Author: Juliette Wipf

  • April Front Page

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  • Life on a Roll

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    Pretty Old Carved Stones in France Elodie Pauwels https://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com   Don’t you like to observe the details of finely carved stones and try to feel the history behind it? Here are a few examples of those that I liked the most: the year of construction of a chimney in a modest house in a village…

  • Quotable Quote

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      “Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else? In fact, security is essentially elusive, impossible. We all die. We all get sick. We all get old. People leave us. People surprise us. People change us. Nothing is secure. And this is the good news. But only…

  • New York State Of Mind

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    Guadalupe Astorga This month Natural Selections interviews Alicia Galicia. Conference dining/ catering, RU. How long have you been living in the New York area?  I’ve been living in NYC for 28 years. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in Astoria and I love it, so Astoria is my favorite neighborhood. What do…

  • New York City Dialect New York-ese, Lesson 6

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    Aileen Marshall Hey! Welcome to the sixth and last lesson in our series on the New York City dialect. By now you should be able to understand the natives well enough to ask for subway directions (which also makes it obvious that you are a tourist). Don’t worry about being able to understand the announcements…

  • Culture Corner

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    Art review: “The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.”; Princeton Art Museum, March 4 – June 11, 2017 Bernie Langs There are certain types of art exhibits that are more difficult to take in than others. I have always found, for example, that illuminated manuscript displays require…

  • Autism Awareness

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    Guadalupe Astorga April is National Autism Awareness Month. April 2 is a day meant to create consciousness, tolerance and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A better inclusion in society is essential to increase their quality of life and expectations. Autism spectrum disorder encompasses a vast range of behaviors, genetic mutations and neurophysiological…

  • An Italian Easter

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    Francesca Cavallo Easter brings to mind egg hunts, chocolate, jelly beans, and the Easter bunny. In Christianity, Easter is the holiest and oldest of all traditions, and it’s related to the even more ancient Jewish festival of Passover, which is described in the Old Testament. Both holidays are often celebrated at the same time of…

  • March Front Page

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  • The Golden Age of Hip Hop on the Silver Screen

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    Owen Clark Hip hop is dead. I can’t exactly recall the point at which I first heard this phrase, but it seems to be etched in my earliest memories of acquainting myself with rap music, and all of its accompanying baggage. Undoubtedly, journalistic decries of the death of entire genres of music, sports, or really…

  • Culture Corner

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    Bernie Langs “Truth” in Painting Getting to a ‘core essence’ in a mystic or revelatory sense can be as elusive as tracing the path of an electron or photon, famously described as both particle and wave. The arts can be utilized as a conduit to higher states of consciousness. In music, the drone of an…

  • Quotable Quote

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      It is quite certain that science cannot progress properly except by the fullest internationalism. A.V. Hill (Nature, 1933)