Photo Essay: Scenes from modern yet tradition-filled Korea

| January 12, 2012

Toward the end of October, 2011, I spent a week in my birth country, South Korea, to visit landmarks and tour historical sites, in addition to experiencing modern culture, infrastructure and technology, in and around the nation’s capital city, Seoul. With its origins as a dynasty — united by emperors and kings for over a [...]

Healthy Memphis: Teenagers need guidance amid challenges of modern culture

| January 11, 2012

What you should know It seems that all parents back to the ancient Greeks have worried about their teenagers. Todays parents are like the parents of yesteryear but have unusual challenges that come with new technology and our modern culture. The former US Surgeon General said that we may see the first generation that will [...]

Alice Sara Ott: ‘I don’t want to have burn-out syndrome’

| January 10, 2012

She once said she would prefer to be listened to in the dark. It sounds so cheesy. But when I am melancholic, that is how I like to play. You are not distracted by any visual thing. Darkness might not go down too well with the record company: theres a publicity shot of Ott in [...]

Craft fair looks for the extraordinary in the ordinary

| January 9, 2012

The nations biggest craft fair kicks off its four-day run on Dec. 15 at COEX Hall C in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul. Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by Korea Craft amp; Design Foundation, the annual Craft Trend Fair has, over the years, become an important event for craft-lovers. This is [...]

Shakespeare Society to celebrate with sonnets and songs

| January 8, 2012

The musical Shakespearean style entertainers, John Gardiner and Jason Feddy, return to the Shakespeare and Modern Culture Society on Dec. 12 for a holiday celebration. Setting Shakespeares sonnets and songs that had been sung and played on lutes and period instruments during his time, the performers will offer blues-like music and Shakespeares scripts to fit [...]

ONCE UPON A TIME IN KNOXVILLE

| January 8, 2012

Will Frasers documentary Once Upon a Time in Knoxville gives us a glimpse at the life of Rollo Sullivan, a modern-day guru of sorts, living on his own land and building his own community from the junk and other materials left behind by society. A practical philosopher, Rollo believes in the self-sufficiency of the land [...]

Charlie Brooker’s satirical new drama

| January 3, 2012

Charlie Brookers satirical new drama Dec 2 2011 by Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury BROADCASTER and writer Charlie Brooker, the man who brought us dramas like Nathan Barley and Dead Set, now has another satirical swipe at modern culture. His three darkly comic stand-alone dramas about the way technology has transformed our lives begin with The [...]

Tour of downtown provides lessons as Joplin rebuilds

| January 2, 2012

JOPLIN, Mo. Adapting to change has been a theme in the months following the May 22 tornado, but a holiday tour of downtown buildings illustrates that adaptation is nothing new for the residents of Joplin. The tour on Saturday was sponsored by the Downtown Joplin Alliance as part of the annual DickensFest celebration, which also [...]

Thanksgiving Family Forum: GOP Candidates on Social Issues

| January 1, 2012

I hate that I missed this live, but I didnt even hear about it until after it was over. Thats, unfortunately, the priority our mainstream media and pop culture places on the foundation of all that we know and are blessed by in America.  Some desperately want Americans to believe that public morality and social [...]

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| December 31, 2011

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