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• The Evolution of Dance from 1950 to 2019: A 7‑Decade Joy Ride in 6 Minutes, 12 Apr 2021 in Dance&Music
• A 4,000-Year-Old Student ‘Writing Board’ from Ancient Egypt (with Teacher’s Corrections in Red), 09 Apr 2021 in Education&History&Museums&Writing
• Artist Makes Micro-Miniature Sculptures So Small They Fit on the Head of a Pin, 06 Apr 2021 in Art&Creativity&Museums&Religion
• Discover the First Modern Kitchen–the Frankfurt Kitchen–Pioneered by the Architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1926), 02 Apr 2021 in Architecture&Design&Gender&Life
• The History of Tattoos Gets Beautifully Documented in a New Book by Legendary Tattoo Artist Henk Schiffmacher (1730–1970), 30 Mar 2021 in Art&Books&Design
• Meet the Forgotten Female Artist Behind the World’s Most Popular Tarot Deck (1909), 26 Mar 2021 in Art&Religion
• Three Leonard Cohen Animations, 22 Mar 2021 in Animation&Music&Philosophy&Poetry
• A Celebration of Typewriters in Film & Television: A Supercut, 19 Mar 2021 in Film&Health&Writing
• Watch the Trippy 1970s Animated Film Quasi at the Quackadero: Voted One of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time, 16 Mar 2021 in Animation
• Watch Cartoonist Lynda Barry’s Two-Hour Drawing Workshop, 12 Mar 2021 in Art&Creativity&Education&K-12
• Compare the Original Trailers of Classic Films with Their Modern Updates: Casablanca, Dog Day Afternoon & The Exorcist, 09 Mar 2021 in Film
• A Short Biography of Keith Haring Told with Comic Book Illustrations & Music, 08 Mar 2021 in Art&History&Museums&Music&Travel
• The Little-Known Female Scientists Who Mapped 400,000 Stars Over a Century Ago: An Introduction to the “Harvard Computers”, 02 Mar 2021 in Astronomy&Gender&Harvard&Science
• The Exquisite, Ephemeral Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Andersen, 01 Mar 2021 in Art&Creativity&Literature&Museums
• De-Stress with 30 Minutes of Relaxing Visuals from Director Hayao Miyazaki, 22 Feb 2021 in Animation&Nature&Psychology
• Witness the Birth of Kermit the Frog in Jim Henson’s Live TV Show, Sam and Friends (1955), 19 Feb 2021 in Comedy&Creativity&Television
• The Color That May Have Killed Napoleon: Scheele’s Green, 15 Feb 2021 in Chemistry&Fashion&History&Science&TED Talks
• Take a Road Trip Across America with Cartoonist Lynda Barry in the 90s Documentary, Grandma’s Way Out Party, 12 Feb 2021 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Television&Travel
• A New Yorker Cartoonist Explains How to Draw Literary Cartoons, 08 Feb 2021 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Magazines
• The Breathtaking Courage of Harriet Tubman: An Animated History Lesson Speaks to Her Place on the $20 Bill, 08 Feb 2021 in Current Affairs&Economics&History
• Watch 36 Short Animations That Tell the Origin Stories of Mexico’s Indigenous Peoples in Their Own Languages, 02 Feb 2021 in Animation&Language&Travel
• The First American Cookbook: Sample Recipes from American Cookery (1796), 29 Jan 2021 in Food & Drink&History
• A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens, 25 Jan 2021 in Astronomy&Design&Fashion&History
• Cocktails with a Curator: The Frick Pairs Weekly Art History Lectures with Cocktail Recipes, 25 Jan 2021 in Art&Food & Drink&Museums
• A 3,000-Year-Old Painter’s Palette from Ancient Egypt, with Traces of the Original Colors Still In It, 18 Jan 2021 in Art&History&Museums
• The Anti-Gluttony Door in Portugal’s Alcobaça Monastery Shamed Plump Monks to Start Fasting, 15 Jan 2021 in Architecture&Food & Drink&Religion&Travel
• A Look Inside William S. Burroughs’ Bunker, 12 Jan 2021 in Architecture&Books&History&Life&Literature&Poetry
• 300 Rarely-Seen, Risqué Drawings by Andy Warhol Published in the New Book, Andy Warhol: Love, Sex, and Desire. Drawings (1950–1962), 11 Jan 2021 in Art&Life
• Fonts in Use: Enter a Giant Archive of Typography, Featuring 12,618 Typefaces, 08 Jan 2021 in Archives&Art&Design
