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• Hayao Miyazaki Tells Video Game Makers What He Thinks of Their Characters Made with Artificial Intelligence: “I’m Utterly Disgusted. This Is an Insult to Life Itself”, 20 Mar 2017 in Animation&Software&Video Games
• Every Front Page of The New York Times in Under a Minute: Watch the Evolution of “The Gray Lady” from 1852 to Present, 17 Mar 2017 in History&Media&Technology
• The Fiction of the Science: A Meditation on How Artists & Storytellers Can Advance Technology, 13 Mar 2017 in Art&Creativity&Sci Fi&Technology
• Watch FLAMENCO AT 5:15, a Life-Affirming, Oscar-Winning Documentary About a Flamenco Dance Class, 10 Mar 2017 in Dance&Film&Life
• Banksy Opens a Hotel with the Worst View in the World: Visit the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, 06 Mar 2017 in Art&Life&Politics&Travel
• Walt Disney Creates a Frank Animation That Teaches High School Kids All About VD (1973), 24 Feb 2017 in Animation&Education&Health&Life&Psychology
• Pixar & Khan Academy Offer a Free Online Course on Storytelling, 20 Feb 2017 in Animation&Film&K-12&Online Courses
• Rufus Harley, the First Jazz Musician to Make the Bagpipes His Main Instrument, Performs on I’ve Got a Secret (1966), 17 Feb 2017 in Jazz&Music&Television
• Listen to a Marathon Reading of Elie Wiesel’s Night, 13 Feb 2017 in Audio Books&History&K-12&Letters&Life&Literature
• Why We Love Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”: An Animated Music Lesson, 10 Feb 2017 in Animation&K-12&Life&Music&TED Talks
• Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Albert Camus’ Touching Thank You Letter to His Elementary School Teacher, 06 Feb 2017 in English Language&K-12&Letters&Life&Literature
• How Animated Cartoons Are Made: A Vintage Primer Filmed Way Back in 1919, 03 Feb 2017 in Animation&Comedy&Technology
• The Harlem Jazz Singer Who Inspired Betty Boop: Meet the Original Boop-Oop-a-Doop, “Baby Esther”, 30 Jan 2017 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons&History&Jazz&Music
• The Theater Dictionary: A Free Video Guide to Theatre Lingo, 27 Jan 2017 in English Language&Language Lessons&Theatre
• An Animated History of Planned Parenthood, Brought to You by Lena Dunham, JJ Abrams & More, 23 Jan 2017 in Current Affairs&Health&History&Life&Politics
• Deconstructing How Louis CK Writes a Joke, 20 Jan 2017 in Comedy&Life
• Jim Henson Creates an Experimental Animation Explaining How We Get Ideas (1966), 16 Jan 2017 in Animation&Television
• Watch 100 Randomly Ticking Metronomes Miraculously Achieve Synchronicity, 13 Jan 2017 in Math&Physics&Science
• A Joan Miró-Inspired Animation of Federico García Lorca’s Poem, “Romance Sonámbulo”, 09 Jan 2017 in Animation&Art&Poetry
• Inside the Creepy, “Abandoned” Wizard of Oz Theme Park: Scenes of Beautiful Decay, 06 Jan 2017 in Film&Life&Travel
• Kill the Wabbit!: How the 1957 Bugs Bunny Cartoon, “What’s Opera, Doc?,” Inspired Today’s Opera Singers to First Get Into Opera, 02 Jan 2017 in Animation&Music&Opera&Television
• Watch Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer’s Haunting, Animated Take on Leonard Cohen’s “Democracy”, 30 Dec 2016 in Animation&Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• How to Make a Replica of 1900-Year-Old Glass Fish: A Brilliant Video from the British Museum, 26 Dec 2016 in Art&History&Museums
• Bill Murray & Gilda Radner Deliver the Laughs in Two 1970s Skits for National Lampoon, 23 Dec 2016 in Comedy&Music&Radio&Television
