Culture
Culture: in-person
The best in-person and virtual events in the Philadelphia area happening this week.
The best in-person and virtual events in the Philadelphia area happening this week.
Culture: Magical Mystery Tour - boyhood - filming - Newquay
His boyhood sense of religious skepticism would translate into a life spent searching for enlightenment
His boyhood sense of religious skepticism would translate into a life spent searching for enlightenment
Culture: Trump International Hotel October - Ivanka Trump
The conspiracy law in New York is very broad... and they've been operating clearly in secret for a long time
The conspiracy law in New York is very broad... and they've been operating clearly in secret for a long time
contributors - readers
We asked our readers which athletes stand out as contributors on and off the field.
We asked our readers which athletes stand out as contributors on and off the field.
Culture: half-marathon - Sofitel Wentworth - fixating
…but not seeing it. Fixating on food. Here’s how some travelers passed the time during their mandatory quarantines.
Running a half-marathon in your hotel room. Hearing the sea, but not seeing it. Fixating on food. Here’s how some travelers passed the time during their mandatory quarantines.
Culture: Pulitzer Prize-winning - PEN America Literary Gala
NEW YORK — Paul McCartney is finally ready to write his memoirs,…
NEW YORK — Paul McCartney is finally ready to write his memoirs, and will use music — and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet — to help guide him.
Spirit Airlines - Kentucky - Wisconsin - connect
By Mick Akers / Las Vegas Review-Journal Spirit Airlines is adding two new routes…
By Mick Akers / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Spirit Airlines is adding two new routes that will connect Las Vegas with Louisville, Kentucky, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Culture: not-too-distant - Cathy Park Hong - Michelle Obama
Spring sunshine is arriving in the Seattle area in the not-too-distant future.
Spring sunshine is arriving in the Seattle area in the not-too-distant future.
Soviet Latvia - unrelenting - innocently - emigrated
Sometimes just being a Linda is the best reason to celebrate.
Sometimes just being a Linda is the best reason to celebrate.
demographics - statehouses
But not as fast as the populations legislators represent.
The demographics in statehouses have changed. But not as fast as the populations legislators represent.
Culture: Jackson Pollock - Jane Lang Davis - philanthropists
…Medina philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard...
Seattle Art Museum is getting a major gift of abstract expressionist and European masterworks — including those by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning — from the collection once owned by the late Medina philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard...
Culture: Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr - Martin Luther - ancestors
The tribe’s Supreme Court excised language from its constitution that limited the…
The tribe’s Supreme Court excised language from its constitution that limited the citizenship rights of descendants of Black people who had been enslaved by the tribe before the Civil War.
Kim Kyung-Hoon Reuters - full-time - nannies
Some in China hailed the divorce court case as a breakthrough, but many noted that full-time nannies are paid far more.
Some in China hailed the divorce court case as a breakthrough, but many noted that full-time nannies are paid far more.
Culture: Kevin Griffin - Jessie Addo - architectural
At the architectural, symbolic and conceptual centre of the
At the architectural, symbolic and conceptual centre of the
Culture: President Donald Trump - President Joe Biden - myopic
…from architects as aesthetically myopic.
The former president’s action on “ugly” modernist federal buildings received condemnation from architects as aesthetically myopic.
Culture: Las Vegas - DJ Marshmello - pool-party - dayclub
…Club on Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Las Vegas.
By John Katsilometes / Las Vegas Review-Journal
DJ Marshmello leads the dayclub party at Encore Beach Club on Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Las Vegas.
Politics: Postmedia News - Publishers
The bestselling local books of the week,…
The bestselling local books of the week, according to the Association of Book Publishers of B.C.
Culture: Washington Times - Linas GArsys - Jesus - relevant
…and carries a heavy price.
The famous story of Jesus being tempted in the desert makes a point that’s relevant to our current politics, that evil always comes packaged as good, and carries a heavy price.
Culture: Richmond Raceway Complex - Godwin High School
Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that…
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that some COVID-19 restrictions in the state will start to roll back Monday.
Culture: Atlanta Journal-Constitution - ruggieri - Melissa
Culture: coronavirus - Jeddah
…Jeddah has finally been rescheduled.
