The ABC show Once Upon A Time is exploring shared dream experiences from when certain characters were under a sleeping curse. Sleep. Sleep Curse. The most popular sleep-related fairy tales are Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. There’s the Rip Van Winkle story and a score of even lesser known sleeping hero/heroine stories. How many times […]
UCSB’s Arts and Lectures educate, entertain and inspire. The title for a recent event was FIRST PERSON: SEEING AMERICA; Ensemble Galilei with Actors Bill Pullman and Lily Knight. This was pretty vague on what the experience would be. The topic “first person” had to do with personal letters, speeches and essays by individuals written in
On NPR’s Fresh Air, Dave Davies was interviewing Jill Tartar, the outgoing director of the Center for SETI Research. They were discussing the movie “Contact” based on Carl Sagan’s book when Dave asked if Jill had a favorite scene in the movie. Rather than a favorite scene, Jill had a least favorite scene which had
Rachel Maddow visited Santa Barbara through UCSB Arts and Lectures. She was promoting her book “Drift” as well as answering questions that had been submitted previously from UCSB Political Science students and teachers. Maddow noted that she wasn’t used to talking in front of a large group. Her show is filmed in a small area
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Entertainment The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment. An event, performance, or activity designed to entertain others. Education The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction News has become more entertainment rather than informational. There are so many news shows and whole networks devoted to news that news has changed into
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