"Guest speakers, frequently invited, included Margaret Sanger, the poet Amy Lowell, Emma Goldman speaking on 'Anarchy,' and Edith Ellis, a lesbian writer in an open marriage with the scandalous sexologist Havelock Ellis, speaking on the topic of 'Love.'" There were even "husbands' evenings," when men were allowed. - LitHub
Her father, a doctor who resisted Nazi orders, "had stored the painting in the Amsterdam Bank in Arnhem, thinking it would be safe there. But the Nazis broke into the vaults and seized it, amid widespread looting, destruction and devastation." - The Guardian (UK)
That's a summary, but: "Latinos age 55 and over who participated in a culturally relevant Latin dance program for eight months significantly improved their working memory compared with peers in the control group who attended health education workshops." - Neuroscience News
In the 1970s, "there was a backlash against reclaiming of the naked body, from feminist polemicists campaigning against pornography, to feminist artists and critics who were concerned that any image of a nude woman would play right into the male gaze." Is social media criticism similar now? - Aeon
It all depends on the voters, of course, but there's a good chance: "Hudson was a producer for A Strange Loop, which is nominated for best musical." (More Tonys predictions and wishes? The New York Times and Vulture have you covered.) - NPR
Luella Knapp, a member of the clan, said, "As a caretaker of these clan items, it is an honor. Receiving them back, one by one, brings back the spirit of the person who wore them. We are so happy to have them returned to Wrangell’s Naanya.aayí." - Oregon ArtsWatch
A teenaged Rego fled Portugal for London at her parents' urging when dictator Salazar came to power. Her series of paintings about women suffering after illegal botched abortions is considered to have helped Portugal legalize the medical procedure in 2007. - Hyperallergic
"The tapestry of 400 reindeer skulls, the flesh and tissue boiled and scrubbed off and the bone polished to a shine, hangs like a huge flag in what the curator Randi Godø says is a statement about the museum’s intention to newly reflect all aspects" of Norway. - The Guardian (UK)
Merriman "plumbed dozens of French governmental archives for the information that invigorated his fast-paced books about anarchists, terrorists, leftists and ordinary people in France." - The New York Times
Fascinating, if you like to follow the kingpins at The Mouse: "Rice, a widely admired TV veteran, was dismissed over issues of 'cultural fit,' according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment." - Los Angeles Times
Ukraine's Ministry of Culture and Information Policy says that as of June 9, "389 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed or damaged since the invasion began." Is this accident or deliberate targeting? An international effort is underway to find out. - The Art Newspaper
Preprints are an issue. "It’s all too easy to make outsize claims that sidestep the process of peer review. No publication should carry a standalone abstract. ... even scientific papers that have passed through the intended safeguards of peer review can become vectors for confusion." - Nieman Lab
What timing: Artist "Peter Keegan was commissioned to mark the 10th anniversary of the Waterside Theatre, in Aylesbury, in 2020. Within weeks, all theatres in the UK closed due to the pandemic, but the artist continued to paint." And he painted the tentative return as well. - BBC
It's no substitute for school boards heartily not banning books or libraries being funded, but Boise's Rediscovered Books gave away copies of the banned books at a suburban coffee shop in the nearby town of Nampa. - NPR
