Tag: Arts & Culture

Orchestras, Choirs, Bands Make Resilient Children

An Australian study has suggested that joining a music group in a school or community choir, orchestra, or band could be the answer to developing children who are empathetic and resilient team players. Researchers from the University of Tasmania examined musicians aged from 14 to 25, and collected comments from managers, conductors, and teachers from…


The Shadow State | Documentary

“The Shadow State,” a feature documentary by The Epoch Times, takes a deep dive inside the eenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) industry, an emerging multitrillion-dollar power structure that unites governments with corporations in the march toward a brave new world of climate and social justice. See how it works, what its goals are, and who is…


[PREMIERING on 11/29 at 9:30 AM ET] The Shadow State | Documentary

“The Shadow State,” a feature documentary by The Epoch Times, takes a deep dive inside the eenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) industry, an emerging multitrillion-dollar power structure that unites governments with corporations in the march toward a brave new world of climate and social justice. See how it works, what its goals are, and who is…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for Nov. 25–Dec. 1

This week, we feature a quirky indie comedy about an oddball teenager and his friends, and a fantastic war biopic set during the Korean War. New Release ‘Devotion’ Set during the Korean War, this historical biopic follows the fascinating story of Jesse Brown (Jonathan Majors). As one of the first black combat pilots in the…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Nov. 25–Dec. 1

This week, we feature an illustrated history of a U.S. Army Air Force unit crucial to World War II and a classic of personal finance that can be useful at any age. Fiction The Adventure Is in the Map ‘The Cartographers’ By Peng Shepherd Nell is the daughter of legendary cartographer Dr. Daniel Young. Despite…


Book Review: ‘Einstein: The Man and His Mind’: Easy Introduction to an Extraordinary Mind

For centuries, Isaac Newton was the man when it came to our understanding of how the universe works. And then came Albert Einstein, who forever changed the dynamics of space, time, energy, and gravity. “Einstein: The Man and His Mind” is not a scholarly, theoretical tome. It is not an in-depth biography of this man…


Trump 2024 | Documentary

“Trump 2024: The World After Trump” addresses the aggressive movement to transform America and strip away its freedoms and Judeo-Christian values. The film chronicles President Donald Trump’s struggle against a worldwide push for globalism and his desire to preserve the sovereignty of “We the People.” Love him or hate him, this film answers the question:…


Opera Review: ‘Le Comte Ory’: Rossini’s Laugh-Out-Loud Entertainment

CHICAGO—The majority of grand operas are tragedies with many of their main characters ending up dead at curtain’s close.  So, when an opera makes one laugh and all of the characters are still alive as the finale arrives, it leaves one with a welcoming feel-good sensation. Such is the entertaining case with “Le Comte Ory,”…


Film Review: ‘The Fabelmans’: Steven Spielberg: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

PG-13 | 2h 31m | drama, comedy | November 11, 2022 Steven Spielberg is arguably the Hollywood filmmaking G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time). He’s certainly the most commercially successful. And his commercial prowess was an achievement that most were willing to cede him unconditionally—how could they not. Spielberg basically invented the summer blockbuster: “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the…


Jack Benny: King of Classic Comedy

Many of our country’s most beloved entertainers started out in vaudeville, a national network of theaters offering bills of miscellaneous acts: singers, dancers, comedians. For Americans, it was television before there was television. TV variety shows, in fact, with hosts like Ed Sullivan and Carol Burnett, were vaudeville’s final encore. Performers known for one skill…