Culture
Heroes saved television
November 10, 2011This was a show about ordinary people who suddenly learned they had great gifts. It was about the idea that everyday people could do something to make the world a better place.
Read moreParticipants wanted for Cuban essay contest
November 10, 2011Cuba's Ministry of Culture and others are inviting writers to submit essays for their ninth annual International Essay Contest, "Thinking against the Mainstream."
Read more“Skin I Live In” gets very weird
November 8, 2011Almodóvar is internationally famous for highly colorful, exceedingly dramatic, often perverse films. Some might find them shocking.
Read moreDay of the Dead video
November 1, 2011Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is observed November 1 -2 in many Mexican communities in the U.S.
Read moreIn Time: One man’s immortality is another man’s death
November 1, 2011Time is money. In Time seems to take that quite literally. In what is a brilliant metaphor for modern day class segregation, the poor die young and the rich live forever. And a man named Will...
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