Culture
Rebel Souls: Day of the Dead celebration (with video)
November 12, 2015Day of the Dead is a 2,000-year-old indigenous tradition practiced mainly in Mexico and Central America.
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Spike Lee’s “Chiraq” spotlights Chicago gun violence
November 10, 2015"Chiraq" is described as exploring the epidemic of gun violence on the South Side of Chicago, and black-on-black violence.
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“Embrace of the Serpent”: Odyssey into Amazonian “heart of darkness”
November 10, 2015Inter-species interaction between outer space aliens and human beings has long been a staple of the science fiction genre.
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“Moby-Dick”: Melville’s masterpiece gets an operatic treatment
November 2, 2015Although it has some fishy alterations, this is a mind-blowing production.
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Alda’s “Passage”: Music and environment, Cascadian style
October 29, 2015Not a band to mince words, Alda is the latest 'green' black metal artist that is lamenting the destruction done to nature.
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