Arts & Culture
North Korea has started making its first documentary about Kim Jong Il's life amid renewed speculation about the 67-year-old leader's health and who will inherit leadership of the communist dynasty.
Episcopal Church Moves to End Ban on Gay Bishops
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The bishops of the Episcopal Church voted at the church’s convention on Monday to open “any ordained ministry” to gay men and lesbians, a move that could effectively undermine a moratorium on ordaining gay bishops that the church...
DeviantART asks 'What Does Love Mean?'
DeviantART is hosting an art contest for the August 7 opening of PAPER HEART. DeviantART's millions of members will have a chance to have their work judged by the film's director, Nicholas Jasenovec, and win prizes worth over $2,500.
Defining Sustainability at Arizona State University Art Museum
The fall 2009 season at the ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center, Defining Sustainability, is a series of dynamic and interactive projects that tell simple stories - an artist's proposal for green transportation or a designer's solution for...
Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders say the market is lacking morals
In the midst of a global recession, religious leaders are looking beyond the recent regulatory fixes and bailouts aimed at repairing an ailing financial system. They are questioning the underlying assumptions of a market economy that they say has ...
Reopening of Statue's crown presents big stage for musical 'Liberty'
A New York producer is getting her big break on Saturday when Lady Liberty's crown reopens. A song from Theresa Wozunk's upcoming musical "Liberty" has been picked as the closing anthem for the ceremony.
10 things you may not know about the Declaration of Independence
As school children, we all learn of the significance of the Declaration of Independence. We learned that the plucky colonists took on the tyrannical George III after the king heaped much abuse on the long-suffering colonies. However, as we know, h...
Rare Declaration of Independence copy found
A rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been found hidden in a file at the British National Archives.
Nails’ life
Name of Czech photographer Vlad Artazov is well known to all photography fans. His works are full of humor, irony and their execution is great. Don’t miss it!
Guns for Jesus: Kentucky church celebrates gun culture
Gun-toting Kentucky Pastor Ken Pagano invited his flock to bring their guns to church. Approximately 200 people answered Pastor Pagano's call to celebrate American gun culture and the Second Amendment Saturday at New Bethel Church in Louisville, K...
'Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs' Opens June 27 at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Doors will open tomorrow for "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs," a touring exhibition featuring more than 100 authentic artifacts from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh King Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites. The exh...
Iconic Obama artist unveils Suu Kyi image
WASHINGTON — The artist behind the iconic image of Barack Obama above the word "HOPE" is now trying to do the same for Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been put on trial by the junta.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Presents First Major U.S. Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Art in Nearly Two Decades
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists From Korea (on view June 28 through September 20, 2009), the first major museum exhibition in the continental United States in almost two decades to ...
The Judah L. Magnes Museum Announces Jews of the Fillmore Exhibition
Few are aware that a vibrant Jewish culture thrived in San Francisco's historic Fillmore District between 1906 and 1945, but thanks to a unique collaboration between the Judah L. Magnes Museum, the Jazz Heritage Center and the Koret Foundation, a ...
Don't look down now: Cyclists faced with huge 'hole' in the ground on towpath... luckily it's just pavement art
This frightening image of crater-like hole in the middle of a towpath makes Britain's pot holes pale into insignificance. Thankfully, it is just a three dimensional drawing of a canyon, all in the name of pavement art... and to make careless cycli...
A sketchbook containing drawings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso valued at between 7 million and 10 million euros ($9.8 million and $14 million) was stolen from the Picasso Museum in Paris.
Are you sure you don't like clasical music? try this amazing one...
One if the best videos in Youtube, from new title for the show "BEING GIDON KREMER: The Rise and Fall of the Classical Musician", Written by: Kremer, Igudesman & Joo.
Ex-Archbishop Speaks About Catholic Church and Homosexuality
In spring 2002, as the scandal over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests was escalating, the long career of Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee, one of the church’s most venerable voices for change, went up in flames one May morning. On ...
Former Communist Chief's Memoir Outlines Tiananmen Struggle
HONG KONG -- A new memoir by the deceased former Communist Party chief ousted for refusing to help suppress 1989 pro-democracy protests offers a rare window into the power struggle that surrounded the bloody crackdown as its 20th anniversary nears.
Obamas host poetry night at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama says the White House is a place where people should feel free to speak their minds. To that end, she and President Barack Obama welcomed actors, poets and writers to the East Room on Tuesday.