Math lovers widely celebrate March 14 as Pi Day. Written as 3/14, the date matches the first three digits of pi—the constant ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. One can go even further on that day, celebrating by the minute (3/14, 1:59) or the second (3/14, 1:59:26) to […]
Tag: Arts & Culture
Lemon Cake
January and February are the birthday months in my family, with each kid’s birthday exactly two weeks apart. Like many families, we have numerous birthday traditions, including choosing a special “birthday cereal” in the morning, a fox cake that my little brother asks for almost every single year, and going […]
The Bridge Between Art and Literature
In this article, each book that I recommend will be accompanied by a painting that fits its theme or subject matter. In the subsequent review, what ties the painting and novel together will then be explained and interwoven. Without further ado, let’s explore this bridge between art and literature! Tamara […]
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Chicago, United States of America. June 1902. Ladies are wearing puffy sleeves and long silk skirts while men look dashing in clean suits and bowler hats. They enter the Chicago Grand Opera House for a performance of the up-and-coming new musical, The Wizard of Oz. It is a show based […]
Andrea Bocelli: A Blind Man with a Miraculous Voice
Andrea Bocelli, an Italian tenor, rose to fame in 1994 by winning the 44th Sanremo Music Festival. Since then, Bocelli has recorded fifteen solo studio albums for both pop and classical music, three Greatest Hits albums, and nine complete operas. Currently, over 75 million albums from Andrea Bocelli have been […]