Dana: Six funny ways you know you're in the U.S. that I noticed while back over there this past January.

WBER is a radio station in Rochester, New York, in the Northeastern part of the United States. Anyone in the Rochester area can be a DJ on the station, if they are willing to put the time in.

When a non-commercial radio station needs gear, and it doesn’t have money in the budget, it must turn to the audience and ask for help. When Tim Beideck heard that WBER’s transmitter urgently needed replacing, he decided to turn the premiere of Drivers Wanted into a fundraiser for the station.

Luckily, the fundraiser was a big success, and the movie got a lot of great press. Thousands of dollars were raised; WBER got the transmitter and the gear it needed.

What images do you conjure up in your mind at the mention of “The Wild West”? Perhaps, cowboys & Indians, buffalo, shoot-outs. Well, if you’ve been yearning for a change of scenery lately, check out this gorgeously animated video by We The They. It will definitely get you thinking about greener pastures from a by-gone day!

Matthew Forte, one of our film makers, is going to make a killer horror film (pun intended).
Yabla will be promoting his film and here's his fund raising link, in case you want to contribute, too:
Wednesday's Children - IndieGoGo Promo

Welshy Arms, a blues rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, have had their song "Legendary" featured in movies, on wrestling shows, TV shows, commercials, and even a video game soundtrack. But it started out on their album No Place Is Home.

The President and First Lady kick off an evening of poetry, music, and the spoken word at the White House.

Esperanza Spalding, the first jazz musician to ever win a Grammy award, covers Lauryn Hill's song “Tell Him.” The song is loosely inspired by the famous Bible passage about "faith, hope, and love" from First Corinthians chapter 13.

Poet, activist, and scholar Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio recites a poem about remembering her cultural roots by honoring her family and recalling their Hawaiian names. The last part of the poem is spoken in Hawaiian.

Brave New Voices slam champion Joshua Bennett performs “Tamaraʼs Opus” at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.

Writer and star of the Broadway musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda performs "The Hamilton Mixtape" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word. Accompanied by Alex Lacamoire.

White Lies are from England and make wonderful indie rock music. Check out this tune by them entitled “Farewell to the Fairground.”

Wild dolphins playing with a plastic bag and a camerawoman. A video by the Wild Dolphin Foundation.

Jimmy Carter interviews Will Smith about his 1998 film Enemy of the State and his success "making hit after hit after hit after hit!"