'Peacemaker' puts John Cena film character in topical light
Friday, 22 April 2022, 10:03
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
In last year's "The Suicide Squad," John Cena's Peacemaker is a jingoistic, bigoted superhero. Transferring the DC Comics character to a TV series spinoff gave writer-director James Gunn a forum to...
Exploration pays off in Big Thief's 20-track album
Friday, 22 April 2022, 10:01
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
"Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You," Big Thief (4AD) Brooklyn-based indie rock band Big Thief seems to draw from a bottomless well of creativity. After releasing two records in 2019, the...
'Who We Are' offers a searing view of racism in US
Friday, 22 April 2022, 09:59
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
"If you've ever owned a slave, please raise your hand," Jeffery Robinson asks a live audience at the beginning of "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America," a searing documentary based on a...
Battles over book bans reflect conflicts from the 1980s
Friday, 22 April 2022, 09:50
Last update: about 6 years ago
The Conversation
A conservative leader found fault with how "respect for our nation's heritage" had been mostly stripped from the textbooks of public schools. "From kindergarten right through the total school...
Four of Europe’s most prestigious venues await the MPO
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 12:36
Last update: about 6 years ago
Grandeur awaits, as the MPO soon sets off to perform in some of Europe's most prestigious concert venues. This will be the third international tour during the Concert Season 21/22, after the orchestra...
Flies, insects and decaying families
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:34
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
This is the 14th book by this prolific author (including three novels for young people, two for adults, seven collections of short stories, two collections of poems) and this one adds to the...
MADC to stage classic thriller ‘Wait until Dark’
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:27
Last update: about 6 years ago
Booking is now open for MADC's timeless thriller Wait until Dark by Frederick Knott, which will take to the stage at the MADC Playhouse in Santa Venera later this month. Set in the 1970s, Knott's...
Carmine Lauri and Francesca Lauri to give Teatru Manoel recital
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:25
Last update: about 6 years ago
Internationally-renowned Maltese violinist Carmine Lauri is soon to return to Teatru Manoel for a recital, accompanied on the piano by his daughter Francesca Lauri. In the violin and piano...
Music and magic meet in ‘Matilda the Musical’
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:22
Last update: about 6 years ago
The story of Matilda, a gifted little girl who changes her own destiny with her extraordinary intelligence and telekinetic powers, has been delighting children for decades. The book even inspired a...