In addition to the New York Magazine covers, 500,000 stickers will be distributed for free at retail locations including Crate and Barrel and CB2, who, along with Warby Parker and EHE Health, are supporting the project’s printing costs. The sticker sheets will also be distributed by book stores and museums across the country, and at nonprofit organizations including the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, as well as official polling sites such as the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Brooklyn Museum in New York. – New York Magazine
Author: Douglas McLennan
Landscape Architects Unveil Plan To Save National Mall’s Tidal Basin
The Tidal Basin connects centuries of American history and includes memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. Some 1.5 million people walk along the basin’s rim during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival each spring. But with increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath is dipping. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily. – NPR
Queen Arthur? 8-Year-Old Swedish Girl Pulls Ancient Viking Sword From Lake
“I felt something in the water and lifted it up. Then there was a handle and I went to tell my dad that it looked like a sword,” Saga told the broadcaster Sveriges Television. – BBC
Theatres Remain Dark In The US – Some Are Blaming The Actors Union
“Some theater professionals say Equity’s lockdown could effectively kill off the entire industry — an industry that generated about $17 billion in ticket sales in 2017, according to a March study from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts.” – Fort Myers News-Press
Restaurant Culture Upended – Michelin, Beard Cancel Awards
The James Beard Foundation has halted its annual restaurant awards for at least another year and is in the midst of a messy foundation-wide reckoning. The World’s 50 Best has shifted its focus from restaurant ranking to industry recovery. And Michelin, the most storied name in the restaurant-awards game, announced that it has indefinitely delayed the release of its 2021 guides in America. – Grub Street
The Google Anti-Trust Case Marks An Important Turning Point For Tech (And We Who Use It)
Today’s suit is an important rejection of the claim that the internet can only operate efficiently with monopolistic gatekeepers. Explicit in the Justice Department’s suit is that the internet is less innovative when power concentrates in a small handful of companies. – The Atlantic
Missing Jacob Lawrence Painting Found After Neighbor Visits Met Museum
“Last week a friend of mine went to the show and said, ‘There’s a blank spot on the wall and I believe that’s where your painting belongs,’ ” she continued. “I felt I owed it both to the artist and the Met to allow them to show the painting.” – The New York Times
Edgar Allan Poe Letter Pleading For $40 Sells For $125,000
“Here he’s writing to a magazine editor basically begging for money. The person behind these incredible psychological thrillers and macabre tales was in fact struggling and could maybe relate to the chaos around him.” – Baltimore Sun
Jersey City Proposes New Community-Based Way To Support Artists
Here’s how it works. Individuals and/or organizations can apply for funds, proposing a specific use case and budget for how the funds would be used. Each council member appoints a community member who reviews applications, which helps mitigate the probability that politics is injected into the equation. These community members will assess the applications and award funds. One of the important implicit benefits of that approach is that it engages community members and civic participation. – Forbes
Man Arrives At Versailles By Taxi Late At Night, Tries To Break In
According to the Versailles prosecutor’s office, the man arrived by taxi to the castle grounds around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. Police were alerted soon after to the threat by the taxi driver, who described the man as “carrying a sheet and taking himself for a king.” – ARTnews