The Book We're Talking About: 'California' By Edan Lepucki
California by Edan Lepucki Little, Brown, $26.00 Publishes July 8, 2014 The Book We're Talking About is a weekly review combining plot description and analysis with fun tidbits about the book. What we...
View ArticleKaryn Parsons' Mission To Share The Untold Stories Of Black History Heroes
Hilary Banks from "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air" may not have been known as a fierce advocate for education. But the actress who played her sure is. Last year, Karyn Parsons -- actress, mother, author...
View ArticleThe NHL, Remixed As If We Were All In The Club
Ice hockey has never made you want to dance until now. While it's not intuitive to mix hockey with club beats, DJ Steve Porter compiles fantastic phrases from NHL announcers to a beat, and sets the...
View ArticleIf Ariana Grande Had A 'Problem' In 20 Different Musical Styles
Ariana Grande's smash hit "Problem" is virtually everywhere under the sun this summer, and we bet you think you've heard it every which way. But we guarantee you haven't heard it in 20 different...
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10 Simple Ways To Get More Instagram Followers And Likes
Getting more likes on social media makes you happier. Science says so. And since we want you to feel happy, dear reader, we decided to figure out exactly how one goes about obtaining likes and...
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Artist ReImagines Childhood Cartoons With Dark Collage Twist
If you were to try and piece together your memories of childhood, from the cartoon characters who graced your morning television screens and nighttime dreams to the looming fear of the unknown, fully...
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Will Harlem's First Contemporary Art Gallery Spark a Trend?
This piece originally appeared on artnet News. Sarah Cascone Tatiana Pagés at her gallery. Photo: Sarah Cascone. Harlem’s art scene continues its summer growth with the opening of Tatiana Pagés Gallery...
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This Living, Sustainable Mushroom Building Could Be The Future Of Green...
This summer marks the 15th year of The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program, which challenges young architects to design innovative projects that bring new possibilities to our...
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The Accidental Sensuality Of Ancient Indian Wrestling
There is something inherently photogenic about kushti, an ancient form of wrestling practiced in India. For more than 2,000 years, men known as pehlwans (wrestlers) have trained assiduously in the...
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Here's What You Missed If You Weren't At The 16th Annual Del Close Improv...
The Del Close Marathon is a weekend long, non-stop improvised comedy festival featuring hundreds of performers in eight different theaters across New York City in celebration of long-form improv. It...
View ArticleWhy I Yelled at the Kara Walker Exhibit
“You are recreating the very racism this art is supposed to critique,” I yelled. The visitors lowered their cameras. Just seconds ago, they had been aiming their lenses at the sculpture of a 40-foot...
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Yep, There Is A Hilary Clinton-Inspired Musical In The Works
Janis Joplin got one. Tupac got one. Lyndon B. Johnson, Carole King, and Bob Marley got one, respectively. So why not give Hilary Clinton one? By "one," we mean a musical adaption of her life story; a...
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'Lovers Shirts' Photo Series Explores The Sad Beauty Of Breakups
It doesn't matter if a lover leaves you on good, bad or ugly terms -- there's an inevitable and universal feeling of longing when a relationship ends. We quietly medicate this longing by clinging to...
View Article'Same Difference' Documentary Will Examine Lives Of Two Gay Teens With...
A groundbreaking new documentary will take an in-depth look at two adolescent boys who identify as gay from a young age and the vastly different journey each took after they came out. Directed by...
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What Kind Of Firework Are You?
Getting ready for the 4th of July can be stressful. You walk into a fireworks store and you just aren't sure which miniature explosive is right for you. You want to celebrate your country properly, but...
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25 Momentous Colorized Photos That Let You Relive American History
One of Reddit's more intriguing gifs to the internet has been a series of colorized photos that bring black-and-white memories back to life. This fourth of July week, we've decided to go through the...
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Vintage Black-And-White Photos Chronicle The California Gay Scene From 1969...
At only eight years old, Anthony Friedkin began taking photographs in his native Los Angeles. By 11 he could develop them in a dark room. At 19 years old, Friedkin embarked on a photographic journey...
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Ten Unconventional Flags That Make Us Proud To Be American
In honor of The Fourth of July, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the glorious holiday. Happy birthday, America! We hope you're celebrating this festive occasion with no...
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There's A Tiny Pool In The Middle Of The Mojave Desert, And You Can Swim In It
Somewhere in the depths of California's Mojave Desert, in a location identifiable only by guarded GPS coordinates, is a tiny pool. This pool, imagined by Austrian artist Alfredo Barsuglia, is open to...
View Article33 Photos That Prove There Is No One Way To Be An American Family
The American family looks different than it did 50, or even 10, years ago. The number of children living with two married parents has steadily decreased since the '80s. A 2012 Pew study found that 2...
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