Wingspan: progressive, educational, fun and beautiful
Wingspan is one of my favorite board games, for almost more reasons than I can mention. This is a...
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Category: Reviews
Board games offer lessons of life, inclusiveness
Walking into the game room of Mayhem Collectibles, in Clive, can be a surreal experience. There...
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In “Wild Nights,” Molly Shannon brings shades of SNL’s Mary Katherine Gallagher to Dickinson
The hilarious image of SNL’s Mary Katherine Gallagher will forever be what I see first, when I see...
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Last chance for two films about authenticity
These two stories showing at FilmScene are set thousands of miles, and hundreds of years, apart....
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‘Saturday Church’ earns fans through teen’s self-discovery
Cherry blossoms represent overwhelming beauty, the fleeting nature of life, and the feminine yet...
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Crystal healing therapy, in person
If you’re looking to “let go” or have a feeling of meditative serenity, the crystal healing bed I...
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AIDS documentary recalls heartbreaking activism
Early on in the documentary “How to Survive a Plague,” activist Larry Kramer is shown giving a...
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The best of protest music
Every year, I dive through the music industry’s “best of” lists, looking for albums and artists...
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Young lesbian love tested in “Rafiki”
A village in Kenya serves as the colorful backdrop for the drama that unfolds in the film “Rafiki”...
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“Cassandro the Exotico!” illustrates how painful past shaped Lucha Libre legend
Lisa Skriver provides a review of Cassandro, The Exotico!, a documentary about Lucha Libre pro wrestling pioneer Saúl Armendáriz.
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