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Thessaloniki Joins UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Gastronomy

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Thessaloniki Joins Unesco Creative Cities Network For Gastronomy
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Thessaloniki has become a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for offering a creative gastronomy scene, the Municipality of Thessaloniki announced on Monday. Launched in 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network recently welcomed 49 new members that place culture and creativity at the heart of their sustainable urban development. The network numbers a total of […]

How Pandemics Seep into Literature

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INFLUENZA VICTIMS CROWD INTO AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL NEAR FORT RILEY, KANSAS IN 1918. In October of 1918, a delirious Katherine Anne Porter experienced what she termed “the beatific vision.” Close to death from the novel influenza virus that would kill 50-100 million people, Porter felt transported to a paradisal landscape, one free of the pain […]