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These Are the Spring Season’s Must-See Museum Shows
El Museo Del Barrio Through August 3, 2025 Puerto Rican-American artist Candida Alvarez is having her moment with a major mid-career survey at El Museo del Barrio that traces her continuously evolving five-decade practice and inquiry. For years, Alvarez has defied the conventional boundaries between abstraction and figuration, treating her work as both a projection…
Read MorePitch Perfect Star Anna Camp Confirms She’s Dating Jade Whipkey
Anna Camp’s romance is hitting all the right notes. After all, the Pitch Perfect star and Jade Whipkey soft-launched their relationship on social media this month, sharing a glimpse into their date nights. Anna reshared a photo from dinner with the on-set stylist posted on her Instagram Story May 13, in which she wrote, “Her smile is…
Read MoreHow Painter Feng Xiao-Min Bridges Cultures With His Brush of Light
Feng Xiao-Min, Composition n°6.4.23, 2023; acrylic on canvas, 195 x 130 cm | 76.8 x 51.2 in. Courtesy of the artist, Opera Gallery, and © On White Wall Born in Shanghai in 1959 into a family of intellectuals, Feng Xiao-Min began studying Chinese ink painting and calligraphy at an early age. Nearly thirty years later,…
Read MoreFederal Science Funding Cuts Put A.I.’s Foundation at Risk, Experts Warn
Academia is worried about its fate in light of widespread funding cuts. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold and advances in autonomous driving are just some of America’s A.I. breakthroughs made possible with federally-funded scientific research—funding that is now being slashed by Trump administration. As these resources disappear, scientists…
Read MoreWhen Fighting with Your Insurance Company Becomes a Full-Time Job
Erin Massey is busy in her day job as a scientist at a biotech company. But recently, she’s had another job, too: trying to convince her insurer, Cigna, to pay for a medication that she needs for her insomnia. Premera, Massey’s previous insurer through another employer, covered the medication, and her doctor has deemed it…
Read MoreControl, Consent and the Creator Economy
The mask of control: Many creators discover too late that their brand, their image—and sometimes even their likeness—no longer belong to them. Unsplash+ If you believe, like many people influenced by “doom-tainment” such as Netflix’s Black Mirror, that A.I. is the enemy of creativity, control or value creation, you’ve been led astray. The counterargument is…
Read MoreJet Set: Father’s Day Gifts for the Dad Who Loves to Travel
Welcome to Jet Set, a recurring feature in which we highlight our favorite accessories and travel must-haves that are perfect for any kind of trip. Whether you’re already packing for your next adventure or you’re just beginning to contemplate venturing out again, we’re here to help with all your jet-setting needs. Father’s Day is just around…
Read MoreWhy the worry over Ben Rice’s Yankees role is so silly
You know what Ben Rice is going to do when Giancarlo Stanton returns from the IL — play, and play a lot. If you are a Yankees fan and how much Rice is going to play is what is concerning you right now, then, really, stop. Guys who hit, play. Period. That has been a…
Read MoreRobert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse and More Twilight Stars’ Romances That’ll Leave You Over the Moon
After a logistically convenient but also genuinely loving relationship with Twilight costar Robert Pattinson ended in a shroud of scandal, Kristen Stewart started dating women. Which, inevitably, made her more comfortable in her own skin amid her complicated relationship with fame. “When I was dating a guy I was hiding everything that I did because everything personal…
Read MoreViral Coast Guard video shows dramatic arrest of suspected drug smugglers in open ocean
A dramatic viral video from the Coast Guard shows service members completing a swift and precise drug interdiction against smugglers in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Members of the small-boat crew US Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) conducted the operation on April 17, according to the military branch. The video, taken by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin…
Read MoreSecrets About Bridesmaids That Will Have You Readddy to Paaaartay
8. With a cast made up of six Groundlings alumni (Wiig, Mumolo, Rudolph, McLendon-Covey, McCarthy and Falcone), the improv was off the charts. “In the rehearsal process, you really got to know everyone’s characters before you’re shooting,” McCarthy told Entertainment Weekly. “Even if you didn’t use the specific information, you’d start to build this backstory. We had…
Read MoreUS to cut ‘de minimis’ tariff on China shipments to 54% from 120%
The United States would cut the low value “de minimis” tariff on China shipments to 54% from 120%, with a flat fee of $100 to remain, starting from May 14, modifying an earlier order imposed by Washington, a White House executive order said on Monday. The move comes several hours after Beijing and Washington announced…
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