In addition, on January 19, the Institute will host the inaugural Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance presented by IMDbPro. Day One Features are birth/rebirth, L’Immensit à, It’s Only Life After All, Kim’s Video, Little Richard: I Am Everything, The Longest Goodbye, The Pod Generation, Radical, Shayda, Sometimes I Think About Dying, and Run Rabbit Run. Setting the scene, Day One Features will open the Festival in Park City: 11 features, plus a Shorts program, will illustrate the scope of Festival work across genre and form. MT, and single film tickets go on sale January 12 at 10 a.m. In-Person T icket Packages are currently on sale through December 16, Online Ticket Packages go on sale December 13 at 10 a.m. Festivalgoers will once again return to theaters to discover this upcoming year’s most impactful independent stories. The 2023 Festival will take place January 19–29, 2023, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, along with a selection of films available online across the country January 24–29, 2023. PARK CITY, UTAH, December 7, 2022 - Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the comprehensive slate of independent films selected across the feature film categories for the 2023 Sundance Film Festiva l.
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5/26/2023 0 Comments Kat leyh snapdragonThis story deals with same-sex relationships as well as non-binary and trans identities in age-appropriate, kind, and matter of fact ways. And even if you don’t relate directly with their struggles, you will definitely have a chance to care about them. If you’ve ever had to share a room, juggle work, school and parenting, or just felt like the outsider, you’ll find yourself in one of these characters. This story has a very diverse cast of characters dealing with real- world, very relatable problems. Like any worthwhile maiden-crone relationship, they help each other learn, grow, and change for the better. Jacks seems to be a crotchety old spinster hiding behind scary rumors, but she is sincere and authentic, with a surprisingly adventurous past and hopeful future. Snap is a skeptical, brash, and short tempered girl whose knack for seeing things as they really are allows her to also be the very best sort of friend. This unlikely duo will come to find they have much more in common than they could imagine.Įveryone loves a shook-up trope, and Kat Leyh shakes them all. Jacks is willing to do it in exchange for Snap helping with her work- which involves road-kill. The titular character Snap needs a favor of the supposed town witch. The graphic novel Snapdragon by Kat Leyh combines complex characters and simple illustrations to create an ultimately warm and hopeful story. 5/26/2023 0 Comments The Very First Christmas Stocking & the Gifts of the 7 Coins by Terry Paul LaFargueAs the story goes, Saint Nicholas heard about the old man and decided to help him secretly. Since his family had lost all of its money, the old man feared for the future of his three daughters because he had no money to give for their dowries. One story of the first stories about the Christmas stocking centers around a poor old man and his three daughters. Children nowadays opt for modern kind of toys as the best stocking stuffers for Christmas, such as gadgets or branded toys.Īlthough there many different cultural takes on this tradition around the globe, there are two stories that are believed to be the source of the tradition: the story of a poor old man and his three daughters, and the Norse legend of Odin. And, not only have the Christmas stockings changed, the gifts and sweets that are put inside the stockings have changed through time as well. When the tradition began, children would hang their socks or even place their shoes on the mantel, while today there are customized larger stockings that are specially designed to be used by children during Christmas. The tradition of hanging Christmas stockings on the fireplace mantle has been around for ages. 5/26/2023 0 Comments Tau zeroAll of that stuck with me, and I remembering wondering if a parent traveled close enough to the speed of light, might not their children grow older than them while they were away? I remembered a commercial for Omni magazine which described the twins paradox. The notion that time slows down as a person approaches the speed of light fascinated me. I was more effected by The Forever War than by Tau Zero. Haldeman’s novel took the personal approach, looking at the effect of time dilation on a few individuals, over a much small time scale. Anderson’s book examined the extremes, reaching out for the end of time, the end of the universe, the end of all things–all within a single human lifespan. The two novels took different approaches to time dilation: that effect that relatively has on time when one approaches the speed of light. Haldeman’s novel was published a few years later. Anderson’s novel, which was based on his short story “To Outlive Eternity”, was first published in 1970. I next encountered it in Poul Anderson’s Tau Zero, which I read in January 1999. That is when I read Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War. The effects of relativity play a significant role in that novel. If memory serves, I first encountered time dilation in a visceral way in November 1997. 