Prefab Homes The World’s Largest Urban Farm Is Opening Next Year in Parisdwell - Duncan NielsenThe six-story, 150,000-square-foot garden is expected to yield a ton of organic produce every day for the French capital. In the Paris neighborhood of Le Marais—a chic zone known for its rich, multicultural
Bees Surprise: Bees Need Meatscientificamerican.com - Paige Embry Ask an entomologist what makes a bee a bee, and you’ll likely get some version of “bees are just wasps that went vegetarian.” New research shows that …
Burning Man One year ago, Burning Man's sex assault and labor issues were exposed. Has anything changed?Salon - Nicole KarlisBurning Man festival participants endure a dust storm on the playa at the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. (AP/Brad Horn) The last weekend in August marks the start of Burning
Museums The Term ‘Museum’ May Be Getting Redefinedsmithsonianmag.com - Meilan Solly Come September, the official definition of a museum may change. For the last 50 years, the definition, as dictated by International Council of …
In Anti-Rape Demonstration, “Glitter” Protesters Vandalize Historic Mexican Monumenthyperallergic.com - Zachary Small The top of Mexico City’s Angel of Independence monument (via Wikimedia Commons, Lidia Lopez/Flickr)More than 500 people rushed the streets of Mexico …
Florida The Worst Theme Park Idea Of All TimeDigg - Underunderstood In this episode of Underunderstood, John Lagomarsino excavates an evangelical pastor's dream to build a wartime-themed amusement park in Florida. Carl …
Play buttonMurals Author Alice Walker Decries Efforts to Censor San Francisco’s George Washington Murals as ‘Ignorant and Backwards’artnet.com - Caroline Goldstein Walker's words were quoted by the San Francisco School Board head to justify destroying the murals in the first place. The Pulitzer Prize-winning …
EPA Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval ofcommondreams.org A pair of environmental groups on Tuesday filed suit against the President Donald Trump administration over the Environmental Protection Agency's …
EPA Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticidecommondreams.org "Pure pro-pesticide politics."A pair of environmental groups on Tuesday filed suit against the President Donald Trump administration over the …
Amazon Rainforest Iceland Holds Its First Funeral for a Glacierecowatch.com - Olivia Rosane Officials, activists and scientists gathered in Iceland Sunday for the funeral of the nation's first glacier to fall victim to the climate …
Environment Artists are turning the U.S.-Mexico border fence into the world’sinhabitat - by Lidija Grozdanic As the Trump administration pushes forward with plans to build a border wall, American and Mexican artists are working to paint a mile-long mural on …
Texas Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know What You Think About The Walltexasobserver.org - Scott Nicol A new "request for input" reveals the agency already knows its proposed path lies directly in the floodplain of the Rio Grande. In late June, Customs …
travel news A Road Trip to the Fiberglass Frontier of Northern WisconsinThe New York Times - By ROBERT SIMONSONMy teenage son groaned from the back seat as we pulled over in Wabeno, about the 10th Wisconsin town with a population of 1,000 or so that we had stopped at that day. My attempt to get him to leave the
Apple Store Apple Puts the AR in 'Art' (and in 'Transparent Sky-Being')WIRED - Peter Rubin Thanks to a hot desert air mass stalling over San Francisco, the sky was a fogless blue, which made the words stand out even more as they floated …
This Glamping Experience on the Bolivian Salt Flats Drops You Into Your Own Personal Adventure Serialfodors.com - Chantel Delulio Camping (in exceptional style) on the world’s largest salt flat—at once an endless sprawl of white terrain and a giant mirror stretching toward …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo BIVOUAC: Marfa — Call for Proposalsmailchi.mp Place: Crowley Theater, Marfa, Texas Date: Monday, 14 October 2019, 9 am to 6 pm To bivouac is to set up temporary camp—without tents or cover—in …
ArtAt Wasteland Weekend, Thousands Meet to Live Out Post-Apocalyptic ‘Mad Max’ Fantasies in the California Desert. This Photographerartnet.com - Taylor Dafoe Joe Pettet-Smith thought he was only there to get one photo. Every September, thousands of people gather in the Mojave Desert outside of California …
Concrete Rebuilding History: How Engineers Modernized the L.A. Memorial ColiseumPopular Mechanics - By Tim NewcombThe Italian travertine that gave the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum’s peristyle its historic look since opening in 1923 had lost a bit of its shine. But giving the 96-year-old building a modern twist necessitated
Scientists Just Named This New Species of Bee Fly After a "Game of Thrones" CharacterMartha Stewart Living - Zee KrsticThe new species, which is only active in the wintertime, has a "crown" of hairy coating on its head. That's why scientists chose to name it in honor of a prominent villain in this popular series. Researchers
Q&A: Jobie Hill's "Saving Slave Houses" Projectsavingplaces.org - Meghan Drueding As a graduate student in historic preservation in 2012, architect Jobie Hill began visiting and documenting dwellings built for enslaved people. She …
Mapping Non-European Visions of the Worldhyperallergic.com - Lydia Pyne Unknown Artist Mizantla Mexico, 1579Watercolor and ink on paper22.8 x 16.5 in. Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies …
10 alternative theme parks for families: move aside MickeyLonely Planet - Imogen HallA visit to a theme park is often a thrilling highlight of a child’s early experiences. Stepping into a fantasy world, the suspension of day-to-day reality – these colourful worlds are all about having
Oxford University Press The Beautiful Strugglethenewinquiry.com - By Muna Mire An edited version of the Barnard Center for Research on Women’s event “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: A Salon in Honor of Saidiya Hartman” on …
Some white people don’t want to hear about slavery at plantations built by slavesThe Washington Post - By Gillian Brockell“ … the tour was more of a scolding of the old South.” These are a few of the apparently negative reviews posted online about guided tours of Southern plantations, some of which went viral Thursday after
Art Looking to Make a Life-Changing Art Pilgrimage? Here Are 12 Far-Flung Museums That Are Truly Worth Traveling Forartnet.com - Katie White Are you longing to activate your out-of-office autoreply, but tired of hitting the same cities over and over? For your next big trip, consider adding …
Street Art Street Art Is a Global Commercial Juggernaut With a Diverse Audience. Why Don’t Museums Know What to Do With It?artnet.com - Naomi Rea Experts weigh in on what's keeping the most popular form of contemporary art from museum credibility. Street art is far and away the world’s most …
Universal Orlando Everything We Know So far About Universal’s Epic Universe Theme ParkAFAR Media - Lyndsey Matthews Mamma mia! If the rumors are true, the upcoming theme park may feature a Super Nintendo World with a real-life Mario Kart ride. Super Mario fans take …
Call to Artists: Public Art Commission for the New Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridgehyperallergic.com - ArtsWestchester Rendering of the Westchester Landing of the shared use path of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo bridge. Courtesy of the New York State Thruway Authority.The …
Burning Man One Man Who Has Attended Burning Man For Decades Captured the Event From the Sky—See His Stunning Photographs Hereartnet.com - Sarah Cascone Will Roger captures the beauty of Black Rock City, the temporary desert settlement built each year for Burning Man. Each August, a unique gathering …
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