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Trying To Remember Which Memes Were Important Back In The Day?

The British Film Institute has your back. - The New York Times

Minneapolis Gets A Massive Land Art Mural

Franco-Swiss artist Saype “said he decided to pick Minneapolis for the project during the federal immigration enforcement surge after seeing neighbors helping each other.” - Minnesota Public Radio

Why Is Philly’s Gem Of A Bridge So Badly Neglected?

“The University Avenue Bridge was designed and built as a prime specimen of the City Beautiful aesthetic. … Today, the bridge that connects West Philadelphia and Grays Ferry is a monument to decrepitude.” - Philadelphia Inquirer

What’s Gone Deeply Wrong With Social Media

“Something seems to have broken down in the functionality of the internet, between Facebook’s erratic algorithm and Google search results now headed by fabricated, AI-generated content and sponsored ads.” - El País English

When Los Angeles Turns The Cameras On Itself

“There's something really ugly and beautiful about Los Angeles, I think, and that's what these films capture - the idea that anything could happen here, that people could become overnight famous in LA for something they did really well or something really horrible.” - NPR

The New School In Manhattan Lays Off Nearly 90 People

It’s a body blow to the institution’s humanities sectors. “All 19 impacted faculty members were in the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and the New School for Social Research.” - Hyperallergic

Vinyl Is Back, But It’s Also Polluting The Planet

“Modern vinyl records are crafted with PVC resin, which makes up more than 75% of an average disk The synthetic polymer itself is made of chlorine and fossil fuel-derived feed stock.” Um, yikes? - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

Eight Great Moments From The Tonys Stage

Bernadette Peters, Neil Patrick Harris, P!nk, Bowen Yang, André DeShields, and Leslie Odom Jr. added extra glam to a star-studded night - one that also featured strong performances from the casts of Schmigadoon! and Ragtime. - Boston Globe

What Steven Spielberg Has Taught Critic Wesley Morris

“Thank you for daring and caring and trying to show us the light, to keep the lights on, as the artistic system you worshiped and symbolized and helped redefine renounces itself.” - The New York Times

Do We Really Care If Memoirs Are Truthful?

“The facts may not totally line up, but the emotions are all present and accounted for.” - Washington Post (MSN)

At The Tonys, Schmigadoon Wins Best New Musical; Liberation Wins Best New Play

Schmigadoon! winning might give it an economic boost, though Liberation has closed. Other big winners are Ragtime and Death of a Salesman. - The New York Times

Writers, Directors, Critics, And Superfans Choose Their Favorite Spielberg Films

“He came of age in the American new wave era but in spirit belonged neither to that nor fully to Hollywood’s golden age studio system that preceded it.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Strangest Skills 38 Tony Nominees For Their Roles

“Broadway actors need to shine in all sorts of ways. Some are obvious (mastering an accent). Some are surprises (mastering a horse).” - The New York Times

Sure, Write What You Know, But Write What Scares You

“When you sense a story, or glimpse a scene, or feel a character coming to life, you stop, step back, consider what in that might scare you most. … Let that dread jolt you loose. Then—and this is key for me—find a way to make it worse.” - LitHub

A New Documentary Shows Just How Much Movie-Makers Can’t Handle The Reality Of Michael Jackson

Capitalizing on his name is one things, as the fictional Michael heads to a billion-dollar take at the box office, but Netflix is also, rather disgustingly, cashing in. - HuffPost

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