Tag: Arts & Tradition

A Pork’s Guide to Virtue: “Five Little Pigs”

This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef This little piggy had none, And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home. This toe wiggling Mother Goose rhyme usually comes with many giggles. Yet very few people know the moral story behind this…


Virgin and Child: Giovanni Bellini’s Quintessential Theme

The 15th-century artist Giovanni Bellini, beloved for his serene style, is being fêted at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris. The exhibition “Giovanni Bellini: Crossed Influences” is the first French special exhibit dedicated to the father of the Venetian school. Bellini was an innovator in his use of expressive color, tones, and natural light. He was…


De Young Museum Sprang Into Summer With ‘Bouquets to Art’

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco welcomed summer with a burst of vibrant colors and a fragrant scent that led right to the door of the city’s premier museum, the de Young. Spring flora is still blooming but summer flowers are beginning to show off their vibrant colors, all against the backdrop of the world-famous Golden Gate Park. The change of…


Gan Jing World Holds Its First Photo Contest, Receiving Touching Entries

Gan Jing World, a new U.S.-based information platform, is hosting its first Father’s Day Photo Awards, running from June 1 to the end of the month. Organizers say the winner will receive a grand prize of $1,000. Participants may upload an unlimited number of photo entries during that period. It could be their best dad…


Cancer: The Integrative Perspective

This groundbreaking documentary takes a deep dive into the fast-expanding paradigm of holistic and integrative wellness approaches for preventing and reversing cancer that treats the disease with conventional tools, while also supporting patients’ strength, stamina, and quality of life with evidence-based natural therapies. …


The Din of Ants

The story of the most organized and structured animal on the planet. First appearing over 100 million years ago, the exact number of species of ants on the planet is still uncertain. …


Guido Reni and the Union of Drawing and Color

The enlightening exhibition “Guido Reni,” currently on view at the Prado Museum, is the first of its kind in Spain. Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated painters of 17th-century Italy and was patronized by prominent popes, nobles, and monarchs throughout Europe. Reni, known by the epithet “Il Divino” (The Divine), is distinguished…


George Herbert’s ‘The Pulley’: The Gifts of Rest and Restlessness

“Our hearts are restless until they rest in you,” wrote St. Augustine. Over 1,000 years later, George Herbert wrote a poem giving us the backstory as to why this is so. George Herbert lived from 1593 to 1633 and was one of the metaphysical poets who wrote in 17th-century England. I defer to the wisdom…


James Walker’s ‘The Battle of Lookout Mountain’

The 13-foot by 30-foot “Battle of Lookout Mountain” painting has only been on display at the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center since 1986. For close to half a century, it lay wrapped up and out of view. How the painting came about requires travelers to visit Chattanooga, Tennessee, which borders Chickamauga, Georgia. Significant Civil War…


GasHole | Documentary

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Epoch Times or its affiliates. From claims of buried technology that drastically improves gas mileage, to bureaucratic governmental roadblocks, to consumers’ reluctance to embrace alternatives, “GasHole” provides a detailed examination…