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By Alexandra MacAaron
After “a chance visit to the Boxing Day races in 2012,” Louise Ormond decided that she wanted to make a film about the racing world. She researched for several days, then came across the stranger-than-fiction story of Welsh racehorse Dream Alliance, an unlikely champion bred by a syndicate of average folk in the former mining town of Cefn Fforest. Ormond remembers, “I knew within seconds I’d do anything to make it into a film.”
‘Meet My [Insert Term Here]’
By Amy K. Hughes
A social puzzle: How to introduce an over-50 boyfriend? Please, not “lover” (too much information) or “long-time companion” (such a parodied cliché) or (groan) “manfriend.” Has anybody come up with a non-squirm-inducing term?
Concetta Tomaino and the Healing Power of Music
By Deborah Harkins
Who knew that music has the power to help stimulate the memory of patients with Alzheimer’s disease; help Parkinson’s patients learn to walk again; reduce blood pressure; help restore speech to a patient who has had a stroke? . . .
A Neurologist’s View of Music Therapy in Patients With Brain Trauma
Dr. Baxter Allen, a neurologist in fellowship training in the area of brain trauma, give us a description of how sound is received and incorporated in the brain. He discusses research in the area of music therapy and its ability to aid in recovery of brain injured patients.
Poetry Sunday: ‘Yellow Fields,’ by Alison Luterman
By Rebecca Foust
This week’s poem is another affirming the value of human relationship and commitment.
Molly Fisk: Jealousy Is Your Friend
Jealousy isn’t only an indicator of what to try next, it’s a wonderful fuel for action.
Breath and Bodily Housecleaning
If we make the habit of breathing conscious, we can start to feel how the diaphragm works and how the action of breathing affects the way we use our other core muscles.
Fashion Friday: Summer Whites for Your Wardrobe
We’ve long abandoned the fashion rule of “Don’t wear white after Labor Day.” Who says? While the Little Black Dress (LBD) has secured its place in the fashion lexicon, we believe a little white something or another in your summer wardrobe deserves a coveted place as well. Here are a few of our favorites of the hottest trends in white for the summer.
Ro Howe’s Recipes: Smoked Chicken Salad with Lemon Tarragon Mayonnaise
By Ro Howe
Smoked chicken breast is packed with flavor, and because it is smoked over low temperatures with its skin attached to protect and baste the flesh beneath, it remains tender and succulent.
Overcoming Prejudice: The Legacy of Elie Wiesel
By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.
Elie Wiesel’s contribution was to use his survival and artistry to keep the memory of man’s inhumanity to other men vivid and fresh. It is as urgent as ever: we continue try to demonize one another and split hairs about who belongs to what group and who should live or die.
The Wednesday Five
In this week’s Wednesday Five: Nearly half of the proposed new voting class for the Oscar’s are women; DOVE’s new ad campaign features women defining beauty and success for themselves; three girlfriends celebrate 100 years of friendship; Netflix’s ‘Orange is the New Black’ interrogates compassion; and Ida Applebroog on her artistic reinvention at 86!
Movie Review: Make Plans to See ‘Maggie’s Plan’
By Alexandra MacAaron
I can’t express how satisfied I am that ‘Maggie’s Plan’ probably lacked the budget for a bigger name. The part and the actress are ideally suited for each other. Greta Gerwig deserves greater success. Then again, I’d hate to see her walk away from intimate gems like this.
Susan Finley, Space Pioneer: What a Woman! (In the News)
She rose from “human computer” to NASA engineer—in a field that was overwhelming male. At 79, she’s still on the job, tracking the planetary explorer Juno as it approaches Jupiter.
Hamilton on Stage vs. Hamilton on the Page: a Great American Debate
By Alexandra MacAaron
How much of Alexander Hamilton’s current star status is the result of the genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the musical’s book, music, and lyrics, and how much is owed to the genius of Hamilton himself?
Fourth of July: Freedom Fighters Beneath Our Feet
By Stacia Friedman
The writer discovers that in Philadelphia’s Washington Square Park, where she often strolls, more than 2,500 fallen troops of Washington’s army were buried unceremoniously in a mass grave.
