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The Cascade Festival of African Films, hosted by PCC Cascade, is the oldest African film festival in the U.S., and is now in its 34th year. Get ready by hosting a home-watch party with these films from past festivals, available for streaming. CFAF runs from Feb. 2 to March 2, 2024.
Zevin's richly imagined novel follows three friends over 30 years. In their mid-20s, Sadie, Sam and Marx design a compelling video game that brings them fame and fortune, changing the course of their lives.
Full of references that will delight gamers and anyone who remembers the 90s, Zevin’s novel is an expansive exploration of the creative impulse and the evolving nature of deep friendship.
Celebrate your freedom to read by checking out the 13 most challenged books of the past year, along with a selection of titles that are often the subject of controversy.
Whether it's racially coded language like dog-whistles around "the woke agenda" or "the great replacement theory" or overt messaging, it's important to understand how language is used to communicate, manipulate, obfuscate and ultimately, wield power.
If the only possible futures we can imagine are oppressive, hopeless and inevitable, how can we a more just world. one that uplifts rather than tears down? Here are a handful of titles that can help us envision a myriad of positive possible futures.
