‘Doki Doki Literature Club Plus’ gets physical Switch release
Salvato / Serenity Forge Team PQube, Developer Salvato team, and editor and co-developer Forge of Serenity delivered romance, poetry and an absolutely terrifying package to fans with Doki Literature Club Doki Plus, finally available in physical version on Nintendo Switch. Sayori, Natsuki, Yuri and Monika are waiting for you … The game puts players in …
Letters: Our national literature has long supported the cause of independence
A lover of Scottish literature, Sheila Wallace (Letters, 11 November) surely knows that the first major poem in the Scottish language is Barbour’s Brus, an epic celebration of Scotland’s resistance to English aggression. From later periods she probably knew Robert Fergusson’s The Ghaists, with his verses “Black be the day that e’er to England’s ground, …
Arts Wrap: Drawn Together Arts, Lily LaMotte, Donald Gardner Stacy and Dishman Hills Pilsner
Drawn Together Arts, a new performing arts company, will present a series of short staged readings and cabaret performances at the Art Spirit Gallery at 415 E. Sherman Ave. at Coeur d’Alene, and the first of these events will be Steve Martin’s “Picasso” at Lapin Agile. Set in 1904, this absurd Off-Broadway play features Pablo …
Gossip Girl season 1 trailer part 2 shows fallout from the summer finale
HBO Max reveals a new trailer for Gossip Girl Season 1 Part 2 that teases the aftermath of the explosive Part 1 finale. The new trailer for the next one Gossip Girl Season 1, Part 2 teases the aftermath of the Part 1 finale. Created by Joshua Safran for HBO Max, the Gossip Girl reboot …
Weekly music guide – 11.10.2021
Music fans, we’re here with your weekly Leicester music guide featuring news and interviews from across the local scene. This weekly music update is brought to you in partnership with PPL PRS Ltd. Many thanks for their continued support to local artists and venues. Stay informed and be the first on the line. Every week. …
Greensboro Public Library Welcomes Native American Author Tommy Orange | Literature
GREENSBORO, NC (November 10, 2021) – North Carolina has the largest Indigenous population east of the Mississippi River and the Greensboro Public Library celebrates Native American author Tommy Orange during the One City community reading , One Book this year. Fans can enjoy an evening with Tommy Orange at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 18 …
The Future Is Not Written – Healing Arts Symposium
Symposium presented in partnership with the World Health Organization and the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a “cultural call to action” to invest in the arts to improve physical, mental and social health On November 14, 2021, leading policy advocates, artists and researchers from cultural organizations, health centers, government and the United Nations will meet …
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SLED report shows ‘alarming’ statewide increase in violent crime and murder in 2020
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – New data released this week by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Criminal Report 2020 shows what the division calls an “alarming” increase in violent crime in the state. SLED statistics show that statewide murders rose 22% in 2020, with the state’s murder rate now the highest since 1993. According to …
Boston Ballet’s RestART: An Exciting Look At The Post-Quarantine Season | Arts
In the spirit of reopening performances to the public after a one-and-a-half-year quarantine outage, the Boston Ballet has produced a new digital show called RestART to kick off their 2021-22 season. The work, premiering Oct. 28, hopes to revive the arts in Boston by offering a glimpse of what to expect in the next ballet …
Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival: How other artists have handled overcrowding at shows
The crowd at the Friday night show in Houston was so packed that when audience members were pushed toward the stage, some told CNN that they were crushed to the point where they couldn’t breathe and passed out. Others were trampled, as calls for help were drowned out by the music. Concertgoers told CNN that …
The Performatura Performance Literature Festival is here to heal
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is bringing back PPE or Performatura: Pandemic Edition. This international performance literature festival will be held from November 22 to 24, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., via Zoom and Facebook livestream. The director of this year’s festival is poet and performance artist Vim Nadera who offers …
Creative Arts Therapy Festival Winners Announced In Chicago VA
The pandemic hasn’t stopped veterans from submitting visual art and literary creations to the annual Lovell Veterans Creative Arts Festival. However, COVID-19 has changed the way entries are shared with the public this year. “Diane”, by Jerry Zabel, first place in the mixed media category. The performance portion of the festival, typically an energetic afternoon …
Random review: Shakespeare novel to discuss | Books and Literature
