Feb 23 Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101 By Janie Har, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Ferlinghetti helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement. He was known for his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, an essential meeting place for the Beats and other bohemians in the 1950s and beyond. Continue reading
Feb 22 Why we need COVID memorials now — and for the future By Joshua Barajas How will we, as a nation, acknowledge the immense toll from COVID-19?… Continue reading
Feb 22 Deal reached in suit alleging James Franco sexual misconduct By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press A tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into exploitative sexual situations. Continue reading
Feb 22 Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk break up after 28 years By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press The electronic performers shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called "Epilogue." A publicist for the group confirmed the break up. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 6:23 Wynton Marsalis meets the moment with jazz and a focus on the nation’s founding principles By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Trumpet player, composer and jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis is one of the country’s leading cultural figures. He is again meeting the moment with music, writing and recording his new composition "The Democracy! Suite" amid the pandemic. Jeffrey Brown has the… Continue watching
Feb 19 Kim Kardashian files to divorce from Kanye West By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press The move brings an impending end to one of the most followed celebrity unions of the 21st century — the marriage of a reality TV superstar and a hip-hop and fashion phenomenon with four kids, a vast fortune to split… Continue reading
Feb 19 How this artist visualized the scale of human loss to COVID-19 By Maea Lenei Buhre When visualizing the scope of the mass loss to the coronavirus pandemic, Maryland artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg said to "not lose sight of the value of the individual."… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 4:08 The musical duo Black Violin’s Brief But Spectacular take on defying stereotypes When Kev Marcus and Wil B met in a high school music class they shared their desire to disrupt people's impressions of what classical music should be. Together they formed a group called Black Violin, which we featured on the… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 7:42 Universities look to the past to understand their relationships with race By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Tommy Walters In the aftermath of the killings by police of George Floyd and other black men and women, American institutions of all kinds have looked to their past and present to understand their relationships to race and racism. That reckoning continues… Continue watching
Feb 16 For author Charles Yu, ‘non-writing time can also be productive’ By Courtney Vinopal “What I do is try to frame a question or idea in a useful or interesting way, set my subconscious to work on it, and then check back later to see if there’s been progress,” author Charles Yu told the… Continue reading