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Tag: 01.02.21

Dorms Designed By Louis Kahn In India Saved From Wrecking Ball

The board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad admitted that an international outcry prompted their decision to call off plans...

The TikTok Musical That’s Already Earned $1 Million

At a running time of 51 minutes, and with perhaps only half the numbers required for a full adaptation of the 2007 animated Oscar-winner,...

For Independent Bookstores, The Long 2020 Nightmare Is Not Nearly Over

The legendary Powell's still sits empty of customers, no matter how many people may be buying online or via curbside pickup. The hope for...

Uncovering – Literally – The Forgotten And Hidden Work Of Italy’s Women Artists

In Italy, for centuries, women weren't allowed to work as artists, but many did anyway. The group Advancing Women Artists has been working its...

The Writer Who Wants Readers To Feel Like Voyeurs

After all, why should we have access to the characters' sex lives? Raven Leilani, author of Luster, says "I try to portray it in...

Marshall McKay, Who Steered Autry Museum Toward The West’s True Diversity, Has Died Of...

McKay was one of a kind, a leader "who helped secure economic independence for the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation near Sacramento, and whose deep...

It Might Take A Pandemic To Learn To Watch Like A Critic

A parent, working with what she's got - a kid eager to watch, an endless supply of streaming, critical faculties - explains by invoking...

The Writer Inspired By The Surrealist

Maria Dahvana Headley, whose Mere Wife and new translation of Beowulf have electrified readers (and listeners) on a teenage inspiration: "I happened upon The...

Adal Maldonaldo, Photographer Of The Puerto Rican Diaspora, 72

Maldonado's family moved from Puerto Rico to New Jersey and then to the Bronx when he was a teenager. "The experience left him with...

Percentage Of Women Directors Is Slowly Creeping Upward

The headlines say it's a record, but is 16 percent something to brag about? Hollywood thinks maybe. (It's certainly a better record than 2018's...
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