‘Arts’ Archives
New CHAPBOOK Seeking Submissions of Poetry
ILLUSTRATION: Jake Ryan Don’t we think about our ancestors a lot? Where they came from, how they struggled and triumphed, what they would say to our world today? Our community knows the power of ancestors: from visits to the historic Pioneer and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery to Day of the Dead celebrations to streetside memorials at places of tragic deaths. “Writing With Our Ancestors” is a chapbook* focused on poems written to ancestors or from ancestors in their voice. It will be published in the summer, and submissions are now open. Poems should be no longer than 40 lines, and can be written in any style. Poets of any level are encouraged to submit. The only requirement is that they be poems written to ancestors or from ancestors in their voice. Poems about ancestors will not be accepted. Editors of the chapbook are Patrick Cabello Hansel, the author of three books of poetry including “Breathing in Minneapolis,” and Dralandra Larkins, an award-winning spoken word [...]
Out of Darkness
from the series Movie Corner 4 out of 5 Stars Bleecker Street 2024Thriller/Horror/ Mystery By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Scottish director Andrew Cumming has crafted a most unusual film. His first full feature film Out Of Darkness occurs in prehistoric times - 45,000 years ago - where survival is of the utmost importance. Yet Cumming’s clever work does not rely on survival alone but crosses the genres of horror, thriller, and mystery. The people at that time are hunter gatherers, finding land that is not barren and has enough food and water for subsistence. When the area is barren, Adem (Chuku Modu), the group’s leader, along with Heron (Luna Mwezi), his younger brother Geirr (Kit Young), and their elderly aide Odal (Arno Luning) leave for more fertile land only to find out it is just as barren as the land they left. The group is joined by a straggler, Beyah (Safia Oakley Green) and travels to another unforgiving landscape. Beyah is worried that she [...]
Howard’s Ten Best of 2023
from the series Movie Corner By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II The Zone of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer. Cast: Sandra Hüller | Christian Friedel | Freya Kreutzkam | Ralph Herforth. Drama | History | War. German in English subtitles. Running time: 105 minutes. PG- 13 The Boy and the Heron Director: Hayao Miyazaki. Cast: Soma Santoki | Masaki Suda | Ko Shibasaki. Animation | Adventure | Drama. Japanese in English subtitles. Running time: 124 minutes. PG-13 Killers of a Flower Moon Director: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio | Robert De Niro | Lily Gladstone | Jesse Plemons. Crime | Drama | History. Running time: 206 minutes. R Oppenheimer Director: Christopher Nolan. Cast: Cillian Murphy | Emily Blunt | Matt Damon | Robert Downey Jr. | Kenneth Branagh | Florence Pugh. History | Drama | Biography. Running time: 183 Minutes. R Origin Director: Ava Du Vernay. Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Jon Bernthal | Niecy Nash | Emily Yancy | Finn Wittrock. [...]
