Culture and Media

We interviewed Ítalo Hernández Ibacache, author of the book in homage to Sergio Tormen, a well-known cyclist arrested in 1974 and disappeared since then. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his detention by state agents. The launch of the…

Now, I try to see myself Myself as a very good friend.   I’ve seen myself Someone who has to be perfect at all times.   I’ve seen myself Someone who has to please others, always please.   I’ve seen…

“Human beings are hardwired to trust one another more when we sing together,” says Micah Hendler, founder of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a music and dialogue project that brings young Palestinian and Israeli individuals together through song. Hendler and executive…

ES IST WAS ES IST is a group exhibition curated by Lester Amacio, who believes abstraction is poetry. It opened on August 10 and will run until August 25 25, 2024. This thought-provoking collection of artworks invites viewers to engage and…

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and serious concern over the fact that a number of working journalists were killed in the recent past across Bangladesh. This as the south Asian nation…

The IFC Center in New York’s Greenwich Village is currently showing a newly restored version of Miloš Forman’s Amadeus (1984) in commemoration of the film’s 40th anniversary. This re-release of Forman’s masterpiece is a cause for celebration not least of…

“Highway Zero” is the first novel I read while walking. My doctors, my niece, and my legs have been urging me to move more due to excessive sedentism, which worsened after the pandemic. So, when I got Billy’s book on…

On August 7, 2024, the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, a group of young children from Liberia, West Africa, performed live at Kingston Point Beach. The performance, an uplifting and inspirational array of songs and dances native to their cultures, was…

Unflinching Voice of Resistance to White Power Structure Echoing from the Era of L.A. Rebellions by Mesay Berhanu Gemechu Film has remained a battleground for very long, where contending ideologies, traditions, and identities came to find expressions at the expense…

Guwahati, India.  Harihar Talukdar, former managing director of the Industrial Co-Operative Bank Limited and Union Co-Operative Bank Limited, passed away July 30, 2024, after suffering from a brief illness. Talukdar, who was a leading figure in urban cooperative banking of…