• Giant Dinosaurs Travel Down the Hudson River: See What Awestruck New Yorkers Witnessed in 1963, 19 Dec 2016 in Biology&History&Science&Travel
• Watch Hayao Miyazaki’s Beloved Characters Enter the Real World, 16 Dec 2016 in Animation&Film&Life
• How To Understand a Picasso Painting: A Video Primer, 12 Dec 2016 in Art&History&How to Learn for Free
• Truman Capote Narrates “A Christmas Memory,” a 1966 TV Adaptation of His Autobiographical Story, 09 Dec 2016 in Books&Life&Literature&Television
• Tim Robbins’ Improv Classes Transform Prisoners’ Lives & Lower Recidivism Rates, 05 Dec 2016 in Comedy&Life&Politics&Psychology&Theatre
• A Whiskey-Fueled Lin-Manuel Miranda Reimagines Hamilton as a Girl on Drunk History, 02 Dec 2016 in Comedy&History&Television&Theatre
• British Advertisers Predict in 1935 What the World Will Look Like in 2500: Wireless TV, Atomic Cars & More, 28 Nov 2016 in Business&History&Sci Fi
• The Only Surviving Behind-the-Scenes Footage of I Love Lucy, and It’s in Color! (1951), 25 Nov 2016 in Comedy&Life&Music&Television&Video - Arts & Culture
• New Animation Brings to Life a Lost 1974 Interview with Leonard Cohen, and Cohen Reading His Poem “Two Slept Together”, 21 Nov 2016 in Animation&Life&Music&Poetry
• The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889: 15 Rules for Living a Self-Reliant, Honest & Compassionate Life, 18 Nov 2016 in History&Life
• 1950 Superman Poster Urged Kids to Defend All Americans, Regardless of Their Race, Religion or National Origin, 14 Nov 2016 in Comics/Cartoons&Current Affairs&Education&Life
• Watch the Celebrated Ballerina Anna Pavlova Perform “The Dying Swan” (1925), 11 Nov 2016 in Biology&Dance&Video - Arts & Culture
• The Power of Conformity: 1962 Episode of Candid Camera Reveals the Strange Psychology of Riding Elevators, 07 Nov 2016 in Comedy&Life&Psychology&Television
• Sal Khan & the Muppets’ Grover Explain the Electoral College, 04 Nov 2016 in Current Affairs&K-12&Politics
• What Makes a Good Horror Movie? The Answer Revealed with a Journey Through Classic Horror Films Clips, 31 Oct 2016 in Film
• Hear Marilyn Monroe’s Acting Teacher, Lee Strasberg, Deliver a Moving Eulogy at Her Funeral (1962), 28 Oct 2016 in Film&Life&Theatre
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Term Paper Assignment from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Teaches You to Read Fiction Like a Writer, 24 Oct 2016 in Creativity&Education&Letters&Literature&Writing
• An Immersive Audio Tour of the East Village’s Famed Poetry Scene, Narrated by Jim Jarmusch, 21 Oct 2016 in History&Life&Podcasts&Poetry
• Watch Helen Keller & Teacher Annie Sullivan Demonstrate How Helen Learned to Speak (1930), 17 Oct 2016 in Education&History&Life
• The Best Commercial Ever? James Brown Sells Miso Soup (1992), 14 Oct 2016 in Film&Food & Drink&Music&Television&Travel
• Hear Bill Murray’s Favorite Poems Read Aloud by Murray Himself & Their Authors, 10 Oct 2016 in Film&Literature&Magazines&Poetry
• Periodic Table Battleship!: A Fun Way To Learn the Elements, 10 Oct 2016 in Chemistry&Creativity&Games&K-12&Science
• Helen Keller Had Impeccable Handwriting: See a Collection of Her Childhood Letters, 03 Oct 2016 in Education&History&Letters&Life
• When an Octopus Caused the Great Staten Island Ferry Disaster (November 22, 1963), 30 Sep 2016 in Art&Comedy&History&Life
• 1944 Instructional Video Teaches You the Lindy Hop, the Dance That Originated in 1920’s Harlem Ballrooms, 26 Sep 2016 in Comedy&Dance&History
• The Art of Making Old-Fashioned, Hand-Printed Books, 26 Sep 2016 in Books&Technology
