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...Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, that's precisely the kind of underdog spirit the crowd lives for - a spirit driven in part by their hunger for great films, but also partly by a desire to thumb their noses at movie studio executives who claim to know what audiences want. As Ebert said during a post-film discussion, reacting to a suggestion that a studio didn't think one of the festival's 12 selected titles would appeal to the youth market: "We cannot be held captive to a bunch of illiterate 16-year-olds...
...seeking to organize social events with wide appeal. The Yard, Annenberg, and soon the Loker Pub, are all large venues, and there are few good reasons why they should not be used with frequency for class-wide meals, College-wide parties, and general get-togethers in the spirit of Yardfest—bringing a fragmented campus together more often...
...century Ireland.One of the best parts of the show is the incorporation of live Celtic music, led by Molly J. Hester ’08. The band—which includes traditional instruments like the Uilleann pipes and the bodhran—is understated and professional, providing spirit and a much-needed sense of poignancy to the show without detracting from the main action.The presence of “genuine” Irish music also suggests an important issue that surrounds the show: the issue of its own authenticity. “Sex, Lies, and Patricide—in Beautiful...
...given everyone the day off - with pay - to march, but he personally will not protest. "I think there have already been too many marches. We?ve made our point," said the Mexican-born Soto, who says he is a legal resident. He plans to stay home and honor the spirit of the boycott. "I?ll watch it on TV, but I plan to spend zero dollars." He said the true economic impact of work stoppages by immigrants - legal and illegal - will be felt not from a boycott lasting one day, but if the customers who are here illegally are deported...
...husband is in charge of the finances and the car maintenance, and we all go to church every Sunday. This month Little, Brown published a collection of my essays about family life called To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife. It's written in the spirit of one of my great heroes, the late housewife writer and feminist Erma Bombeck. It's not a book about social policy or alternative lifestyles or anything even vaguely political. It's a book about how much I miss my mother, who died recently, and about the struggles I have...