Living green walls and upcycled building materials are welcome environmentally-conscious design trends, but when it comes…
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Jonathan Demme Turns the Kurt Vonnegut Story, “Who Am I This Time?,” Into a TV Movie, with Susan Sarandon & Christopher Walken in Starring Roles (1982)
Back in 1982, the PBS American Playhouse series aired Jonathan Demme’s made-for-TV film based on the…
Google & Coursera Create a Career Certificate That Prepares Students for Cybersecurity Jobs in 6 Months
This spring, Google has launched several online certificate programs designed to help students land an entry-level…
Tina Turner (RIP) Delivers a Blistering Live Performance of “Proud Mary” on Italian TV (1971)
Note: The great Tina Turner passed away today at her home in Switzerland. She was 83.…
John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous Paintings: An Introduction to Madame X and Dr. Pozzi at Home
Henry James, perhaps the most famous American expatriate novelist of the nineteenth century, won a great…
Helen Keller Writes a Letter to Nazi Students Before They Burn Her Book: “History Has Taught You Nothing If You Think You Can Kill Ideas” (1933)
Helen Keller achieved notoriety not only as an individual success story, but also as a prolific…
Considering Rocky/Creed, Our Most Successful Sports Film Franchise — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #149
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_149_3-31-23.mp3 Your Pretty Much Pop hosts Mark Linsenmayer, Lawrence Ware, Sarahlyn Bruck, and Al Baker talk…
Watch Ben Kingsley Play Salvador Dalí in the Trailer for the New Film, Dalíland
By itself, the prospect of seeing Sir Ben Kingsley play Salvador Dalí would be enough to…
Neil Gaiman Speaks at the Alternative Graduation Held at a College Resisting Ron DeSantis’ Hostile Takeover
His presidential campaign has ended before it started. But Ron DeSantis is the last to know…