The black people of Hollywood, South Carolina, like black people all over America, loved this music for the power it instilled in them; for the hope it engendered and for the spiritual feeling it awakened in them.
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Theatre Review (Singapore): Singapore Repertory Theatre’s ‘Rising Son’ by Dick Lee
Lee's play doesn't quite work as a character-study nor as a unique story.
Read More »Pope Francis Asks for Forgiveness for Priests Who Abused Children – But What About Justice?
Perhaps we should all pray for theses abusive priests and forgive them, but that does not mean forgetting – now or ever.
Read More »Comedy CD/DVD Combo: ‘Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time’
Patton Oswalt delivers a smart new stand-up set in the uncensored version of his TV special.
Read More »UNICEF Warns of Child Starvation in South Sudan
Food supplies all over the country have been disrupted. There are 3.7 million people in South Sudan suffering from hunger.
Read More »Mine Eye Hath Played the Painter: Len Cariou in Video Sonnet on Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday
New York Shakespeare Exchange is setting all of Shakespeare's sonnets one by one to short films set all around New York City.
Read More »The Silicon Valley Can Be Replicated In Two Easy Steps
Many self proclaimed experts on innovation claim that the Silicon Valley cannot be replicated. They present many reason why this seems to them to be true. Yet replicating the Silicon Valley as a location for fundamental technological paradigm breaks is possible, if not easy One often cited idea why it is …
Read More »Baseball’s Indisputable Truth – Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record Is the Real One
Hank Aaron holds MLB’s all-time homer record; another guy named Barry Bonds has higher numbers but his achievement will be forever questioned with an asterisk.
Read More »Calling All Politics Writers!
Blogcritics is looking for writers on politics.
Read More »America after Obama
Nate Silverman the polling genius says that the Senate can fall to Republican control in the 2014 election and if he’s right, look out.
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