Meet the late Hilma af Klint. The New York Times calls her work “jaw dropping, staggering.”
Hilma af Klint was born in Stockholm in 1862. Af Klint started to create radically abstract paintings in 1906—years before Vasily …
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Never before released. A must see. Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace. Prepare to be moved.
This post needs no comment from me. Variety reports: “Aretha Franklin is going on tour—or, rather, the concert movie she …
THE MET celebrates International Women’s Day with a Heilbrunn Timeline of Women artists.
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art created a timeline of women artists and their work as part of their …
A holiday tradition with spirit—Anthon Berg’s dark chocolate, foil wrapped, boozy bottles.
I don’t exactly remember how many decades ago it was that I discovered the little chocolate bottles from Denmark filled …
Ed Asner performing in Baltimore this weekend at the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts.
Did the Nazis make soap from the bodies of murdered Jews? That thought creates the central question that Baltimore native, …
Here’s your printable 2019 SAG Awards ballot along with the 25th Anniversary viewing guide.
On February 25, 1995, a much-loved performer walked to the podium on Universal Studios’ Stage 12 to open the inaugural …
John J. Henehan, Jr—20 years old, slight build, brown wavy hair, tattoos. Warhol made him famous.
Actually, John Jr was marginally infamous before Warhol came along. His mugshot was taken by the New York Police Department …
“Fake News” ruled the airwaves on the night of October 30, 1938. Here’s a recording of the broadcast.
The War of the Worlds, the 17th episode of the radio drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, was performed …
Official Houdini Séance for 2018 hosted by the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Here’s your invitation.
Houdini died on Halloween 92 years ago. October 31, 2018 will mark the 91st annual Official Houdini Séance—and its first-ever occurrence …
He asked me why I went there and I told him. (Remembering Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard.)
In the summer of 1973 I was 22. That year I moved from New York, where I’d been a working …
Another legacy department store is closing. Gump’s San Francisco has been a destination for generations.
Their names are the stuff of legend. Every large city in every state had one or two, some cities hosted …
You love New York City? You’ll love Tom Meyers and Greg Young, the Bowery Boys, and their podcast.
When I was in school, history was one of my two least favorite subjects. I’ve come to the conclusion that …
Bells ringing. All different, one for each passenger and crew member that died on United Flight 93.
It’s been almost 17 years since passengers on a hijacked flight from New Jersey to California fought back on September …
My friend and fellow writer, Brian Sullam retired last year. I thought you might like to meet him.
A PERSONAL REFLECTION In late 2017, four T. Rowe Price talent scouts were at Bukowski’s—a dark, dusty little joint in …
Some of the earliest recorded sounds of patriotism are up for adoption—just in time for 4th of July.
The Univesity of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) Library, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Grammy Foundation, …
Want to watch the 2018 New York City Pride March? There’s an app for that.
The 49th annual NYC Pride March steps off at 7th Avenue and 16th Street this Sunday, June 24th. The March …
50 years ago this month, the Catonsville 9 burned draft records in a suburban Baltimore parking lot.
What led a group of nine ordinary Americans—including an artist, a nurse, and three clergymen—to seize several hundred draft records …
AFL-CIO, “At the Triangle factory, women had to leave the building to use the bathroom.”
107 years ago today, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurred—it was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York …
