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‘Twilight Saga New Moon’: What’s the deal with sucking blood?

EMİNE YILDIRIM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

If you haven’t seen the first installment of the Twilight series, it’s rather pointless that you watch this second one: This isn’t a film, this is just a chapter within a book designed to make sense only when the text is read as a whole.

İstanbul enchanted by classical music this week

ALEXANDRA IVANOFF — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

On Tuesday Nov.17, Yuri Bashmet and his chamber ensemble, Moscow Soloists performed for İş Sanat’s second concert of the season, and there, the viola had its 15 minutes of fame.

This week in theaters

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’

Aspiring inventor Flint Lockwood is the socially awkward genius behind some of the most bizarre contraptions ever conceived.

Werner Herzog to head Berlin film festival jury

REUTERS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

German director Werner Herzog will head the jury at the 2010 Berlin film festival, organizers said on Thursday.

‘On the Way to School,’ ‘Bornova’ to hit the road for Festival on Wheels

TODAY’S ZAMAN — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

“İki Dil Bir Bavul” (On the Way to School) and “Bornova Bornova,” two triumphs from last month’s Altın Portakal (Golden Orange) International Film Festival, are set to hit the road for this year’s Festival on Wheels traveling film festival, the event’s organizers announced Thursday.

Buffini’s Dinner to be staged at ENKA

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

British author Moira Buffini’s Dinner (Şölen, in Turkish), telling the story of a dinner invitation by a couple in which the meal and surroundings get comic and surreal, will be staged as part of the 21st ENKA culture and art winter program on Nov. 24 at 8:30 p.m. at ENKA İbrahim Betil Auditorium.

Works of Uzbek miniature artists on view

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The works of Uzbek miniature artist Jahongir Ashurov are on display in an exhibition at Yıldız Sarayı in İstanbul.

Century-old story of Turkish painting on view

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The story of a century of Turkish painting is being showcased in an exhibition which opened on Wednesday at Rezan Has Musum in İstanbul’s Cibali quarter and will run through April 30, 2010.

Indian dancer Behera at Bahçeşehir

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Indian dancer Rajashree Behera, one of the leading artists of Odissi Indian classical dance, and her dance group will take the stage today at 6 p.m. at the Bahçeşehir University Fazıl Say Hall as part of her world tour.