by Michael Shapiro | Apr 8, 2010 | Stories
When President Nixon visited China in 1972, he said that it takes a great people to build a Great Wall. In Mongolia they countered: It takes an even greater people to make them want to build it. That warrior pride is on full display at the Naadam festival. Read the...
by Michael Shapiro | Nov 27, 2009 | Stories
A certain magic happens when the right event is held in a town that embraces it. Setting an environmental film fest in Nevada City is an alchemical pairing that brings out the best in the Gold Country town. With its rich prospecting history, 19th-century Victorian...
