Art and Culture

When I translated Walden in 2012, I was not a Thoreau scholar.Article continues after advertisement I was an immigrant chasing the American dream: two kids, two cars, two houses, a long commute to a corporate job. Translating…
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Almost 14 years ago, the producer Scott Glassgold stumbled on a short film on Vimeo about a woman who believes she’s encountered an alien. The project, by a pair of filmmakers named Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell, was “a wonderful, lo-fi…
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The upstart NGO has devised an ingenious plan give children two things they desperately need—books, and a place to call their own. By Olivia Snaije, Contributing Editor Recycled shipping containers have been used for a multitude of…
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Anfiteatro Berico, Arcugnano – Source: Facebook Picture this: a hillside “archaeological site” complete with ancient Neolithic and Greco-Roman artefacts, impressive enough that visitors were charged a €40 entrance fee. Except it…
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The exclamation point arrived in the middle of the 14th century, bringing what many felt was “a welcome infusion of emotion onto the page,” and was joined, over the 15th century, by parentheses and the apostrophe. – The Wall…
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If you tell someone in Edinburgh you’re going to see a pole dancing show, they might direct you towards the so-called Pubic Triangle, where the city’s strip clubs are. But pole dance is actually a big part of the festival this year,…
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British writers in the 18th century repeatedly invented fictional characters to intervene in the politics and culture of their day. These usually began as jokes aimed at particular people or issues, but the most successful outlived…
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Nate Bargatze and his “Big Dumb Eyes” just set a Guinness World Record. The Tennessee-born comedian has officially sold the most tickets for a stand-up comedy tour, surpassing the previously record held by Jeff Dunham.…
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