Arts & Style

Svilen Dimitrov – From Paintings to Living Canvases
Svilen Dimitrov – From Paintings to Living Canvases
It is Monday morning and light music is playing in the two-floor studio as Svilen Dimitrov begins his workday. There are pieces of artwork hung all ar...
Kukeri – The Magical Centuries-Old Tradition
Kukeri – The Magical Centuries-Old Tradition
All around the world, different cultures have various ways to scare evil spirits away. Some of these are the baby crying contest in Tokyo and the Joal...
How to Publish a Book in Bulgaria
How to Publish a Book in Bulgaria
Ernest Hemingway, the famous American writer, once said, All you have to do is write one true sentence.” Only one sentence is enough to become a...
The Forgotten Art of Weaving
The Forgotten Art of Weaving
Slava Baldjieva’s atelier is tucked away on the cobbled roads of the Old Town in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Displayed on the walls in an orderly chaos a...
Alexander Stamatov - an AUBG Freshman Aspiring to Work in the Casino Industry
Alexander Stamatov - an AUBG Freshman Aspiring to Work in the Casino Industry
Alexander Stamatov says his childhood dream will never change. As a kid, he had a roulette wheel toy that he used to play with all the time. Even thou...
The Puppet Master: Who is Pulling the Strings?
The Puppet Master: Who is Pulling the Strings?
This story is about what lies beyond a pink door. It is a portal to a world full of magic and fairytales. Enter at your own discretion. The door...
The Man Who Backpacked Through South America for Six Months (and Wrote a Book About it)
The Man Who Backpacked Through South America for Six Months (and Wrote a Book About it)
When you see him, you would never guess that he is a backpacker. He doesn’t look like the type of guy who would decide to start his post-midlife...
What God Gives to the Unfortunate
What God Gives to the Unfortunate
You might have seen her there, or maybe you were rushing not to miss the bus and didn't even notice she was there. But who is she? She is an artist wh...