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Quilts and Prints at Schlow: Young people respond to Gee’s Bend art

STATE COLLEGE — A group of 11 young people from ages 10 to 16 recently combined art, creative writing, reduction block making and quilting to create a show to be featured at Schlow Library through Dec... read more

Quilts of Personality

The Quilts of Gee's Bend, which recently opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is a telling example of the ... "I never did like the book patterns some people had," says Annie Mae Young, one o... read more

Art As Political Resistance

When I asked what it is we should be demanding and from whom, Glover’s response was simple and poignant: “It’s always been about demanding truth and justice for all people.” Art has the ... to the sto... read more

JEFFREY GIBSON with Nick Bennett

Donate today to KEEP THE RAIL ALIVE AND FREE Donate The Brooklyn Rail Critical Perspectives on Art, Politics and Culture DEC 18-JAN 19 read more

Books So Bad They're Good: The Making of a Modern Myth

This may not sound like much; lots of young girls receive ... and the women of Gee's Bend are shunted aside in favor of a nice little story that almost certainly began as a way to get a tourist to buy ... read more

Heated debate follows Michigan Fest boycott petition

What follows are communications related to the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, held every August in Michigan, and its official ban on trans women entering the festival. The policy is more of a "don't ... read more

Charlie Ackerman’s Moment was atop an Asian mountain near a mysterious isolated village

In recorded history, only 100 people had been to the mysterious mountains ... “I said, ‘absolutely’ – I didn’t realize it would take three or four hours to respond,” Charlie said. The simple, agrarian ... read more

Coalition will complete NBN objective, says Turnbull

news Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has given what he described as a “solemn undertaking” to the Australian people that a Coalition Government would “complete the job of NBN Co”, inst... read more

‘Soft Coup’ on Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight

Trump, who surely knows the shadier corners of the construction trade, might have heard something like, “Gee, we’d hate for your wife and ... But the American people are not supposed to see it that wa... read more

Episode XLIX: The endless thread is doomed; it has sunk to discussing cute widdle kitty-cats

Science 2.0 is where scientists are the journalists. We are a science education nonprofit operating under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please make a tax-deductible donation if you v... read more

Is Everybody Working for the Weekend?

I would really love to hear people's thoughts on this topic - and not just in response to my specific questions. Anything related is cool. So please, take the poll & jump right in. P.S. And if you don ... read more