Multicultural Travel News

Discover your Ulster ancestors with activity holidays in 2012 from the Ulster Historical Foundation, an educational, non-profit charitable organisation based in Belfast, Ireland. For more than 50 years, they have been researching people's Irish family histories. This year, they will be hosting three activity holidays – Ulster History and Genealogy Summer School, June 20-26 in association with the University of Ulster; Belfast History and Genealogy Summer School, August 26 – September 1 in association with Stranmillis University College; Ulster Genealogy and Migration Studies Autumn School, October 7-13 in association with the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies. These activity holidays are ideally suited to anyone with an interest in the history of the province of Ulster and a yearning to learn more about their Ulster ancestors. The Ulster Historical Foundation is a long-established, highly reputable research and publishing agency. It offers extensive knowledge on the sources available for tracing Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors. For more information, visit www.ancestryireland.com  Read more >>

Every day throughout the month of May there will be jazz performances in parks, restaurants, clubs and venues around Atlanta as part of this year’s Atlanta Jazz Festival.   Activities will include live jazz in Underground Atlanta, Martinis & IMAX at Fernbank Museum, Jazz Under the Stars at Clark Atlanta University, Friday Jazz at the High Museum and Fiesta Atlanta in Centennial Olympic Park. This year’s performance schedule includes jazz greats Roy Ayers, Cyrus Chestnut, Kathleen Bertrand, Russell Gunn, Edy Martinez, Ojeda Penn and Johnny O’Neal.   Newcomers to the festival include the rhythmic Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra, soulful singer and saxophonist Grace Kelly, and the R&B and hip-hop influenced Robert Glasper Experiment.  This year there will be three concerts at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in the heart of Midtown: Ojeda Penn, Johnny O’ Neal and AJF Late Night Jazz Jam with Friends.  “We are reaching an important milestone as the Atlanta Jazz Festival celebrates 35 years,” states Camille Russell Love, Director of the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.  “We take our stewardship of the festival seriously and salute the leaders whose vision and hard work created this preeminent cultural event, featuring well-known jazz legends and exciting new artists.”   The 35th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival is presented by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. For a complete listing of events for “31 Days of Jazz” and the full performance schedule in Piedmont Park, visit www.atlantafestivals.com.    Read more >>