Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, “13th”, and Looking Back at Black History Month 2017
Looking back at the month of February, I want to pay tribute to what has been a particularly impactful Black History Month for me. What…
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Arts & Media
Cinema Review: Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln was a pioneer for civil liberty in a time that was wrought with division, racism and violence. In the midst of…
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Cinema Review: Selma
The United States of America is a magnificent country, but the freedom we have here is often taken for granted. In times like these,…
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Love From Paris; Cy Twombly’s Retrospective, Centre Pompidou
Edwin Parker Twombly (a.k.a. Cy Twombly) 1928 – 2011, took the nickname Cy from his father’s one summer pitching season for the Chicago White…
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Film Review: Loving
I could feel the wet Virginia humidity as I watched Loving. As a native Virginian, I slipped easily into the story of these two…
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Clothes Make the Man – Miraculous Ladybug and Enclothed Cognition
Part of the charm of Miraculous Ladybug is that although there are only two main characters, their personalities while in costume are so different from their…
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Kortni’s Kitchen: Pavlova for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s is coming up, and I honestly have never really celebrated it. My husband and I exchange Nutella jars and maybe a homemade card…
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Documentary Recommendation: 13th – A MUST See…
13th opens with the now familiar voice of President Barak Obama stating this startling statistic: “The United States has 5% of the {world’s} population, yet…
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Kortni’s Kitchen: Family Style Chicken Cacciatore
Last week I brought you an eggplant parmigiana. This week, we are still cooking with my family and we are making chicken cacciatore. This…
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Kortni’s Kitchen: Cannoli, Family Style
Nothing ends a day with your family better than dessert. This cannoli is not only fun to make, but even better to eat. For…
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Kortni’s Kitchen: Family Style Risotto
My family has been cooking up a storm. If anyone has ever had risotto, you know it is either amazing or not worth eating….
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Passengers – A Film Review
What would you do if the entire course of your life was suddenly and irreversibly altered? That is the case for Jim and Aurora…
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