The first show of the season opened last Friday at the Villa Becher Interactive Gallery in Karlovy Vary: called Sklo-Sklu-Sklem/Glas-Glaser-Am Glasersten the new exhibition is a first foray by a number of Czech and German colleagues (painters, photographers, filmmakers and designers) in working in glass.

"Pursuit of Loneliness" is writer-director Lawrence Thrush's second feature. His first, Japanese language "Left Handed" (2008) screened several festivals and won Best Feature awards at Milan, Japan, Rhode Island and L'Aquila. Thrush was born and raised in London and got his start as an assistant to film editor Peter Goddard, during whose employ he also began shooting his own shorts, music videos ...

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Marcus Klöckner compiled this listing. Email listings to travel@estripes.osd.mil at least two weeks before the desired print date. Prices are based on double occupancy. Listings are printed as space allows.

Ask your average American, even Latin American, what they think of Uruguay, and you’ll mostly get blank stares. Over the last century of political turmoil that plagued the rest of the continent, Uruguay was blessed with the reputation as South America’s most stable and boring democracy.

Marcus Klöckner compiled this listing. Email listings to travel@estripes.osd.mil at least two weeks before the desired print date. Prices are based on double occupancy. Listings are printed as space allows.