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Doyle Layne’s Dazzling ‘Weed Pots’ at Kordansky Gallery
The ceramist Doyle Lane created a universe of colors and shapes with his ‘weed pots,’ 100 of which form his first solo show in New York, at David Kordansky.
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KVIFF 2023: We Have Never Been Modern, Restore Point, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
In my previous dispatch about Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), I talked about how it’s difficult to spot patterns in the programming this early in the festival. The sample size just hasn’t been big enough, at least on my part, to find the parallels in the scheduling or the films that seem to be in…
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The Lincoln Lawyer is Cleverly Updated, Old-School TV
The murder is a good one. Like the first season, the second season of Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” pivots around one particular crime. Here, it’s the killing of Mitchell Bondurant (Clint Carmichael), a greedy and potentially corrupt Los Angeles real estate developer who’s trying to gentrify huge swaths of the city for his pocketbook. We…
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame to Induct Nella Larsen, Bette Howland and Finley Peter Dunne
On Tuesday, July 11th, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will induct its 14th class comprised of Nella Larsen, Bette Howland, and Finley Peter Dunne at a ceremony to be held at the Chopin Theatre (1543 West Division). The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Our site’s founder and namesake, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, was inducted posthumously…
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S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops
How to get all your corporate “Ops” teams working together, with cybersecurity correctness as a guiding light.
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A Summer Without Peaches in Georgia
With their state’s signature crop hobbled by inclement weather, Georgians are stretching the fruit they have or turning (heaven forbid!) to California’s.
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3 Easy Summer Recipes for a Dinner Party
Turmeric potato salad, smoky pork chops and lemony shortcakes: These recipes from David Tanis are as bright and refreshing as the season should be.
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David Fogle, influential preservationist, dies at 94
At the University of Maryland, he started a historic preservation program to get students hands-on experience.
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Keke Palmer’s boyfriend mom-shamed her. It didn’t end well for him.
Keke Palmer fans were outraged after her boyfriend, Darius Daulton Jackson, criticized the outfit she wore to an Usher concert.
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What it takes to rupture Fox News’s wall of silence
Fox News paid $12 million to settle a former producer’s lawsuit. The case shows what it takes for network employees to speak out.