Category Archives: Culture

Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé est à Ouagadougou

I came to Ouagadougou and finally met a celebrity!  He was really nice. Dans le cadre de l’évènement « Ouagadougou International Dance Festival (OIDF) », qui se tient du 19 au 26 janvier 2013, Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé, … Continue reading

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Geranium Cat’s Bookshelf: Thursbitch by Alan Garner

Thursbitch feels very much like a sequel to Red Shift to me, although the only connection is the intensity of its sense of place, and a setting geographically close, since Garner likes to write about the area around his home. … Continue reading

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Meet Don Francisco, Host of the TV Show ‘Sábado Gigante’

Otro articulo tan interesante, de mi hermana!!! This fall, the wildly popular Spanish-language television show Sábado Gigante Supersize Saturday—seen by millions of Hispanics around the world for two hours every Saturday afternoon—celebrates its 50th anniversary. This makes it, according to … Continue reading

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AIGA | Case Study: Neighborhoods and Shared Memories/Nuestros vecindarios y sus memorias

Mariano Desmaras was always “my friend’s little brother” but now here he is winning awards…. congratulations!  And I see some inspiration for FAVL’s microbooks project here, as we shift into community history! “Neighborhoods and Shared Memories” (Nuestros vecindarios y sus … Continue reading

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If I had a million dollars

I’d remake The Wild Thornberrys (the movie) and keep the exact same story except make the Thornberrys  an African family, and Eliza an young African girl.  It is one of the most perfect children’s movies, but why does the heroine … Continue reading

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