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Child of Holocaust survivors, Jeanne Beker, to lead book launch

Child of Holocaust survivors, Jeanne Beker, to lead book launch

February 17, 2015 | | No Comments

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Jeanne Beker, a child of holocaust survivors, will lead the Azrieli Foundation Book Launch, with a reading of her parents’ memoir, “Joy Runs Deeper,” at the Museum of Vancouver on Thursday, Feb. 19. “Joy Runs Deeper,” by Bronia and Joseph Beker, is an important literary view of the way life was in Poland, precisely in Kozowa, a small town in the east, after the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. The memoir is a rich tale

Paris Magnum Photography exhibition captures 80 years of city’s history

Paris Magnum Photography exhibition captures 80 years of city’s history

February 10, 2015 | | No Comments

PARIS — One woman spectator gasps at a photo of what appears to be severed body parts being washed in a sink by a woman smiling gaily for the camera. When another woman passes the same photo, she reads the description and laughs aloud to herself, prompting the incredulous woman to lean in close to the small print to discover the dismembered body parts are actually sculptures at the Musée Grévin, captured on film in 1982 by

Eighth Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival

Eighth Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival

January 31, 2015 | | No Comments

BELGRADE, Serbia — Happy are the ones who retain childhood for their entire life time, enough to believe in fairy tales. Emir Kusturica decided to share his fairy tale, and he struggled hard throughout his life to bring it closer to his audience. A famous director, author of “Sećaš li se Doli Bel,” “Arizona dream,” “Underground,” and other movies, he is one of seven directors with two films that have won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film

Neon and history: Museum of Vancouver’s permanent light show

Neon and history: Museum of Vancouver’s permanent light show

January 29, 2015 | | No Comments

The 50s and 60s were gaudy times in Vancouver, not only because of the people, but also the neon lights that cluttered most of its main streets. The incessant buzzing sound in the Museum of Vancouver’s Neon Vancouver/Ugly Vancouver exhibit is an impassioned window into what Vancouver might have looked like before it was this boring. The exhibit, which is run by the museum’s curator Joan Seidl and was created by Revolve Design, has been open since 2011. It

Amid memorials, forgotten names come to light – Carl Lutz and The Legendary Glass House in Budapest exhibit in Vancouver

Amid memorials, forgotten names come to light – Carl Lutz and The Legendary Glass House in Budapest exhibit in Vancouver

January 26, 2015 | | No Comments

VANCOUVER, B.C — Seventy years have gone by since the Allies liberated Auschwitz and the horrors that laid inside were made public to the world. The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre has decided that in addition to a symbolic memorial, they will bring forgotten heroes to light. Carl Lutz and The Legendary Glass House in Budapest exhibit is a mesmerizing ode to a man who managed to save 62,000 people by handing out fake papers and setting up a total of 76

Artist appeals for hard work and self-reliance in South Sudan

Artist appeals for hard work and self-reliance in South Sudan

January 6, 2015 | | 1 Comment

JUBA, South Sudan – A South Sudanese local artist and a former presenter of Juba’s Capital FM, Ronyo Remmy, with a stage name of Dr. Remmy, has who founded a studio in Juba, has said peace and development lie with the entire people, rather than waiting for external actors. “The welfare of our communities, families and individuals rests on our collective efforts to take advantage of opportunities to fight for peace, diseases, poverty and gender based violence.” He said if

Sony cancels The Interview’s release fearing threats

Sony cancels The Interview’s release fearing threats

December 18, 2014 | | No Comments

Sony’s controversial Christmas Day comedy release “The Interview” is canceled following a series of leaks that exposed the politics happening behind Hollywood’s silver screen. In a sequence of events that unfolded over the past few days, the Guardians Of Peace threatened violence and engaged in cyber-warfare against the movie that centres around two funny journalists in the pursuit of Kim Jong-un. Incensed by the release of what was supposed to be a $44 million comedy caper from