• Dial-a-Poem: The Groundbreaking Phone Service That Let People Hear Poems Read by Patti Smith, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg & More (1968), 04 Jan 2021 in Poetry&Technology
• The David Bowie Monopoly Game Is Here: Advance to GO and Collect 200 Hunky Dorys!, 28 Dec 2020 in Games&Music
• Langston Hughes’ Homemade Christmas Cards From 1950, 25 Dec 2020 in Letters&Life&Poetry
• The Blob Opera Lets You Create Festive Music with Ease: An Interactive Experiment Powered by Machine Learning, 21 Dec 2020 in Google&K-12&Music&Opera&Technology
• Hokusai’s Iconic Print, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Recreated with 50,000 LEGO Bricks, 18 Dec 2020 in Architecture&Art&Creativity&Design
• Get Inside the Head of a New York City Christmas Tree: A Gonzo Short Film from Artist Nina Katchadourian, 16 Dec 2020 in Art&Film&Life
• Watch 26 Free Episodes of Jacques Pépin’s TV Show, More Fast Food My Way, 14 Dec 2020 in Food & Drink&Life&Television
• When Italian Futurists Declared War on Pasta (1930), 11 Dec 2020 in Art&Food & Drink&History
• Behold the Steampunk Home Exercise Machines from the Victorian Age, 07 Dec 2020 in Design&Health&Physics
• Why Humans Are Obsessed with Cats, 04 Dec 2020 in Biology&History&K-12&Life&Nature&Science
• Watch Digital Dancers Electrify the Streets of Istanbul, 30 Nov 2020 in Animation&Dance&Technology&Travel
• Watch How to Be at Home, a Beautiful Short Animation on the Realities of Social Isolation in 2020, 23 Nov 2020 in Animation&Books&Film&Life&Poetry
• Lou Reed Concert Film Berlin Streaming Free Online for the Next Week, 20 Nov 2020 in Film&Music&Theatre
• John Waters Gives Art Collection to The Baltimore Museum Of Art in Exchange for Getting Its Bathrooms Named After Him, 16 Nov 2020 in Art&Film&Museums
• The Five Minute Museum: A Stop Motion Animation Shows the History of Civilization at Breakneck Speed, 13 Nov 2020 in Animation&Comedy&Fashion&History&Museums
• Trips on the World’s Oldest Electric Suspension Railway in 1902 & 2015 Show How a City Changes Over a Century, 09 Nov 2020 in Design&History&Physics&Travel
• The Plastic Bag Store: A Pop Art Installation with a Whimsical But Deadly Serious Environmental Message, 09 Nov 2020 in Art&Food & Drink
• A Quay Brothers Animation Explains Anamorphosis, the Renaissance Illusion That Hides Pictures within Pictures, 02 Nov 2020 in Animation&Art&Religion&Science
• The Gruesome Dollhouse Death Scenes That Reinvented Murder Investigations, 30 Oct 2020 in Art&Education&Life&Psychology&Science
• The Japanese Traditions of Sashiko & Boro: The Centuries-Old Craft That Mends Clothes in a Sustainable, Artistic Way, 26 Oct 2020 in Art&Fashion&History&How to Learn for Free&Life&Philosophy
• Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O’Keeffe, 23 Oct 2020 in Art&Food & Drink&Libraries
• How Some of the World’s Most Famous Cheeses Are Made: Camembert, Brie, Gorgonzola & More, 19 Oct 2020 in Food & Drink&Travel
• The Dance Theatre of Harlem Dances Through the Streets of NYC: A Sight to Behold, 16 Oct 2020 in Dance&Life
• A Virtual Table Read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Featuring Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Shia LaBeouf, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, John Legend & More, 12 Oct 2020 in Comedy&Current Affairs&Film
• Charlie Chaplin & Buster Keaton Go Toe to Toe (Almost) in a Hilarious Boxing Scene Mash Up from Their Classic Silent Films, 09 Oct 2020 in Comedy&Film&Sports
• Learn the Stories Behind Iconic Songs: The Rolling Stones’ “Miss You,” REM’s “Losing My Religion,” Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” & More, 08 Oct 2020 in Life&Music
• Dear Facebook, This is How You’re Breaking Democracy: A Former Facebook Insider Explains How the Platform’s Algorithms Polarize Our Society, 05 Oct 2020 in Current Affairs&Life&Technology&TED Talks
