Culture
Global culture, including music, art, film, music, the producers and the consumers, this is our entertainment section.


	Of Mice and Men by The Ovi Team February 6th, 1937. On this day, John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, the story of the bond between two migrant workers, is published. He adapted the book into a three-act play, which was produced the same year.
	Le "savoir" vs. knowledge by Joseph Gatt We Americans value the notion of "relevance" in intellectual conversation. That is when exchanging intellectual information or debating about current events, we try to remain relevant to the single current even being discussed.
	H.R. Giger by The Ovi Team Hans Rudolf 'Ruedi' Giger, born in Chur, Grisons Canton, Switzerland, 5 February 1940 - 12 May 2014, is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer, who won an Academy Award for...

	Andrew Greeley by The Ovi Team February 5th 1928. On this day, Catholic priest and novelist Andrew Greeley is born in Oak Park, Illinois.
	Philip Seymour Hoffman by The Ovi Team February 2nd, 2014. On this day, Philip Seymour Hoffman, considered one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation, dies of an accidental drug overdose at age 46 in New York City.
	A few notes on learning foreign languages by Joseph Gatt I've written quite a few articles on learning foreign languages, but here are my "final" notes (this is a work in progress) on my research on learning languages.
	La Boheme by The Ovi Team February 1st, 1896. By the time the first of his three career-defining operas had its premiere, Giacomo Puccini was no longer living a life of impoverished artistic struggle.
	How to get a Nobel by Joseph Gatt The Koreans often tell me that they don't get Nobels because, despite deserving them, their works are not translated into English or something.
	Phillip Glass by The Ovi Team January 31st; Phillip Glass, a vital force in postmodern music, is born in Baltimore, Maryland, on this day in 1937.
	Advice to book publishers by Joseph Gatt Advice if you're a struggling book publisher, or if you want to set up a book publishing company.
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