2016-05-26 Using Culture to Teach Arabic to American Students
Learning a new language is not easy, but an Egyptian in Washington, D.C., says he knows how to make it less difficult. Tamer Elsharkawy teaches Arabic to children. He says…
2016-05-24 Madonna Feels the Heat After Billboard Music Awards
British singer Adele won the big prize, as emotion won the big night, at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards show on Sunday. The performances included a return to the stage…
2016-05-21 Pans and Praise at 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Several American movies are among the leading candidates for the biggest award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or. Others got booed. The prize for worst reception so far…
2016-05-19 Painting Captures Moments after Lincoln’s Assassination
A rare painting showing the moments after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been cleaned, repaired and restored. The oil painting is named “Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands.” German…
2016-05-14 Movie Superheroes Divided in ‘Captain America: Civil War’
Disney Studios has broken another earnings record and “Captain America” helped make it happen. The latest in the movie series, “Captain America: Civil War,” opened nationwide in the United States…
2016-05-12 Bible Event Held at Capitol As Fewer Americans Identify as Religious
Hundreds of Christians gathered recently in front of the United States Capitol building on a cold and rainy day. They began a public reading of their holy book, the Bible.…
2016-05-07 Singer Angelique Kidjo Wins Award for Human Rights Work
Benin-born musician Angelique Kidjo has won a major human rights award, along with three African youth activist movements. Kidjo and the groups were honored for their work to defend freedom…
2016-05-05 Gaga’s Piano, Cobain’s Letter And More For Sale
Hundreds of things belonging to rock ‘n’ roll musicians will be offered to the public at an auction later this month. Julien’s Auctions is holding the event on May 21…
2016-04-30 ‘Lemonade’ Flavors Beyonce’s Tour Opening
Beyonce opened her Formation World Tour to a full house on April 27 in Miami, Florida. The pop superstar started the show with songs from her album “Lemonade,” released just…
2016-04-28 US Holocaust Museum Show Inspires Hungarian Art Students
At first look, the black-and-white photograph seems sweet and innocent. The image was taken in 1929 in Bremen, Germany. Nine neighborhood boys stand together. They are smiling as they look…
2016-04-23 Prince
Music fans and professionals are mourning the loss of revolutionary performer Prince Roger Nelson, better known as Prince. The artist was found dead in his home near Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday.…
2016-04-22 ‘Everybody Wants Some’ in this Linklater Movie
Award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater looks back at college in the 1980s in his new humorous film, “Everybody Wants Some.” The new movie is not a sequel to “Boyhood.” That 2014…
2016-04-22 Pop Musician Prince Dead at 57
American pop music superstar Prince has died. His representative, Yvette Noel-Schure, told the Associated Press that the performer was found dead at his home near Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 57…
2016-04-21 New Technology Aims to Put Audiences ‘Inside’ the Movie
A new technology might change the way people watch movies in the theater. Instead of watching a film on the screen, you would enter the scene and watch the action…
2016-04-18 Hemingway Exhibit Opens at JFK Library in Boston
The novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote 47 possible endings to his book “A Farewell to Arms.” Eight of them are part of a new show at the John F. Kennedy Presidential…