|
Monsoon Wedding: raining on tradition - Film As Text IN MONSOON WEDDING (2001), director Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala 1998, Salaam Bombay! 1991) successfully entertains us with an over-the-top Indian wedding. She also presents some serious issues th...(Continue Reading) Dancing through Life Ric Masten responds to cancer the way he knows best: turning 'a line of language around a pain or puzzlement' THE SIXTY MEN, ALL MEMBERS OF A prostate ......(Continue Reading)Guide - Calendar SARGENT AND ITALY OPENS FEB. 2. From the late 1800s John Singer Sargent made his name rendering portraits of high-society patrons, but the Italian-born ......(Continue Reading)Alive and gone: there's the Yiddishkayt Festival, and then there's Yiddish L.A., still dying after all these years - Society YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY associate California sci-fi with the subject of Yiddish culture, but maybe it's time. The book that comes sacrilegiously to mind ......(Continue Reading)CHATTERLINE; Irish ballad would brighten wedding day I'm looking for songs for a mother and son to dance to at his wedding. I'd like to find an Irish one, if possible. Many thanks in advance. - C.E., Leominster `World' search I'm looking...(Continue Reading)
|