chimney, Exposure, Chimney-Sweeper, Festival, Slideexpand, England, Weird News News

The three day annual Sweeps Festival in Rochester, England dates back 400 years and was originally the one day in the year that the chimney sweeps cou...

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PHOTOS: 10 Weird Festivals For A Wacky Summer

ShermansTravel | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Festival, Summer, Slidepollajax, Summer Travel, Summer Festivals, Summer Vacation, Travel News
ShermansTravel

Summer is a time for state fairs and carnivals. Not every town, however, is satisfied with corndogs and Ferris wheels.

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'Open, Gates of Fairyland': Faerie Festivals of the Eastern United States

Stephen D. Winick | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Folklore, Festivals, Travel, Fairies, Entertainment, Music, Fairy Tales, Culture, Music Festivals, Renaissance Festival Pennsylvania, Renaissance Festival, Renaissance Festival Maryland, Festival, Renaissance Festival East Coast, Renaissance Festival New York, Culture News
Stephen D. Winick

If you live in the mid-Atlantic U.S., though, it's easier than ever to find sprites and sprigguns. The region is home to some of the largest and most popular faerie celebrations in the world, and faerie season is just about to begin.

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Cask Ale Festival at the Historic General Sutter Inn in Lititz, PA

Amber DeGrace | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Lancaster County, Lititz, Beer, Inn, Bar, Artisan, Lancaster Pa, Festival, Cask Ale, Drinking, Drink, Pub, Craft Beer, Food News
Amber DeGrace

This festival was set up to encourage relaxed enjoyment of beer as opposed to rapid consumption.

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10 Days to the Woodstock of Science -- And You're Invited!

Larry Bock | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Authors, Washington DC, Science, Festival, STEM Education, Books, Engineering, Dc Education, DC Events, D.C. Events, D.C. Around Town, Dc Around Town, Science Education, 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival, DC News
Larry Bock

The 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival will be an unforgettable weekend that responds to a growing desire for ways to better understand and interact in meaningful ways with the vast array of technology impacting our lives.

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PHOTOS: 10 Reasons To Visit Berlin This Summer

Tom Meyers | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Summer Travel, Hotels, Germany, Budget Travel, Festival, Europe, Slidepollajax, Berlin, Travel News
Tom Meyers

Berlin possesses an even stronger pull during the summer months when the sun shines late into the night and residents, giddy from surviving the dark chill of winter, give themselves many reasons to celebrate.

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PHOTOS: Carnival In Rome

Erica Firpo | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Costumes, Carnival, Festival, Celebration, Carnevale, Rome, Children, Slidefreestyle, International Destinations, Italy Travel, Events, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Erica Firpo

Over the past few years, Carnevale Romano has had a revival, inspiring a "return to its roots" with organized events. Rome's piazzas host daily theatrical performances, equestrian shows, musicians, dancers and buskers, a kind of Venice-lite for the Carnival crowd.

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10 Classic Renaissance Faires Across America

The Daily Meal | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Travel, Renaissance, Festival, The Daily Meal, Family-Friendly, Renaissance Faires, Outdoors, Slidepollajax, Travel News
The Daily Meal

So grab your fairy wings and bring a hearty appetite. America's Renaissance faires are serving some traditional eats and time-honored tournaments.

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Plane Crashes Into Moving Ferris Wheel, Traps 2 Children

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Old Bar, Carnival, Australia, Small Plane, Children, Ferris Wheel, Ultra-Light, Plane Crash, Festival, Video, World News

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Are You A Burning Man?

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Burning Man Virgin, Virgin Burner, Art, Burning Man 2011 Photos, Black Rock City, Burning Man Photos, Burning Man, Rites of Passage, Nevada, Festival, Music, Burning Man 2011, Burning Man Pictures, Arts News

The first year you go to Burning Man you are called a virgin and the first thing they do to virgins at the entry gate of Burning Man is to make you li...

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Nomading Film Festival: NYC's Hospital Turned Island Fortress

Nomading Film Festival | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Adventure Travel, New York City Travel, US Destinations, Roosevelt Island, Travel, Travel Tv, Festival, New York Travel, Film, Destinations, Nomading Film Festival, New York City, Noff, Travel News
Nomading Film Festival

Looking like they were removed from the Scottish countryside or constructed as set dressing for a Shakespearean play, the remnants of the gothic hospital are a site to see: Ivy encrusted walls and high archways greet the few visitors that make it here.

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Brooklyn State Of Mind: DUMBO Arts Center

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Visual, Manhattan, New York, Art Scene, Brooklyn, Non-Profit, Center, Community, crane.tv, Artists, Festival, Music, Dumbo, Creative, Culture, Video, UK Arts, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Brooklyn has been the last word in New York cool for a few years now, with bands like MGMT, Sleigh Bells and White Rabbits waxing lyrical about the ne...

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From Jet-Set to Western Movies

Paolo Rossi | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Beaches, Folk, Travel News, Westerns, Italy, Festival, Sardinia, Movies, Oristano, Travel News
Paolo Rossi

September has arrived but it's still summer in Sardinia. For lots of people, the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea is best known for the ...