The inaugural Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah has finally been rescheduled.
Culture: proportions - architecture - switching - equipped
…and priced to maintain the brand’s momentum.
The Envision is new from the ground up, styled in Germany and the US, built in China, equipped and priced to maintain the brand’s momentum.
Culture: acknowledging - campuses - temperatures - buses
…normal for everyone and officials...
Temperatures are higher and Garland ISD campuses are open, but the district is acknowledging that things are not back to normal for everyone and officials...
Culture: all-Black Broadway - curtain - coronavirus - pandemic
…Black Broadway musical in his upcoming book, out May 25.
The author raises the curtain on the historical all-Black Broadway musical in his upcoming book, out May 25.
Bachelor Aims - ABC - stepping - cycle
The host of the ABC reality series is stepping aside for the rest of Matt…
The host of the ABC reality series is stepping aside for the rest of Matt James' season following a racism controversy. What's next for the historic cycle?
Culture: white-collar - Jonathan Cape - flourishing - genre
…workers went into quarantine. Authors consider how — or if — Zoom will fit into fiction.
A growing genre was flourishing just as white-collar workers went into quarantine. Authors consider how — or if — Zoom will fit into fiction.
Culture: civilization - fragile - infrastructure - reading
We don’t realize how fragile the basic infrastructure of our civilization is.
We don’t realize how fragile the basic infrastructure of our civilization is.
Culture: Native American - Interior Department - New Mexico
Haaland, 60, would be the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.
Haaland, 60, would be the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.
Culture: three-day - promoting
…Journal Pyrotechnics go off as Alesso…
By Lukas Eggen / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Pyrotechnics go off as Alesso performs at the Kinetic Field stage during the first day of the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
Utah - wildlife
…moment in time captured with the push of a button.
By C. Douglas Nielsen Special to the Review-Journal
Panguitch Lake (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but there are times when the viewer knows there is more to the story than that single moment in time captured with the push of a button.
Culture: Linq Promenade - Jimmy Kimmel - Comedy Club
…Journal Jimmy Kimmel is shown at the grand…
By John Katsilometes / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jimmy Kimmel is shown at the grand opening of Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club at Linq Promenade on Friday, June 14, 2019.
Culture: Stravinsky - Carnegie Hall Christoph
The New York Times’s Culture editor has questions.
The New York Times’s Culture editor has questions. Our chief classical music critic has answers.
Culture: Wilson Pickett Illustration - pathfinder
…would prove to be a pathfinder until his death in 2006.
The first man to record at both Stax Records and FAME Recording, Wilson Pickett would prove to be a pathfinder until his death in 2006.
Culture: United States Capitol - Champ Clark - artifacts
…riot — including damaged artifacts and staff trauma — will be extensive.
The architect of the Capitol and other officials told lawmakers that the physical and psychological toll of the Jan. 6 riot — including damaged artifacts and staff trauma — will be extensive.
Health: Detroit Department - DDOT - SMART - Furthermore
DDOT, SMART to begin collecting fares March 15
DDOT, SMART to begin collecting fares March 15
San Francisco - rebrand - transgender - bisexual
…rebrand itself as Generation LGBT.
Generation Z may want to rebrand itself as Generation LGBT.
Politics: Bookmanager - Postmedia - publishing - 24
Bookmanager's list of the top selling…
Bookmanager's list of the top selling books and new releases for the week.
News: spotlights - voices
…she spotlights Black culture, history and voices.
The creator has 2.1 million followers on TikTok, where she spotlights Black culture, history and voices.
Culture: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg - Southwest
Other speakers added to the lineup include former President George W.
Other speakers added to the lineup include former President George W. Bush, Ava DuVernay and Chance the Rapper.
Culture: MediaNews Group Boston Herald - Weymouth MBTA
…changing transportation landscape.
Not historically its strong suit, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has taken steps to stay relevant in a changing transportation landscape. The MBTA, in an attempt to adjust its opera…
Culture: The Muppet Show - National Museum - disclaimer
…episodes of the original “The Muppet Show” series for children? Plenty.