5/26/2023 0 Comments Afterglow by Elliott JunkyardThe returning motorcycle from the first mod also sees an upgrade in a similar fashion. It even features a brand new upgrade system for all of the game's weapons in order to increase their power and give each gun unique abilities. While the theme and gameplay elements in Ashes: Afterglow closely resemble those of its predecessor, it is much expanded, with levels that are now far larger, non-linear by virtue of the hub system, and with many new enemy types and weapons. Ashes: Afterglow once again features new music by John Weekley (PRIMEVAL). It is the sequel to 2018's Ashes 2063, picking up the story where the former left off, and featuring 20 new levels, most of which are split across two hubs while a few others are standalone, interlude levels. This mod received one of the 2021 Cacowards on Doomworld!Īshes: Afterglow is a total conversion for the GZDoom engine developed by Vostyok and ReformedJoe. 5/26/2023 0 Comments A face like glassFor Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear – at a price. In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge 4.18 7,646 ratings1,319 reviews In Caverna, lies are an art and everyone's an artist. In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare – wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. Introduction | Reviews | Say Cheese… | Sunless Worlds | Who's Who in Caverna A Face Like Glass Introduction The principle of equity acknowledges that there are historically underserved and underrepresented populations and that fairness regarding these unbalanced conditions is needed to assist equality in the provision of effective opportunities to all groups. (Achugbue, 2003) Equity The guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement while at the same time striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of some groups. A diverse group, community, or organization is one in which a variety of social and cultural characteristics exist. Diversity Psychological, physical, and social differences that occur among any and all individuals including but not limited to race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, mental or physical ability, and learning styles. Cultural Competence The capability to shift cultural perspective and adapt behavior to cultural commonality and difference. Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Terms to Know Cultural Awareness A person's comprehension of the differences between themselves and people from other countries or other backgrounds, especially differences in attitudes and values. 5/25/2023 0 Comments The unexpected mrs pollifax bookPollifax the grandmother decides to embark on her long-longed-for career (shes pushing sixty). Tuesday, June 2nd, at 6:30 PM, An Evening with Mark Paul, in Conversation with Nikil Saval. Pollifax the spy And when dauntless, widowed Mrs. Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better, and Being Bolder Thursday, May 18th, at 8:00 PM, in partnership with The Kimmel Center, Sasha Velour, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Dragįriday, May 19th, 6:30 PM, An Evening with Rupal Patel, author of From CIA to CEO: Wednesday, May 10th, at 6:00 PM: In Partnership with The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Witold Rybczynski, Why Ornament Mattersįriday, May 12th, at 6:30 PM, An Evening with Three Authors Featured in Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes. Her decade-long love affair with this unique area of the world, combined with her award-winning storytelling skills, makes her the ideal armchair travel companion. The setting for Higgs’s acclaimed series of historical novels, Dumfries and Galloway also serves as her home away from home. The verdant hills and glens of the Lowlands are awash in history, rich with culture, and peopled with engaging characters. Without crossing the pond, changing time zones, or driving on the left side of the road, you’ll explore quaint villages and crumbling castles, old bookshops and charming tearooms in the delightful company of a guide whose love for this quiet nook of Scotland illuminates every page. You’ll join me, aye?”–from My Heart’s in the LowlandsBest-selling novelist Liz Curtis Higgs invites you to take an entertaining journey through the South West of Scotland, known as Dumfries and Galloway. “Let’s go, shall we? Just the two of us?”“I consider Galloway the country’s best kept secret: a place where time holds its breath, where ancient ruins dot the countryside in moss-covered splendor, where the natives are friendly and tourists are few, only because they don’t know what they’re missing. 5/25/2023 0 Comments The Last Question by Isaac AsimovMore specifically, “how can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?” Universe-scale computers called Multivacs have emerged. Characters ask the same question over long stretches of time: how dying from heat can be stopped, or averted ( Read more about how to direct characters within your stories). I came to realize that Nothing is in stasis! Summary of “The Last Question” (aka The Final Question)Īs Asimov’s story begins, it unfolds as a series of stories. To this day, it is perhaps one of the few stories that has gripped me, changed my direction, and forced me to improve upon literally everything. That’s why I decided to do a Last Question analysis. I even wondered if Ozimov ever used writing prompts to keep his imagination flowing. It’s no surprise that when I first read his work, more specifically his short story titled “The Last Question,” I laughed, I cried, and I questioned everything I was doing as a writer. The Last Question (or Final Question) nearly defines a new genre of sci-fi “The Last Question” Written By Author Issac Asimov in 1956īorn Isaak Yudovich Ozimov in 1920 Russia, and perhaps best known for his works in science fiction- despite being a professor of biochemistry- Isaac Asimov is regarded as one of the greatest authors of the 20th century. |