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Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
20 years of Catalan culture online: .cat domain celebrates anniversary
Accent Obert highlights more than 118,000 active registrations and points to AI as future challenge
Barcelona theaters break records with 3 million spectators and €103 million in revenue
Over 4 million tickets sold across Catalonia, with shows on average two-thirds full
New film Operation Cronos revisits 2017 Barcelona terror attack and aftermath
Actor Enric Auquer: "If Catalan boys end up becoming radicalised, I think about what responsibility I have"
Peter Jackson, Danny DeVito, and Amy Irving to receive Grand Honorary Prize at Sitges Film Festival
Carlota Pereda, director of 'Cerdita', will open the festival with 'Found alive', starring Chloë Grace Moretz
Bookstores face literary 'rentrée' in face of avalanche of new releases in September
Shops looking forward to new school year, coinciding with one of the busiest times of the year
Urban music groups incorporating more instruments in bid to refresh live performance setup
Figa Flawas, Flashy Ice Cream, and P.A.W.N. Gang are some examples, as artists target 'festes majors' circuit
Saving Sabadell's disappearing shop signs
Patrimoni Gràfic Sabadell preserves city's vanishing commercial past in new exhibition
Record 385 books translated from Catalan into other languages in 2025
Culture institute says long way to go and highlights the momentum of children's and young adult literature
‘Déu-n’hi-do’, ‘badar, and ‘biaix’: most-searched words on Diccionari.cat revealed
Website has 7 million annual visits, while another online language pioneer Enciclopèdia.cat gets 2.5 million
Archaeological Museum of Tarragona to reopen for Christmas after eight years closed for works
Culture minister highlights restoration on large pieces and designing of exhibitions
Gràcia residents race to finish street decorations for annual 'Festa Major'
More than 20 streets and squares taking part in annual decoration contest, alongside concerts and traditional festivities in Barcelona neighbourhood
SAGA Barcelona Game Fest returns in October promoting Catalan language
20,000 visitors expected with 80 activities
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