Online Marin County Fair Last year’s virtual version of the Marin County Fair, featuring several social media events and online contests, was exceedingly successful, even winning 12 awards from the Western Fairs Association. This summer, the Marin County Fair again presents a digital experience, one that’s even more eclectic and […]
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Culture Crush: July Opens with Live and Virtual Events
Online Marin County Fair Last year’s virtual version of the Marin County Fair, featuring several social media events and online contests, was exceedingly successful, even winning 12 awards from the Western Fairs Association. This summer, the Marin County Fair again presents a digital experience, one that’s even more eclectic and […]
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What will Lancaster County workplaces look like post-pandemic? | Life & Culture
Remember the office? It’s that place you used go. Not just once a week or so when there’s a task that absolutely must be tackled from there. But every weekday. Along with all of your coworkers. You know, those people with whom you once squeezed — en masse and unmasked […]
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Sneaker Culture Merges into the Fast Lane | News
PLANO, Texas, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — What happens when sneakerheads get ahold of a luxury sport sedan? RTFKT creative collective and Lexus teamed up to find out. To celebrate the launch of the 2021 Lexus IS, RTFKT reveals its one-of-one shoe featuring design elements inspired by the IS […]
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“Fake Famous” and the Tedium of Influencer Culture
The HBO documentary “Fake Famous” opens on a seemingly beatific scene: in the golden sunlight of Los Angeles, to the strains of an operatic score, we see a string of young, seemingly carefree people, posing in front of a hot-pink wall. Mugging for iPhone cameras held by friends, or angling […]
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What Saudi Arabia’s coffee craze reveals about the kingdom’s changing culture.
This article was originally published by the Institute of Current World Affairs in D.C. JAZAN, Saudi Arabia—I walked into Cali looking for a coffee, not knowing that I’d get a front row seat to a concert. Shortly after I sat down, ones of the baristas, Nawwaf, started belting out Adele’s […]
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Opening Monday: Grand Rapids’ GRNoir brings wine, jazz culture to new crowd
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids’ only Black-owned wine and jazz bar will welcome customers through its doors for the first time Monday. GRNoir Wine and Jazz began selling wines curbside and online in early December. As soon as the state announced it was lifting the ban on indoor […]
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Here’s the No. 1 Thing Brands Can Do to Avoid Public Outrage and Cancel Culture
January 8, 2021 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I once had a former manager who wanted us to post, share and comment on any and every cultural moment. He would be outraged when we missed something. He would fill our inboxes and text us screenshots […]
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Donald Trump Lost His Battle. The Culture War Goes On.
You could say that the Trump presidency effectively ended when the polls closed election night or when news outlets called the contest for Joseph R. Biden Jr. four days later. You could say that it ended when the Electoral College voted on Monday to make Mr. Biden the president, or […]
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A culture of responsibility: The promise of a safer digital world
Against the backdrop of an unprecedented year, we are all working to come to terms with the lessons that 2020 has brought. For a modern society that already lived much of its life online, this has meant shifting to even more reliance on technology — what it means to be […]
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Curious Cornhuskers: Why is Love Library checkout so difficult? | Culture
As part of our initiative called Curious Cornhuskers, an anonymous reader asked The Daily Nebraskan, “Why is it so difficult to check out books at Love Library right now? Shouldn’t there be an easier way?” Once upon a time, campus libraries were used primarily to check out books rather than […]
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Coronavirus Transforms Dallas’ Nerd Culture
From underground, to mainstream and now online, the world of roleplaying has had many cultural roles through the years. It has recently come into its own, with celebrities playing and communities growing up around one of the most iconic examples of the genre: Dungeons & Dragons. Dallas has a robust […]
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London’s Shreeji Turns From Local Newsagent to Culture Concept Space
LONDON — Sandeep Garg first opened Shreeji in 1982 as a local newsagent and tobacconist in London’s Marylebone area. Fast forward to 2020 and Shreeji finds itself surrounded by some high-flying neighbors. Across the street is André Balazs’ now-famous hotel and restaurant Chiltern Firehouse, while an array of specialty stores […]
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Xbox marks the spot: New game helps put Southeast Alaska arts and culture on the map
The request was so unusual that Jeff Skaflestad was nearly certain it was a misunderstanding. Would Skaflestad, a Hoonah-based, Norwegian-Tlingit artist, be interested in creating artwork to be used in a video game? “When they first asked me the question, I had to make sure they knew I don’t do […]
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Gia Coppola on her YouTube culture satire
Her grandfather Francis Ford Coppola made “The Godfather”, so it’s hardly surprisingly that family plays an outsized role in Gia Coppola’s life and her blossoming career as a director. As the niece of Sofia Coppola — who directed “Virgin Suicides” and “Lost in Translation” — Gia Coppola spent a chunk of […]