Few Italian cities can compare with Naples. No wonder neighboring Pozzuoli has long been overshadowed by its bombastic, culture-drenched bigger sibling. But the port city—a 30-minute train ride west of Naples—is one of southern Italy’s oldest settlements. Modern Pozzuoli—where Sophia Loren grew up—blends with the …
Read MorePart I: NFT Lending — Legal Issues Involving Secured Transactions under the UCC, Pre- and Post-Article 9 and 12 Amendments
Despite the protracted crypto bear market, innovators in non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) are hard at work. Gone are the days when NFTs were merely profile pictures (“PFPs”) displayed on a pseudonymous social media account or shown for their prestige online or in real life to confused …
Read MoreQ&A With Alex Jainchill: Illuminating the Story of Malcolm X at the Met Opera
A scene from Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” Alex Jainchill, faculty member in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was part of the creative team on the production as lighting designer. (Photos by Marty Sohl / Met Opera) How …
Read MoreCCSU police investigating racist, anti-Semitic graffiti
A student at Seth North residence hall reported a carved racial slur and a swastika on the back of a bathroom stall door. NEW BRITAIN, Conn — Central Connecticut State University police are investigating a report of racist and anti-Semitic vandalism in a residence hall …
Read MoreWasatch County Arts Council calls for local artists for new mural project
The Wasatch County Arts Council is seeking a local artist to create a mural for the new Smith’s Marketplace going in on Heber’s Main Street. The art will be part of a larger project by the Kroger Company to feature local art in stores around …
Read MoreBill Griffiths talks the life and legacy of Ernie Bushmiller
I think it’s fair to say that there’s a pretty big disparity when it comes to comics’ relationship with biographies. There are plenty of graphic novel biographies on the lives of film stars, historical figures, activists, sports legends — even the guy who invented Tetris, …
Read MoreArt Collective MSCHF Takes Up Satirical NFTs as a Free Speech Issue
Roughly eight months have passed since Hermès, the French luxury brand behind the famously pricey Birkin handbag, scored a legal victory over a digital artist known as Mason Rothschild, who produced a line of handbag-themed NFTs called MetaBirkins. “This is not the end of the …
Read More‘No place for this kind of hatred and bigotry’: Swastikas found painted on Wayland road
WAYLAND – Two pieces of antisemitic graffiti were discovered Tuesday painted on Rice Road, authorities said. There are no suspects, acting Police Chief Ed Burman said. A driver on Rice Road reported finding a swastika spray-painted around 8:50 a.m., Burman said. When officers arrived, they …
Read MoreTwo Fayetteville churches targeted with hate incidents, bomb threats & racist graffiti
Two Black churches in Fayetteville have been the targets of hate-related incidents during the past week. One was sprayed with graffiti so vulgar that WRAL News had to blur out almost all of it. The other church was subjected to a bomb threat just before …
Read MoreRevisiting the Filming Locations of ‘American History X’ 25 Years Later ~ L.A. TACO
The early career of Hollywood location manager Marc Spiegel resembles a weekly lineup of late-night Cinemax features, full of overtly sexualized thrillers with titles like Sins of Night (1993), Mirror Images II (1993), The Other Man aka Sexual Malice (1994) and A Kiss Goodnight (1994). …
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