1.   A spokeperson applauded the way the festival had been run.

2.   Branches produce newsletters, local beer and pubs guides and run beer festivals.

3.   Andrew Rasiej, an owner of Irving Plaza who runs the festival with Michael Dorf, the owner of the Knitting Factory, defends his methods.

4.   His father, a theatrical producer, ran Shakespeare festivals.

5.   Lately, though, after the column became a victim of corporate belt-tightening, he found himself drawn to the hands-on assignment of running a festival.

6.   Redden returned to Lincoln Center, and he continues to run both festivals.

7.   Rockwell said that the practicalities of running a festival, and even keeping to a budget, have not been particularly daunting.

8.   Sponsors include the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which runs the festival.

9.   The west end of Lincoln Road boasts another terrifically restored Art Deco theater, the Colony, which usually runs film festivals and hosts live music.

10.   A Madrid court has ruled that local town councils must compensate two men who were gored in separate bull running festivals, news reports said Thursday.