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Latimer House Museum Gets a Glow-Up After Years in the Shadows
The Queens home of the Black inventor who contributed to the invention of the lightbulb gets an overdue makeover.
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How an Artist Became the Queen of Baltimore
Joyce J. Scott’s 50-year retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art draws inspiration, beauty and humor from her hometown and its people.
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Art Basel Opens to Safe Sales and Fears of a Weaker Market
At the prestigious fair, doing business at what one mega-dealer calls a “more human pace” can just mean “slower” for smaller galleries.
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I Believe in Me: Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan on Ghostlight
Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan have made one of the most moving films in years in “Ghostlight,” opening this weekend in limited release before going wider later this month. A tender and compassionate look at loss and creative expression, the film stars Chicago theatre actor Keith Kupferer as Dan, a family man who has been…
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Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest Honored By Experience Champaign-Urbana Foundation’s Toast of Tourism
Last month, the Experience Champaign-Urbana Foundation hosted their annual Toast to Tourism event in downtown Champaign, Illinois. First held in 2013, this annual event honors those in the hospitality industry who have helped boost the visitor experience or expanded tourism in the greater Champaign-Urbana area. In nominating Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest for the Tourism Impact Award, it…
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The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
From the moment New York ran its now-infamous 1985 cover story on the Brat Pack, the article’s subjects hated it. Depicted in the piece as out-of-control, party-hearty twits, they loudly objected to what they considered to be writer David Blum’s shallow, sensationalistic treatment. “That was ridiculous, and at the time I was very angry about…
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Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that I kind of just presumed that Hulu’s “Brats” would be a similar love letter to the young stars of the ‘80s, the actors and actresses who shaped pop culture in the middle of the decade in a way that’s still being felt today.…
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Phishing, BEC attackers target candidates in local election, among others
An escalating series of email-borne attacks were sent to candidates, including the author
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Mars Got Cooked by a Recent Solar Storm
Days after light shows filled Earth’s skies with wonder, the red planet was hit by another powerful outburst of the sun.
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The Woman Who Worked With Julia Child, Madhur Jaffrey and Edna Lewis
From her work with Julia Child, Madhur Jaffrey and Edna Lewis, Judith Jones revolutionized American cookbook publishing.