Stories

A very 2021 question - and the risk doesn't run one way. - The New York Times

Georgian grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili isn't best pleased with an offhand remark in the Netflix series. (And it's possible the show's executive director didn't help the cause with his speech at the Emmys.) - Los Angeles Times

It's not exactly easy, but Boyle Heights' Casa 0101 is giving arts and educational opportunities a real go, but it's prepared to go back online if transmission rates go up. - Los Angeles Times

Thanks, The Crown. - The New York Times

Speaking at the San Sebastian Film Festival, she said, "It has allowed women to speak freely, it’s a true revolution, an intense one and I am very happy to live it." - Variety

Not everyone in Chattanooga wanted the memorial. "The bridge was refurbished as a pedestrian path in 1993 and today is considered a gem of the growing city, a popular place for wedding proposals and family photos." But artist Jerome Meadows, and funders, persisted. - The New York Times

Maya Cade created the Black Film Archive with hard work over years. The archive "brings the forgotten works of legends like Oscar Micheaux and Zora Neale Hurston to one place, sorted by decade, with links to where they’re streaming and descriptions of the films." - Los Angeles Times

Pete, born in the Upper Ninth Ward, "started playing the tuba at 10 and joined a marching band in middle school. At 18, he helped bring together two brass bands, the Looney Tunes and the High Steppers, into the Hot 8." - The New York Times

Fahima Mirzaei was about to kick off a tour of Afghanistan when the Taliban took over - and she had to run. This is the story of her escape. - BBC

Early wins for Ted Lasso and Mare of Easttown may predict the whole evening, or may not. All of the winners, updating live. - The Hollywood Reporter

Why? He employs women as vocalists. - Time

Her parents pushed her into showbiz when she was only 2 years old, and eventually she became a star opposite Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding and Howard Keel in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. - Washington Post

Or rather, her instrument and her place in society as a griot: "Until Ms. Jobarteh, kora masters had one other notable characteristic: They were always male. By tradition, the playing of the kora is passed from father to son, but for many years Ms. Jobarteh was her father’s only child." - The New York Times

Yes, with careful attention. Check out the architecture of London's Greenwich Design District. - The Observer (UK)

López "created one of the most famous artworks in Chicano history by boldly recasting the Virgin of Guadalupe in her own image — as a young, strong, brown woman wearing running shoes and a wide grin." - The New York Times