Three . . . two . . . one . . . my finger presses the launch button. One or two silent seconds pass. Then zoom! Up goes the rocket, and our heads all snap toward the sky. We follow the trail of smoke until we see a tiny parachute pop out, and we follow […]
Video: Interview: Local, state, national, and international performing artists like 2MXE really take a community approach to their music. They share their passion and love for working to bring music to communities and make real connection with their audiences across the country and around the world. Here’s what they say about the Move Mountains Project:
My husband and I were in Charleston, South Carolina in the summer of 2011 taking a walking tour of the city when a sudden rainstorm forced us to seek shelter inside a local church. We commented on the church’s beautiful artwork and architecture as we waited for the sun to reappear. Little did we know
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Mr. Robertson glared at me. Beads of sweat rolled off of his shaved head. Some of them ran over the prison tats that decorated his temples. The arms of the swastika rippled as he clenched and unclenched his jaw. He wanted to argue with me. He wanted to challenge the statement I had just made.
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The conflict spreading throughout East Ukraine is an extension of a history defined by ongoing dispute. Over the past century, vast expanses of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimea, changed hands from one country to the next until the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. For instance, up until the 1950s, contested land was given to
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“It’s not even my birthday But he want to lick the icing off I know you want it in the worst way Can’t wait to blow my candles out He want that cake, cake, Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Cake, cake, cake” – Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” 2012 “Oh, shake shake
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