“Volunteers on the annual excavations at Vindolanda Roman fort in Northumberland have unearthed an astonishing 421 shoes from a ditch. And one of the shoes is strikingly similar to the Adidas Predator football boot.”
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So What Are Dreams, Really? Five Theories
“If you’ve ever been befuddled by a dream, take heart: You’re following a 4,000-year tradition of confusion. Over that time, humanity – in the form of religion, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience – has actually come to somewhat understand what exactly the mind is doing in its slumbering states. To that end, here are five of the leading theories for what dreams are and what they do to us.”
Putting Real Fire And Rain Onstage With Your Own Homemade Machine
Theatrical devices that can provide both a steady stream of rain and actual fire are expensive to rent, let alone buy. So the Wilma Theater’s crew designed and built one themselves.
Chief Curator Of Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Resigns In Wake Of Controversial Exhibit
“[Jeffrey] Uslip’s departure follows weeks of controversy over CAM’s current solo exhibition by white artist Kelley Walker that some found demeaning to African-Americans.”
Indie Films Are Increasingly Video-On-Demand. That’s A Problem When We Don’t Know How Many People See Them
“Because neither indie distributors nor streaming services release audience numbers for VOD movies, our hands are tied: We have no idea what constitutes a hit or a flop on VOD — how many thousands, or maybe it’s tens of thousands, or maybe it’s hundreds of thousands — of people will watch a movie during its VOD run.”
Theatre Festival Bars Audience From Play; Audience Shows Up Anyway And Demands, Politely, To Be Let In
“Hours before the performance Sunday night, the MESS festival announced it would allow only the festival jury to see “Our Violence and Your Violence” by Croatian director Oliver Frljić, an award-winning director whose provocative plays often criticize nationalism and spark protests. The play, which has a fairly abstract plot, contains scenes of nudity and rape.” But the ticketholders weren’t having it.
Is There Such A Thing As “Universal” Music?
“How is universal music possible? Is not music, like language, born of culture and environment? Is not each musical style a unique expression of place and experience?”
Lawyer Sues His Co-Owner Of A Painting He Believes Is An Important Jackson Pollock
“I felt sincere about selling this masterpiece,” Pierce O’Donnell said in a recent interview. He believes it is one of the “great art finds of the 21st century. Unfortunately, she has frustrated every effort to sell it.”
Lisbon Opens A Flashy New Museum That Aims To Be Like No Other
One local architect describes it as “an aquarium without the fish” and it’s a shrewd observation.
These Musicians Make Music With Their Brainwaves
“This program directly accesses the brain via electroencephalogram (EEG) technology, allowing four severely motor-impaired people to create the musical piece in real-time by choosing between four different musical phrases.”