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Centenary United Methodist Church Hosts the Tony Abbott Lecture Series

10:08am March 01, 2013

If you're a lover of poetry or simply curious to learn more on the subject and you happen to be free any Tuesday evening in the month of March, Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem has just the thing for you.

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Director Dror Moreh was nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary The Gatekeepers.

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'The Gatekeepers' Offer Candid Assessment Of Israel's Security

1:30pm February 28, 2013

Director Dror Moreh interviews six former heads of the Israel's Shin Bet security service in his Oscar-nominated documentary. The men look back on their work and conclude that continued Israeli occupation of the Palestinians will not resolve the conflict.

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Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother' Inspires The Story Of 'Mary Coin'

1:00pm February 28, 2013

by Maureen Corrigan

Marisa Silver's new novel imagines the meeting of a Depression-era photographer and her now-iconic subject. Giving the characters different names but similar stories to their real-life counterparts, Silver tackles big questions about the morality of art.

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The "elephant in the room" is something obvious that can't be overlooked, even if no one is talking about it. The phrase was in use as early as 1935.

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Dictionary Of Idioms Gets Everybody On The Same Page

12:04pm February 28, 2013

by NPR Staff

From "dead cat bounce," which originated in the 1980s, to "cold fish," which was coined by Shakespeare, The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms explores the origins of more than 10,000 nonliteral sayings.

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Triad Jewish Film Festival in Greensboro Hosts Producer of The Simpsons

11:06am February 28, 2013

by David Ford

The Triad Jewish Film Festival in Greensboro runs this Saturday, March 2 through the 16th, building bridges of understanding by showcasing Jewish identity through six wonderful contrasting films, community outreach, and comedy.

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Movie trailers can drive people to the theaters or keep them away altogether.

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Movie Trailer Math: Getting 'Butts In The Seats' In Minutes

3:05pm February 27, 2013

by NPR Staff

Before films hit theaters, they are heralded by trailers that can either drive people to the box office or keep them away. Stephen Garrett, owner of the trailer production company Jump Cut Creative, talks about what it takes to lure audiences without spoiling a film.

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In his new book, The Vatican Diaries, John Thavis draws on his nearly 30 years of reporting on the Vatican.

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'Behind The Scenes' At The Vatican: The Politics Of Picking A New Pope

1:54pm February 27, 2013

John Thavis covered the Vatican from Rome for nearly 30 years while working for the Catholic News Service. In his new book, The Vatican Diaries, he describes a place much less organized and hierarchical than the public imagines.

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How The Food Industry Manipulates Taste Buds With 'Salt Sugar Fat'

12:46pm February 27, 2013

by Nell Boeschenstein

From food scientists who study the human palate to maximize consumer bliss, to marketing campaigns that target teens to hook them for life on a brand, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss' new book goes inside the world of processed, packaged goods.

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Puppets and Play: UNCG Presents The Long Christmas Ride Home

12:00am February 27, 2013

by David Ford

From King Friday on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka what is it about puppets that captures our imagination and sucks us into their stories?

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg finds that in the film Lincoln, screenwriter Tony Kushner oscillates between old and modern meanings of "equality."

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Historical Vocab: When We Get It Wrong, Does It Matter?

7:12pm February 26, 2013

by Geoff Nunberg

We're living in an age obsessed with authenticity, says linguist Geoff Nunberg, but we often choose to nitpick the wrong details. Whether it's Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Lincoln or Argo, Nunberg argues, a historical novel or screenplay should give us a translation, not a transcription.

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