Culture
Joe Kubert, inspirational comic artist, dead at 85
August 14, 2012Kubert would continue to work on comics for the rest of his life, and contributed as recently as this year to an issue of "Before Watchmen."
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Progressive cinema: Spotlight on Detroit
August 14, 2012Ultimately it's the people that make a city. There are still many good people in Detroit; many great activists and endless joys left in this embattled city.
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Progressive cinema: Occupy stars in Traverse City
August 13, 2012The Occupy Wall Street movement was one of the main themes at Michigan's Traverse City Film Festival this year.
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Which way forward for the Olympics?
August 13, 2012In 2016, Brazil, with its left-center government, will hopefully lessen corporate influence and increase the public's involvement.
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Movie audience laughs and cringes at “Killer Joe”
August 6, 2012Our matinee audience, nearly a full house, laughed all the way through "Killer Joe," but it was nervous laughter.
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