Marjorie Sandor of Corvallis will be reviewing “Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague”, as part of Friends of the Library’s Random Review series on Wednesday. The program will take place online through GoToWebinar. It’s free but registration is required on https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5779308411839845900. “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell is a gripping historical fiction novel about William Shakespeare’s family …
Commentary: The arts are an economic force in the region
Someone once said, “The arts nourish the soul,” and I firmly believe it. Most would agree that the arts are important to a vibrant and creative community, but they still see artists and the arts as a plush or icing on the cake. The arts, in fact, are a force. The arts can promote social …
10 canceled Netflix shows that deserve another season
Although Netflix has more subscribers than any other streaming service in the world, there are still a lot of fans who are frustrated with a lot of what they do. The service is notorious for canceling some of their most popular original programming, often before the show has a chance to end its story. RELATED: …
Smart Talk First Friday in November arts and culture
November 4, 2021 | 15:00 Listen to Smart Talk every day of the week at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on WITF 89.5 & 93.3. You can also stream WITF radio live on our website or ask your smart speaker to “Play WITF Radio”. Photo credit_Rob Shanahan Cartoonist Ron Campbell Chances are you’ve seen his …
9 Shows Like Law & Order You Should Watch If You Like The Law & Order Franchise
NBC It is practically a law that at least one episode of at least one broadcast of the Law and order the universe must be broadcast on television at all times. (Trust us, we’re experts.) And Dick Wolf’s hugely popular procedural empire has only grown now that NBC Law and order: organized crime is in …
Colorado Edition: 2021 Election Results; climate literature
This year, the Coloradans voted on three statewide voting measures, as well as a host of local issues. We explore some of Tuesday’s election results, including why none of the statewide proposals got the necessary support from voters, with KUNC’s Capitol Coverage reporter, Scott franz; executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, Kevin Bommer; and …
Local artists share personal success stories for the NC art movement
Sandy Carlton remembers the first time he picked up an instrument. At that point, he realized the importance of music, having spent many days on the porch humming tunes with his grandmother and watching her play the piano and organ. Never had he realized that those days would be a tune-up for a 40-year career …
There are 3 shows in Cape Cod theaters: which one should you see?
The three shows on Cape Cod stages this week all involve romance, but from very different perspectives. Which one is what you would like to watch in the evening? Ken Ludwig’s “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” is recounted in letters sent during WWII between people from different American shores who have never met. “Carousel” is Rodgers …
Researcher traces the concept of taste in literature to the 16th century
LAWRENCE – It turns out we can thank a guy named Bacon for the concept of ‘taste’, like correctly discerning the relative value of cultural goods. This is what Jonathan Lamb argues in a new article, “What Books Look Like: Bacon and Book Limits” in the journal Textual Cultures. The Associate Professor of English at …
Black Artists + Designers Guild supports black talent in the arts by providing grants to four students
OAKLAND, Calif .– The Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG) has named the four recipients of its inaugural Creative Futures Fellowship, which aims to represent black talent and culture in visual arts, architecture and interior design. The four winners, two undergraduates and two graduate students, will receive a $ 5,000 prize and mentorship to support …
Six of the best new shows to watch in November
AMAZON PRIMETampa Baes Friday 5 NovemberTampa Baes is a reality TV show that follows the often tumultuous relationships between lesbian friends in Florida as they weave their way through the glitzy world of the city’s ever-expanding LGBTQ + scene. Taking cues from classic MTV reality shows like The Real World and Jersey Shore, it’s a …
The community asked to help imagine the arts center in Redwood City
Community members are invited to help shape the vision for a new art center in Redwood City, called the Downtown Redwood for Creativity, by responding to a survey. Surveys for children and adults can be viewed here and must be submitted by November 12th. The city council has already expressed support for the development of …
Boba Fett’s book poster shows Boba and Fennec Shand’s battle costumes
Boba Fett and Fennec Shand sport their best battle armor in a new poster for the upcoming Disney + Star Wars show The Book of Boba Fett. Boba Fett’s book the poster shows Boba and Fennec Shand in their battle costumes. After surviving Sarlacc and returning to action in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, the …
the debate around negroes – Palatinate
By Caitlin Ball You may recall in recent years the backlash some YouTubers and social media celebrities turned “authors” have received for their alleged use of Negroes. More often than not, this criticism (and derision) stems from outrage at inauthenticity – a belief that the piece of literature being sold is an evasion and exploitation …
