7+ min ago   (462+ words) The Sessions Surf Festival emerged in Encinitas a few years ago on the heels of the pandemic. The brainchild of San Diego native Taylor Steele, a prominent surf filmmaker since the 1990s, it was initially focused on movies and panel discussions....

8+ min ago   (717+ words) So begins Cad Goddeu — The Battle of the Trees — one of the most enigmatic and haunting poems preserved within medieval Welsh literature. The poem unsettles modern expectations from its opening lines. Trees do not merely frame the landscape or decorate…...

22+ min ago   (950+ words) IndieWire ‘How We Stand’ Review: Amber Midthunder Stars in a Richly Drawn, Magical-Realist Indigenous Tale Like her previous film, the generational epic “Bones of Crows,” which explored the traumatic echoes of Canada’s residential schools, writer/director…...

1+ day, 5+ min ago   (141+ words) Human beings are a fascinating species. We’ve somehow made a tradition out of celebrating major milestones by setting off pretty, deafeningly loud explosives and standing around watching them burn holes in the night sky. New Year’s Eve? Explosions. Apparently nothing…...

29+ min ago   (16+ words) Under patronage of UAE President, Abdullah bin Zayed inaugurates 35th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair wam.ae...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (506+ words) There were early signs of Terry Stringer’s calling as a sculptor. As a boy in England, he would make human figures out of plasticine. “I have a distinct memory that I had the illusion that if one was a good…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago   (165+ words) There are several things you can do when you’re stuck on the Kings Highway North hill, waiting for the Wilton Road light. You can quietly seethe, inching up on the car in front that can’t go anywhere. You can concentrate…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (373+ words) After learning to sew at just four years old, 11-year-old Brooke Sumpter is making history as the first child to design and showcase an American Girl doll collection. ---- Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/59aJ1G ABC News Digital is your…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (15+ words) Prospice: Anomaly Exploration Simulator IGN India Prospice: Anomaly Exploration Simulator News...

26+ min ago   (140+ words) A local barbershop chorus will be hosting a fundraiser to support music education. The Manitowoc Clipper City Chordsmen barbershop chorus will be having their fall show, “Singing in Harmony”, to raise money for local music education. This fundraiser will be…...