George Duke Gone

from NPR George Duke, Legendary Jazz Keyboardist, Dies by EYDER PERALTA George Duke, the legendary jazz keyboardist, died on Monday, his publicist tells NPR. Duke’s career spanned five decades and he always straddled the line between disparate genres,...

NEVER BUILT LOS ANGELES

from The LA Times Review: A city’s unrealized ambitions in ‘Never Built Los Angeles’ By Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic Los Angeles has never been big on regret. For most of the city’s history we’ve been so...

THOSE WHO WANDER (from New Canaan)

from New Canaan News New Canaan’s fledgling filmmakers attract funds, star power Tyler Woods Abigail Schwarz (left) and Nico Scandiffio (right) are full steam ahead with their New Canaan-centric film, “Those Who Wander.” The pair recently picked up...

Hideous Tunnel Transformed

from The New York Times A Rare Chance to Stroll a Park Avenue Tunnel, in the Name of Art By JULIE TURKEWITZ Since the 1930s, the Park Avenue tunnel has been closed to pedestrians, and its weathered stone walls and ridged metal ceiling have been visible only to New...

J.J. Cale Gone

from The LA Times Singer-songwriter J.J. Cale dead at 74 The songwriter behind Eric Clapton classics such as ‘Cocaine’ and ‘After Midnight’ was revered for pioneering the ‘Tulsa Sound.’ By Gerrick D. Kennedy J.J. Cale, the...