Trenton Arts at a Glance: Three November Events | Downtown Trenton
Local artist returns home to Trenton Social “Homecoming” is the name of the Trenton Social restaurant’s solo exhibition by area artist Thomas Kelly, which opens Friday, November 5 and remains on view until November 29. Thomas Kelly’s painting “The Domino Players”, as part of his “Homecoming” exhibition at Trenton Social. Kelly notes the following about …
Foldable flagship Royole FlexPai 3 appears in new renderings
Royole came out of nowhere in 2018 and successfully became the first company in the world to launch the first foldable smartphone. Royole beat Samsung and Huawei in the market, although the original FlexPai wasn’t exactly known for its robustness and usefulness, the second generation offered some improvements. Evan Blass today shared some new renders …
Quirks & Curiosities, festivals, performances, and more
Can you believe it’s November already? It’s time to listen to the holiday music in almost any store and start shopping for gifts early to avoid early mail delays and crowded aisles. As late fall and early winter in Florida sets in, be sure to check out our list of outdoor festivals, museum exhibits, art …
The most featured holidays on the broadcasts
Stars Hollow served as the backdrop for some of the best scenes in Gilmore Girls. The small town that Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore called home was perfect, but its quirky people and fun festivities made it really special. Part of the charm of the show was the way Stars Hollow incorporated the holiday seasons …
The Irish Arts Center in New York is transformed into a “flagship center”
Irish Arts Center, a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to advocating for the culture of Ireland and Irish Americans, is finally moving into a house as big as its aspirations. The organization, founded in the East Village in 1972, has operated for decades from an old building in Hell’s Kitchen. Now, concluding a pandemic-delayed construction project …
Court file shows Norwich officer narrowly escaped a bullet
NORWICH – Less than an hour after police said a local man opened fire on an officer in his vehicle with an assault rifle, police received a call from the man’s mother telling him that he had “shot the police” and wanted to turn in, according to recently released court records. A Norwich Police Report …
Fairmont Arts & Humanities Council sets up exhibition in honor of local artists | Life
FAIRMONT – A local arts organization wants to ensure that deceased artists of local significance are not forgotten. The Fairmont Arts & Humanities Commission recently installed an exhibit that honors the legacy of some of the commission’s previous winners. The exhibit, which includes artist biographies and a photo, can be found in the fourth-floor hallway …
Blame Game’s virtual shows were like dancing with your sister, says Tim McGarry
Comedian Tim McGarry compared The Blame Game’s virtual shows to dancing with your sister. The full program returns to television this week after two seasons of video calling. While the presenter is proud of what the team has been able to accomplish, he can’t wait to get back in front of a live audience. Tim …
Kathleen Stock’s Departure Shows Universities Cannot Face the Arguments | Rachel cooke
HIt is deeply depressing to learn that philosopher Kathleen Stock has indeed been kicked out of her chair at the University of Sussex by the mob. As brilliant as her career is going forward – and there is no doubt that it will be – it’s hard to see her departure as anything other than …
An artistic organization fights against childhood trauma
CINCINNATI – For this singer, it is art on the aces, or the negative experiences of childhood. What would you like to know Cincinnati artist Kathy Wade leads art learning efforts to fight ACE The pleasure of learning leads to self-expression which builds resilience Family and community are just as important as the individual in …
$ 25M Renovation, Expansion Planned for Kearney’s Museum of Nebraska Art | Arts-and-theater
The design advances the goals of expanded and improved art and public spaces, while increasing accessibility throughout the museum. Elements of the museum transformation include: – Welcome new entrances allowing ease of access for visitors of all ages and abilities. – Additional galleries adopting new technologies and allowing a more extensive exhibition of the museum’s …
E Ink screen shows Harry Potter Daily Prophet replica
How about an actual version of the Daily Prophet newspaper to scare your friends this Halloween? While we’ve had this stuff before, here’s one that uses an e-paper display and a Teensy microcontroller that forms the heart of the entire setup. Additionally, avid Harry Potter fans should have an instant connection to the Daily Prophet …
No Way Home image shows Spider-Man and MJ after Far From Home ending
A new image from Spider-Man: No Way Home shows his eponymous webslinger and MJ dealing with the aftermath of the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home. A new image of Spider-Man: No Path Home shows off his eponymous webslinger and MJ dealing with the aftermath of Spider-Man: Far From Home‘Sending in progress. After a good …
From the basement to the stars
