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Grain elevators were once an icon of Canada's west: often painted a bright boxcar red, they stood in towns across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. As the tallest structures in the vast la…
The conventional wisdom that now governs book publishing"that things are, for the first time in a long time, not that bad"is wrong. At the very least, it overlooks the fact that Amazon has s…
The Academy's perceived snubs"of actors such as Us's Lupita Nyong'o and Hustlers' Jennifer Lopez, along with directors such as Little Women's Greta Gerwig and The Farewell's Lulu Wang"are as…
Basically, The NYT says, you could easily tell how bad Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was by going to a theatre with 4DX technology. The experience "should really be considered an intellec…
Says one designer who experienced many a test lab with kids and families at London's V&A: "A nine-year-old said: 'Objects have rights.' The phrase has stuck. It captures both the need to…
Davis followed rather literally in her mother's footsteps when she wrote the sequels to her mother's bestselling and beloved children's book. But she didn't write the children's books until …
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is interviwed by Merv Griffin on an episode of The Merv Griffin Show, taped in New York in 1967: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-rela…
"If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have a little sense, and tha…
Sheku Kanneh-Mason has had quite the life in recent years, what with winning the BBC's Young Musician Award in 2016 and performing at the wedding of Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle. He says,…
Only 780 people live in Hallstatt, Austria " but a million tourists visit each year, hoping for the perfect Frozen-style photo. The town had had enough. "Hallstatt is embarking on a campaign…
You can watch movies, order groceries, talk to friends, or do just about anything from anywhere, thanks to smart phones. "Nowhere feels especially remarkable, and every place adopts the plea…
These guys just will not accept responsibility. "Diversity is too often discussed as something separate from, or even in conflict with, artistic virtue. It is treated as an abstract concept …
And the ultimate punishment to the art dealer, who may not actually go to jail as it's his first offense: "The artwork is now property of the state and has been given to the Reina Sofia art …
But will Apu be retired from the show, or will the show get a new voice actor " perhaps an Indian American voice actor? This has been a long time coming. "In 2017, the comedian Hari Kondabol…
Toronto's libraries have increased program attendance by more than 30 percent in the past decade, but funding has not kept up " not at all. The libraries say they want to get going on a plan…
Sam Mendes' movie inspired by his grandfather, a movie starring many men, a movie that's about war and that showcases technical skill, may now be the frontrunner for the Oscars. (This link i…
Newnan, Georgia, reacted to a neo-Nazi rally by putting up 17 large-scale banner portraits of people in the town " a diverse collection including African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Pa…
We don't know without a lot of careful analysis because words and their meanings change. However, "over the past two or three decades, the historical study of emotions has developed a rich s…
Marinela Nuñez: "When I'm dancing, I always think " even when I am in a fairytale ballet such as The Sleeping Beauty " that it is real. It touches me and it makes me think of my lif…
Helen Shaw breaks it all down: "Our critical function operates differently with the storyteller than with scene-player, because we immediately wonder about truthfulness. … The narrating pe…
The show, The Truth Has Changed, tells of Josh Fox's anti-fracking work and what he describes as "incessant harassment" from the gas and petroleum industries. Fox says the issue was the cont…
You've probably heard of the French Resistance, but do you know about the great-grandmothers of Ethiopia in 1935? Ethiopian novelist Maaza Mengiste's second novel (partly) concerns the women…
Tanega's "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog," which was truly a recounting of her life with her cat named Dog, smashed through 1966 and was covered by Barry McGuire, jazz artists, Yo La Tengo, They M…
They did what? Yes. They digitally blurred the photo before it went on display in the nation's capital. To quote one strong tweet about it, "This is some weird Soviet shit right here." And t…
Streaming was barely a thing back in the day of the last big strike " but it still cost everyone a lot of money and time. "Studios, production companies and guild members are all eager to av…
