Culture Anastasia: the movie (1956) 7 Dec 201812 Jan 2019 We're back! With the next in our Anastasia series! If you didn't see the first two posts you can follow these links to them. The first is the historical account…
Culture Etiquette 101 9 Sep 201827 Aug 2018 Culture isn't just what you know, but also how you act. The way we act says a lot about who we are. Believe it or not, people are watching us…
Culture Memorizing Poetry 12 Aug 201831 Jul 2018 What is more cultured then being able to quote a few lines of poetry? We see it happen in movies all the time, and I'm sure we all have the…
Culture… When Mario Met Mozart in the War of 1812 1 Jun 201828 Aug 2018 Not long ago I was attempting to apply for a blogger position and the hiring company had made a joke that if the applicant could combine Super Mario Brothers, the…
Culture Culture Up: Why? 13 May 201813 May 2018 You must drop your vanity, you are not a child … you will soon be thirty. It is time! I expect you…. We all expect you. Anton Chekhov, 1886, in…
Culture Culture Up: NYC Architecture 8 Apr 20188 Apr 2018 Paintings, sculptures, music, and, yes, even architecture! While New York City's buildings might not be quite the peak of high culture, I think they're still worth appreciating. That, and I…
Culture Culture Up: The Persistence of Memory 18 Feb 201815 Feb 2018 Yep. The melting clocks painting. That's how we uncultured folks refer to it. Painted by surrealist painter Salvador Dali in 1931, it currently resides in the Museum of Modern art…
Culture Culture Up: Winged Victory of Samothrace 4 Feb 201827 Dec 2017 One of my favorite classes in college was Art History. I love history to begin with, and Art History was surprisingly fun, all thanks to my incredible professor, Mark Terry.…
Culture Culture Up: Ride of the Valkyries 21 Jan 201821 Jan 2018 In addition to art, I'll also be exploring classical music. This week? The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner When I first listened “Ride of the Valkyries” for this project, I…
Culture Culture Up: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 7 Jan 20187 Jan 2018 What? A Giddy Goat post on a Sunday? What is this madness? I'll tell you what this madness is. One of my goals (which just happens to fall around the new…
