http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/08/storm-king-museum-new-york-accessibility-environment Can a museum embody environmental justice? Menashe Kadishman, Suspended, 1977. Photograph: Storm King Art Center / Jerry L Thompson Storm King, the celebrated outdoor sculpture collection in upstate New York, is overhauling itself in a bid to improve accessibility and landscape protection Megan Mayhew BergmanWed 8 Feb 2023 03.01 EST Founded in 1960, Storm King’s … Continue reading Can a museum embody environmental justice?
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Ann-Margret living her rock ‘n’ roll dream
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/arts/music/ann-margret-born-to-be-wild.html Ann-Margret’s new album, “Born to Be Wild,” includes a cover of the Steppenwolf title song along with other rock classics.Credit...Chantal Anderson for The New York Times At 81, Ann-Margret Is Finally Living Her Rock ’n’ Roll Dream The actress and musician, who first burst out in “Bye Bye Birdie” in 1963, is releasing a … Continue reading Ann-Margret living her rock ‘n’ roll dream
Seasoning that will make your home popcorn tastes like what you get at the movies
https://apple.news/AVWef-U8fRCyhN6wNGoC1RQ I Worked at a Movie Theater for 5 Years and This Seasoning Is the Key To Cinema-Quality Popcorn Alicia KortSENIOR COMMERCE EDITOR Alicia Kort is the Senior Commerce Editor at Apartment Therapy. She enjoys writing about cool finds and all things organizational. She's based in Brooklyn and is from the suburbs of Chicago. published DEC … Continue reading Seasoning that will make your home popcorn tastes like what you get at the movies
Why half a million people line up to watch paint dry
https://apple.news/AwlrFE1wRQkmLIql-_2JLag Why 500,000 People Are Lining Up to Watch Paint Dry MEET YOUTUBE’S QUIET SUPERSTAR: MARTIJN DOOLAARD, A SEMI-HERMIT DUTCHMAN WHO HAS TURNED THE SLOW, STEADY PROCESS OF ALPINE-CABIN RESTORATION INTO A MASTERPIECE OF PERFORMANCE ART Last winter, laid up in bed with a severe bout of the Omicron variant, I began obsessively watching Martijn … Continue reading Why half a million people line up to watch paint dry
“The Diplomat” with a first husband that may be fairly close to reality
http://www.wsj.com/articles/diplomat-netflix-husband-b5a25fa7? Actor Rufus Sewell plays househusband Hal Wyler in ‘The Diplomat.’ ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX/EVERETT COLLECTION By Ellen Gamerman June 3, 2023 8:00 am ET It used to be that TV husbands who stayed home while their wives worked were buffoons who couldn’t find their way around a diaper. More recently, they’ve improved at child-rearing, but paid the price … Continue reading “The Diplomat” with a first husband that may be fairly close to reality
31 Historical films that are closest to being true to history
This is a great list to have read just before that Thanksgiving meal where you need to come up with a non-controversial topic -- or, at least, one that's entertaining without being partisan. Unfortunately this is one of those darn slide show stories so you're just going to have to click thru. https://definition.org/historical-films-true-history/?xsmr=1
Tunes making top 10 status with different artists, years apart
http://www.billboard.com/lists/fast-car-luke-combs-80s-top-10-hits-remade-top-10-again/funkytown/ ‘Fast Car’ & More: ‘80s Hot 100 Top 10s That Were Remade … & Hit the Top 10 Again "Time After Time," "Don't Stop Believin'," "We Are the World" & other classics have all had two turns in the top 10 since the '80s. By Gary Trust, 05/22/2023 Luke Combs performs during day 3 of CMA … Continue reading Tunes making top 10 status with different artists, years apart
Theatre struggling with post-COVID audience levels less than pre-COVID
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug/08/us-theatres-closing-audiences US love affair with stage faces crisis: ‘Hardest time to be producing theater’ With audience attendance still down, many theaters across the US are struggling to adjust to a post-pandemic landscape David Smith in Washington, @smithinamerica, published Tue 8 Aug 2023 14.48 EDT In his four years as US president, Abraham Lincoln was said to … Continue reading Theatre struggling with post-COVID audience levels less than pre-COVID
Spotify snooping as a way of checking on how/what your friends are doing
https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-cant-stop-spotify-snooping-on-friends-exes-and-crushes-11674784904? [missing some graphics below] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ELENA SCOTTI/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, SHUTTERSTOCK; ISTOCK By Ann-Marie Alcántara Jan. 27, 2023 7:00 am ET When we play songs on Spotify to get us through the day, they can be intimate—and sometimes also publicly visible. Many people have sharing settings enabled on the music-streaming service, making it easy for … Continue reading Spotify snooping as a way of checking on how/what your friends are doing
Will AI take over humans? Here’s a movie with the arguments (we lose)
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/gareth-edwards-the-creator-ai-sci-fi-movies Is The Creator the first (or last) in a new wave of sci-fi movies about AI? The trailer for Gareth Edwards’ new film shows humanity being outsmarted by AI – and is released just as our overlords-to-be are rearing their terrifying heads Ben Child @BenChildGeekFri 19 May 2023 11.13 EDT It’s been a while … Continue reading Will AI take over humans? Here’s a movie with the arguments (we lose)
7 movies with 90% or greater Rotten Tomatoes score new to MAX
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/7-best-new-to-max-movies-with-90-or-higher-on-rotten-tomatoes-for-august-2023? 7 best new to Max movies with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes for August 2023 By Henry T. Casey published July 31, 2023 Max gains a ton of great movies in its third full month (Image credit: Shutterstock/Max) Max (the rebooted HBO Max) is still in its infancy, but it continues its predecessor's tradition of delivering … Continue reading 7 movies with 90% or greater Rotten Tomatoes score new to MAX
Spoiler-filled interview with the director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/movies/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.html? James Gunn Always Knew How ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Would End In a spoiler-filled interview, the writer-director discusses the characters’ surprising end points and his relief at bringing the trilogy to a close. Now that the trilogy has ended, James Gunn said, “I feel like we did what we set out to … Continue reading Spoiler-filled interview with the director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
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