The setting may be ancient Persia, but the truths are universal. That’s Irene Alby, talking about Arabian Nights , which she is directing for the University of Toledo’s department of theater and film. Opening tomorrow, the production is based on the classic tale of Scheherezade, a woman who delays death for 1,001 nights by telling her husband, King Shahryar, a different story each night for ...

'Arabian Knights' (The Valdosta Daily Times)

VALDOSTA — Lowndes High School Off-Broadway comes off its recent wins at the Regional One-Act competition to present “Scheherazade: Legend of the Arabian Nights.”

The Week: 'Twilight' hits the big screen; Beyonce lands in record stores (Contra Costa Times)

On tap for Nov. 17-23: 'Wall-E' comes out on DVD; 'Arabian Nights' opens at BNerkeley Rep.

MIGS: Imagining A Hero - Ubisoft's Mattes On Prince of Persia's Visual Evolution (Gamasutra)

The visual look of Ubisoft's Prince of Persia franchise reboot is aimed at breaking away from what players have gotten used to in the series, while addressing what they now expect from next-gen art direction. It's perhaps more complex a mandate as it seems, and Gamasutra attended producer Ben Mattes' talk at the Montreal International Game Summit to learn more. According to Mattes, when the ...

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Four Communications wins brief for 6th Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival (AME Info)

Four Communications' Arts unit has been chosen to manage a wide-ranging communications programme for the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival, which runs from 21 March to 4 April 2009.

Invisible cities (The New Statesman)

In myth, Babylon is a place of romance and wonder, but years of dictatorship and war have taken their toll. Hisham Matar on his attempt to visit the ancient metropolis

Search the Archives (Kansas State Collegian)

Frustrated by the popular images of “the Orient,” which often resemble scenes from “Arabian Nights,” the artists featured in “Empire and Its Discontents” seek to dispel that notion with resounding fervor.

Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Rep for 'Arabian Nights" (Contra Costa Times)

Acclaimed director of 'Argonautika' adapts tales of 1,001 nights legend; CC Civic Theatre fishes for laughs with 'Greater Tuna."

The Natchez Democrat (The Natchez Democrat)

Alexa Mallory, 16, dances during a dress rehearsal of the Nutcracker Wednesday evening at the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center.