Common Ties That Bind
Exploring common values, living conditions, arts & cultural traditions and practices that cross racial, ethnic, generational, religious, and geographic boundaries; and destinations that offer opportunities to explore and enjoy the diversity and commonalities of the world’s peoples, places, and cultures.
June 6th, 2013
Written by Jill Lawless - Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
LONDON (AP) - Tom Sharpe, aptly named, was a writer who turned a razor-edged eye for absurdity on everything from the racism of apartheid to the squabbles of academia.
The British writer behind a string of comic novels including the campus classic "Porterhouse Blue" died at 85.
Sharpe's Spanish publisher, Anagrama, said he died Thursday in Llafranc, the Catalan town where he lived. His physician...
June 3rd, 2013
Written by Jennifer Farrar - Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) - Richard Greenberg's new musical, "Far From Heaven" is actually pretty close to heavenly. Tightly staged by Michael Greif at Playwrights Horizons, it's smart, sophisticated, and a perfect vehicle for Kelli O'Hara's soaring voice and endearing stage presence.
Based on the 2002 movie written and directed by Todd Haynes, the transporting, potent show has an elegant diversity of music...
May 31st, 2013
Written by Christine Orchanian Adler in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
“We truly are one world, from one tribe, playing one rhythm.” ~Michael Goude
You are sitting in a room surrounded by people of all ages, races, and cultures. The smell of sage is in the air. A white candle flickers nearby. You don’t know these people, and if you were to converse you might find your lives have very little in common. But in this moment, you are not speaking. You are each beating a...
May 28th, 2013
Written by Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Fifty years ago, an angry white mob attacked a racially mixed group that sought to integrate a whites-only lunch counter in Mississippi's capital city.
On Tuesday, the anniversary of the Woolworth's sit-in, education, and tourism officials are unveiling a marker to commemorate the pivotal event in the state's civil rights movement.
The marker is part of the Mississippi...
May 25th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
In recent years black women are at higher risk for the long considered white female disease, Multiple sclerosis (MS,) according to a May 7 report in Neurology.
MS is a debilitating condition that damages the protective coatings on nerves in the central nervous system, resulting in a loss of motor control, muscle weakness, vision complications, and other problems, according to the National...
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