Culture
‘The Last Station’ – we loved it and learned from it
March 10, 2010Love, wealth, utopian ideas and looming revolution are themes in this wonderfully acted film about Tolstoy and his wife.
Read moreDriving us to distraction in land of logos
February 23, 2010In the movie "They Live," aliens use subliminal messages to steer our actions and thinking. Living in the "land of logos," are we being steered, and for what?
Read moreMovies, 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."
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