"And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear’" (Luke 8:8). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one ...

It's almost eerie how well author Octavia Butler saw the future back when she penned Parable of the Sower in 1993. The world she pictured in her futuristic take of 2024 isn't that far off from our ...

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In 1993, Octavia Butler imagined the year 2024: There would be intense, apocalyptic climate change leading to the exploitation of workers, a massive refugee crisis, and major violent class disparities ...

ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theater and film and the professional presenting and producing organization of Emerson College, is thrilled to welcome back Toshi Reagon ...

This is Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh’s depiction of a sower like the one in Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. van Gogh lived from 1853-90. (Courtesy Photo) Using agricultural language because his audience ...

Greetings, Dieselfunkateers! Abrams ComicArts has just announced at San Diego Comic-Con the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Done by the same team of writer Damian ...

BELLOWS FALLS — The large stained glass window rescued at the 11th hour from the former Methodist meeting house two years ago before the building was demolished needs to be rescued again. Two years ...

A new art exhibit, and a panel on migration facilitated by Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS). The screening and discussion of the “first-ever ethnographic acid Western.” A Sun Ra ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. There’s lots of ways to participate: Read the book, join our community space, attend an event, sign up for our ...