Tag: Arts & Culture

Laura E. Richards’s ‘The Golden Windows’: Finding What’s Truly Important

When we journey out to discover something, we do not always find what we wish or think we need. When the little boy in Laura E. Richards’s short story “The Golden Windows” sets out to find gold and diamonds, he learns that one’s perspective and wonder for life is what is true and worthy. The…


Book Review: ‘The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism’

“The Noise of Typewriters” is part memoir of Lance Morrow, quasi-biography of Time magazine co-founder Henry Luce, and semi-eulogy for the journalism industry. It is inundated with nostalgia and emanates a sense of sorrow for what he calls the long past “Golden Age” of journalism and those who made it golden. Morrow is most known…


Tairona: The ‘Lost City’ of the Tairona People | Arkeo Ep21 | Documentary

For nearly 400 years, one of the largest pre-Columbian cities remained unnoticed, submerged in the rainforest. Known for its gold, “Ciudad Perdida” remained a mystery until a team of Colombian archaeologists rediscovered it in the late 1970s. …


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Seventh Heaven’: The Lowly Find God at the 11th Hour

NR | 1 h 42 min | Drama, Romance | 1937 Set in 1914 against the backdrop of World War I, director Henry King’s movie begins with a glimpse into the lives of the poor who clean one of Paris’s lowliest hovels. It’s where the seediest mingle with the saintly, and prostitutes and pimps hustle…


How America Became So Communist | Documentary

Despite being founded as a republic with free market enterprise as its economic guide, America, over the past century and a half, has gravitated more and more toward communism. How is this even possible? Why would we take steps toward an ideology that has not only hurt other countries, but destroyed them? I explain by…


Film Review: ‘Alice, Darling’: The Very Talented Anna Kendrick Can’t Save It

R | 1h 30m | Drama, Thriller | December 30, 2022 Alice (Anna Kendrick) has what appears to be a perfect relationship with up-and-coming British artist, Simon (Charlie Carrick). They live in Manhattan. Their apparently glamorous life is full of smiles and public displays of affection from both parties, but the reality is, Alice is trapped in…


Book Review: ‘Stalingrad Airlift 1942–43: The Luftwaffe’s Broken Promise to Sixth Army’

Operation Barbarossa, which launched the German invasion into the Soviet Union during World War II, proved to be one of the pivotal mistakes that led to Nazi Germany’s ultimate defeat. The Germans had launched their invasion in the summer of 1941, and by the winter of that year it had become clear how colossal of…


Trujillo: Twilight of the Mochicas | Arkeo Ep20 | Documentary

One of the driest deserts in the world lies at the foot of the Andes. The Mochica culture flourished in this environment 1,500 years ago. Between the 2nd and 8th century AD, they tamed the desert and built huge adobe pyramids called “huacas.” …


Shen Yun Shows Where Human Values Come From, Says Washington Theatergoer

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Lisa Wiggins, a tutor, saw Shen Yun Performing Arts and loved it so much that she decided she had to see it again to share it with her husband. “It’s really wonderful. I think it’s visually just so beautiful and elegant,” said Mrs. Wiggins. “I remember the first time I saw it, I was…


‘The 3 Tiers of Doctors Forum’: The Lower Tier Treats the Sick, the Middle Tier Treats People, the Higher Tier Treats the Country

Modern-day life is stimulating, to say the least—and our fast-paced routines may be accompanied by stress, tension, anxiety, and mental exhaustion. For many people, maintaining good physical health in the midst of their busy lifestyles tops their list of intentions. Dr. Yang Jingduan, a well-known Chinese psychiatrist based in Philadelphia, launched a series of lectures…