Cities of Light Media Film Review By Lane Badger Collateral Beauty Director: David Frankel Screenplay: Allan Loeb Production companies: New Line Cinema, Producers: Allan Loeb, Kevin Scott Frakes, Michael Sugar, Anthony Bregman, Bard Dorros 94 min. “When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy he retreats from life. While his concerned…
Sacred Mountains of the West: Shiprock
‘Tse Bi dahi’ The Rock with Wings Photo and Article by Martin Gray Known today most commonly by the name Shiprock, the 1700-foot eroded volcanic plume is sacred to the Navahos as ‘Tse Bi dahi’, or the Rock with Wings. This name comes from an ancient folk myth that tells how the rock…
The Western Portal
Located in the Cascade Range of northern California, Mt. Shasta is a double peaked extinct volcano rising to 14,162 feet (4317 meters). The largest volcanic peak in the continental United States, Mt. Shasta has five glaciers and numerous steam vents that feed three separate rivers. Long venerated as a sacred place by numerous Indian tribes,…
La Curandera
“Deep within each of us is a person who dances to the Drum around the ritual fire —a person who knows the healing lore from times when plants spoke. A person who yearns for the Peace & Blessings of walking again in the Balance of…