This San Francisco Chinatown Building May Become The First U.S. Chinese American Museum

It may be an idea whose time has come, especially if it honors recently – and suddenly – deceased mayor Ed Lee. “The 838 Grant Ave. property is just a block from historic Portsmouth Square, which some politicians have already begun pushing to rename after Lee. Now there is talk of blending the two efforts, with the museum serving as an entryway to the park behind it.”

If British School Kids Don’t Have Time To Go To The Art, The Art Will Go To Their Schools

And it’s not a new initiative, either (but the original was scotched by parents, who didn’t like abstract art). “Wakefield’s Hepworth Gallery has revived a pioneering scheme from the 1940s to introduce children to the best in contemporary art. It has commissioned several contemporary artists to produce prints of their work especially for local schools.”

Elena Ferrante’s First Column For ‘The Guardian’ Is About First Love

And for Ferrante readers, the column may seem, indeed, imbued with the very essence of the writer: “We always look at first times with excessive indulgence. Even if by their nature they’re founded on inexperience, and so as a rule are not very successful, we recall them with sympathy, with regret. They’re swallowed up by all the times that have followed, by their transformation into habit, and yet we attribute to them the power of the unrepeatable.”