Culture
Movies, not bombs, are state’s biggest job-creation program since WWII
February 17, 2010SANTA FE, N.M. - A film and media day here this month spotlighted the massive job-creating potential of movies and the arts. The film industry is this state's "biggest job creation program since the Manhattan Project,"...
Read moreSongs of civil rights movement ring out at White House
February 12, 2010Songs linked to the great social change movements of our times echoed through the White House Feb. 9, with Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan and other music legends at the microphone.
Read moreLorraine Hansberry home gets landmark status
February 11, 2010Chicago's City Council has given landmark status to the home of the author/activist who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun."
Read moreCuba in the house
February 10, 2010My favorite television show at the moment is Fox's "House," but one episode made me scratch my head.
Read moreStar-studded telethon aims to raise millions for Haiti
January 22, 2010"Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" will appear on more than 25 networks tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
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