Legendary American singer and songwriter Charles Hardin Holley — known to the world as Buddy Holly — was born on this day in history, Sept. 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. The spelling change from Holley to Holly came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy...
On the streets of New York City, an interesting yet slightly unsettling trend is unfolding, where technology meets the ever-present eyes of surveillance. This is the world of the Traffic Cam Photobooth, a website brought to life by Brooklyn artist Morry Kolman. The website allows you to take selfies using the city’s traffic cameras, offering...
The San Francisco Art Commission is planning on spending $3 million to begin efforts to remove and replace controversial monuments. In a meeting last week, senior project manager Angela Carrier gave more details regarding the “Shaping Legacy” plan, a strategy to address more than 100 examples of monuments and memorials that show “a concentration that...
Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” The painting depicts a woman, but it’s not a portrait, but rather a “tronie,” according to the Maurithshus museum, which is a painting of an imaginary figure. In the...
A Cirque du Soleil performer has been captured on video suffering a terrifying fall during a live performance in Portland, Oregon, drawing gasps from the audience. Footage taken by 10-year-old Benjamin Goldstein shows the aerialist – identified by KOIN 6 News as Mariia Konfektova – slipping from a hoop while twirling above the stage Saturday...
Fredric Arnold was a “reluctant warrior,” creative dynamo and decorated World War II combat pilot. He miraculously survived 50 missions of flying P-38 Lightning warplanes over North Africa and Europe. The death he witnessed and inflicted in war was in deep contrast with the mild-mannered child prodigy artist from Chicago who spent the rest of...
The “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is a famous piece of art by Gustav Klimt. The subject of the painting is Adele Bloch-Bauer, wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Klimt was commissioned by the Jewish industrialist to paint the portrait in 1903. The distinguished piece of artwork was finally unveiled four years later. A second painting of...
Learning any instrument for the first time is going to take time and dedication. There are so many benefits to learning an instrument. Once you get the hang of it, playing music can help relieve stress and also ignite your creativity. If you have very minimal musical experience, there are certain instruments that are widely...
The political fable, “Animal Farm,” written by visionary George Orwell, was published on this day in history, Aug. 17, 1945. The plot of “Animal Farm” is based on the story of the Russian Revolution and its betrayal by Joseph Stalin and is deemed an allegory, according to Britannica. The novella tells the story of a...
Amid the slew of recent artwork which has captivated his audience day-over-day consecutively for a week, Banksy – the elusive illustrator – has sparked wonder among fans who are shape-shifting the elucidation behind his murals in the comment section of his social media posts. Though the unknown artist has previously been caught costumed on camera,...
