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Martin Mull, Comic Actor Who Rose to Fame on ‘Mary Hartman,’ Dies at 80
New York Times· 6 days agoMr. Mull, who was also an artist and a musician, had a long list of credits that included the...
Memories and a goodbye to periodlical cicadas, freaks to bait, for another 17 years
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoEd Potocki plucked a cicada off his chest and noticed white or blue eyes. The 2024 emergence of the...
An Artist Who’s Been Making Work About Life and Death Since Childhood
New York Times· 3 days agoSarah Sze discusses her practice, pet adoption and winning second prize in a painting contest. Sarah...
Time Traveling Through London With an Impressionist Painter
New York Times· 7 days agoIn the early 1870s, an émigré painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a...
Father of Israeli hostage who met with pope is on a mission
Catholic News Agency· 21 hours agoOn April 8, Miran was part of the delegation who met Pope Francis at the Vatican, and on June 13, in...
Nova Scotia, the 14th state? How close the colony came to being part of the U.S.
National Post· 2 days agoThe sign that hangs from the north-facing wall of Job Burnham’s Tavern in Machias, Maine, creaks...
Editorial Roundup: New England
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoInclusive cultural programming ensures that diverse voices are heard and celebrated, fostering a sense of belonging among marginalized groups and promoting social equity.
Did Prehistoric Children Make Figurines Out of Clay?
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoRoughly 30,000 years ago in what is now the Czech Republic, children likely sat digging clay from the ground where they lived, using it to form tiny...
Traveling the Whale Trail in Santa Barbara
AFAR· 6 days agoFrom the moment my 9-year-old daughter Willa and I deplaned at the five-gate Santa Barbara Airport, I could feel my stress levels begin to drop. Or the...
George Hocker broke through barriers as one of the CIA’s first Black spymasters
AOL· 21 hours agoWhen George Hocker underwent a grueling training course to become a CIA spy, much of America was still segregated. Different exercises had to be developed for Hocker. Out of a class of 75, Hocker was the only Black person.
