The Independent Music Awards

150 best community colleges eligible to compete for the Aspen Community Excellence Award. Due to this fact, and many other reasons, I consider it a great honor to be a Spanish teacher in this educational institution. In the following paragraphs,…

way to drive a story, dialogue does not necessarily need to be spoken out loud in order to be effective, and that many actors had built careers out of silent films- careers that came to be in peril with the addition of sound to film. Accompanying Music and Sound Effects. A common misconception about silent films is that they were presented without any sound at all, leaving audiences to draw meaning…

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a talented and successful architect and designer in the 19th and 20th century who worked in Glasgow and is best known for several remaining creations within the city. Recognized as the father of “Glasgow Style” which created and inspired a new approach to architecture. Born in 1868 on June 7th, Charles Mackintosh studied art and design where he was interested in drawing programmes at the Glasgow School of Art as well as trained as an architecture under John…

broke through the celluloid ceiling in 1980 when she became the first woman studio head, “female screenwriters appear to have made a breakthrough over the last three years, with an unusually high representation in the top 20 UK independent films (37%) and profitable UK independent films (30%)” (Source ??) and it’s not just in the UK. Ten women highlighted the Sundance Film Festival. One of those women paving the way for the under represented female group to be recognized and accepted is Lucy…

Alison Macor wrote on Edward’s acting role and the nicely arranged tension emerging before the release of the film. Despite the multiple reassessments, Edward was awarded the Golden Globe Award and was also selected for an Academy Award for being the Best Supporting Actor. In the same year of receiving those awards, Edwards acted the character of Alan Isaacman, an attorney in The People versus Larry Flynt. In the year 1998, Edward acted the character of Derek Vinyard, a renewed neo – Nazi,…

As I have grown up through my childhood and pre-teen years, the different elements of pop-culture (books, TV, movies, music, etc.) have had an impact on me. I have never been the type to be able to consistently watch movies, because no matter how interesting, I always end up falling asleep somehow. However, one of my favorite genres is dramas with suspense. Something about mystery-based movies makes them so compelling and riveting; they always leave you guessing. Above all, horrors are my…

"Cultural Appropriation” mean Choosing any effort of intellectual, cultural, artistic or believe, individually or collectively from other cultures and make it as a special effort an unlawful or immoral manner. Illegal Quote intellectual effort extended to ancient history, it is still going on by individuals or institutions, or even political systems. Multiple purposes, known on a personal level, change the culture of minorities by political systems, and change the culture of a society by the…

it that we want to acquire by going to college? It is the drinking shown in our music videos. Is it the craze of getting laid. Is it the adventures of living in the dorms. Do we want to expand our social circle. Or are we just here for our baccalaureate degree? All these questions seek answers in the 1995 film “Higher Learning” produced by John Singleton and Paul Hall under the direction of John Singleton in an award winning motion picture. This film takes place at Columbus University of…

“I think that when I write, I write out of who I am and the questions I need to figure out” (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents 169). Everyone has a way to escape reality, some draw, some listen to music, some take a nap, while others merely read and write, such as Julia Alvarez. The self proclaimed Dominican- American explains so in the Bloomsbury Review as her early life has consisted of many hardships that her writing addresses at one point or another throughout her poetry and novels.…

and learn from and many other community projects to help his community. Even after his death, 200 years later, Franklin remains one of the most known and most celebrated figures in the United States. He was a very successful man who was very independent and worked thru all the ups and downs that came his way. He is so memorable that his face image appears on the $100 bill as a sign of his appreciation of his hard work and dedication. His image and his name is also in shown in many towns,…