The 5th annual EarthDance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival premiers Friday, April 4, at the Oakland Museum of California with separate programs at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Twenty-four films—from 30 seconds to 30 minutes—from Italy, India, England, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the U.S. will be screened.

From March 28th to April 7th, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the life of a legend. Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest geniuses our world has ever produced. He is a cultural icon, and his music will live forever as some of the most immediate, inspiring, and impactful creations of the human mind.

This summer, the Smithsonian Institution will celebrate cultural diversity with three distinct programs at its 42nd annual Folklife Festival. The Festival will be held Wednesday, June 25 through Sunday, June 29 and Wednesday, July 2 through Sunday, July 6 outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets.

From March 28th to April 7th, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the life of a legend. Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest geniuses our world has ever produced. A cultural icon, his music will live forever as some of the most immediate, inspiring, and impactful creations of the human mind.

A new work by one of today's leading composers, Thomas Ades, and young Israeli video artist Tal Rosner, will be given its world premiere in the Royal Festival Hall on 28 April, at 7.30pm as the climax to the ETHER festival, Southbank Centre's annual festival of art and technology.

Shell Classic International continues to bring the world's greatest orchestras to the Royal Festival Hall, complementing Southbank Centre's Resident Orchestras' season. For the new season (October 2008 – May 2009) there are several major highlights.

The UK’s biggest free Science Festival begins in Cambridge today with a screening of an explosive new television series staring University academic Dr Pete Wothers.

Following in the mercurial footsteps of previous directors John Peel, Robert Wyatt, Scott Walker, David Bowie, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Morrissey, Patti Smith and Jarvis Cocker, this is the first time a group has accepted the much-coveted invitation from Southbank Centre to curate their own festival.

The KU Department of Music & Dance presents the University of Kansas Clarinet Festival on Sunday, March 9, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. This event will take place in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.

"Pallino," a beautiful, yet whimsical bronze sculpture by noted Colorado sculptor, James LaCasse, has been chosen as the Official Festival Poster for the 2008 La Quinta Arts Festival, it was announced by LQAF Executive Director, Christi Salamone. The Festival will run from March 13th through the 16th at La Quinta Civic Center Campus.

Saint Louis Art Museum invites visitors to celebrate spring with Art in Bloom, the Museum's ninth annual pairing of beautiful art and fabulous flowers, March 7–9, 2008. This ever-popular, free event showcases the talents of St. Louis-area floral designers and garden clubs challenged to create arrangements inspired by works of art in the Museum's collection.

The University of Glasgow will play a major role in the city’s annual Aye Write! book festival.