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'The Kindergarten Teacher' is worth seeing for Maggie Gyllenhaal鈥檚 performanceIn the film, Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Lisa Spinelli, a teacher who is at first intrigued, then entranced, and finally obsessed by 5-year-old Jimmy, a pupil with a prodigious gift for writing poetry.
Top Picks: The Plantsnap app, 'The Good Cop' on NetflixThe Broadway show 'Wicked' is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Broadway with 'A Very Wicked Halloween' on NBC, the movie 'First Reformed' stars Ethan Hawke as a pastor who struggles with what to do after hearing about a radical environmentalist and his views, and more top picks.
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In a WordCenturies of fighting over the apostropheWe now have a rough consensus that an apostrophe signals the possessive and a plain聽s聽the plural, although there is still debate about a few points.
Wireless communication of a different sortOut of necessity, my 21st-century teen tries his hand at an antique medium.
Will networks continue to show interest in adapting web series by people of color?As web creators continue to tell authentic, compelling stories about what it is like to live as a person of color, will networks continue to demonstrate interest in adapting their stories, particularly as consumers demonstrate their interest in more diverse programs?
How new murals on old walls are energizing an Italian town'Overtourism' may vex venerated art cities like Rome and Venice. But for a village where population decline is the more common Italian challenge, new works by visiting artists are drawing welcome visitors.聽聽
From moccasins to Louboutins: an evolution of indigenous artAmerican Indian art encompasses more than dream catchers, totem poles, and basketry. The art world is waking up to a new appreciation for contemporary Native art 鈥� and the artists behind it.聽
Neil Armstrong gets the spotlight in the biopic 鈥楩irst Man鈥�As Ryan Gosling plays him, Armstrong is not so much strong and silent as glazed-over.
Repetitive 'Beautiful Boy' still has beautiful momentsThe film, which stars Steve Carell and聽Timoth茅e Chalamet, is overlong and riddled with unneeded flashbacks showing the family in better times.
Top Picks: 'Ocean's 8,' 'Quincy'The app聽Nextdoor聽is a great (and private) way to be in touch with people who live close by, researchers from the long-running British quiz show 'QI' are sharing other interesting facts on the podcast 'No Such Thing as a Fish,' and more top picks.
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In a WordThe (impossible?) dream of a universal languageOver the centuries, a surprising number of theologians and linguists have tried to 'reverse Babel' and create universally intelligible languages.
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Top Picks: 'Both Sides Now,' 'To All the Boys I鈥檝e Loved Before'College students can get rewards for leaving their phones alone during class when they use the聽Pocket Points app, the documentary 'Won鈥檛 You Be My Neighbor?'聽looks at the career of Fred Rogers and his creation of the show 'Mister Rogers鈥� Neighborhood,' and more top picks.
There are birds, and then there鈥檚 NoodleMy new project is to get to know my garden鈥檚 avian regulars as individuals.
鈥楢 Star Is Born鈥� returns to the big screenThe latest version is, for first the half, powerfully fresh.
State violence and racial justice: 鈥楾he Hate U Give鈥� could sear on screensFor young people who already walk in the shoes of the story鈥檚 protagonist,聽鈥楾he Hate U Give鈥櫬爋ffers affirmation of their identities, as a Texas librarian says.
In a WordOut of the mouths of babesWhen they are around six to eight months old, babies begin to babble, experimenting with consonant-vowel combinations like 'da da,' 'bi bi,' or 'koy koy.' This babbling has produced the only two words found in a majority of the world鈥檚 languages:聽mama聽and聽papa.聽
I sing in praise of putteringTo putter is to improve the things at hand the way one cannot with the world at large.