• GPS Tracking Reveals the Secret Lives of Outdoor Cats, 02 Oct 2020 in Data&K-12&Maps&Nature&Science&Technology
• The Story Behind the Iconic Photograph of 11 Construction Workers Lunching 840 Feet Above New York City (1932), 28 Sep 2020 in Architecture&History&Photography&Video - Arts & Culture
• Frida Kahlo’s Venomous Love Letter to Diego Rivera: “I’m Amputating You. Be Happy and Never Seek Me Again”, 25 Sep 2020 in Art&Letters&Life
• If Werner Herzog Reviewed Trader Joe’s on Yelp: “Madness Reigns. The First Challenge Your Soul Must Endure Is the Parking Lot”, 21 Sep 2020 in Comedy&Film&Life
• A Long, Guided Tour of New York City Captured in Original Color Film (1937), 18 Sep 2020 in Current Affairs&Film&History&Travel
• Four Classic Prince Songs Re-Imagined as Pulp Fiction Covers: When Doves Cry, Little Red Corvette & More, 14 Sep 2020 in Books&Comedy&Design&Music
• Central Park Bird Watcher Christian Cooper Writes DC Comics Graphic Novel: It’s Now Free Online, 11 Sep 2020 in Comics/Cartoons&Current Affairs&K-12
• Watch an Epic Drum Battle, Pitting a 9‑Year-Old Girl Against Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, 07 Sep 2020 in K-12&Music
• William Blake’s Paintings Come to Life in Two Animations, 04 Sep 2020 in Animation&Art&Museums&Poetry
• Watch Home Movies Starring Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Igor Stravinsky, Gertrude Stein, Colette & Other Early 20th Century Luminaries, 01 Sep 2020 in Art&Film&History&Life&Museums
• A Beautiful 1897 Illustrated Book Shows How Flowers Become Art Nouveau Designs, 28 Aug 2020 in Architecture&Art&Books&Design&Nature
• Documentaries on the Groundbreaking Work & Life of Ursula K. Le Guin & Four Other Trailblazing Artists, Streaming Free this Week, 25 Aug 2020 in Film
• The Face of Bill Murray Adds Some Joy to Classic Paintings, 21 Aug 2020 in Art&Comedy&Film&History
• A New Interactive Map Shows All Four Million Buildings That Existed in New York City from 1939 to 1941, 19 Aug 2020 in Architecture&History&Maps&Photography&Travel
• Gilda Radner Does a Comic Impersonation of Patti Smith: Watch the Classic SNL Skit, “Rock Against Yeast” (1979), 14 Aug 2020 in Comedy&Music&Television
• The Wine Windows of Renaissance Florence Dispense Wine Safely Again During COVID-19, 10 Aug 2020 in Architecture&Food & Drink&History&Life&Travel
• Get the Ancient Roman Look: A Hair & Makeup Video Tutorial, 07 Aug 2020 in Art&Gender&History&Life
• Revisit Scenes of Daily Life in Amsterdam in 1922, with Historic Footage Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence, 03 Aug 2020 in Computer Science&Data&Film&Technology&Travel
• Take an 360° Interactive Tour Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, 31 Jul 2020 in Architecture&History
• Hear the Sound Of Endangered Birds Get Turned Into Electronic Music, 27 Jul 2020 in Biology&Current Affairs&Music&Nature&Travel
• Revisit Six of Elton John’s Most Iconic Concerts, Streaming in Their Entirety for 72 Hours, 24 Jul 2020 in Music&Travel
• Dr. Fauci Reads an Undergrad’s Entire Thesis, Then Follows Up with an Encouraging Letter, 20 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs&Graduation Speech&Letters&Politics&Science
• Everything You Need To Know About Viruses: A Quick Visual Explanation of Viruses in 9 Images, 17 Jul 2020 in Biology&Current Affairs&Science
• Cambridge University Professor Cooks 4000-Year-Old Recipes from Ancient Mesopotamia, and Lets You See How They Turned Out, 13 Jul 2020 in Books&Food & Drink&History&Life&Travel
• Bisa Butler’s Beautiful Quilted Portraits of Frederick Douglass, Nina Simone, Jean-Michel Basquiat & More, 10 Jul 2020 in Art&Creativity&Fashion&History
• Thomas Jefferson’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandson Poses for a Presidential Portrait, 06 Jul 2020 in Art&Current Affairs&History&Museums&Photography
• Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks’ Timeless Comedy Sketch: The 2000-Year-Old-Man, 03 Jul 2020 in Comedy&Television
