by Editor | May 29, 2023 | Culture Music Art
from AP Always wanted a lighthouse? US is giving some away, selling others at auction By MARK PRATT BOSTON (AP) — Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are...
by Editor | May 28, 2023 | Culture Music Art
from The New York Times The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh The bidding for Lot 17 started at $23 million. By Michael Forsythe, Isabelle Qian, Muyi Xiao and Vivian Wang In the packed room at Sotheby’s in Manhattan, the price quickly climbed: $32 million, $42...
by Editor | May 27, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic Hawaii’s Feral Chickens Are Out of Control Polynesians brought chickens’ wild ancestors to the islands. Europeans brought domestic chickens. Now they’ve mixed, and are everywhere. By Tove Danovich Cory Lum / NYT / Redux On the island of Kauai,...
by Editor | May 26, 2023 | Culture Music Art
from Deadline Kenneth Anger Dies: Groundbreaking Experimental Filmmaker And ‘Hollywood Babylon’ Author Was 96 By Greg Evans Kenneth Anger, the experimental filmmaker and author whose work was groundbreaking in its exploration of gay themes and erotica, has died. He...
by Editor | May 25, 2023 | Culture Music Art
from Showbiz 411 Cannes: Graydon Carter Pulls Off the Party of the Festival with Holy Trinity of Leo, Marty, and De Niro, Plus Sting, and Even Boy George, for Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary by Roger Friedman No question, hands down, Graydon Carter bested everyone in...