December 17, 2021 | R | 1h 44m “The Tender Bar” is George Clooney’s eighth directorial project. Adapted from J.R. Moehringer’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning memoir, it’s the story of how a young man came to be a writer. We’re introduced to the child version of said young man, J.R. (Daniel Ranieri), circa 1973, riding in a car…
Made for the Devout: The Gloriously Colorful World of Hispanic Sacred Sculptures
Unpainted stone, marble, or bronze sculptures dominate Western sacred art, largely thanks to Renaissance giants such as Donatello and Michelangelo, Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. Therefore, when we think of sacred art, polychrome sculptures may not be at the forefront of our minds—unless we’ve spent time in Latin America or…
What Every Kid Needs to Know About Greed and Thankfulness
If there is one thing that will ruin your kids’ lives, it’s greed. Teach them while they’re young how to pull the plug on greed and you will have prepared them in a very important way to not only survive but also thrive in the real world. You may want to start with this lesson:…
Boy With Less Than 1 Percent Survival Odds Breaks Record as World’s Most Premature Baby
A baby boy in Alabama who was born 132 days premature has beaten less than 1 percent survival odds to surpass his first birthday and earn an incredible Guinness World Records title: World’s Most Premature Baby. Curtis Zy-Keith Means came into the world in July 2020 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) weighing just…
Robert Irwin Posts Funny Photo Series After His Baby Niece ‘Takes Over the Selfie’
In a series of funny photos, baby Grace Warrior, the newest member of the renowned Irwin family, can be seen grabbing the phone as her doting uncle, Robert Irwin, snaps pictures of the pair together. Robert, 17, shared the adorable series on Instagram on Nov. 12, writing: “When Grace takes over the selfie!” The sweet photos…
Tens of Millions of Red Crabs Form Scarlet Sea as They Migrate Across Christmas Island to Spawn in Ocean
November 25, 2021
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Nature lovers each year flock to Christmas Island, Australia, around late November to witness a scarlet sea of tens of millions of red crabs migrating down from the forest to mate and spawn on the shoreline. Male red crabs set out on the journey first, triggered by the first rainfall of the wet season; they…
Ambrosia Before the Cool Whip
If you’ve ever been to a church potluck in the Deep South or Midwest, you’re undoubtedly familiar with ambrosia. If you’re unacquainted, it’s a syrupy sweet, quivering mass of canned fruit, non-dairy whipped topping, coconut, and miniature marshmallows, a sort of dessert that teeters toward fruit salad (or vice versa). It often appears at Thanksgiving…
Practicing Gratitude: Henry Ossawa Tanner’s ‘The Thankful Poor’
Thanksgiving is here, and I’ve been thinking deeply about what it means to be thankful. What does it mean to have gratitude, and for what should we be grateful? Sometimes, holidays like Thanksgiving can be stressful. For instance, some of us might have to host and cook for our families. Others might have no one…
The Racha: Your Island Escape in Thailand
I can think of a lot worse things than a private villa overlooking a crescent moon stretch of sand and a small bay opening up into the sea with a sunset view—in fact, add some Thai food and I think I’m in heaven. If that sounds lovely to you, then take a look at The…
Episode 13: Austria – Artstetten Castle
Cuisine Royale has been invited to Artstetten Castle by the ancestors of the Habsburg Royal Family in Austria. To celebrate her daughter’s birthday, Princess Anita Hohenberg is organising a dinner with the celebrity chef Johann Lafer. The fairy-tale castle was the residence of the Habsburg dynasty and is now the final resting place of Franz…
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