• Behold Octavia Butler’s Motivational Notes to Self, 29 Jun 2020 in Books&K-12&Literature&Writing
• Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Now Digitized and Free to View Online, 26 Jun 2020 in Art&K-12
• Construct Your Own Bayeux Tapestry with This Free Online App, 19 Jun 2020 in Art&Design&History&K-12
• Listen to Medieval Covers of “Creep,” “Pumped Up Kicks,” “Bad Romance” & More by Hildegard von Blingin’, 15 Jun 2020 in Comedy&History&Music
• Revisiting The Wire During 2020’s Black Lives Matter Movement, 12 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Television
• Watch a Mesmerizing Stream of Unwatched YouTube Videos: Astronaut.io Lets You Discover the Hidden Dimensions of the World’s Largest Video Platform, 08 Jun 2020 in Computer Science&Life&Technology&Travel&YouTube
• David Lynch Recounts His Surreal Dream of Being a German Solider Dying on D‑Day, 08 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Film&History&Nature
• When Lucy Lawless Impersonated Stevie Nicks & Imagined Her as the Owner of a Bad Tex-Mex Restaurant: A Cult Classic SNL Skit, 05 Jun 2020 in Comedy&Music&Television
• An Emotional Journey into the Heart of August Sander’s Iconic Photograph, “Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance”, 29 May 2020 in Books&History&Photography
• Iggy Pop, David Byrne, and More Come Together with Bedtime Stories (For Grownups), 25 May 2020 in Art&Audio Books&Museums
• Studio Ghibli Producer Toshio Suzuki Teaches You How to Draw Totoro in Two Minutes, 22 May 2020 in Animation&Art&Film&K-12
• DEVO Is Now Selling COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment: Energy Dome Face Shields, 18 May 2020 in Current Affairs&Design&Fashion&Health&Music
• Take a Virtual Tour of the Mütter Museum and Its Many Anatomically Peculiar Exhibits, 11 May 2020 in Biology&History&Museums&Science
• A Virtual Tour Inside the Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli Museum, 08 May 2020 in Animation&Film&K-12&Museums
• Take a Virtual Tour of the World’s Only Sourdough Library, 04 May 2020 in Food & Drink&Libraries&Travel
• The Stay At Home Museum: Your Private, Guided Tours of Rubens, Bruegel & Other Flemish Masters, 01 May 2020 in Art&Museums&Travel
• Watch Free Plays from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth & More, 28 Apr 2020 in K-12&Life&Literature&Theatre
• Experience New York City’s Fabled Mid-Century Nightclubs in an Interactive, COVID-19-Era, Student-Designed Exhibit, 24 Apr 2020 in Design&Education&History&Museums&Technology&Travel
• Watch 270+ Short Documentaries of Artists at Work, and Let Them Inspire Your Creative Process, 21 Apr 2020 in Art&Creativity
• How to Paint Water Lilies Like Monet in 14 Minutes, 17 Apr 2020 in Art&Travel
• Watch Full Productions of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musicals, Streaming Free for 48 Hours Every Weekend, 13 Apr 2020 in Music&Theatre
• An Art Gallery for Gerbils: Two Quarantined Londoners Create a Mini Museum Complete with Gerbil-Themed Art, 10 Apr 2020 in Art&Comedy&Creativity&Life&Museums
• Bill Murray Explains How He Was Saved by John Prine, 07 Apr 2020 in Life&Music
• Watch the Oscar-Winning Animated Short “Hair Love”, 07 Apr 2020 in Animation&Life
• Ingenious Improvised Recreations of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Using Materials Found Around the House, 06 Apr 2020 in Art&Creativity&Museums
• Join Choir! Choir! Choir! for a Community Singalong in Isolation, 03 Apr 2020 in Creativity&Current Affairs&Life&Music
• What the Iconic Painting, “The Two Fridas,” Actually Tells Us About Frida Kahlo, 30 Mar 2020 in Art&Fashion
• Watch a Sweet Film Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Story, “Long Walk to Forever”, 27 Mar 2020 in Books&Film
• Free Online Drawing Lessons for Kids, Led by Favorite Artists & Illustrators, 23 Mar 2020 in Art&Books&Creativity&K-12&Life
