Culture

World-renowned singer Julia Migenes bids adieu with nostalgic French popular songs
November 14, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon
Grammy-winning opera singer Julia Migenes travels back to the Paris of Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway in this evening of nostalgic French chansons.
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‘Kathy Griffin, A Hell of a Story’ comedy documentary mocks Trump
November 13, 2019 By Ed Rampell
Griffin’s hilarious documentary tells the saga of her May 30, 2017, photo shoot, with what looked like Trump's bloody severed head.
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‘Waking in Havana’: Good works on the AIDS front in Cuba
November 12, 2019 By Michael Berkowitz
Elena Schwolsky’s new book Waking in Havana: A Memoir of AIDS and Healing in Cuba is a well-written, moving account of her work as a nurse in Cuba’s HIV/AIDS prevention program.
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‘Poisoning Paradise’: Pierce Brosnan 007 hunts down agrichemical villains
November 8, 2019 By Ed Rampell
The ultimate Bond villain: Biotech companies such as Monsanto and DuPont, whose pesticides and GMO experimental projects are turning people into lab rats.
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Overview of tenth anniversary DOC NYC Film Festival
November 7, 2019 By Bill Meyer
The DOC NYC Film Festival has now become the largest documentary film festival in the U.S. It screens over 300 films, including many U.S. and world premieres, and runs for 10 days, Nov. 6-15.
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