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Pete Doherty, controversial British icon of the 2000s, will perform at Tel Aviv's Barby Club on April 30. Doherty, the founder, lead singer and chief writer of the Libertines and Babyshambles bands, will perform songs from his solo career alongside hits of his different bands.

Yair Werdyger describes how he founded Irish Dance – Israel in 2002, after completing his Israeli army service. The academy now has 250 students.

Rap artist Matisyahu’s latest video “Sunshine” has gone viral.

The sports world is heralding the incredible goal that Israeli soccer player Barak Yitzhaki scored for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Maccabi Haifa recently. He performed the famous bicycle kick to perfection.

The UK Telegraph's top five apps for following the 2014 Sochi Winter Games includes the Israeli app One Hour Translation. Tweet @OHT with an image or phrase to be translated and the company will reply instantly with a translation from a professional translator.

Leonardo Da Vinci's genius comes to life throughout February with “Da Vinci – Alive” - a multi-sensory traveling exhibition at Maxidome, Exhibition Grounds, Tel Aviv. Visitors will get a unique hands-on understanding of the scientific principles behind Leonardo's incredible works.

(Thanks to 12 Tribe Films) The Abayudaya Jewish Community of Uganda and Israeli artist Irene Orleansky partnered to create "Shalom, Mirembe!" as part of a music collection from Israelites and Jews of Africa and Asia.

Tel Aviv University student Yuval Hameiri won the Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction category at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the world’s largest cinematic competitions for independent filmmakers. "I Think This Is the Closest To How the Footage Looked," beat 8,161 entries.

(Thanks to Israel21c) David Schwimmer is set to take the lead role in the new ABC comedy, “Irreversible”. The series is based on Bilti Hafich - an Israeli show about how life changes when a baby joins the lives of an eccentric and self-centered couple.

(Thanks to Nevet - www.BroaderView.org ) The US National Basketball Association uses the SportVU system to track every dribble, pass, and off-ball movement 72,000 times a contest. Israeli scientist Miky Tamir, whose background is in missile tracking and advanced optical recognition, created SportVU in 2005. He sold the system to Stats in 2008.