Arts & Entertainment

bell hooks, author and activist, dies aged 69

Source: The Guardian

Learn about the amazing life and influential work of feminist author bell hooks as she is remembered by those she inspired most.

Choral director sets immigration poetry to music

Source: Post Bulletin

Read about how one choir director set immigrant poetry to music, with the proceeds benefitting charity.

20 Must-Read Middle Grade Fairytale Retellings

Source: BookRiot

Peruse this list to find your next read.

Macbeth’s curse: study identifies link between sleeplessness and paranoia

Source: ScienceDaily

Shakespeare’s line, “Macbeth doth murder sleep”—and his guilt-ridden, sleepwalking Lady Macbeth—made a link between psychological distress and troubled sleep. Recent research shows that the Bard was onto something.

Bringing the Bard into modern day

Source: ASU News

Play On Shakespeare takes beloved plays by the Bard himself and puts them into language an even wider audience can appreciate. Check out this article to learn more about these unique and ground-breaking translations.

Fortnite’s Civil Rights Movement Inclusion Was Well-Intentioned But Messy

Source: IGN

Is a popular video game an appropriate venue for teaching young people about the Civil Rights movement? Click here to find out what happened when Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech was featured in Fortnite.