• A Map of Chicago’s Gangland: A Cheeky, Cartographic Look at Al Capone’s World (1931), 19 Sep 2016 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&History&Maps&Travel
• 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich: A 1909 Cookbook Full of Creative Recipes, 16 Sep 2016 in Books&Food & Drink&History
• “Charlie Rose” by Samuel Beckett: Watch Charlie Rose Meet Charlie Rose in a Comical Piece of Absurdist Theater, 12 Sep 2016 in Comedy&Literature&Television&Theatre
• New Archive Presents The Chicagoan, Chicago’s Jazz-Age Answer to The New Yorker (1926 to 1935), 09 Sep 2016 in History&Magazines&Writing
• Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Errol Morris Creates a Commercial for Depend Adult Diapers, 05 Sep 2016 in Life&Psychology&Television
• The Poetry of Mining Beautiful White Italian Marble Captured in a Short Film, 02 Sep 2016 in Art&Film&Life
• The Spellbinding Art of Human Anatomy: From the Renaissance to Our Modern Times, 29 Aug 2016 in Art&Biology&TED Talks
• A Big Super Cut of Saturday Night Live Cast Members Breaking Character and Cracking Up, 26 Aug 2016 in Comedy&Television
• Oliver Sacks’ Final Interview: A First Look, 22 Aug 2016 in Biology&Life&Neuroscience
• What Ancient Latin Sounded Like, And How We Know It, 19 Aug 2016 in History&Language Lessons
• Mashup Weaves Together 57 Famous Classical Pieces by 33 Composers: From Bach to Wagner, 15 Aug 2016 in Creativity&Music
• A Six-Hour Playlist of Shel Silverstein’s Poems & Songs: Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic & More, 12 Aug 2016 in Audio Books&Comedy&K-12&Music&Poetry
• Maya Angelou Reads Her Poem, “The Human Family,” in New iPhone Ad Released for the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony, 08 Aug 2016 in Apple&Poetry&Sports&Technology
• Werner Herzog Narrates Pokémon Go: Imagines It as a Murderous Metaphor for the Battle to Survive, 05 Aug 2016 in Animation&Comedy&Film&Games
• Watch “Traffic Stop,” an Emmy-Nominated, Animated Film About a Traffic Stop Gone Horribly Wrong, 01 Aug 2016 in Animation&Current Affairs&Law&Life
• Stephen King on the Magic Moment When a Young Writer Reads a Published Book and Says: “This Sucks. I Can Do Better.”, 29 Jul 2016 in Books&Creativity&Literature&Writing
• How Did Hitler Rise to Power? : New TED-ED Animation Provides a Case Study in How Fascists Get Democratically Elected, 25 Jul 2016 in Current Affairs&History&Politics
• In Touching Video, People with Alzheimer’s Tell Us Which Memories They Never Want to Forget, 22 Jul 2016 in Biology&Health&Life&Science
• French Artist Creates Digital Street Art in the Sky, 18 Jul 2016 in Architecture&Art&Environment&Life&Photography
• Marie Osmond Performs the Dadaist Poem “Karawane” on the TV Show, Ripley’s Believe It or Not (1985), 15 Jul 2016 in Life&Literature&Music&Poetry&Television
• The Creativity of Female Graffiti & Street Artists Will Be Celebrated in Street Heroines, a New Documentary, 11 Jul 2016 in Art&Creativity&Film&Life
• Can You Solve These Animated Brain Teasers from TED-Ed?, 08 Jul 2016 in Animation&Education&Games&K-12&Math
• Change Your Life! Learn the Japanese Art of Decluttering, Organizing & Tidying Things Up, 04 Jul 2016 in How to Learn for Free&Life&Random&Video - Politics/Society
• An Eye-Popping Collection of 400+ Japanese Matchbox Covers: From 1920 through the 1940s, 01 Jul 2016 in Art&Design&Life&Travel
• Photographer Bill Cunningham (RIP) on Living La Vie Boheme Above Carnegie Hall, 27 Jun 2016 in Design&Life&Media&Photography
