Resale Royalties

from The Observer Should Artists Get Royalties if Their Work Is Resold? Europe Says Yes, US Says No By Daniel Grant Frank Stella’s Delaware Crossing (estimated at $8 to 12 million) and Picasso’s Femme assise sur une chaise(estimated at $25 to 35 million) from the...

Mont Blanc Tunnel Cool

from WIRED JULY 16, 1965: MONT BLANC TUNNEL OPENS by Keith Barry 1965: After 19 years of planning and construction, the Mont Blanc Tunnel officially opens. The new tunnel stretches 7 miles, linking the French town of Chamonix and the Italian town of Courmayeur. Buried...

California Missions

from The LA Times A history of California’s missions By CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS 1542 Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails into San Pedro Bay and claims the California coast for the king of Spain. 1697 Spanish Catholic missionaries from the Jesuit order begin...

Won’t You Be My Neighbor

from The Village Voice “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and Mister Rogers Insist Humanity Can Be Better Than This by LARA ZARUM If your cold, cold heart doesn’t melt at some point during Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the documentary about Fred “Mister” Rogers, well, I don’t...

The Water Wars

from the LA Times via Bristol Herald Courier One of LA’s oldest community gardens thrived for decades. Then the water wars began By Joe Mozingo For more than 40 years, Italian, Mexican, Croatian, Filipino, Indonesian and Laotian gardeners have built productive...