Ohhhhkaaaay, Silicon Valley PR machine: “AR board games promise a host of advantages over their real world counterparts. They eliminate the need to set up complicated boards and remove the foot-piercing pieces you eventually need to round up and put away (and the mess when someone flips the board in frustration). Perhaps even more importantly, augmented-reality board games let you play your favorite titles with friends and family regardless of whether you’re in the same room.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
A Photography Prize Gets Yanked Because, Well, The Anteater Was Stuffed
Oh: “The dramatic photograph of an anteater approaching a glowing termite mound in the dead of night was originally considered a worthy winner of a Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. The prize has now been withdrawn after judges noticed a problem: the anteater pictured is almost certainly a stuffed animal kept outside a visitor centre.”
What’s The Harm In Gamifying Your Life? Well …
The game – for instance, getting more money back on CVS cards, or figuring out which credit card to use in which specific situation – is infinite, and rigged. “It’s not a zero-sum, winners-and-losers sort of game, like Monopoly or cage fighting, but rather one that continues as long as you want to play and one that, in a sense, you can’t win.”
The Erie Chamber Orchestra Ends A Four-Decade Run
Whoa: “The orchestra, founded in 1978 by Bruce Morton Wright and supported by Gannon University, announced it would officially disband at the end of its current season after 40 years of offering free concerts.” Its final concert was Saturday night.
The Life Of A Conflict Photographer
Andrea Bruce took a photography class for fun in the last semester of her undergrad degree in 1995, and since then, she’s photographed some of the most challenging and conflict-ridden places in the world. “I have experienced many roadside bombs and suicide bombs and been under fire. Most of the time it’s just unpredictable — you’re in a war zone and things just happen. You have to know what is worth the risk and what’s not.”
As Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum Teeters On The Brink Of Closing, Is The City Pushing It Over The Edge?
The city has gone through various creative processes to fund its other attractions, including Union Station, the National World War I Museum, and the Kansas City Museum. “Why didn’t city officials and museum stakeholders explore progressive options to breathe new life into the American Jazz Museum? It’s puzzling that none of these creative solutions was seriously considered.”
The Sackler Protests Continue, This Time In DC
On Thursday, the Nan Goldin-led group PAIN traveled to the capital to protest the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery of Art. Goldin said, “We are here to call out all of the Sacklers. … The Sackler brothers built an empire of pain.”
How Did Ferrero Rocher Become The Preferred Status Symbol For Immigrant Families?
Marketing – and the history of war. “Most Americans now know Ferrero Rocher by way of Nutella, but long before the hazelnut cocoa spread became an ingredient seemingly found in every trendy dessert recipe, the gifting and receiving of a Ferrero Rocher chocolate box (48 pieces if you were lucky) was a secret, universal language shared by immigrants in the ’80s and ’90s. It was a truth acknowledged amongst the hospitality-ladened cultures of their families: You never showed up to someone’s house — whether they were strangers or family — without a gift. And if the gift turned out to Ferrero Rocher, it was a surefire way to know you had almost literally struck gold with your hosts.”
You Think You’re Waiting A Long Time To Publish? This Zora Neale Hurston Book Took Ninety Years To Get To Print
She first tried to publish the novel in 1931, but its genesis was earlier. “Hurston began researching Barracoon in 1927, when she first interviewed the former slave Kossola (later named Cudjo Lewis) on an assignment from the famed anthropologist Dr. Franz Boas.”
A Vocalist At The Intersection Of Classical And Blues
Nora Fischer, the daughter of the conductor Ivan Fischer and the recorder player Anneke Boeke, is mixing pop, the blues, and classical music in her performances and albums. “Her affinity with experimental classical styles and her sharp dramatic instincts have encouraged composers to tailor works to her,” including entire song cycles.