Arts Feb 22 Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to Kesha after court denies injunction Taylor Swift has announced she will donate $250,000 to Kesha after a court ruled Friday that Kesha must continue to record with Dr. Luke, a producer who she says sexually assaulted her.
Arts Feb 19 Harper Lee, author of American classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ dead at 89 Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee died Friday at the age of 89. Lee wrote the beloved 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."…
Arts Feb 15 Kendrick Lamar wins and David Bowie gets tribute at the 2016 Grammys Kendrick Lamar dedicated his Grammy to hip hop tonight after winning for best rap album, one of his multiple wins for "To Pimp a Butterfly."…
Poetry Feb 15 On HIV/AIDS, poet challenges you to not look away Today is the 258th day that Michael Broder has published a poem on HIV. The online collection, titled HIV Here & Now, is a yearlong project by Broder to publish one poem a day leading up to June 5,…
Arts Feb 12 Exiled Syrian artist Tammam Azzam paints haunting images of his destroyed homeland After completing "Storeys," a large-scale abstract painting project based on photographs from Syrian cities, Tammam Azzam has seen enough: buildings gutted by bombs, empty streets, a sense of stillness.
Arts Feb 11 Stay in a life-size replica of a Van Gogh painting for $10 a night Ever wanted to live inside a Van Gogh painting? Here's your chance, courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Nation Feb 09 Twitter creates ‘safety council’ in an attempt to curb online harassment Twitter has announced the creation of a committee aimed at increasing safety on its platform.
Poetry Feb 08 How poet Ariana Brown became the Afro-Latina role model she needed Growing up in San Antonio, Ariana Brown said she struggled to find other representations of herself -- an Afro-Latina woman from a working class family -- both in her community and literature.
Arts Feb 05 Europe’s first underwater museum offers a stark reminder of the refugee crisis Strap into your scuba gear -- this underwater museum is wortha dive.