Van Cliburn died yesterday. A reluctant cold warrior, the pianist beat the commies at their own game, winning first place + more
Van Cliburn died yesterday. A reluctant cold warrior, the pianist beat the commies at their own game, winning first place + more
Hard to believe that, in just three days, SPOMa will finally be opened to the public. Some folks have been waiting for + more
Perhaps you’ve heard of the Modern architecture exhibit we’re guest curating at the MAC. No? Well, then. You can read + more
If you thought Modernism was little more than straight lines, mechanized systems, and sterile environments, you’re gonna want to get + more
Yesterday afternoon, CK Anderson, John Mraz, and the MAC‘s Ryan Hardesty (above) installed the first display shelf and case for + more
It’s the High Priestess of Soul’s birthday today. Nina Simone, the devilishly hard-to-categorize singer, songwriter, and arranger who died in + more
Visitors to the upcoming SPOMa exhibit are in for a special treat: a 40′ x 18′ mural, adapted from a + more
A few millennia of music history boiled down to a seven-minute video? I wouldn’t have thought it possible. But apart + more
There’s more to a museum exhibit than hanging a few pretty pictures on a wall. First, you need some walls. + more
Ah, Valentine’s Day. A holy day of obligation for attached men; weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth for single women. + more
Yet more evidence that Truman Capote fictionalized parts of In Cold Blood—his celebrated 1966 “nonfiction novel.” But does it really matter? + more
Smackdown! Montana State University paleontologist Jack Horner and Yale Institute for Biospherics postdoctoral fellow Nick Longrich debate the burning question: “Is Torosaurus a + more
Behold! Jargon Madness! After having to live with this steaming load of codswallop for the last 11 years or so, + more
So it’s February 2013 already, and I just realized that I neglected to share my top 10 albums from 2012. + more
What with libraries offering pole-dancing lessons and Amazon giving away books, you’ve got to wonder: is anybody out there, you know…reading? + more