Aw, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, we appreciate the attempt. "The Contract for the Web is a global plan of action created over the past year by activists, academics, companies, governments and …
The 28-year-old was a member of one of the first big K-pop girl groups, Kara. She had attempted suicide in May. In her solo career, she had some hits and also some TV and movie roles. " The …
Uh, wow, Dresden: "The exact details of the operation, and what was taken, are not yet clear, but local news outlets report the thieves targeted the jewelry section of the historic Roy…
Three quarters of young people in Britain have never heard of Mozart, a survey reveals. One in five think composer Johann Bach " who died in 1750 " is still alive. " The Daily Mail
Wilson's "outlandish, often ghoulish cartoons added a bizarrely humorous touch to Playboy, The New Yorker, National Lampoon and other publications in the era when magazines propelled the cul…
Suburban communities lose their coverage; attitudes about national outlets taint how people feel about their hometown newspapers; reporters cover way too many beats at a time; and other very…
Kappe founded the Cal Poly Pomona architecture program and was fired for being, as he called it, "free-swinging." But, unlike many a faculty member could or would do now, he picked up his ba…
Americans deride dubbing, but for much of the world, it's a lot more pleasant than subtitles. They're extra good at it in Italy, and thus there are awards: "The dozen-odd categories recogniz…
Guy-Blaché is well-known among film scholars, but the film world and the world at large? Not so much. Quick summary: "Starting out as a secretary at Gaumont Studios in Paris, she began dire…
The deal is this: "It's picturesque. You have a very old city flooded with water. Visually, it's beautiful. For tourists, it's another attraction. Tourists don't realize what a disaster it c…
Their canvases are houses, specifically the canvases of one working-class neighborhood called the Médina. "The neighborhood has welcomed street artists from all over the world to practice t…
Orson Welles talks with Huw Wheldon about Citizen Kane on Monitor, originally telecast by the BBC on March 13, 1960: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos…
"Her finely touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that river of which Alexander broke the strength, spent itself in channels wh…
She says it's with the purest of pure artists: Preschoolers. "Barry is pushing the envelope on understanding how the brain creates and responds to words and pictures " a scholarly envelope t…
Some major organizations have been trying to figure out how to help communities use the arts and culture to create strong, shared values. " Margy Waller
It's not that preservationists don't understand the need for housing " that's obvious in L.A., as in most cities and towns on the West Coast. "It seems to me that we should fight the argumen…
Well, no, no wardrobe or fur coats, but "9,000 square feet of nooks, alcoves, labyrinths, and warrens." Its customers really love it, including the way thousands of books crammed together sm…
There are many, many tensions between the two countries, but "the orchestra's rock-star status in China offers it unique possibilities for bridge-building. Even youngsters are aware that, in…
The Cultural Affairs Director will be the chief visionary, strategic, and operational leader and will guide the Cultural Affairs Department and TOARTS as a champion for the varied programs a…
As Russia's population faces a steep decline, Moscow is growing " but there's no room in the city center. One curator: "We got used to viewing the suburbs as strange, remote areas we don't w…
The Broadway veteran, perhaps best known as the original Wiz in the musical, won a Tony in June for his portrayal of Mercury in Hadestown, and he gave an "instantly iconic speech in which he…
"The HBS Club of Chicago " Nonprofit Leadership Fund, Community Impact Scholars Pilot Program has sent its first participant to the Harvard Extension School (HES) for leadership development.…
"My work is not happy work. It's very difficult work. It's very powerful work, I like to think. So I make stuff very colorful. I make it bright. I make it look like a piece of candy, so that…
"Of the nearly 22% of the city's 1.5 million residents who speak a language other than English at home, the largest group are Spanish-speaking. Here are three art initiatives in Philly aimed…
"[Clara Porset] is at the heart of an ongoing exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago that looks at the ways in which six Modern artists " all women " were engaging Mexican art and crafts…