by Susan | Dec 4, 2015 | Friday's Film, Good to Know!
Opening around town: Mother Teresa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians of modern times. Her selfless commitment changed hearts, lives and inspired millions throughout the world. The Letters, as told through personal...
by Susan | Nov 30, 2015 | Good to Know!
6 Saint Nicholas Day – Christian 7-14 Hanukkah – Judaism (begins sundown on 6) 8 Immaculate Conception – Catholic Christian Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) – Buddhist 12 Advent Fast begins- Orthodox Christian Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe –...
by Susan | Nov 26, 2015 | Book Review, Good to Know!
Confession time. I’ve been talking about Gordon Allport’s book The Nature of Prejudice (1954) as if I wrote the darn thing myself when, in truth, my exposure was probably a page or two in a social psychology textbook forty years ago. It seems like the...
by Susan | Nov 23, 2015 | Good to Know!
For those suffering from violence, the families and the countries, the victims and perpetrators, ourselves and all others. Co-sponsored by CAIR-TX, SA (Council on American Islamic Relations, San Antonio, TX); Christ Lutheran Church of Alamo Heights; Community...
by Susan | Nov 13, 2015 | Friday's Film, Good to Know!
@ the Bijou: A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures. German, with subtitles. Rated R for a scene of...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2015 | Good to Know!
Schiller called his poem “The Ode to Joy”: Thy magic reunites those / Whom stern custom has parted; / All men will become brothers / Under thy gentle wing. Beethoven followed suit. Today, November 9, is the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in...
