Art and Culture

“It’s one of the most mythic icons in American letters — and now the most valuable. The 120-foot-long scroll on which Jack Kerouac hammered out the 1957 Beat Generation classic On the Road has realized an astounding $12.1 million at…
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On Wednesday, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) sent an open letter to Ed Forst, administrator of the General Services Administration questioning the organization’s management of its Fine Arts…
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There is no shortage of different ways to enjoy literature. Audiobooks provide a visceral experience, and a really good narrator can make an average book really great. E-books are another way readers can enjoy books while on the…
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I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in an academic journal about generative AI and critical thinking, and I am now part of an interdisciplinary…
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Streaming has many strengths: producing some of the best shows of recent years, convenience, the chance to spend hours of your life scrolling through algorithm-suggested content only to watch nothing and then pass out at 1am. But when it…
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Peninsula Lively Arts and its subsidiary Peninsula Ballet Theatre are closing after six decades teaching and performing dance in San Mateo County, leaving a gaping hole in the local dance scene."There's this ecological effect," Interim…
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New York  —  Buzzfeed, the digital media company that took the mid-2010s by storm, said on Thursday it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a business.…
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“This weekend, the Vatican revealed a newly discovered painting by master Mannerist El Greco, long hidden underneath a forgery. This small work of oil on board, titled The Redeemer (c. 1590–95), turned up in the (papal apartments).”…
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Yachats Mayor Craig Berdie wields the giant scissors during a Feb. 28 ribbon-cutting celebrating the grand reopening of the Yachats Public Library. David Rivinus, chair of the Library Commission and library administrator Traci Altson…
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Many of the “sold out” signs displayed in Spain are debatable. This perception cannot be understood without observing how the live music industry operates today: “sold out” is an internal advertising tool within the music industry. In…
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