In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to shout out my favorite biopic of all time, Selena (1997), which follows the life and tragic murder of Mexican-American Queen of Tejano music and fashion icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Jennifer Lopez does an amazing job of bringing Selena’s personality and heart to the screen, not to mention […]
Are you a “self-proclaimed” theatre-kid? Do you like rom-coms and drama? Then this is the book for you. Eden is an understudy for the Pride and Prejudice National Tour. She ends up going on as Elizabeth Bennett during Kennedy Center stop when the lead can no longer do the show. Eden plays opposite her well-known […]
If you’re a silent movie buff, you’ve probably heard of (well, seen) Louise Brooks and her iconic black bob. But did you know she started off as a dancer at one of the most prestigious schools of dance in America? The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty follows this wild Kansas girl’s first trip into the Big […]
Many people know the March sisters from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. In the second half of the book, readers see Jo becoming a writer in New York. But what is happening back home in Concord, Massachusetts? Three authors collaborate to create modern interpretations of Meg, Beth, and Amy’s lives. You get a glimpse of […]
An 1946, Lond se yon vil plen moun k ap sòti nan fènwa Dezyèm Gè Mondyal la. Pami yo gen Gabriel ak Trottie Book, machann liv ki gen yon pase difisil epi ki pare pou fouye nan yon mistè ki leve nan katye a nenpòt ki lè. Pandan y ap kòmanse mennen ankèt, yo trennen yon jèn gason avèk yo ki fèk […]
Ewo nou an, Carl, twouve l kanpe nan nèj la, nan boksè li, ap kenbe chat atis chape mennaj li a a 2è dimaten lè tout bilding ki ozalantou yo (ak tout bilding toupatou) tonbe anba tè sibitman. Carl pè e li frèt, li pran Prensès Donut (chat la) epi li kouri al nan sous limyè ki pi pre a ap espere yon abri [...]
Ranpli ak laterè egzistansyèl, tèm izolasyon ak solitid, ak laterè kòporèl ki pral fè po w frisonnen, koleksyon istwa kout Eric Larocca sa a te touche plas li nan ran woman laterè ikonik omoseksyèl yo. Avèk twa istwa kout endepandan youn ak lòt, Larocca kapab eksplore tèm anpil nan […]
Èske w se yon fanatik fim ak mizikal (sitou Pitch Perfect)? Aktris Anna Kendrick ekri istwa lavi li. Li pale sou bon ak move moman karyè li, lavi amoure li, ak relasyon familyal li. Foto ak blag komik parèt toutotou liv la. Se yon lekti rapid ki agreyab si w se yon fanatik travay li. Yon ti bagay enteresan: Anna Kendrick se yon moun ki soti Nouvèl Angletè tou!
Li lè pou yon doub fim! Pa gen okenn spoiler. Baze sou fim Akira Kurosawa an 1963, High and Low, dènye fim Spike Lee a, Highest 2 Lowest, se istwa yon nonm rich ki pran nan tantativ kidnapin pitit gason l lan. High and Low rakonte istwa yon nonm fondamantalman desan, Kingo Gondo (jwe pa […]
Èske w te janm li sou ensureksyon 1950 an nan Pòtoriko, ki te lakòz lanmò 38 moun, ak tantativ asasina Prezidan Harry S. Truman an? Si ou pa t janm li, li sou istwa Pòtoriken ak kolonizasyon ameriken nan "The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History" pa John Vasquez Mejias. John Vasquez Mejias te kreye woman grafik sa a avèk […]
