Of all the lovely things and habits that Big Tech has deprived humans of by turning us into electronic robots, the one I miss the most is the love letter. Those sleepy types who go by the name of millennials have declared letter writing over, with the great majority of them ages 18 to 35 […]
This year, it’s the Queen City herself that will serve as the inspiration for Buffalo Quickies #33 at Alleyway Theatre. “We have four writers this year and they are all []
My 12-year-old son creates some wacky board games. When he was younger, there was Pillow Fight, where players spin a wheel to collect pillows to smack people, build a fort, or knock down pins. Then there was Chick-fil-A vs. Canes, a game where players collect coins by buying, selling, and promoting menu items from Texas’ […]
The film tells the story of a mother, Mariam, played by Nimra Bucha, and her daughter, Azra, coming of age while exploring the two characters' complicated relationships to their home countries and each other.
To the editor: There’s an old joke that the definition of mixed emotions is watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Mercedes. ("Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu has 'lost his way,' " March 14) My love for and support of Israel are unabated. In contrast, I think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wingers who constitute his government are the antithesis of all for which Israel stands. The sooner Israel has elections and gives the...
Iranian critic Ehsan Khoshbakht’s personal essay about a man’s smizdat film print collection shows the lengths cinephiles will go to to protect the art formThe passion of cinephilia is the subject of this absorbing personal essay movie from Iranian critic and film historian Ehsan Khoshbakht, now co-director of the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, Italy, who narrates the film in a style that reminded me a little of Mark Cousins and also perhaps Werner Herzog.Khoshbakht grew up in...
When Thee Sinseers performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk series, they were given the option to perform in studio or record at home. Instead of heading to the network's headquarters in Washington, D.C., the nine-piece soul group from East L.A. decided to stay close to home. Their well-received Tiny Desk was filmed inside Floreria Primavera, a flower shop owned by guitarist Francisco Flores' family and situated along Whittier Boulevard. Vines, roses, gift baskets and recuerdos envelop the band, who despite...
Both George Harrison and Eric Clapton capitalized on musings about their shared ex-wife, Pattie Boyd, for songs like The Beatles’ “Something” and Derek & The Dominos’ “Layla” and “Wonderful Tonight,” respectively. Now, it’s Boyd’s turn. The former model and photographer—who was married to Harrison from 1966 through 1977, and later married his friend and collaborator, Clapton, from 1979 through their divorce in 1989—just sold her personal collection of artifacts from both men for £2,818,184...
The president pushes EVs on the country, but look at his beloved 1967 Corvette Stingray. Why does he want to deprive everyone else of what he has and loves?
U.S. must rein in Iran, stop funding terrorism. The unconditional support
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