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Emily Jeffords Talks Home Renovation
Meet impressionist landscape painter Emily Jeffords, Minted + domino's featured monthly artist. photography by EMILY JEFFORDS Emily Jeffords was born with the artistic gene. On track to becoming a...
View ArticleBeyond Exotic: Asian American Artists Retell Ai Weiwei's Story
We are taught most of our lives to be law-abiding citizens, to bite our tongue against authority and that meritocracy is pure. Add the racial stereotypes and cultural expectations of Asian to that, and...
View ArticleDiscovering the Space Within: A Photographer's Up Close Look at the Food We Eat
THE SPACE WITHIN from Dark Rye on Vimeo. Ajay Malghan worries that genetic modification of crops is changing more than the way we eat. It's affecting, he says, the very nature of our humanity....
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Our First Year: Opening a Gallery
This month marks the first anniversary of the Barbara Prey Gallery on Main Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Opening a gallery was not something I had honestly planned. I went to Williams...
View ArticleA New Arts Gym, A New Website for Willem de Kooning, the Death of On Kawara...
#1 When Irreplaceable History Lives on Obsolete Tech "Movies, TV shows, works of art, documentary film footage -- the visual history of the 20th century exists on rapidly deteriorating formats. Who...
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Dateline Jerusalem 1229
From today's vantage point, the Holy Land seems a region ever immersed in heart-wrenching strife, destined to host unending, unrelenting conflict. But, there are less-known incidents in the long...
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How Skype Visits from 17 Artists Transformed a Summer School Art Appreciation...
It has been a number of years since I last taught a summer school class -- California's recent budget woes have been tough on community colleges -- so when I was told that I would have the chance to...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Lollapalooza 2014
One of the country's biggest and most revered music festivals, Lollapalooza, kicks off next week on August 1st in Chicago, Illinois. The 3-day festival will fill Grant Park with over 160,000 music fans...
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Stage Door: The Pianist of Willesden Lane
Mona Golabek's tribute to her mother's experience in the Kindertransport, a rescue mission that sent Jewish children to Britain prior to WWII, is mesmerizing. The Pianist of Willesden Lane, a story of...
View ArticleRemembering My Friend, Elaine Stritch
I met Elaine Stritch about 70 years ago. She was 19. We had gotten roles in the new Broadway production Woman Bites Dog; she played my girlfriend. During rehearsals I was shocked when they fired her....
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Lessons From Opera Camp
What I learned this summer teaching tai chi to opera singers. I just spent an inspiring two weeks in Härnösand, Sweden teaching Tai Chi to a group of opera singers at the Summer Opera Academy at...
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (Humpty Sharma's Bride); Hindi, With English Subtitles
Watching Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (Humpty Sharma's Bride), a Bollywood romantic comedy written and directed by Shashank Khaitan, is like watching soccer. It's got a huge playing field, the clock keeps...
View ArticleCelebrating Women of the Post-War Era Through Photographs
The Los Angeles Public Library has been the custodian of the photo collection from the Valley Times newspaper (1946-1970) for over 30 years, since receiving it as part of the donation from the Security...
View ArticleBrooklyn Artist Appeals for Selfies for Anti-Gentrification Documentary Project
As Brooklyn social worker and performer Imani Henry points out, and as most of us are seeing first hand, "rents are increasing while incomes are decreasing." In a recent article in The Guardian, Henry...
View ArticleWATCH: He Was Shot 3 Times And He Killed Someone At 19. Who He Is Today Will...
Is it possible to forgive a murderer? What if that murderer is you? This former drug dealer and convicted murderer was in solitary confinement when he had the awakening that would change his life...
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SITE on "Unsettled Landscapes"
Non-profit SITE Santa Fe has caught the attention of the global art world since its inception in 1995 for its series of innovative biennials that have included top contemporary artists from around the...
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Turning 55, Kevin Spacey's on Fire
When Kevin Spacey made a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the host came up with the perfect skit to highlight the actor's many talents: Spacey headed up a barbershop quartet...
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Hungry For Love
In life, as well as in art, people struggle to control their cravings. For some, their key addictions may involve alcohol, tobacco, drugs, chocolate, and sex. But for others, affection, intimacy, and a...
View ArticleA Rare Scientific Toy, Glitch-Syth-Pop, and Manicured Nails.
Exhausted by this week's sad news of fighting in the Middle East, Ukraine, unaccompanied children making life-threatening journeys into the U.S. and planes crashing, I felt the need to share something...
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