Maryland is boosting efforts to focus on crime prevention and rehabilitation programs for offenders to reduce recidivism and reliance on the prison-industrial complex.
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SXSW World Premiere: Laura Terruso’s ‘Fits and Starts’
Terruso's directorial debut is a skewering of the art and literary worlds that hits enough of its targets to make for fun viewing.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: Nanfu Wang’s ‘I Am Another You’
"I Am Another You": I Am You, As We Are She, As He is You, and We Are We? Eventually.
Read More »SXSW Convergence: Your Brain On Story – Neuroscience+The Moth
A radio show drawing a crowd at SXSW? Had I stepped through a time portal back to the 1930s? The speakers, Catherine Burns, Artistic Director for 'The Moth', and Alexander Huth, from Gallant Laboratory at UC Berkeley, quickly dissuaded me of that idea as they explained this unique pairing of neuroscience and radio.
Read More »How to Get Ready for a Date in 30 Minutes or Less
There are shortcuts you can take to slash the amount of time it takes to get ready for a date.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: ‘M.F.A.,’ Starring Francesca Eastwood
Is it possible to heal and return to normalcy if one is raped?
Read More »SXSW Movie Review: ‘Lucky’ – A Harry Dean Stanton Biopic, Sort Of
If you like films about quirky characters, spirituality, and human connections, you’ll like 'Lucky.'
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017 (Austin, TX): Saturday, March 18 (Garth Brooks LIVE, Slowkiss, Casi, The Accidentals and More)
For me, Saturday, March 18, was unofficially Garth Brooks Day at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. The great country singer hadn't performed in the Texas capital in decades, so this SXSW felt special, And as a lifelong Brooks fan, I enjoyed every second of his set.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: ‘Spettacolo’ – Autodrama in Tuscany
What if your life was enacted onstage and you were the actor playing yourself?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Beneath the Gavel’ – The Hype of Contemporary Art
Is Contemporary Art a hype and the dealers' or promoter's last laugh at elite collectors?
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