Jan 06 2021
Kumi Takahara just shared a song from her new modern classical album See-through via Bandcamp, where the album is described as “a swirl of raw strings, found sound and glistening piano: part private diary, part daydream.” You can listen to “Tide” now, and the album will be released February 24th, 2021. Tide by Kumi Takahara
Jan 01 2021
Today Florida dream pop trio cathedral bells shared two tracks from Ether, coming out January 29, 2021. You can currently listen to “Invisible” and “Dark Aura” from the album. Ether by cathedral bells
Jul 04 2020
This documentary follows the Eastern Band of Cherokee natives as they work to revitalize their endangered language. The Emmy award winning film was created by Danica Cullinan and Neal Hutcheson, and produced by Walt Wolfram. When a language disappears, a lot is lost. A language is a repository of cultural wealth. Each language is a …
Jul 02 2020
It’s National Clean Beaches Week, and we have seven ways that you can help protect our beaches and oceans. Beachgoers are heading to the ocean after months of being cooped up due to the health crisis. However, the climate crisis could forever alter future beach treks. It’s more important now than ever before to take …
Jun 27 2020
This week Disney announced plans to completely redesign Splash Mountain with The Princess and the Frog theme, the first Disney animation to feature a Black princess. Splash Mountain is a ride in California, Florida, and Japan, in the Critter Country area of Disney Parks, and currently features characters and music from Disney’s 1946 film Song …
Jun 02 2020
This salt and pepper tofu recipe uses a unique blend of salt, white pepper, black pepper, Chinese five spice, and jalapeño peppers for robust flavor. Cooking it with corn starch makes it extra crispy. I believe this is the dish that turned my daughter on to tofu, and now that she has made it several …
Apr 04 2020
As people everywhere become more attuned to home life, creative endeavors, and nature, sharing these moments in an effort to send out positive energy, Dion Agius and Brendon Gibbens move past the idea that surfing is only a simple sport, and explore surfing as an art form in “Surf Libre.” It’s a beautiful, meditative look …
Mar 29 2020
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) posted an interesting piece on the camera obscura photography of New York’s Vera Lutter. A camera obscura is a darkened room where an external image is projected through a tiny hole with a convex lens, and inverted as an internal image in the dark room. Lutter uses this …
Dec 31 2019
I like having a New Year project, changing up something and setting a goal, even if it’s a small one. So this year I’m going to have a go at crocheting a temperature blanket, where you crochet one row a day, and the color of yarn corresponds to your local temperature. One thing that I’m …
Dec 29 2019
Street and fashion photographer Bill Cunningham candidly tells his story in his own words in the documentary The Times of Bill Cunningham. He was involved with the papers from the very start, as a young newspaper delivery boy on a bike, and then attended university at Harvard. After dropping out of Harvard, Cunningham began his …
