When I get sensational headlines like this coming across social media, I always like to check the source and, unfortunately, it looks like it wasn't an exaggeration.

According to Wikipedia, Watkins College of Art is a private Nashville art school has been around since 1885. According to ArtNet article I linked to above, it has been struggling ( Read more... )

There are two articles from Politico magazine that I've been meaning to share for quite a few weeks now, but I never seemed to find the time (or other, more time-sensitive posts took priority). So I figured that, so long as I have a couple of hours free...

First, there is a feature about Democrats' efforts to make in-roads in Ohio among white ( Read more... )

Book covers are one of those things that you don't usually notice unless they are either really awful or really effective. smartbitches had plenty of fun with the former with their regular "Cover Snark" feature. In this post, they tackle the later, looking at what works, what doesn't work and the importance of showing intimacy on romance novel covers ( Read more... )

I discovered the Chicago Booth Review magazine the first time I went to a write-in event at the University of Chicago Graham School's Write-In. They had a whole bunch of copies by the entrance, free to take. I'm not entirely sure why they put a University of Chicago Booth School of Business publication in the lobby of a UC's college of continuing ( Read more... )

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So while reading through the most recent Politico Media newsletter, there's one part in particular that caught my eye. A part dealing with what Conde Nast, publisher of some of United States' best-known magazines, got its employees for Christmas.

ITEMS INSIDE CONDE NAST’S HOLIDAY GIFT BAG: A one-year digital subscription to The New Yorker; a ( Read more... )

Last night, at 11:47 PM CST, the Chicago Cubs baseball team did something that they haven't been able to pull of in the past 108 years - win the World Series. And, of course, this was a pretty big deal in Chicago, especially since always managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - and the fans' eternal optimism - has been a part of the ( Read more... )

As the Chicagoist article put it, "Finally, a Timelapse Video of Chicago That Goes Beyond the Lakefront."

It's not that I mind all of the Loop-based timelapses, but after a while, part of you can't help but protest. There's more to Chicago then that - especially if you are someone like me, who's seen most of the city at some point or another, and ( Read more... )

Two years ago, I mentioned post in egl community where a Muslim girl asked for some advice on how she could get into the style while still following her faith's modesty rules. And, last week, I came across a 2015 Geek & Sundry article that showed that she was far from unique, nor was she the first Muslim girl to ask these kinds of questions. And it ( Read more... )

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