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March serves as Womens History Month. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Stony Brook Libraries celebrates Women’s History Month

Claudia Motley • March 31, 2018
Stony Brook University Libraries concluded its celebration of Women’s History Month this Monday with a final lecture detailing how gender roles impact female success in the workforce.
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Three Korean comfort women photographed in 1944 while being interrogated. The Charles B. Wang center screened I Can Speak, a film exploring the lives of comfort women in Korea under Japanese occupation. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Center for Korean Studies shows Korean film “I Can Speak”

Claudia Motley • March 25, 2018
Stony Brook’s Center for Korean Studies at the beginning of the month, released in 2017, the Korean comedy-drama “I Can Speak.”
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Actor Yoon Doo-Joon who plays Ji Soo-Ho in the K-Drama Radio Romance. The show airs on the channel KBS2 every Monday and Tuesday. 10ASIA/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY 2.0

Top K-dramas to watch for new fans

Claudia Motley • March 4, 2018
Thanks to the 2018 Winter Olympics held in PyeongChang, South Korean culture has been put in the spotlight.
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Made in Abyss is one of the anime shows with new seasons starting in 2018. The series won Anime of the Year at Crunchyrolls 2017 Anime Awards. DOMENICO VESCIO/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

2018 to be a good year for anime fans

Claudia Motley • February 25, 2018
Between the new arc of the infamous "Fate" series, hit romance show "Just Because!" and the manga-based "Made in Abyss," last year was a good run for anime. So what’s in store for the new year?
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Doki Doki Literature Club!: A new realm of horror

Claudia Motley • February 8, 2018
Doki Doki Literature Club!, a dating simulation game by Team Salvato, surprises video game fans by actually turning into a psychological horror game.
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A mock cover of the french science fiction mid-century comic, Valerian. INTERGALACTIC ROBOT

The “Star Wars” of 60s France fails in the 21st century

Claudia Motley • January 21, 2018
The Star Wars saga has won the hearts of millions since 1977, yet a similar story has been seen before, and it debuted in print nearly a decade before “Episode 4: A New Hope” made its premiere.
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The AMC Loews Stony Brook movie theater showed PUBLIC DOMAIN

Review: Anime film “No Game No Life: Zero”

Claudia Motley • October 10, 2017
Though there are some nods to the original anime show itself — the movie starts by introducing Tat and Izana, two key characters from the show — the storyline is based on the history behind the world of “No Game No Life."
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Kieto Kitazawa leads a traditional tea ceremony for the Charles B. Wang Centers cultural program, The Way of Tea in Asia. Tea ceremonies were common in the Samurai class as a method of relaxation. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHARLES B. WANG CENTER

The Way of Tea stirs tradition and meditation with cups of tea

Claudia Motley • September 25, 2017
On Sunday, Sept. 24, the Charles B. Wang Center hosted a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
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Bill Skarsgård, above, played Pennywise in the remake of [author] movie IT. GAGE SKIDMORE/FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

Movie Review: Stephen King’s “It”

Claudia Motley • September 13, 2017
Since Sept. 8, there has been a new film on the rise, and “It” has just made its big debut.
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