Arts & Culture

- Manuscript - War kept Naseer Shamma away from his homeland of Iraq for years. Now, the famous musician hopes to rebuild his country with performances and projects to support culture and education. Shamma performed last week at the Iraqi National Theater. The crowd was on their feet cheering as Shamma played classic Iraqi and modern songs. He played with an orchestra, as … [Read more...] about Musician Seeks to Rebuild Iraq through Music

– Manuscript – The theatrical magic that keeps New York’s Broadway going during the latest COVID-19 spread has been performers ready to step in in an emergency. Actor Carla Stickler went a step further. She returned to acting from retirement to save the musical Wicked. Stickler launched a new career as a software engineer in Chicago three years ago. But she canceled … [Read more...] about Unsung Heroes of Broadway Defy COVID, Help Keep Shows Going

- Manuscript - People use the saying “out of this world,” to praise something as exceptional. But, at auction house Sotheby’s Dubai, officials are using the term literally. The company announced this week that it will sell a black diamond that they say is believed to have fallen to Earth from outer space. That would make it a literal “out of this world” … [Read more...] about Huge Black Diamond Falls From Space

– Manuscript – A movie about a mass killing in Bosnia was shown for the first time publicly in Serbia Tuesday. More than 1,000 people watched Quo Vadis, Aida? over two showings in the town of Novi Pazar. The movie is about the Srebrenica massacre, in which Bosnian Serb fighters killed 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995. Husein Memic is the director of a cultural … [Read more...] about Movie About Muslim Genocide Shown in Serbia for First Time

The shiny look of a glazed, roasted chicken may look delicious. But it can be difficult to achieve. The sugar in the glaze caramelizes in the oven. To caramelize food is to heat the sugar in it at a high temperature. This removes all the water. The sugar breaks down and then reforms. The taste it produces is more complex -- both sweet and salty, buttery and … [Read more...] about One Way to Beautifully Roast a Chicken