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This Is What Happens When Artists Take Over An Abandoned Building In Detroit
Imagine if a centuries-old shipwreck "crashed on the shores of a block in Detroit" and its doors opened to rooms upon rooms full of ornate details and wondrous mysteries to untangle. That's what a...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The fired director of Ohio State's marching band is formally requesting his job back, citing alleged flaws in a university investigation and a positive performance review issued...
View ArticlePhotos From Ferguson And 1960s Protests Side By Side Make It Clear How Little...
A young black man in sunglasses holds a sign with bold print in full view of the camera: "I AM A MAN." The word "am" is underlined. He's not just stressing the word, he's insisting on it. Around him,...
View ArticleAndrew Rannells Discusses Taking Over In 'Hedwig And The Angry Inch' On...
Andrew Rannells discussed his forthcoming stint as an "East German transgender struggling rock star" in Broadway's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" with Jimmy Fallon this week. The "Girls" star, who nabbed...
View ArticleCooper Union's Tuition Plan Gets Taken To Court
NEW YORK (AP) -- Students and faculty at one of the nation's few free colleges asked a judge Friday to block the school from charging undergraduate tuition. Lawyers for the students and professors were...
View ArticleOhio State University Marching Band Dumping Nicknames
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Student leaders say Ohio State's marching band won't give out nicknames this year, after the sometimes-lewd monikers played a role in the firing of its popular director. Jonathan...
View ArticleThis All-Female Beatbox Group's Awesome Rudimental Cover Is Anything But Basic
You wouldn't think that contemporary dance music would work well with only voices, but, in this case, it does. In this video, British a cappella group The Boxettes jam out to Rudimental's "Waiting All...
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This Bjork Film Will Be Like A Bjork Concert But With More Bjork!
Bjork fans, life has been kind to us as of late. First there was Bjork's eighth full-length studio album, a cosmic masterpiece called "Biophilia" -- as the Jews say: Dayenu, or it would have been...
View ArticleWhat Do We See When We Read? (IMAGES)
What do we see when we read? Designer Peter Mendelsund, who's behind a few iconic covers you might've seen on bookshelves, poses the question in his new book, and, fittingly, answers it in an...
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India Celebrates 68 Years Of Independence With Spectacular Festivity (PHOTOS)
India was ablaze with bright colors and spirited with festivity as the country celebrated its 68th Independence Day on Friday. Recently elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to bring jobs and...
View ArticleVoice Actor Performs Touching Tribute To Robin Williams, In Williams' Own Voice
This poem honoring the late Robin Williams is beautifully touching on its own. In the hands of Jim Meskimen, the author of the poem and a talented voice actor, it's a masterpiece. "I've been thinking...
View Article"Never Let It Die" Is The Anthem For The Creative Spark In All Of Us
"You might think that you're ruined, you might think you're defeated / If you love what you're doing you've already succeeded." We're all familiar with the trope of the struggling artist, down on his...
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6-Year-Old Surfing And Skateboarding Prodigy Makes Waves, Battles Genetic...
This fierce 6-year-old girl glides over all obstacles that come her way -- both on land and in the water. Quincy Symonds only began surfing a year and a half ago, but the pint-sized Australian...
View ArticlePerformance Artists Get Weird With Their Urban Environments
Have you ever been going about your business, meandering around your urban environment of choice, when suddenly your shirt gets caught on a rogue pole or similarly treacherous doodad? Suddenly your...
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10 (More) Gorgeous Recolorized Photos That Put History In A New Light
For the history buffs of the world, we imagine there are few experiences as fulfilling as poring over volume after volume of black-and-white photographs, hunting for that rare shot of a notable figure...
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Folklore Meets Design, Architecture And Light Deep In The Canadian Forest
By Finn MacLeod Read the original story on ArchDaily Imagine yourself standing at a glowing threshold between reality and make believe, watching as mythical creatures dash across trees and into other...
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These Crafts Made By Japanese-American Prisoners Will Renew Your Faith In...
Half of the 120,000 prisoners were children. It was the start of the War Years, the turning from 1941 to 1942. Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered 90 percent of...
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Statue Selfies Are The Newest Internet Meme For Art Nerds
Is anyone anything safe from the omnipotent desire to place a camera at arm's length from one's own face and click? The answer appears to be no. On a recent visit to Crawford Art Gallery, an evil...
View ArticleJ. Cole Mourns For Michael Brown In Tribute Song (LISTEN)
A week after 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, people across the country are demanding justice, including a multitude of entertainers and...
View ArticleParamore's Tribute To Robin Williams Is A Powerful Message About Hope
Paramore's Hayley Williams took a moment during the band's Tuesday night show in Denver to recognize Robin Williams, who died on Monday. In a moving speech about sadness and fear, she spoke of...
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