Carnivals

From tasty food and drinks to awe-inspiring art, film and cultural celebrations, the festivities ahead look near-endless. Here are all the fabulous fairs and festivals that are coming to the Bay Area in 2024. JANUARY SF Tape Music Festival: Jan. 5-7, Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St., San Francisco. America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, SFTMF features four concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions projected over a pristine surround system…

Every year, communities gather together in honor of Juneteenth, otherwise known as “Freedom Day,” with celebrations of Black culture and heritage. Here’s a sampling of ways you can spend this holiday in the Bay. Juneteenth at Oakland First Fridays: 5 to 9 p.m. June 2, 2633 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Join the community of Oakland in the celebration of freedom and inclusion through art, music, and dance, and browse the food, drinks and merchandise stalls. Free admission. bit.ly/FirstFridaysJuneteenth Juneteenth – Living It,…

In India, if there is one car feature that is badly misused and not used for its actual purpose, it is the sunroof. We have seen many instances where people try to show off or ‘breathe fresh air’ by popping out of the sunroof of a moving car. However, a news reporter took things one step further by reporting a live incident while standing out of a sunroof of a moving Kia Carnival. Journalism ke naam pe sab circus chala rhe hai. pic.twitter.com/48SEgxK3t6 — Nimo Tai 🇮🇳 (@Cryptic_Miind) April 13, 2023 The incident was…

Artist’s impression of a collection of black holes in the core of a star cluster. Credit: ESA/Hubble, N. BartmannSince 2015, the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>LIGO</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory supported by the National Science Foundation and operated by Caltech and MIT. It's designed to…

People look out from aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, operated by Princess Cruises, as it maintains a holding pattern about 25 miles off the coast of San Francisco, California on March 8, 2020.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesPrincess Cruises, a Carnival Corporation brand, is resuming trips in its homeport of Japan early next year, the company said in a press release on Friday.Starting March 15, the Diamond Princess will take off from Tokyo for cruises ranging from five to 19 days, according to the press release.The…

An aerial view of Seabourn Encore cruise ship docked at Bodrum Cruise Port on April 27, 2022, in Mugla, Turkey.Ali Balli | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesCarnival is in preliminary discussions to sell its Seabourn ultra-luxury cruise brand to the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, people familiar with the situation told CNBC. Talks between the two parties are still ongoing. A deal of this size would give the Saudis a stronger footprint in the cruise industry, at a time when travel continues to rebound across the Middle East. It…