The National Hispanic Cultural Center is the only destination in the U.S. devoted to the preservation and advancement of all Latin cultures. The expansive campus touts spaces for world-class visual and performing arts. Time your visit to coincide with visiting hours for Mundos de Mestizaje, the largest concave fresco in North America depicting 3,000 years of Hispanic heritage, or September’s...

The Eye Film Institute Netherlands is a Dutch archive and museum that preserves and presents Dutch and foreign films. Not impressed yet? How about this? The collection includes over 37,000 film titles, 7000,000 photographs, and 60,000 posters. Inside there are four modern cinemas, room for exhibitions and educational activities, a shop, and a cafe-restaurant. In addition to screening films, holding...

ScheduleScheduleScheduleScheduleScheduleShort of green spaces in the city, locals head to Vondelpark to relax, especially if the sun is shining. Located a bit outside of the main city centre, the park is made up of around 47 hectares (120 acres) and is named after the 17th-century Dutch poet, Joost van den Vondel. The park dates back to 1864 when leading Amsterdammers...

The twee tourist town of Pitlochry has a handsome location beside Ben Vrackie and the River Tummel but few real draws. This doesn’t stop tourist buses stopping en mass to allow passengers a leg-stretch on the main street where most shops pedal cut-price wollens and other stock Scottish tourist merchandise. The key attraction, a short walk from the town centre,...

This is easily one of the most fun places to watch a movie anywhere, ever. First of all, you can have food and drinks delivered right to your seats. And then there’s the programming, which is a crazy mashup of new releases, “Still Awesome” older movies, and special programming, like sing-along movies, quote-along movies, and dance parties, and the Master...

Sprawling conference centre and arts complex that holds all sorts of book, film and television festivals, as well as a full programme of music and opera performances by visiting artists. The box office in the Eric Harvie Theater often has last-minute tickets.

This is probably the best independent and foreign film cinema in Bangkok, along with Lido. Nevertheless, House is usually pretty quiet; it’s hidden in a sleepy mall on RCA, a strip of hopping nightclubs just off a freeway-like street with a multilevel “for men only” massage parlor with neon signs. Once you find your way into the mall and up...

This is the show that started it all. Branson’s Famous Baldknobbers show was formed in 1959 by brothers Bill, Jim, Lyle and Bob Mabe, who began entertaining visitors on the Lake Taneycomo lakefront with a country-music and comedy show featuring local instruments like the banjo, washtub bass and Dobro guitar. Baldknobbers artifacts, including costumes and instruments, have even been accepted...

Shoji has been wowing the Branson crowds with his virtuoso violin playing for almost 30 years. His repertoire is amazing, from country and jazz to classical Broadway. Elaborate productions (his wife is in charge of choreography), gorgeous costumes, an 18-piece orchestra and Taiko drumming add to the feeling that this is Branson on a whole different level. Even the Shoji...

SIX is a group of six brothers who are so incredibly good at harmonizing and creating all the instrumental sounds of a band that you can’t believe they can do all that with only their voices. There’s lots of laughs, too, with good-natured sibling rivalry and plenty of jokes between numbers ranging from the hits of Elvis to Coldplay. And...

The Haygoods–five brothers and one sister–have been performing in Branson an incredible 25 years (they just don’t look that old). Starting out their career in Branson at Silver Dollar City, where they played six days a week for eight years, they now pack ’em in with their right-on harmonies, mastery of more than 20 instruments, acrobatics and pyrotechnics. Their repertoire...

Canberra is well served by quality theatres and cinemas. There are six main cinema centres in Canberra showing all the latest movies. The Palace Cinemas are located in the Acton precinct with cafés, restaurants, bars and a very hip vibe. The jewel in Canberra’s cinema crown is the National Film and Sound Archive, home to the Art Deco style Arc...

What does Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Dan Aykroyd, and a slew of others have in common? Second City has been an important staple in the careers of many comedians. Check their website for the latest in hilarity, and if you’re around for a while and think you have what it takes to join the...

This opera house shines into the world! It’s the second one that Gottfried Semper built in this spot. The first one opened on April 21, 1841 and was a three-story sandstone building. It was referred to as the “most beautiful theatre in the world”. Theatre and opera were played in the house with space for a total of 1,750 attendances. On September...

On the east side of Glacier National Park, St. Mary Visitor Center draws on Native American roots. After all, the Blackfeet once owned the park, and today, their reservation borders its east side. For many Native Americans, Glacier is still sacred. Sitting at the east portal of Going-to-the-Sun Road, the small visitor opens late May through late September. It houses exhibits on what Glacier means to several Native American tribes. The center...

Visiting musical and dramatic shows are hosted here as well as special community events and art exhibits in the gallery. Something is always going on, with varying themes and ticket prices. It’s professional and popular, with tickets which should be reserved early for the big shows. February’s month-long exhibit is the annual Gullah art exhibit opening the Gullah Celebration.

You gotta love a hometown company that is responsible for inventing, in 1981, the most basic amenity in any movie theater – the cup holder in an armrest. This was also the first movie theater in Kansas City to offer dinner and a movie. AMC was founded in Kansas City in 1920. Around that time, and totally separate from AMC,...

The Kansas City comedy scene, which is bigger than you think, owes its start to Comedy City. Family friendly early in the evening, and a little edgier at night, Comedy City was a starting place for locally grown Jason Sudeikis, who spent ten years on Saturday Night Live, and a number of comedy movies, such as Horrible Bosses. But lots...

Recognized over and over again as one of the best children’s theatres in the U.S., the Coterie earns every one of its ovations. In addition to live theatre performance, you and your children can participate in classes on acting, make-up, writing and so many more. There’s always something fun happening at the Coterie, located on the bottom level of Crown...

Something is always happening at the home of Hallmark Cards, the 85-acre complex that includes some great shops and restaurants, the city’s only outdoor ice skating rink, a fun fountain to play in in the summertime, and two live theatres. Learn the history of Hallmark at the company’s visitors center, but remember to bring a hanky for the exhibits on...