Australia March 16
first race of the 2008 Formula One season

22 F1 drivers will cover 3410 miles during the season's races.  First up, Melbourne at the Albert Park Track.  The International Circuit, Kuala Lumpa, malaysia follows on March 23, 2008.  Will the season be as action packed with SO many dramas as last year?  Keep watching!

The modernist World of...

The Kiasma Museum of Modern Art in Helsinki, Finland is hosting an exhibition of works by Julian Schnabel who just missed out on an Oscar for the movie The Divine Bell and the Butterfly.  For fans of the modernist city, this show is a definite welcome addition and worthy of a visit.

Six Nations

The Finals of the six nations rugby comes to its climax this month.  On March 15, 2008 Italy plays Scotland in Rome, England goes head-to-head with Ireland at Twickenham (near London) and Wales takes on France in Cardiff.  But who will raise the crown?

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Rubberheart (Directed By Brian Crano)

Indie Films

The Washington, DC Independent Film Festival celebrates the vision, the creativity and the highest level of independent filmmaking. This is the tenth year that organizers have provided an event which permits the public to immerse themselves in what is the culture of independent film. Films, discussions with filmmakers and seminars fill the 11-day festival.  And it is also the second year that film and music are brought together via a companion music festival,   Independent musicians perform side by side with celluloid at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium.

The World Indoors

The Olympics may prove to be 'the big one' for athletics in 2008 but it is the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain that will likely be the decider for many of the competitors who hope to make it to the podium in Beijing in August. 

Picasso in Madrid

The Reina Sofia Museum is home to much of the contents of the Picasso Museum in Paris until May 5, 2008 (as the Paris venue undergoes a refit).  Over 400 works form one of the best and most comprehensive retrospectives in recent years.

The 'real' Stars on Ice

Celebrities may be sharpening their blades in television's latest must-watch shows around the globe and live spin-off tours also attract large crowds, but it is the professionals that really take your breathe away in the World Figure Skating Championships in Gothenburg.

China Now

This is China's year as they continue to plan the final details for the 2008 Olympic in Beijing.  The exhibition China Design Now comes to London's V&A Museum as part of the international cultural program of any Olympic city.  Watch out for a pool of new talent in the art world.

Kids vote for the grown-ups

Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards is set to explode with mega-star wattage, as pop sensation and 2007 KCA winner Miley Cyrus and Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band perform live at the awards show telecast from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, Saturday, March 29 (8 p.m. ET; tape delay PT). Additional stars announced however are often of the more mature variety and include: Cameron Diaz; Steve Carell; Shia LaBeouf; Harrison Ford; Chris Brown; Heidi Klum; Drake Bell; Hayden Panettiere; Ashlee Simpson; Miranda Cosgrove; America Ferrera; Amy Poehler; Jennifer Love Hewitt; Howie Mandel; Josh Peck; and Ryan Seacrest, among many others.    And as for sports, the kids' hot favorite's are: Male Athletes: Tony Hawk, Shaquille O'Neal, Alex Rodriguez, and Tiger Woods And as for the Favorite Female Athlete shortlist the lucky contenders are: Cheryl Ford, Danica Patrick, Serena Williams and sister, Venus Williams.

Love Klimt?

This is your chance to see Klimt's Kiss at the Belvedere or Schiele's self portrait 'Male seated nude' at the Leopold.  Austria is crammed full of its great home-grown artists including the lesser known Oskar Kokoschka.  Well worth a trip to Vienna this month.

thelondonseason

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