Jessica Plummer has lived her whole life in New York City, but she prefers to think of it as Metropolis. Her day job is in books, her side hustle is in books, and she writes books on the side (including a short story in Sword …
Read MorePolice investigate hate-motivated graffiti
KITCHENER — Police are investigating two separate incidents of hate-motivated graffiti, one at a place of worship and one at a school. On Friday, at about 11:30 a.m., Waterloo Regional Police received a report of graffiti at a place of worship near Victoria Street North …
Read MoreIn Pictures: Street artist transforms underpass in Sussex town to magical undersea world
An ugly concrete underpass in Hastings becomes a trip through a luminous aquatic world thanks to the work of acclaimed street artist Neonita Le Sueur. Neonita, an artist and teacher, grew up in Bristol and lived in London, where she gained a reputation for her …
Read MoreAmerican museum educators are trying a more playful approach
Museums across the US are rethinking how they do art education, upgrading facilities and programmes with an emphasis on play and interactivity. This pedagogic shift is occurring as museums struggle to draw visitors in numbers comparable to their attendance before the pandemic—which brought on layoffs …
Read More“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hanaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement
James Hannaham’s most recent novel, Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta (2022), opens with Carlotta Mercedes, a Black, Latina trans woman, answering questions at a parole hearing that pulls no punches. A woman on the board asks condescending, “Are you the sort …
Read MoreArchaeologists Are Using Modern Tools to Learn About Visitors to an Ancient Egyptian Temple
One ancient graffiti artist carved this creature at the Philae temple complex—most likely a horse. Alamy Beginning with its construction in the fourth century B.C. and continuing for more than 800 years, the Temple of Isis on the small island of Philae, set where the …
Read MoreArea news in brief for Sept. 5
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Read MoreVirtualStreet.Art: The Pioneering Street Art NFT Marketplace on Tezos, Created by La Poste Groupe
Ad La Poste Groupe, the largest French postal service, has further demonstrated its commitment to embracing digital evolution by launching VirtualStreet.Art. This platform, designed to be the premiere NFT marketplace for street art, is developed on the Tezos blockchain in collaboration with Wagmi Studio, and …
Read MoreCasio to Welcome Community Contribution in Creating Virtual G-SHOCK NFTs on Polygon
Casio will launch a virtual G-SHOCK campaign designed by members of the company’s community, with the roadmap beginning this month. Japanese multinational electronics company Casio is bringing its signature G-SHOCK watch brand to the metaverse. These virtual G-SHOCKS will launch on Polygon, the Layer-2 network for scaling …
Read MoreSinger Sentenced To A Year In Prison
A singer has been sentenced to a year in prison for fraud. Unrelated photo for illustrative purposes | Kyodo News On the September 4 episode of JTBC‘s Crime Chief, it was revealed that a singer in his 40s was sentenced to a year in prison for …
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