Culture
East meets island: movies from Asian Pacific Film Festival
May 22, 2015The 31st Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival continues to serve as a gateway for features, shorts, animation, and documentaries.
Read more“Blood on Steel”: Book remembers 1937 Steelworkers strike
May 21, 2015On Memorial Day, 1937 thousands of steelworkers marched on Republic Steel in Chicago, demanding union recognition.
Read more“Mad Men” ends, but is it the real thing?
May 19, 2015McCann expressed in its ad the truth that the violent, warring world could use a little harmony.
Read moreA grand romance in staged Around the World in 80 Days
May 19, 2015Lightning-fast changing of costumes, props and sets lends itself to levity as mustaches droop and muttonchops fall off of undaunted actors who know the show must go on.
Read moreToday in history: Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh is born, 1890
May 19, 2015Ho Chi Minh was also a writer and poet; here are four short poems.
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