CULTURE
From theatre to literature, Americans have long had a love
affair with the arts. The world’s third largest nation has made tremendous
contributions to the arts.Georgia O’Keeffe’s wild landscapes,Robert
Rauschenberg’s surreal collages. Alexander Calder’s elegant mobiles and Jackson
Pollock’s drip paintings have entered the vernacular of modern 20th
century art. Cities such as Chicago and New York have become veritable drawing
boards for the great architects of the modern era and t’s cities abound with
art galleries and museums – a must visit during any holiday.
Our cities play host to a huge array of cutting –edge
cultural festivals and offer music, theatre and dance performances and art exhibitions every day of
the week.Get involved in traditional in traditional American Indian events .In
smaller towns you can catch performance by local muscians and see hand made art
and craft.
Think America and many people think sports. It’s no secret
that America is a country of sports. There are hundreds of national and
thousands of local, regional and state sporting organisations across
professional and college levels.
The nation’s four most popular team sports all developed in
North America: America football (NFL), baseball (NBA) and ice hockey (NHL) and
the fun and games go on all year round. In spring and summer, there’s baseball
almost daily; in fall and winter football takes the stage, while in winter
nights there’s plenty of basketball to enjoy.
All enjoy huge exposure and are
considered the preeminent competitions in their respective sports in the world.
Formula 1 has revved up recently in the USA and find itself
growing in popularity alongside Nascar racing, as the circuit of the Americas
hosts events in Austin and New Jersey.
Sport draws Americans together and for visitors getting
tickets to a sporting event is the perfect way to get involved in the American
way of life, so grab a beer and a hot dog, get behind your team and enjoy the
game.
KEY FACTS:
Houston is second only to New York City when it comes to the
number of Broadway shows.
In Nevraska, you can still see the tracks of wagons from
over 100 years ago.
The Palace of the Governors in New Mexico is the oldest
continuously occupied public building in the USA.
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and also known as
America’s first city of opera.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and the
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural
History in Washington,D.C are the
world’s second and third most visited museums, behind only the Lourve in Paris
Lolani Palace in Honolulu Hawaii, is the only royal palace
used by monarch in the USA.
Kansas City has more fountains than any other city in the
world, except Rome.
Austin , Texas , is considered the live music capital of the
world.
The first person to
personally receive a star on the walk of Fame in Hollywood was actress Joanne
Woodward in 1960.
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