• Soothing, Uplifting Resources for Parents & Caregivers Stressed by the COVID-19 Crisis, 20 Mar 2020 in Film&Life&Music&Nature
• 6 Minute Reprieve From the World’s Troubles, Courtesy of Tilda Swinton, Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Five Springer Spaniels, 19 Mar 2020 in K-12&Life&Music&Nature&Opera
• Italians’ Nightly Singalongs Prove That Music Soothes the Savage Beast of Coronavirus Quarantine & Self-Isolation, 16 Mar 2020 in Health&Life&Music&Opera&Travel
• Meet the Liverbirds, Britain’s First Female (and Now Forgotten) Rock Band, 10 Mar 2020 in Gender&Music
• 10 Rules of Self Discipline from the 1930 Self Help/Business Guru Napoleon Hill, 02 Mar 2020 in Books&Business&Life&Philosophy
• The Photos That Ended Child Labor in the US: See the “Social Photography” of Lewis Hine (1911), 28 Feb 2020 in History&Life&Photography
• Conquer Your Vertigo and Watch this Dazzling Footage of Construction Workers Atop the Chrysler Building in 1929, 24 Feb 2020 in Architecture&Film&History
• Peanuts Rock: Watch the Peanuts Gang Play Classic Rock Songs by Queen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey & More, 21 Feb 2020 in Animation&Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Music
• The New York Public Library Creates a List of 125 Books That They Love, 17 Feb 2020 in Books&Libraries&Literature&Podcasts
• America’s First Drag Queen Was Also America’s First LGBTQ Activist and a Former Slave, 14 Feb 2020 in Gender&History&Life
• The Woman Who Invented Rock n’ Roll: An Introduction to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 10 Feb 2020 in History&Music
• An Artist Tricks Google Maps Into Creating a Virtual Traffic Jam, Using a Little Red Wagon & 99 Smartphones, 07 Feb 2020 in Google&Life&Maps&Technology&Travel
• Radical Women: Stream the Getty’s Podcast That Features Six Major 20th-Century Artists, All Female, 03 Feb 2020 in Art&History&Life&Museums&Podcasts
• These Boots Are Made for Walkin’: The Story Behind Nancy Sinatra’s Enduring #1 Hit (1966), 03 Feb 2020 in Fashion&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• How Humans Domesticated Cats (Twice), 27 Jan 2020 in Biology&History&Nature&Travel
• The Lost Neighborhood Buried Under New York City’s Central Park, 24 Jan 2020 in Architecture&History&Life&Travel
• A Medical Student Creates Intricate Anatomical Embroideries of the Brain, Heart, Lungs & More, 20 Jan 2020 in Art&Biology&Creativity&Science
• Cooking with Wool: Watch Mouthwatering Tiny Woolen Food Animations, 17 Jan 2020 in Animation&Food & Drink&K-12
• How a Philip Glass Opera Gets Made: An Inside Look, 15 Jan 2020 in Design&Fashion&Music&Opera
• The First & Last Time Mister Rogers Sang “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” (1968–2001), 13 Jan 2020 in K-12&Life&Television
• A Brief Animated History of Alcohol, 06 Jan 2020 in Animation&Food & Drink&History&TED Talks
• Love the Art, Hate the Artist: How to Approach the Art of Disgraced Artists, 03 Jan 2020 in Art&Gender&Life
• Itzhak Perlman Appears on Sesame Street and Poignantly Shows Kids How to Play the Violin and Push Through Life’s Limits (1981), 30 Dec 2019 in Education&Health&K-12&Life&Music&Television
• Download Beautiful Free Posters Celebrating the Achievements of Living Female STEM Leaders, 27 Dec 2019 in Education&Gender&K-12&Physics&Podcasts&Science&Technology
• 20+ Knitters and Crochet Artists Stitch an Astonishing 3‑D Recreation of Picasso’s Guernica, 20 Dec 2019 in Art&Creativity&History
• The Prado Museum Digitally Alters Four Masterpieces to Strikingly Illustrate the Impact of Climate Change, 16 Dec 2019 in Art&Current Affairs&Education&Environment&Science
• Traditional Inuit Thoat Singing and the Modern World Collide in This Astonishing Video, 13 Dec 2019 in Life&Music&Travel&Video - Arts & Culture&Video - Politics/Society
• 82 Vintage Cookbooks, Free to Download, Offer a Fascinating Illustrated Look at Culinary and Cultural History, 10 Dec 2019 in Food & Drink&History&Libraries