What’s the big deal with Disney , the entertainment company’s streaming service, placing disclaimer warnings on 18 episodes of the original “The Muppet Show” series for children? Plenty.
Gordon McIntyre - teenaged - 13-18 - mentors
…girls and others 13-18 access to mentors.
Project aims to create culture shift in STEM by offering Black youth, teenaged girls and others 13-18 access to mentors.
Crime: Linda Yvette Chvez - dramedy - Netflix - adapt
…with Linda Yvette Chvez set to adapt.
The YA dramedy is set up at Netflix, with Linda Yvette Chvez set to adapt.
Culture: Zora Neale Hurston - Rhiannon Giddens - lineage
…Rhiannon Giddens and Beyoncé.
Daphne A. Brooks proposes an expansive lineage that includes Zora Neale Hurston, Pauline Hopkins, Rhiannon Giddens and Beyoncé.
Culture: Dallas Morning News - RayShawn Riley - North Texans
…delivery in some areas, leaving millions of Texans...
A winter storm that plunged through southern states last week forced the U.S. Postal Service to halt delivery in some areas, leaving millions of Texans...
Entertainment: siblings - Galia Oz - accusations - 1986
…Something Disguised as Love,” among…
“He told me I was filth,” Galia Oz writes in her book, “Something Disguised as Love,” among other accusations of physical and emotional abuse. Her mother and siblings have defended their late father.
Culture: Kerry Washington - Tanya Hamilton - Ryan Gosling
…watch? Go out on a limb with these titles.
Still looking for things to watch? Go out on a limb with these titles.
Politics: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - Joe Biden
…refugees and migration.
President Biden said Tuesday the U.S. has “no closer friend than Canada” as he kicked off an unusual bilateral meeting — a Zoom call, essentially — with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss COVID-19, climate change, refugees and migration.
Culture: works in progress - JillEllyn Riley - preordained
People who are “works in progress” can be more…
People who are “works in progress” can be more inspiring than the preordained successes of powerhouse figures.
Culture: Hanne Tierney - Crown Heights - fivemyles - beacon
…beacon and an anchor for the neighborhood.
Hanne Tierney has made her FiveMyles gallery in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, both a beacon and an anchor for the neighborhood.
Health: Jason Zinoman - comedians - suleika - memoirs
…Zinoman discusses great memoirs by comedians.
Suleika Jaouad talks about “Between Two Kingdoms,” and Jason Zinoman discusses great memoirs by comedians.
Culture: HBO Max - streaming - redefined - endlessly
…the show redefined the caped crusader years…
Now streaming on HBO Max, the show redefined the caped crusader years before he became one of the world’s most popular and endlessly recycled characters.
Eductaion: Golden Bauhinia Square - curated - lesson
…curated lesson about Hong Kong’s past.
Through new lesson plans and expensive publishing projects, the government hopes to teach future generations a curated lesson about Hong Kong’s past.
Crime: unbelievable - CPAC - clap - joked
“Although I’m not surprised — the last season…
“Although I’m not surprised — the last season was pretty unbelievable,” Stephen Colbert said of CPAC’s 2021 theme: “America Uncanceled.”
COVID
Culture: Vancouver Coastal Health
…remain open and operating as usual.
Coastal Health says the rest of the hospital, including the emergency room, remain open and operating as usual.
Culture: Casalpusterlengo - Covid - townspeople - Isabella
…19? In Italy and Britain, artists and architects are beginning to come up with answers.
How should we memorialize those who’ve died from Covid-19? In Italy and Britain, artists and architects are beginning to come up with answers.
Culture: well-known - tribal - elders
Tribal nations had kept cases low with strict rules. The trend changed in the fall, and the death toll now includes well-known elders.
Tribal nations had kept cases low with strict rules. The trend changed in the fall, and the death toll now includes well-known elders.
Culture: Hanif Abdurraqib - spades - Skip - sections - poet
…with his friends is about so much more than the game.
For the poet Hanif Abdurraqib, playing spades with his friends is about so much more than the game.
Culture: Matt Tyrnauer - best-known - delve - downs
…delve into the ups and downs of the fashion brand.
