CUENCA, Ecuador — Founded in Cuenca, Ecuador in 2013 the hip hop band known as Da Culkin Clan consists of Pablo Jerónimo, voice, guitar and keyboards; Leo Espinoza, voice and guitar; Chris Diaz, MC; Sebastián Salazar, bass player and Tito Bravo, drummer. Recently there has been a change in the band –bass player Sebastian Salazar has decided … Read more
Leonard Nimoy, known as Mr. Spock to all who are fans of the original Star Trek series, passed away Friday morning at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles. He was 83. Last year the actor announced that he was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a result of years of smoking — a habit … Read more
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jeanne Beker, a child of holocaust survivors, will lead the Azrieli Foundation Book Launch, with a reading of her parents’ memoir, “Joy Runs Deeper,” at the Museum of Vancouver on Thursday, Feb. 19. “Joy Runs Deeper,” by Bronia and Joseph Beker, is an important literary view of the way life was in Poland, … Read more
PARIS — One woman spectator gasps at a photo of what appears to be severed body parts being washed in a sink by a woman smiling gaily for the camera. When another woman passes the same photo, she reads the description and laughs aloud to herself, prompting the incredulous woman to lean in close to … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Happy are the ones who retain childhood for their entire life time, enough to believe in fairy tales. Emir Kusturica decided to share his fairy tale, and he struggled hard throughout his life to bring it closer to his audience. A famous director, author of “Sećaš li se Doli Bel,” “Arizona dream,” … Read more
The 50s and 60s were gaudy times in Vancouver, not only because of the people, but also the neon lights that cluttered most of its main streets. The incessant buzzing sound in the Museum of Vancouver’s Neon Vancouver/Ugly Vancouver exhibit is an impassioned window into what Vancouver might have looked like before it was this boring. The … Read more
VANCOUVER, B.C — Seventy years have gone by since the Allies liberated Auschwitz and the horrors that laid inside were made public to the world. The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre has decided that in addition to a symbolic memorial, they will bring forgotten heroes to light. Carl Lutz and The Legendary Glass House in Budapest exhibit is a mesmerizing … Read more
JUBA, South Sudan – A South Sudanese local artist and a former presenter of Juba’s Capital FM, Ronyo Remmy, with a stage name of Dr. Remmy, has who founded a studio in Juba, has said peace and development lie with the entire people, rather than waiting for external actors. “The welfare of our communities, families and individuals rests … Read more
For those who are unaware, Serial is Sarah Koenig’s search for the truth behind Hae Min Lee’s murder in 1999. The case is simple. The victims of the crime of passion in question were two teenage immigrant American lovers who split up at the turn of the century. Born abroad and raised in the US, … Read more
Sony’s controversial Christmas Day comedy release “The Interview” is canceled following a series of leaks that exposed the politics happening behind Hollywood’s silver screen. In a sequence of events that unfolded over the past few days, the Guardians Of Peace threatened violence and engaged in cyber-warfare against the movie that centres around two funny journalists … Read more
Every once in a while you hear about acts of selflessness. They are one time acts of compassion and putting others before yourself. One such story of selflessness that has spanned over 40 years started when David McCallion’s Grandfather gave him his Princess Mary tin and belt. That became a lifelong passion, and now David McCallion is the … Read more
The senses of the blind are beautifully and intriguingly captured in this series of photos taken by sightless Nepalese youths. Photo documentarian Sergey Stroitelev has created a photo project in Kathmandu unlike any other. The project was undertaken to give a new experience both to blind people, who seldom are asked to portray the visual world to sighted people, … Read more