Plus, there’s the booming theatre arena. So, if you want to keep a tab on.Besides its run of the mill content, Bengali cinema often delivers films that not only entertain but inspire us a lot. Both independent and film music have also earned a mass following over the years.
The role of psychoactive substance use in the research of artistic creation and creativity is a long standing topic. Ever since the discovery of LSD, researchers have examined the relationship between the effects of chemical substances and the artistic creative process. The goal of the present study was to systematically review all published empirical publications and case reports in refereed journals that focused on the relationship between psychoactive substances and creativity/creative artistic process.
Years ago, I learned of a project called Reading Rescue started by Biddeford native and school librarian, Lori Littlefield. Littlefield was frustrated seeing children’s reading skills slide downward through the summer months because they had no town libraries or access to books when school was closed. She bought an ambulance, painted it red, filled it with books and drove around giving away books to kids.
This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Non subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Readers can also interact with The Globe on Facebook and Twitter .. The group segued into “To Find A Friend” with a folksy, playful lilt. There was no banjo on stage, but it sure sounded like the pluckings of bluegrass steel and strings. This tune warmly breezed in like the budding of spring and Founds’ piano tickles fell like tiny raindrops.
A time capsule loaded with smack from the bohemian underbelly of JFK era America, Shirley Clarke’s 1961 film “The Connection” is an illustration of how much things change, and how much they stay the same. I’d be stretching to call “The Connection” a great film it’s mannered and edgy, in a way that’s partly deliberate but also distinctive to its period but it’s an important one in cultural and historic terms, despite being largely unknown. Watching this ensemble drama about a multiracial group of New York jazz musicians and beat philosophers in a run down apartment, waiting for their drug dealer to show up, is like traveling back 50 years in time, only to encounter the same people you might meet on the street today (at least, in certain neighborhoods of Brooklyn, San Francisco, Austin and so on).