In Review: Books, Music, and Film

Books, Music, and Film

A Sea Change :: Film Trailer

posted May 13, 2010

Hidden below the waves, ocean acidification is wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems.

YES! Film Picks: A Sea Change, The Good Soldier, Trouble the Water

by Jeff Parsons

posted May 13, 2010

Reviews of our favorite films for the Summer 2010.

YES! Music Picks :: Summer 2010

posted May 13, 2010

Musical inspiration while putting out the Summer 2010 issue: Horse Feathers, Natalie Merchant, Rana Farhan.

The End of the Long Summer

by Sherry Boschert

posted Apr 13, 2010

A new book by a leading science writer tells what we need to do to survive climate change.

Getting to the Heart of Interfaith

by Rev. Wendy L. Bell

posted Apr 13, 2010

The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi & a Sheikh.

Book Excerpt: Getting to the Heart of Interfaith

by Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon, Sheikh Jamal Rahman

posted Apr 13, 2010

In the chapter "Honoring the Spirit" the Interfaith Amigos describe one of the most meaningful moments they have experienced in their work together.

Bringing it to the Table

by James Trimarco

posted Mar 30, 2010

Wendell Berry on Farming and Food. Pragmatic and passionate insights appear in each of the 24 essays in Bringing it to the Table by Wendell Berry, reviewed here by James Trimarco.

YES! Music Picks :: Spring 2010

posted Feb 11, 2010

Musical inspiration while putting out the Spring 2010 issue: Susana Baca, Neil Halstead, and songs inspired by the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama.

YES! Film Picks: Crude, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Dirt

posted Feb 11, 2010

Reviews of our favorite films for the spring 2010.

The Food of a Younger Land

by Laura Kaliebe

posted Dec 15, 2009

Author Mark Kurlansky unearths a Depression-era project to document the country’s food traditions.

Trauma Stewardship

by Rinku Sen

posted Dec 15, 2009

ColorLines' Rinku Sen finds this guide useful for "anyone who stays close to the ground as they help to change that landscape".

Guardians of the Revolution

by John Feffer

posted Dec 15, 2009

Iran and the United States do not have to remain eternal enemies. So argues Ray Takeyh, an Iranian-born scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, in his useful and engaging new book.

In Review :: YES! Music Picks

posted Nov 10, 2009

Musical inspiration while putting out the Winter 2010 issue: Steve Earle, Mari Boine, and Richard Shindell.

In Review :: YES! Film Picks

posted Nov 10, 2009

Our favorite films this season include "The YES! Men Fix the World," "Homo Toxicus," and "Fresh."

Nowtopia

by Laura Kaliebe

posted Sep 18, 2009

Review of Chris Carlsson's Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future—Today!