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20 Electric Zoo Artists Share Their Must-Play For This Weekend's Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Dance Music, Dj, Electric Zoo Festival, New York, Armin Van Buuren, New York City, Festival, Music, Electronic, Carl Cox, Tiesto, Jetsetfarryn, Guti, Electric Zoo, Party, Dance, DJ's, Randall's Island, Electric Zoo 2011, Randall's Island Electric Zoo, New York News
Farryn Weiner

From the heavy hitting house of Boys Noize to the trance tunes of Armin Van Buuren, from the new sounds of Guti to the classic beats of Moby, there's something for everyone.

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PHOTOS: Spanish Street Food Fight Uses 120 Tons Of Tomatoes

Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Tomatina Bunol 2011, Food Fight, Tomatina Spain, Slideadbigshot, Tomatina 2011, Tomato Fight Photos, Food Festivals, Tomatina, Tomato Fight 2011, Tomato Fight Spain, Festival, La Tomatina 2011, Video, World News

The streets ran red during Buñol's annual tomato fight on the last Wednesday of August. Following opening shouts of "Tomato! Tomato!" at 11 this morn...

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Escaping a Teepee at Escape to New York Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Escape to New York, New York, Hamptons, Best Coast, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Xaphoon Jones, Southampton, Festival, The Vaccines, Music, Hippies, Music Festivals, NY Around Town, Indie Music, New York News
Farryn Weiner

Escape to New York had a lot on its plate... and I'm not just referring to the World's Largest Festival Brunch, which was planned to kick off on Sunday.

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Wassaic Art Festival

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Festival, Arts, Film, Free, Dance, Arts News
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

I've known Bowie Zunino, the Director of the Wassaic Project, since she was an infant and I'm very impressed with the terrific arts festival that she,...

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The World's Weirdest Food Festivals

Food & Wine | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Foodie Travel, Slidepollajax, Weird, Food, Food Festival, Festival, Food News
Food & Wine

From armadillo-tacos and cheese-curd eating, to tomato hurling and tuna tossing, these spirited events celebrate food around the world. Here, Food...

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Kelly Osbourne's Lovebox Festival Look

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Style, Accessories, Chanel Braces, Kelly Osbourne, Festival, Lovebox Festival, Lovebox, Festival Fashion, Home News

We've been looking at this picture of Kelly Osbourne for a good while and still can't make up our minds as to whether we like it or not. ...

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America's Wacky Fair Foods

Food & Wine | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Food, Humor, Fun, Slidepollajax, Weird Food, Weird News, Funny Pictures, Weird Photos and Videos, Festival, Gross Food, Food News
Food & Wine

Cotton candy, corn dogs and candy apples once ruled the midway at the local fair, but visitors now want food that's exotic—as long as it'...

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WATCH: The Surrealist Aesthetic And Nostalgic Sounds Of Metronomy

Crane.tv | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: France, David Wilson, Disco, Pop-Rock, Metronomy, Seaside, Festival, Glastonbury, London, Brighton, Lovebox, Electro, Italo, Mediterranean, Riviera, East London, Wireless, Nostalgia, Josh Mount, Arts News
Crane.tv

The Crane.tv crew met up with Josh Mount, near East London's legendary rehearsal studios 'The Premises' for a stroll in the park, a chat about his ph...

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Darwin Deez at Glastonbury

Lydia Hughes | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Dancing, Darwin Smith, Radar Detector, Darwin Deez, Bad Day, England, Minimal Pop, Festival, Music, New York, Glastonbury 2011, UK Arts, Entertainment News
Lydia Hughes

Those who've seen Deez will agree he has a completely unique and signature image. With medium-length ringlets and a Clark Gable mustache, he's known for sporting over-sized jumpers that look as though they've been zip-wired right out of the '80s.

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Festival Style: Primavera Sound 2011

Andrea Domanick | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Personal Style, Style, Summer, Barcelona, Slidepollajax, Primavera Sound, Spain, Festival, Europe, Street Style, Concert, Style News
Andrea Domanick

With the festival's three main "days" running from 4 p.m. to 6 a.m., bikini tops and booty shorts were few and far between. Concertgoers instead opted for a subdued style that was as definitively post-punk as the lineup itself.

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WATCH: London's Answer To Milan: Clerkenwell Design Week

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 07.21.2011

Read More: Exhibition, Oscar Diaz, Art, Ecology, Installation, Nigel Coates, Design, Clerkenwell, Festival, London, Lulu Guinness, Clerkenwell Design Week, Furniture, Salone Del Mobile, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Disorientated from the effects of Salone del Mobile in design capital Milan last month, we were still eagerly ...

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150,000 Fans Descend on Miami for Ultra Music Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Ultra, Tiesto, Chemical Brothers, Kaskade, Miami Music Week, Electronic Music, Music Industry, Festival, Dubstep, Ultra Music Festival, Electronica, Miami, David Guetta, Slidepollajax, Entertainment News
Farryn Weiner

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