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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 …

Love a parade? This year you can watch New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade online. Here’s how.

Truth be told, I’ve a wee bit of the Irish in me. And, from time to time, I love pint …

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 …

Through April 21 at David Zwirner Gallery, a life-spanning exhibition: The drawings of R. Crumb.

I’ve been fascinated with Robert Crumb’s illustrations and the off-center mind that created them for decades. I discovered Crumb’s work …

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 discussion with Marvin Kalb and Ted Koppel around Kalb’s new book, Enemy of the People.

This afternoon, I watched an insightful conversation hosted by Carnegie President William J. Burns It was an hour of discussion …

It may still be winter, but Mason’s Famous makes it feel like summer year-round.

I’ve had my eye on this opening for months now and finally—it’s just a week away. Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls® is opening …

Longest running scripted primetime TV show, The Simpsons renewed for two more seasons.

Remember Quantum Leap with Scott Bakula & Dean Stockwell? Doesn’t it seem like an eon since that show was on the …

Cleveland Museum of Art makes 30,000 works of art available for download, remix, and reuse.

The Cleveland Museum of Art announced on Wednesday, January 23, that it is now an Open Access institution, using the …

You know Megan Mullally is hosting the Screen Actors Guild Awards, right? What to expect? Here’s a clue.

How much fun do you think this year’s SAG Awards will be? I’m thinking a laugh riot with some wonderfully …

Available to download now: Your printable 2019 ballot for the 91st annual Academy Awards.

Click the Oscar to download your 2019 Academy Awards ballot. Happy awards watching! Cheers!

Super Blood Wolf Moon lunar eclipse—don’t let the frigid temperatures keep you from seeing it.

According to ace weatherman, Justin Berk, CBM, the wind chill in Baltimore at midnight tonight—the time of the Super Blood Wolf …

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, …

“And, then Trump says…” The ultimate crossword puzzle of not-so presidential sayings and tweets.

I’ve always been a fan of learning through gamification, so I’ve created a BrockelPuzzle™ to share some of the astounding …