'The Reagans' director Matt Tyrnauer will delve into the ups and downs of the fashion brand.
envy-inducing - Mark Harris - Brooklyn Botanic
…inducing content looked ridiculous behind the scenes.
We can all use a reminder that envy-inducing content looked ridiculous behind the scenes.
Culture: reliability - Howard Mamou - embarking - refrigerator
The deregulated system that brought Texas...
Texas is embarking on a debate about how much we are willing to trust electric reliability to the free market. The deregulated system that brought Texas...
relentlessly - astonishing - squirrels - Sartwell
It’s astonishing how relentlessly Western philosophy has strained to prove we are not squirrels.
It’s astonishing how relentlessly Western philosophy has strained to prove we are not squirrels.
Entertainment: abolitionists - humbled - slavery - podium - 19th
As Black History Month comes to a close, I am humbled by…
As Black History Month comes to a close, I am humbled by our city and state’s contributions to the nation’s Black history and by a people who made their mark despite the considerable od…
Culture: David Gordon Duke - listeners - stream
…Vancouver listeners courtesy of the Vancouver Recital Society, starting in March.
A new streamed series of recitals is coming to Vancouver listeners courtesy of the Vancouver Recital Society, starting in March.
Culture: true - stunned - dreams
Janet Jackson made a college gymnast’s dreams come true by surprising her with a video…
Janet Jackson made a college gymnast’s dreams come true by surprising her with a video call after she was left stunned by a tribute routine.
Science: High Republic - Daniel José Older - Justina Ireland
In the Star Wars universe, the High Republic is the stuff of legend. Five writers are responsible for telling the story.
In the Star Wars universe, the High Republic is the stuff of legend. Five writers are responsible for telling the story.
Culture: waterline - thaw - electrical - failures
Five members of the board of directors at Texas' electrical grid operator, ERCOT, will from their posts Wednesday.
Five members of the board of directors at Texas' electrical grid operator, ERCOT, will from their posts Wednesday.
Culture: curators - blood-red - ghostlike - contorted
Curators examined “The Scream” with infrared photography.
Curators examined “The Scream” with infrared photography.
Culture: Hudson Motor - San Jose - glimpse
A glimpse into the past in Detroit.
A glimpse into the past in Detroit.
Culture: Fort Worth-based Tandy Corp - Incredible Universe
Fry’s Electronics said overnight on its website that it is shutting down, after more than two years of fielding…
Fry’s Electronics said overnight on its website that it is shutting down, after more than two years of fielding questions about whether it was going out of...
San Francisco
Culture: San Francisco - Italian American - unapologetic
An unapologetic proponent of “poetry as insurgent art,” Lawrence Ferlinghetti was also a publisher and the owner of…
An unapologetic proponent of “poetry as insurgent art,” Lawrence Ferlinghetti was also a publisher and the owner of the celebrated San Francisco bookstore City Lights. He died Feb. 22, 2021, at his home. He was 101.
Culture: avant-garde - proprietor - catapulted - acclaimed
…the San Francisco bookstore and avant-garde publishing house that catapulted the Beat Generation to fame.
The acclaimed poet was longtime proprietor of City Lights, the San Francisco bookstore and avant-garde publishing house that catapulted the Beat Generation to fame.
Culture: Waterville Valley - sprinkling - imaginary - lovely
In my imaginary life where I have a sage grandpa sprinkling my days with wisdom, he’d tell me this about this unique…
In my imaginary life where I have a sage grandpa sprinkling my days with wisdom, he’d tell me this about this unique ski season: “Hard times buff shine some lovely silver linings.” There could perh…
accumulation - sleet - occasions - fortunes
Snow and sleet fell on nine different days in the past three weeks, but only five inches of accumulation occurred.
Snow and sleet fell on nine different days in the past three weeks, but only five inches of accumulation occurred.
Culture: Submit - columnist
Columnist Eugene Robinson takes your questions and comments on the latest…
Columnist Eugene Robinson takes your questions and comments on the latest political news and developments.
Philly-area - advocates - immigrant
Plus, advocates rally for Philly-area immigrant.
Plus, advocates rally for Philly-area immigrant.
