ICT - Living - Entertainment http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment RSS Feed for ICT - Living - Entertainment en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:19 GMT Aboriginal Festival moves to Hamilton http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/70622932.html HAMILTON – The largest aboriginal festival in Canada is no longer in the country’s largest city. Walking the red carpet http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/70623382.html LOS ANGELES – “It was even crazier than I thought it would be,” said Kiowa Gordon, Hualapai, about the Hollywood premiere of the much-anticipated “New Moon,” the second installment of the “Twilight” saga. Annie Duke to host one-day tournament in Pala’s new poker room http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/70272567.html PALA, Calif. – Southern California poker players can win a share of $25,000 and test their skill against poker pro Annie Duke when she hosts the “$25,000 Annie Duke Free Roll Poker Challenge” starting at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 in the new Poker Room at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. Record breaking crowds at Autry National Center http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/70193227.html LOS ANGELES – Nearly 3,000 visitors enjoyed a weekend of Native American history and culture at the Autry National Center. The weekend featured three major events including the annual Intertribal Arts Marketplace; the opening of the much-anticipated exhibition, “The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition;” and the kick-off of the 10th Anniversary season of Native Voices at the Autry with the play “Carbon Black” by Terry Gomez, Comanche. Quileute Tribe embraces ‘Twilight’ buzz http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/69389122.html LA PUSH, Wash. – For the first time ever, the Quileute Nation granted ReelzChannel cable network access to film a documentary-style episode on their reservation for the “Twilight Weekly: Spotlight” series, which aired Sept. 28. The series highlights everything “Twilight,” whetting the appetite of hardcore fans from around the globe, known as “Twihards.” Dana Tiger answered the voice inside http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/65983327.html MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Dana Tiger was 24 when she first picked up a paint brush. Channing Concho http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/65816347.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – For Channing Concho, a petite, pretty woman of 23, music is part of her DNA. Her father was a drummer, and both parents exposed her to a variety of music at an early age. But it wasn’t until high school that she and two of her friends formed a band, and her true passion developed. Interrelated histories, landscapes inform work in ‘Scout’s Honour’ http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/66566972.html SANTA FE, N.M. – Inspired by the social, cultural and physical landscape of the Canadian Shield, “Scout’s Honour,” featuring the work of Michael Belmore and Frank Shebageget will be showcased at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts through Jan. 31, 2010. Story of Americans with Native and black ancestry stirs deep emotions http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/66570997.html WASHINGTON – An exhibition opening this fall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian explores the identity of people whose ancestry is both African American and Native American. Native community reclaims history of Alutiiq masks http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/65815892.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – For more than 100 years, more than 70 Alutiiq ceremonial masks were housed in a museum in France, honored as art yet completely cut off from their original cultural context.