“Behind the Byline” introduces you to those who write stories, take photos, design pages and edit the content we deliver in our print editions and on pressdemocrat.com. We are more than journalists. As you will see, we are also your neighbors with unique backgrounds and experiences that proudly live in Sonoma County. Today we introduce …
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Music in Spanish: When Music Inspires Literature: Award-winning writers reveal their life-changing songs | United States
It wasn’t just the first book ever read or the fairy tales told by grandparents that inspired literature. More and more writers claim that music has given them divine tutelage. Many admit that their calling came to them when they were children not through other books, but through songs with lyrics that left stories and …
Horror literature reveals who we are and how we interact, says English teacher
Horror as a literary genre is not just recording a shock of fear. Scary stories played a very important role in social and political movements over time and, more importantly, have told us about ourselves and what it means to be human in ways other genres cannot. “There are so many ways to get to …
Bemidji College announces fine arts students of the month
Bemidji College recently announced that Tristan Jacobson, Samuel Urban, Duane Strong and Dalton Barry are the Fine Arts Students of the Month. Seventh-year student Tristan Jacobson has been playing the trombone in groups since April last year and has been taking private lessons this summer. He chose to start playing the trombone because a friend …
5 superhero shows unfairly canceled after just one season (and 5 that went on too long)
Some superhero series never got a chance to shine while others did even though we never wanted to. Here we are. Unjustly Canceled: Jupiter’s Legacy Jupiter’s legacy We can still hear echoes of fan outrage when Netflix announced the cancellation of Jupiter’s Legacy. Manu calls this comic book arc one of Mark Millar’s greatest contributions …
New shows on Netflix November 2021
This will be another good month for new shows on Netflix in November 2021. We’ve seen a few months in a row with some great Netflix shows, including new seasons of On my block, you, and Locke and key in October 2021. November 2021 will be so much better for new shows on Netflix. Honestly, …
Supervisory Board to Recognize 2021 Champions of the Arts on November 9 – The Willits News
The Mendocino County Arts Council Board of Directors is pleased to announce the recipients of the 19th Annual Mendocino County Arts Champion Award. The Arts Champions, nominated annually by community members and selected by the Arts Council Board of Directors, will be officially recognized by a proclamation from the Supervisory Board on November 9, 2021. …
charming, talkative but great literature? I do not think so
Sir Paul McCartney admits to having ‘impostor syndrome’ sometimes when he thinks about how a boy from a working-class Liverpool family became a world-renowned musician, performer, singer and songwriter. “I always feel like I’m just playing.” He describes his life as “a puzzle” in which “every song is part of the solution”. © Fiona Adams …
Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade to light up State Street on Saturday – NBC Chicago
Halloween in Chicago is about to get a lot more colorful. At least, that’s the goal of artists and creatives across town who take part in the Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade, which returns to Chicago on Saturday for its seventh year. The parade, which runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., will march …
‘The Voice’ Season 21: When Live Shows and Voting Begin
NBC “The Voice” host Carson Daly poses with trainers Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and John Legend. Season 21 of NBC’s “The Voice” is already around halfway through the season, which means live broadcasts and voting will begin soon. The playoff round of the competition for Season 21 will end on Monday, November 1, …
Comedian Munawar Faruqui cancels shows in Mumbai after threats and hate campaign by Hindutva groups
Actor Munawar Faruqui Wednesday canceled three of his shows in Mumbai after Hindutva groups threatened organizers. They also waged an online hate campaign against Faruqui and wrote to the Mumbai police to demand that the broadcasts be stopped. “Public safety is the most important thing to me,” Faruqui said in a tweet. “I don’t want …
Hera Gallery’s New Exhibition Sparks Keen Interest Among Artists | Arts and life
WAKEFIELD – When Hera Gallery chose ‘Dough’ as the subject of their latest exhibition, their staff may not have expected submissions from as far away as the Pacific Northwest. But artists across the country were drawn to the unique theme, so that’s exactly what happened. At their monthly board and exhibition committee meetings, the Hera …
Susan Merdinger to present A HALLOWEEN HANTRY IN MUSIC AND LITERATURE
Sheridan Music Studio Founder, Artistic Director and Pianist Susan Merdinger will present a special ghost-themed concert series, book presentation and discussion: A Halloween Haunting in Music and Literature on www.sheridanmusicstudio.in.live. The pre-recorded concert features Merdinger with violinist Alex Koffman and cellist Martine Benmann in a “ghost” music program including the Ghost Trio Op. 70 No. …
Icons of National Literature – Jose Garcia Villa and NVM Gonzalez
