Month: January 2015
A Hard Day’s Night and Help Blu-Ray Reviews
Even though the Beatle’s A Hard Days Night was produced before Help, the new 5-1 mix of the earlier film has the better surround mix. The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night was reissued on Blu-ray and DVD last summer. It marks the 50th anniversary of the film, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest […]
January 26, 2015
Sui Jianguo “Blind Portraits” Series Arrives in Central Park
Four massive sculptures by renowned Chinese sculptor Sui Jianguo are currently on display at New York’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza. The monumental sculptures are part of Sui Jianguo’s “Blind Portraits” series. While the large bronze do not quite resemble portraits, they were created “blindly.” Sui created small clay models while blindfolded, which were digitized and […]
January 19, 2015
Law School Students May Need Some Schooling In Practical Skills?
While the educational requirements of law school are certainly rigorous, practical skills training is lacking, according to many critics of the current model. In the United States, attorneys can practice after just three years of law school. By comparison, a surgeon must complete four years of medical school and gain another five years of professional […]
January 12, 2015
Wang Jianwei Makes U.S. Debut at the Guggenheim
Wang Jianwei: Time Temple recently debuted at the Guggenheim Museum. It is the Beijing-based artist’s first solo museum exhibition in North America. The exhibit also marks the first of three commissions of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative at the museum. According to the Guggenheim, the initiative “explores key ideas and core […]
January 5, 2015