arts festival

The film festival is one of the main meetings of Central American and Caribbean independent cinema.

The La Fortuna community has joined in this educational initiative for rural Costa Rica.

The government-sponsored festival will continue through Sunday, April 15.

Hula hoopers gather around the National Monument in Parque Naciónal in San José Saturday for the Transitarte Festival. The festival runs through Sunday, April 16,...

After a disastrous International Arts Festival last year, Costa Rica's Culture Ministry announced it will regroup with a National Arts Festival.

The Grateful Dead embodied the hippie spirit, but the free market has sent prices for resold tickets to the band's final shows at Chicago's Soldier Field soaring to more than $100,000.

“Espejismo” premiered at the International Costa Rican Film Festival last November, and enthusiastic reviews led to a limited release across the country.

The state of Río Torres, which runs through nine cantons in the San José metropolitan area, is deplorable. Not only are fecal matter and trash found in the river, but also toxic substances such as mercury and oil. It’s hard to imagine any living organism surviving in the rushing water, but believe it or not, people still bathe in the river.

Renowned Nicaraguan novelist and poet Gioconda Belli sat down with The Tico Times to discuss her latest novel, politics, and what it's like to go home.

Scores of music fans flooded the Amón Solar building in San José's Barrio Amón last Friday to celebrate the International Blues Festival.