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Category: Culture and the Arts
Highlighting events, holidays, and awareness days celebrating human culture, the arts, and creativity.
The cultural category is a vast collection of events covering several topics, including the arts, languages, customs, racial and ethnic groups, food, beverages, and fairs.
Culture & Art Events
Random Acts of Kindness Week: February 17-...
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Dr. Chuck Wall, a professor at Bakersfield College, recalls hearing about "random senseless acts of violence" on the news in 1993, and was inspired to assign his students the task of committing "one rando...
January
Fashion Week Milan (IT): February 18-24
Weekly
As part of the "Big Four" Fashion Weeks (the others being held in Paris, London and New York), this semi-annual event showcases and sets the fashion trends for years and decades to come. Every well-esta...
January
Carnaval de Ponce (US-PR): February 19-25
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The island territory of Puerto Rico hosts one of the largest and best Carnaval celebrations in the northern hemisphere. The annual party of parades, costumes, merrymaking and food was first held in 1858....
January
Berlin International Film Festival (DE): F...
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Over 300,000 people attend the Berlin International Film Festival which first ran in 1951. Film competitions include documentaries, children’s films, and general entertainment with Golden and Silver Bears...
January
Flamenco Festival, Jerez (ES): February 21...
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Since 1996, Jerez de la Frontera in Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain has held a two week festival highlighting traditional and contemporary Flamenco dancing. the entire city takes part with live theater, pubs, and...
January
Mardi Gras (US-LA): February 21-25
Weekly
Mardi Gras is a celebration that occurs during the five days leading up to Lent. Technically, it is just the Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday. The range given covers the major festivities leading up to Len...
January
Carnival of Binche (BE): February 23-25
Weekly
Carnival of Binche falls on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday in the city of Binche, Belgium. Hailed by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity", dancing,...
January
Fashion Week, Paris (FR): February 24-Marc...
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As part of the highly esteemed "Big Four" Fashion Weeks with London, Milan and New York, this biannual event attracts the biggest fashion brands in the world to showcase their latest pieces, with French t...
January
Chopsticks Day, Ntl.: February 6
Daily
Chopsticks have been around for some time and are believed to have originated during the Shang Dynasty (1766 - 1122 BC) and were originally used for cooking. The pointed end of the chopsticks will tell yo...
January
African-Americans AIDS/HIV Awareness Day:...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is an HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative for Blacks in the United States and across the Diaspora. There are four specific focal poi...
January
Card to a Friend Day, Send: February 7
Daily
Send a Card to a Friend Day is an unofficial holiday that encourages people to drop a note to a friend either by post or electronically. Is there someone you’ve been thinking about but haven’t spoken to...
January
Culture Day (SL)(1849): February 8
Daily
In honor of Slovenian poet France Preseren, this national holiday celebrates all culture on the anniversary of his death, February 8, 1849.
January
Read in the Bathtub Day, Ntl.: February 9
Daily
This event was created by Christine Rogers sometime ago to have an excuse to spend the day in the tub reading her favorite novel. We did a little research and we were surprised to find that there are wat...
January
Toothache Day (249 AD): February 9
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International Toothache Day marks the martyrdom of Saint Apollonia, the patron saint of Dentistry in 249 AD. Apollonia was a young virgin, Christian woman, who was killed in a pogrom against Christians wi...
January
Umbrella Day: February 10
Daily
Parasols, sunshades, umbrella, brolly, parapluie, rainshade, gamp, bumbershoot or umbrolly, however you refer to it, today is Umbrella Day. Umbrellas have been protecting people from the wind, sun, snow a...
January
Guitar, Get Out Your Guitar Day: February...
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Got the winter blues? Call some friends, light the fire and pull out your guitar for a little down home fun. Get Out Your Guitar Day is set aside at the height of winter to bring a little musical cheers t...
January
Spilled Milk Day, Don't Cry Over (1678): F...
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Today is the anniversary of the publishing of the poem written in 1678 by Jean de la Fontaine - 'La Laitière et le Pot au Lait'. It is the origin of the saying “Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk”. Below is...
January
NAACP Day (1909): February 12
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February 12, 1909 is the anniversary of the creation of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). It is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots c...
January
Oglethorpe Day (US-GA)(1733): February 12
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James Edward Oglethorpe (December 22, 1696–June 30, 1785) was a British general, member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe Day celebrates the founding of Geo...
January
Italian, Eat Italian Food Day: February 13
Daily
Most people don't need an excuse to indulge in the delicious array of spices, savory and sweet, found in Italian food. But just in case you need a reason, today is Eat Italian Food Day. Celebrate by dis...
January
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