Tag: Arts & Culture

Overcoming Fear: Laura E. Richards’s Short Story, ‘The Shed Chamber’

Fear can paralyze us and prevent us from taking action and courage can overcome its paralyzing force. In her short story, “The Shed Chamber,” Laura E. Richards shows us courage in action and how one young woman overcame her fear. She tells the story of young Nora who leaves home to work for a family…


LIVE 1 PM ET: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition: Finals

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is taking place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and…


LIVE NOW: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition: Finals

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is taking place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and…


Operation Sussex | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Operation Sussex was one of the most important intelligence operations of World War II. This top-secret spy mission was created and directed by the headquarters of General Eisenhower. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later…


Finalists Announced for NTD International Piano Competition 2022

Dozens of pianists joined the 2022 NTD International Piano Competition in New York City, with preliminaries taking place on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30, 2022. The semi-finals took place on Oct. 31, 2022, where pianists performed “The Sacred Journey,” commissioned specifically for the competition. Six finalists were announced. Baryshevskyi Antonii from Ukraine, is a soloist with…


Finalists Announced for 2022 NTD International Piano Competition

Dozens of pianists joined the 2022 NTD International Piano Competition in New York City, with preliminaries taking place on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30. The semifinals took place on Oct. 31, where pianists performed “The Sacred Journey,” commissioned specifically for the competition. Six finalists were announced. Baryshevskyi Antonii from Ukraine is a soloist with the National…


Book Review: ‘Our Missing Hearts: A Novel’: the Power of Words in a Search for Love

I’m old enough to remember the days when, to find a book at the local library, you would be referred to the card catalog. Often housed in vintage wooden cases and jammed tightly together, these typed—and sometimes handwritten—cards carried series of numbers, titles, authors, and brief descriptions of shelved books to be found in the…


Golden Era Film: ‘My Blue Heaven’ from 1950: A Fun Fall Story (With a Little Halloweenyness)

Every fall, the celebration of Halloween bombards us with skeletons, goblins, and zombies, making autumn a thoroughly spooky interim between summer and Christmastime. The ghoulishness has become so pervasive that it’s hard to remember that Halloween was once a fun harvest holiday. Unlike Christmas, which is charmingly depicted in countless old movies, this autumnal holiday…


LIVE NOW: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition: Semifinals

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is set to take place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure…


Granada’s Majestic Alhambra

In the historic city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, the charming streets and steep hills are filled with the scent of tapas and the sound of flamenco music, all of which rise to the Alhambra palace, a majestic Moorish fortress above the city. What American author Washington Irving called “the abode…