Literature Makes us Better Lovers

"Reading makes us better seers, imagination enables us to reinvent ourselves. The ambrosia of imagination is offered in books, in art."

Lila Azam Zanganeh tells us with passion and enchanting eloquence about the far ranging effects of literature on life.

Nexus Masterclass Love & Literature, at Tilburg University, 2014.

Shadow Play

Jana & Baladoor, a new shadow play by Bahram Beyzaei

Rachmaninoff's Sonata for Cello and Piano

Pianist Dr Arthur Houle and cellist Kristen Yeon-Ji Yunperforming Rachmaninoff's sonata for cello and piano Op 19 G minor 4th at the Korean cultural center. Commemorating 50 years since Doctor Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous speech, I have a dream!

Dr. Arthur Houle is Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at Colorado Mesa University as well as the founder and director of the Festival for Creative Pianists.

Listen to him playing Chopin

Empty Chairs!

Empty Chairs!

By Ezzat Goushegir

Things Change

Things Change is a 1988 film directed by David Mamet. It was co-written by Mamet and Shel Silverstein, and stars Joe Mantegna and Don Ameche.

Beautifully written, wonderfully acted and directed!

Life

Death and rebirth relate only to two words

Yes

And

No

THE ADDRESS

"THE ADDRESS, a 90-minute feature length documentary by Ken Burns, was aired on PBS.  The film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to practice, memorize, and recite the Gettysburg Address.  In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln’s most powerful address."
Watch the complete movie.

Your Inner Fish

How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazingmachine it is today?