Caroline Rose, Lucy Rose, and Soccer Mommy were among the Friday highlights at SXSW Music Festival 2018 on March 16 in Austin, Texas.
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Steering a Course for Citizenship in an Age of Terrorism: ‘We Are Not Afraid’ by Gila Lustiger
Lustiger learns to disrespect the government's futile gestures, which mostly exacerbate a burning sense among those immigrants and children of immigrants of being belittled, disrespected, and neglected. Instead she comes to a sense of collective responsibility, a focus on 'us' rather than 'them.'
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2018: March 15 (Sunflower Bean, Jade Bird, Kotomi, Salt Cathedral, Girl Ray, and More)
Jade Bird, Snail Mail, and Vita and the Woolf highlighted Thursday's music acts at SXSW 2018 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »SXSW World/US Premieres: ‘Take Your Pills,’ ‘Half the Picture,’ ‘Ali & Cavett, The Tale of the Tapes’
The SXSW Film Festival 2018 included 136 feature films: 89 World Premieres, 13 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres, and 49 feature films from first-time filmmakers.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Good for Otto’ by David Rabe, with Ed Harris, F. Murray Abraham
In this long but engrossing play set in a mental health clinic, Rabe outlines each character's distinctive battleground, where counselors defend and encourage them against their tendencies to self-harm.
Read More »April Fools? No Fooling, No Fake News in These Recent Reports
Criminals find more and more ways to be stupid – or hypocritical. (You can't make this stuff up.)
Read More »Book Review: ‘Essentials of Theory U: Core Principles and Applications,’ by Otto Scharmer
Leadership expert Otto Scharmer has distilled his brilliant theory of leadership into a highly readable, inspiring guidebook, 'Essentials of Theory U: Core Principles and Applications'
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: The Visually Striking ‘Field Guide to Evil’
With an impressive list of international directors providing interpretations of their own local legends, the blood-soaked 'Field Guide to Evil' brings surreal nightmares to life.
Read More »SXSW TV World Premiere: ‘Condor’ Keeps You Guessing
The classic thriller 'Three Days of the Condor' has been re-imagined for TV. Set in the current world of terrorism and government surveillance, 'Condor' goes deeper into political, personal, and psychological motivations than the movie had time for.
Read More »Let’s Face It – We Cannot Survive Without Our Smartphones
Being dependent on my smartphone feels right despite my knowing it is wrong.
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