The stories behind the fight against slavery, the struggle to secure women's equality, and the bitter battle for civil rights are reminders that all the virtues implied in that term grace are within reach.
At 71, director Michael Apted feels he's far from finished working in film -- though it gets increasingly difficult to make the kind of movies he most wants to make.
Since her 2004 debut CD, The Nearness of You, Nicole Henry has been the artist to watch in the world of Jazz. Last week, Nicole Henry made her long-awaited west coast / San Francisco debut at the Rrazz Room.
If you told me I'd be playing onstage with a band at The Cake Shop on the Lower East Side, I'd say you'd lost it. Playing rock and roll on stage was never on my bucket list.
At Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally this past weekend in Washington, DC, we learned two things:
1. That Beck and the Tea Party want to take a so...
Personally, I'd rather set my hair on fire with an acetylene torch than hit department stores in the wee hours of the morning. I plan on avoiding vertigo and panic attacks by doing all my holiday shopping online
In almost every cop killing, there is something that could have been done differently. But Timothy Brenton's killing could not have been prevented, not unless he'd picked a different line of work.
What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.
GQ broke the story that Rumsfeld used cover sheets juxtaposing Bible quotes and war imagery for the top-secret intelligence briefings, but did you know he also rewrote the words to Bush's favorite hymns?
While no one yet knows what impact the Obama presidency will have on the world, it is important that we put our bodies, minds and spirits to work to help make this administration a success.