Growing up in New York City, Ellen Levy spent a lot of time in the American Museum of Natural History where she often went sketching, especially on the fifth floor with the dinosaurs.
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Lebanese Social Club hopes to break Middle Eastern stereotypes in annual culture show
Most people can tell you Lebanon is situated in the Middle East. Some might even know its political role in the region. But few can probably talk about the Lebanese people and culture as distinct from other cultures of the region.
Urban escape
In Los Angeles, you barely have to make a choice between the wilderness and the city.
Mark Twain’s writings still appeal to broad audience 100 years after his death
Late in his career, in 1905, author Mark Twain claimed to have a new hobby: collecting compliments paid to himself.
Theater Review
What looks to be your average dysfunctional family of four gets a lot weirder when middle-aged mother Diana Goodman (Alice Ripley, Tony Award winner for her portrayal of the same role in “Next To Normal” on Broadway) begins frantically laying down slices of bread on the floor.
Spoken around the World: Old Norse
Professor Kendra Willson’s mother had lived in Stockholm, spoke Swedish and always talked of it as a magical place. Willson found a magical place of her own when she spent two years in Iceland after getting her undergraduate degree.
Spoken around the World: Azeri
The Azerbaijani, or Azeri, language was steadily been replaced by Russian as Azerbaijan’s chief language when the country became a part of the Soviet Union in 1922.