Rising Black artists in music: Celebrating Black History Month
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Today, countless Black artists are innovating within the world of music and creating amazing rhythms.
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‘The Color Purple’: A sublime portrayal of lesbianism ahead of its time
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While the book is explicit both about the sexual encounters between Celie and Shug and the fact that they are in love with each other, Steven Spielberg’s 1985 cinematic adaptation reduces their relationship to one kiss.
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Picks of the Week: Construct your creativity
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Instead of going through the motions this week, pick up the pace through your creative pathway with these events.
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7 essential BTS songs to binge-listen before hearing ‘Map of the Soul: 7’
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If you’ve been sleeping under a rock for the past few months, you might not have heard that the record-breaking musical group BTS has a highly anticipated new album, Map of the Soul: 7, dropping Friday.
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Picks of the Week: Celebrate Black History Month in Berkeley
While planning out the end of your month, explore the educational opportunities available to learn about Black history and celebrate the cultures that thrive year-round.
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In ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ the queer female gaze reigns supreme
This is what happens when queer women are allowed to tell their own stories: It’s breathtaking, utterly so, and makes for a much more emotionally satisfying experience than when a straight man tries his hand at depicting queer women.
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Picks of the Week: Dedicated to different forms of love
For this week, I’ve crafted a schedule that celebrates the diversity of affection, taking inspiration from the ancient Greeks’ seven forms of love.
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‘Parasite’: Don’t count out the year’s best film at the 2020 Oscars
Even though the film currently occupies a relatively distant second place, “Parasite” still has a chance to pull a major upset, however.
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Thank goodness ‘Frozen 2’ wasn’t nominated for best animated feature film
At least “Toy Story 4” has a mildly acceptable plot, whereas the storytelling choices in “Frozen 2” leave much to be desired.
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The 2020 Oscars will still be ‘so white’
After the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ efforts to increase diversity in its voting body seemed to yield positive results. So why are the 2020 nominations so disappointing?
In a year in which creative and original stories featuring artists of color received critical praise and connected with viewers, it’s a shame that they are not being recognized alongside films and performances that feature mainly white actors.
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