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International Black Theatre Festival: Breaking down the myths

3:37pm July 30, 2024

International Black Theatre Festival organizers look to expand the festival's reach into more diverse audiences by quelling some of the myths surrounding it.

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Raising Awareness About The Importance Of Vaccines

6:58am January 23, 2020

by David Ford

Over the last 18 years, measles vaccinations alone are estimated to have saved more than 23 million lives according to the

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In the story "The Mole and the Sun," Mole's mother is sick. A medical seer tells him she will recover if his friend Ya Sun can orbit the earth in the opposite direction that it's rotating. The sobering moral is that you can't go against the rules of natur

Magical Photos Bring Fables From Mbomo To Life

9:53am December 17, 2018

by Rachel D. Cohen

The fables were gathered from people in the Congo Basin and illustrated with a touch of magical realism in the new book Congo Tales: Told By The People Of Mbomo.

Did Thoreau steal pies off neighbors' windowsills? The myth persists.

What Did Thoreau Really Eat? You Might Be Surprised

8:00am July 11, 2017

by Jean Fain

There's no shortage of dietary lore about naturalist and Walden author Henry David Thoreau, so as his bicentennial birthday bash arrives, we wish to debunk these myths deliberately.