• Photos: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

    Each year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books draws authors representing diverse genres, from established figures to emerging talents, and attendees who engage with panels and discussions, storytelling sessions, book signings and interactive exhibits. A wealth of experiences awaited readers of all ages at this year's event over the weekend at USC.

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    Third annual Richmond Book Festival celebrates reading with book sale, ‘Lit Limo’ and more

    The third annual Richmond Book Festival took place this weekend and featured the Lit Limo, student performances and lots of discount books for sale.

  • Livefields Festival 2024: it’s almost time for the best tribute act festival in the UK

    Founded in 2019, Livefields Festival has grown exponentially, becoming the go-to event for West Yorkshire and beyond. It's a festival born out of a passion for live music, aiming to provide an unforgettable experience with top tribute acts and local bands. This year, the festival boasts 90s dance legends, some of the country’s leading tribute acts and the very best of local and upcoming talent, promising to keep you rocking throughout the weekend. New for 2024, Livefields Festival introduces...

  • Joya Chatterji’s ‘Shadows at Noon’ wins best history book at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Awards

    Published by Yale University Press in the US and Penguin in India, it tells the subcontinent’s story from the British Raj to independence and partition.

  • 2024 Intersect: A Queer Arts Festival

    Buffalo Pride Week is going to be one for the record books this year, thanks in part to the over-the-top event, Intersect: A Queer Arts Festival. Not only will this []

  • What to do in L.A. and Orange County this May in art and fashion

    Fashion is in love with the early 2000s right now, and Balenciaga, the Kering-owned brand, has brought back the signature Le City bag, which was introduced in 2001. The new bag, which comes in small and medium sizes with adjustable shoulder and crossbody straps, is available in black, yellow, green, light purple, metallic steel gray, metallic silver, white, blue and beige. The style and construction of the new versions of the bag — studs as well as leather-strung zipper pulls and rivets are...

  • In Touch with South Central Iowa – The People of Tulip Time

    On today’s In Touch with South Central Iowa, Tyler Crabb caught up with a handful of people taking in the festivities at the 89th annual Tulip Time Festival in Pella. https://media.blubrry.com/iowaradioplus/ins.blubrry.com/iowaradioplus/In_Touch-People_of_Tulip_Time-5-3-24.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe:

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    Shishkin: Two-time Cheltenham Festival winner dies

    Two-time Cheltenham Festival winner Shishkin has died after breaking a leg

  • Experimental art collective Meow Wolf is coming to L.A.

    A Meow Wolf exhibition is designed as a dream space, a walk-through floor-to-ceiling collection of psychedelic art with a sci-fi bent and an anything-goes, punk rock spirit. Apples that melodically squeal when squeezed? One can find those in "Omega Mart," Meow Wolf’s Las Vegas exhibition. A video game that grapples with an uncompromising, impossible-to-please parent? Head to "The Real Unreal" outside Dallas. A neon-soaked forest in a suburban backyard? That originated in Meow Wolf's Santa Fe,...

  • Slamdance Film Festival to swap Park City for L.A.

    PARK CITY, Utah, May 1, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Slamdance Film Festival, based in Park City since its 1995 inception, has announced it will move to Los Angeles starting February 2025. “The move to Los Angeles, the heart of the entertainment industry, will allow for the continued growth of Slamdance’s year-round mission to provide […] The post Slamdance Film Festival to swap Park City for L.A. first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • How AI Art Could Upend/Destroy The Comic Book Industry

    This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World. This video covers some recent news surrounding accusations about major comic publishers utilizing AI art and the larger implications that this new technology will have on the industry. Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading →

  • For cicadas, it's safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing?

    A cicada in sync with its brood is a cicada with a chance. The insects’ synchronized emergence is an evolutionary strategy, scientists say. Birds, raccoons and other predators can eat only so many of them. So the more cicadas emerge together, the better the odds that more will live on to reproduce and pass along their genes. “They have the safety-in-numbers strategy,” said Chris Simon, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut who studies the insects. The...