Puppets and Play: UNCG Presents The Long Christmas Ride Home
From King Friday on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka what is it about puppets that captures our imagination and sucks us into their stories?
Arts
Historical Vocab: When We Get It Wrong, Does It Matter?
We're living in an age obsessed with authenticity, says linguist Geoff Nunberg, but we often choose to nitpick the wrong details. Whether it's Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Lincoln or Argo, Nunberg argues, a historical novel or screenplay should give us a translation, not a transcription.
Women Of Grunge Reclaim Rock History In 'These Streets'
Two years ago, the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind sparked a slew of retrospectives about the Seattle grunge scene. But those narratives left something out: the influence of women. A new play by Gretta Harley and Sarah Rudinoff aims to update the historical record.
Can U.S. Embassies Be Safe Without Being Unsightly?
Beauty vs. security. Some say the two can exist in the same space when it comes to America's embassies.
Arts Based School Presents Romeo and Juliet on the Border
You've probably heard of Romeo & Juliet, but what about Romeo & Juliet on the Border?
Under Ogawa's Macabre, Metafictional Spell
Fiction is reality and reality fiction in Revenge, Yoko Ogawa's absorbing cycle of interlinked, eerie tales. Readers may detect the shadows of Murakami, Borges and Poe, but, says critic Alan Cheuse, Ogawa's delicious tales cast their own singular spell.
The Oscars Broadcast, Zooming Way Past Cheeky To Land Squarely On Crass
Seth MacFarlane hosted the 85th Academy Awards which Monkey See's Linda Holmes says was one of the worst hosting performances in Oscar history. Jokes about women just kept coming. His sexist jokes were in poor taste, sure, but if they'd been funny, nobody would have cared.
'Argo,' 'Life Of Pi' Win Top Oscars
The movies Argo and Life of Pi and actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence were among the winners at Sunday's Academy Awards. But no one movie swept the show.
Arts for Life
Chemotherapy, radiation, and daily injections are frightening propositions for anyone, but especially for child patients. One non-profit organization in North Carolina is using music, poetry and art to empower children in their fight against cancer.
Whitey Bulger Bio Profiles Boston's Most Notorious Gangster
Reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, who covered Bulger for years for The Boston Globe, have a new book out about the career criminal. Bulger was wanted for 19 murders when he was captured by the FBI in 2011. He faces trial in June.