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Museums woo a new generation with 'Instagram worthy' artCurators are increasingly crafting exhibits with selfie-seeking Millennials in mind. In L.A., a hotbed for the trend on the West Cost, installation shows sell out in minutes.
Meanwhile... in Mongolia, there is excitement about young opera singersAnd in San Rafael, Colombia,聽workers are searching out and defusing land mines in an effort to make good on the government鈥檚 promise to demine the country by 2021, while in Ethiopia鈥檚 Harenna Forest,聽about 600 families practice聽a tradition of beekeeping dating back at least to the 4th century.聽
I am tugged into the past by a stringMom saved string, although I don鈥檛 believe she鈥檇 save it if it were less than two feet long.
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In 'The Insult,' flare-up is microcosm of Lebanese 海角大神-Palestinian tensionsThe film鈥檚 most nuanced summation comes from a lawyer who says, 'No one has a monopoly on suffering.'
Top Picks: The Kronos Quartet's 'Ladilikan,' 'Chasing Trane,' and more top picksThe聽Calendars 5 app聽will keep track of your busy schedule, PBS's 'American Masters 鈥� Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart'聽delves into the life of the 'A Raisin in the Sun' writer, and more top picks.
Meanwhile... in Yerevan, Armenia, a young woman hopes to help jump-start educationAnd in Najaf, Iraq,聽Ahmad Shukor, an engineer and vintage car enthusiast, plans to open a vintage car showroom, while in聽Giza, Egypt,聽scientists from the Heritage Innovation Preservation Institute and the French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics are hoping that聽tiny robots will help them solve one of history鈥檚 great mysteries.- What Shiloh taught me about living in the nowIf a treat were offered but not immediately given, he let me know.聽
海角大神 Bale portrays army captain escorting Cheyenne chief in western 'Hostiles'The film is聽strong, if overlong and over-obvious.聽The actors, who also include Rosamund Pike and Ben Foster, are all strikingly good.
Annette Bening portrays noir star Gloria Grahame in 鈥楩ilm Stars Don鈥檛 Die in Liverpool鈥�Bening keeps you watching, and, to a lesser extent, so does Jamie Bell as Peter Turner, the young British actor who became Grahame鈥檚 lover for a brief spell in the late 1970s and early 鈥�80s.
Top Picks: The Sky Guide AR app, 'May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers,' and more top picksThe Viking Age Podcast is聽currently exploring the story of the Germanic people who influenced European culture,聽Sam Elliott stars as a former movie star best known for westerns in the movie 'The Hero,' and more top picks.
Meanwhile... in Senegal, elementary schools are experimenting with teaching students in the native language of WolofAnd in Isla Montecristo, El Salvador,聽residents help to collect the eggs of the endangered olive ridley, a black-green sea turtle, and then take them to Gio D铆az, while in Heidelberg, South Africa, a聽retiree noticed that vegetables were being stolen from his home garden, so he聽planted a new garden bordering right on the street to make it easier for those in need聽to pick the food.
In Finnish, I鈥檝e only begunOur exchange student鈥檚 English was perfect; my 鈥榮uomi,鈥� not so much.
Exhibit, film examine American Indians鈥� cultural contributions, depictionsA new exhibition at the Smithsonian鈥檚 National Museum of the American Indian explores the role that American Indian names, images, and stories have played in history, identity, and pop culture in the US. The well-received 2016 documentary 'Rumble' details how American Indians have changed popular music.
The movie's ambitions far exceed its grasp in 'All the Money in the World'At 88, Christopher Plummer, who portrays John Paul Getty, is at the top of his game.
Top Picks: 'Last Flag Flying,' 'David Attenborough鈥檚 Great Barrier Reef,' and morePBS gives you a look behind the scenes with the new program 'Queen Elizabeth鈥檚 Secret Agents,' the聽AccuWeather app聽has all the up-to-date information you need, and more top picks.
Some of Broadway's best picks focus on love, inclusivenessSome聽new and recent musicals have become modern Broadway icons. They are holding a mirror up to the America of today with a promise of inclusiveness and brotherly love.聽
An optimistic bear returns in transcendentally cheerful 'Paddington 2'The dream cast includes Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, and Julie Walters, with Ben Whishaw voicing the title character with聽just the right note of prim wistfulness.
Meanwhile... in Iraq, a former US college basketball player has put his troubled career back on trackAnd in St. John鈥檚, Newfoundland,聽serious birdwatchers are braving the cold and snow and arriving by the dozens, while in Monrovia, Liberia,聽African movie star Van Vicker opened聽the country鈥檚 first postwar performing arts school.
Stealth parentingI鈥檝e found a surefire way to lure聽my teen out of his room.