Winter Olympics' Comedy
“Cool Runnings” (“Jamaica Abaixo de Zero”) (1993) “I had to win. You see, Derice, I’d made winning my whole life. And when you make...
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- Feb 21, 2018
- 2 min
Novel of Relationships In Poetry
Angels by Denis Johnson (1949-2017) Their lives collided one cross-country Greyhound ride. The talk between Jamie Mays, estranged from...
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- Feb 16, 2018
- 4 min
Amazing Nicholas Brothers
The Nicholas Brothers' dance sequence to "Jumping Jive" in the film, "Stormy Weather," which fellow dancer Fred Astaire described as the...
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- Feb 12, 2018
- 1 min
Feliz Carnaval
Carnaval em Canas de Senorhim
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
"Turn On" This Valentine's Day
Even on Valentine's Day, she answers to no man. Young and gifted, British composer Angelica Morgan is in control of her own life in Los...
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- Jan 31, 2018
- 1 min
Read, Talk, Listen
It is good to talk. I am reminded again of the importance of conversation while watching several Oscar-nominated films. Movies set in the...
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- Jan 28, 2018
- 2 min
Pride Ad Prejudice
(This piece appeared in the June 7-13, 1985 issue of the L.A. Weekly.) Christopher Street West’s show will go on, despite the refusal of...
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- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Old Cuban Musician Lives Dream of Youth
National boundaries, whether they are bodies of water or lines on a map, do not block out music. In the Caribbean, musical forms travel...
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- Jan 14, 2018
- 2 min
Cooking With Soul Is the Spice of Life
The tempting aroma that wafted above the boulevard could be traced to the hot kitchen of Adelle’s Bar B Q Soul Food where Adelle...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Jan 13, 2018
- 4 min
Black Barbershop Stands at Hub
The barber’s scissors clicked in time with the quick rhythm of the jazz tune on the radio. The music bounced from a wooden console,...
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Jan 7, 2018
- 2 min
Out Is In for Dull Men
Tired of being interesting? Is keeping abreast of the latest fashions, books and self-improvement schemes becoming an increasing...
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- Dec 31, 2017
- 1 min
2018: Think, Dream, Trust
IN AN 11-YEAR THE IDEALIST Matters of religion come to the fore. Teachers of psychology spring up like mushrooms and all their classes...
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- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
With a Little Help From My Friends
My car is in the shop, Christmas is a week away, and I live in the Portuguese countryside 17 kilometers from the nearest town....
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@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
- Dec 15, 2017
- 4 min
Marchers Unite Against Sexual Violence
The night belongs to men, but women are demanding it, a feminist writer said Saturday night at a rally protesting sexual violence against...
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- Dec 11, 2017
- 5 min
Christmas Market's "Divine" Scents
As the scents of cedar trees, mistletoe, and yaupon wafted through the air, throngs of yuletide shoppers milled around the outside of the...
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- Dec 5, 2017
- 5 min
Chinese Culture Binds Families in Virginia
Linda Mah Ark sat in the restaurant holding Tiffany, her youngest daughter. The child was unusually cranky, Mrs. Ark explained to nearby...
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- Dec 3, 2017
- 1 min
Perfect Marriage of Science and Beauty: The Red Violin
“I guess I never thought I would find it. The ultimate thing, as I see it. The perfect marriage of science and beauty. An impossible...
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- Dec 1, 2017
- 5 min
Violin Art: Rhapsody in Wood
Shoulders, necks, backs and bellies were strewn on workbenches in the violin maker’s shop. Wood chips made a carpet of spruce and maple....
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- Dec 1, 2017
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- Nov 26, 2017
- 1 min
Utopia in Belize
“The Mosquito Coast” film tells the story of an obsessive inventor who, fed up with consumerism and the American Dream, takes his family...
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