Lee Daniels, director of 2009's Precious, sat down with Larry King to discuss, among other things, his new movie The Butler and how his perspective as a gay, black man influenced the film's focus on the civil rights movement. Later, Daniels shared his own story of growing up gay and the continued st...

Although we are lucky to be in our lovely environment in the Pines, we are aware of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for social justice by African Americans in the United States. Certainly, many of us can remember the hard-won battles that we fought in the LGBTQ community for safety and...

The United Daughters of the Confederacy was a significant leader of the “Lost Cause,” an intellectual movement that revised history to look more favorably on the South after the American Civil War. They were women from elite antebellum families that used their social and political clout to fundraise

Playbill assembled a cast of dancers to recreate the original choreography of iconic numbers from A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Sweet Charity, 42nd Street, and more. reat choreographic moments can be as recognizable as chandeliers crashing, helicopters on stage, or witches flying, they inform the ...

The New York Police forcibly cleared Zuccotti park for cleaning. "Liberty Square [Zuccotti Park], home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force," the de...

The beautiful works of Monet With Beethovens Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Allegretto. Claude Monet (French pronounced [klod mɔnɛ]) also known as Oscar-The beautiful works of Monet With Beethovens Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Allegretto. Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist pa

This movie of the March 6, 2012 X5.4 flare was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 171 and 131 Angstrom wavelength. One of the most dramatic features is the way the entire surface of the sun seems to ripple with the force of the eruption. This movement comes from something called...

In Israel, history is unfolding before our eyes. Hundreds of thousands of courageous Israelis have taken to the streets in an unprecedented civil resistance movement. People are rising up against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his extreme right-wing government, who seek to push through radical legisla

Gustav Klimt
July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, mural, sketches, and other art objects. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works

16 climate activists teens and children are petitioning the United Nations with claims that the boy is violating children's rights by not taking action on climate change and global warming. Global climate strike leader Greta Thunberg is among the activists taking climate action against the UN. Thunb...