Culture: koenig - aftermath - firings
The resignations are the first since the crisis began, and calls for wider firings remain in the…
The resignations are the first since the crisis began, and calls for wider firings remain in the aftermath of one of the worst outages in U.S. history
Culture: Marieme Diop - noybel - Gorgoy - Soul - 2021
…Journal Noybel Gorgoy and Marieme Diop are…
By John Katsilometes / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Noybel Gorgoy and Marieme Diop are shown with Soul in the Machine at The Portal at Area15 on Saturday, February 21, 2021.
Culture: Outstanding Service - literarian - Abrams - Henny
…his son Lorenzo Ferlinghetti said.
| Henny Ray Abrams/AP Photo
Ferlinghetti, a San Francisco institution, died Monday at his home, his son Lorenzo Ferlinghetti said.
Culture: scholarships - Tina Tyler - Tyler Jr - Calvin E
The gift will help Morgan State University,…
The gift will help Morgan State University, a historically Black college, finance scholarships for financially needy students.
Culture: South Dallas - Judge Clay Jenkins - Fair Park
The COVID vaccine sites, one at Fair Park in South Dallas, the other at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, will vaccinate up to 3,…
The COVID vaccine sites, one at Fair Park in South Dallas, the other at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, will vaccinate up to 3,000 people a day for three weeks...
Culture: books-to-films - inspired - stick - gotten
Many of our favorite books are better as films. Other times, it’s better to stick with the book.
Many of our favorite books are better as films. Other times, it’s better to stick with the book.
Culture: pipes - knocked - crews
…100 incidents as winter storms swept across the area last week and knocked out power to homes throughout the region. ...
Plano Fire-Rescue responded to nearly 3,100 incidents as winter storms swept across the area last week and knocked out power to homes throughout the region. ...
Culture: Washington Post - Geoff Edgers - Foo Fighters
So in starting the Foo Fighters, I didn't have a plan.
So in starting the Foo Fighters, I didn't have a plan. I'd been recording songs on my own, but in a basement studio where I'd have these ideas and I would record them really quickly
Culture: texans - outage - aftermath - weighing - preparing
Both have to do with preparing the system for severe...
Among the reforms to be put forward in the aftermath of last week’s storm, two seem most likely. Both have to do with preparing the system for severe...
Culture: parking - staged
The resignations are effective Wednesday.
The resignations are effective Wednesday.
Culture: Paul Krugman - R-Cancún - injustice - windfall
Will the Republicans who hold all of Texas’ statewide offices learn from this debacle and rethink their whole approach…
Will the Republicans who hold all of Texas’ statewide offices learn from this debacle and rethink their whole approach to energy policy? Of course not. Their immediate reaction was to falsely blame the crisis on wind power.
Culture: Reliability Council - chairwoman - Sally Talberg
…including chairwoman Sally...
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. AUSTIN -- Four board members of the state’s power grid operator, including chairwoman Sally...
Cheyenne Kelly - Tyler Beach - wonderland - scenic
…winter wedding in over a century on Saturday.
Central Mine Church in Central, MI hosted its first winter wedding in over a century on Saturday.
Culture: Josephine Baker - James Baldwin - Roaring Twenties
Black Americans left a lasting mark on Paris. Modern creatives are walking in their footsteps today.
…through history tours and modern artists.
The legacy of James Baldwin and Josephine Baker is alive today through history tours and modern artists.
Culture: three-day
…Journal Pyrotechnics go off as Alesso performs at the Kinetic Field…
By Lukas Eggen / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Pyrotechnics go off as Alesso performs at the Kinetic Field stage during the first day of the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
Detroit News - so-called - compels - Wagner
…surrender their religious conscience through forced acceptance, Wagner writes.
The so-called Equality Act compels Christian people to surrender their religious conscience through forced acceptance, Wagner writes.
Culture: Edmonds Safeway - two-thirds - empathy - disposition
RAVE to Jimmy at the Edmonds Safeway! A lot of folks can lift a room, Jimmy lifts the…
RAVE to Jimmy at the Edmonds Safeway! A lot of folks can lift a room, Jimmy lifts the whole store and our community. Jimmy’s smile, monster laugh, empathy for others and glass always two-thirds full disposition is contagious and effective,...