This is the 550th essay to appear in my Carrefour column, which has now been around for 11 years in this article. As a sort of celebration, I dedicate my space today to National Literature, an appreciation of the works of Jose Garcia Villa, the Filipino poet whose productive years were lived in New York …
Ghost Songs – where Irish literature and choral music meet
Conductor and producer Róisín Blunnie presents the new album Ghost Songs, a unique collaboration of great voices from Irish poetry, theater and contemporary music, performing with the Mixed Chamber Choir on Laetare vocal ensemble. For me as a conductor, the interplay of music and words is a subject of endless interest and analysis. These two …
where to start with his literature – the Calvert Journal
A defense of ardor: Essays This 2005 collection showcases Zagajewski’s talent as an essayist. (Readers who want more might also look to 2017 Slight exaggeration, titled after his ironic definition of poetry). In the centerpiece, Zagajewski exposes his creative principles, repelling caustic resignation and casual irony. (“Doubt is poetry for the resigned. While poetry seeks, …
How Black Authors’ Literature Shaped the Life of a Scholar
African American literature is both a passion and a calling for Griffin, who is the first chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia, as well as the director of his Institute for African American Studies. and English teacher. Her expertise is evident – sometimes too much – as she …
Golden Gate Xpress | The Litquake Literature Festival is back
After being confined to computer screens last year, the annual Litquake Literary Festival returned to the streets of the Golden City on October 7. Litquake’s first festival started as a one-day event at Golden Gate Park in 1999 that snowballed into the series of lectures, readings, and panels that now run for two weeks in …
Nobel Laureate for Literature Elfriede Jelinek turns 75 | Cultural | Reports on the arts, music and lifestyle of Germany | DW
She writes about sexuality, violence, mass culture and repressed fascism. In the 1980s and 1990s, author Elfriede Jelinek was the sharp-tongued “inconvenient” moralist, holding a mirror to what she saw as the conservative, fanatic and historically oblivious of her Austrian homeland. With her sarcastic, provocative, sometimes contemptuous style, she has turned half the country against …
The Quietus | News | Unsound reveals full 2021 music schedule
Unsound has shared full details of the music schedule for its 2021 edition next month. The Bug is set to return to the festival, performing live with collaborators Dis Fig and Flowdan, as well as another MC that has yet to be announced, while Errorsmith and Fiedel will reunite as MMMs. for a new live …
Are you looking for another way to discover new music? Try GNOD.
Gnod stands for “Global Network of Discovery”, which promises “Let us use the latest technological advances to make us all discover more and better things”. Alright, I’ll bite. Gnod has two seconds: Project 1, which uses AI to discover new bands and Project 2, which invites us to “travel with the tourist map of music”. …
The Quietus | Features | Baker’s dozen
Photo by Jay Mawson LoneLady’s third album is an exciting turning point. For starters, this is the first album she made outside of Manchester. Unlike the beginnings Nervous and follow-up Countryside which were variously made in his home studio or around abandoned factories and mills in the north of England, Old things was made in …
The Quietus | News | LISTEN: Ahrkh Wagner’s music for meditations
The upcoming release of the Golden Ratio Frequencies label will see GNOD’s AP Macarte and HUM’s Mark Wagner end up as Ahrkh Wagner for their first outing together since the 2016 eponymous effort on Tesla Tapes. Title Music for Meditations Vol. 1, the release marks the first installment of what the label describes as the …
This map takes you to artists you’ll love based on the music you’re already making
Tell Music-Map an artist you like and it will create a map of the artists they think you will like to become more and more different as you go along. Music-Map is a great new site for discovering new music based on artists you already love. Music-Map is part of Gnod (Global Network of Discovery), …
How to find the best music, movies, and TV recommendations
With the advent of unlimited streaming services like Spotify and Netflix, you can access more music, movies, and TV shows than you could ever hope to hear or watch in a lifetime. So how do you go about sorting out the best content from the time-wasting ones? The taste is personal, and we’ve found personalized …
Noise Not Music: Head Wound City, Ancst, Gnod, Puce Mary, etc.
Welcome (after too long a break) to the realm of Noise Not Music. The section has been revamped a bit to incorporate an ever-growing Spotify playlist, which I’ll update every two weeks with things I love but haven’t necessarily found the time to give the full treatment here. . This, of course, will work in …
Noise Not Music #10: Prurient, Bosse-de-Nage, Gnod and more
Photo: Becca Diamond As usual, there is a lot to do this month. But, it should be noted that this latest batch contains records that are some of my favorites from 2015 so far. There is something to please both those interested in the outer limits (of jazz, psychedelia and electro) and those interested in …