• And Now for Some Culinary Weirdness: Christopher Walken Shows You How to Cook Chicken & Pears, 27 Jun 2016 in Comedy&Film&Food & Drink
• R Crumb, the Father of Underground Comix, Takes Down Donald Trump in a NSFW 1989 Cartoon, 20 Jun 2016 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Politics
• Watch UC Berkeley’s Free “Edible Education 101” Lecture Course, Featuring Michael Pollan, Alice Waters and Other Sustainable Food Superstars, 20 Jun 2016 in Food & Drink&Health&Life&Online Courses&UC Berkeley
• Explore Harvard’s Iconic Spaces with 360° Interactive Videos, 15 Jun 2016 in Education&Harvard&Life&Technology&Travel&Web/Tech
• The Bizarre, Surviving Scene from the 1933 Soviet Animation Based on a Pushkin Tale and a Shostakovich Score, 10 Jun 2016 in Animation&Film&Literature
• How to Look at Art: A Short Visual Guide by Cartoonist Lynda Barry, 06 Jun 2016 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Life&Museums&Philosophy
• Hear Amanda Palmer’s Cover of “Purple Rain,” a Gorgeous Stringfelt Send-Off to Prince, 03 Jun 2016 in History&Music
• How to Spot Bullshit: A Primer by Princeton Philosopher Harry Frankfurt, 30 May 2016 in English Language&Life&Media&Philosophy&Politics
• The Art Market Demystified in Four Short Documentaries, 27 May 2016 in Art&Economics&Psychology
• Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee & Other Cartoonists Create Animations to End Distracted Driving, 23 May 2016 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons&Education&Life
• Can You Pass This Test Originally Given to 8th Graders Living in Kentucky in 1912?, 20 May 2016 in Education&History&K-12&Math&Science
• Thomas Edison’s Silent Film of the “Fartiste” Who Delighted Crowds at Le Moulin Rouge (1900), 16 May 2016 in Comedy&Film&History&Theatre
• Watch the First Sherlock Holmes Movie (1900), the Arrival of the Most Popular Character in Cinema, 13 May 2016 in Film&Literature
• Al Jaffee, the Longest Working Cartoonist in History, Shows How He Invented the Iconic “Folds-Ins” for Mad Magazine, 09 May 2016 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Design&Magazines&Politics
• The Making of Japanese Handmade Paper: A Short Film Documents an 800-Year-Old Tradition, 02 May 2016 in Art&Life&Travel
• Discover Harvard’s Collection of 2,500 Pigments: Preserving the World’s Rare, Wonderful Colors, 29 Apr 2016 in Art&Harvard&Museums&Science
• How Ink is Made: The Process Revealed in a Mouth-Watering Video, 25 Apr 2016 in Art&Technology
• Download 834 Radical Zines From a Revolutionary Online Archive: Globalization, Punk Music, the Industrial Prison Complex & More, 18 Apr 2016 in Magazines&Music&Politics&Writing
• Act of Love: A Strange, Wonderful Visual Dictionary of Animal Courtship, 15 Apr 2016 in Biology&Comedy&Dance&Life&Science
• The Online Knitting Reference Library: Download 300 Knitting Books Published From 1849 to 2012, 11 Apr 2016 in Art&Books&Creativity&Design&Internet Archive&Magazines
• 30 Days of Shakespeare: One Reading of the Bard Per Day, by The New York Public Library, on the 400th Anniversary of His Death, 08 Apr 2016 in Literature&Poetry&Theatre
• 330 Years of Female Printmakers (1570–1900) : Download Free Prints, Visit the Exhibit, 04 Apr 2016 in Art&Museums&Politics
• Patti Smith on Virginia Woolf’s Cane, Charles Dickens’ Pen & Other Cherished Literary Talismans, 01 Apr 2016 in Books&Life&Literature&Music&Poetry
• Watch the Earliest Surviving Filmed Version of The Wizard of Oz (1910), 28 Mar 2016 in Books&Film
• Download Beautiful Free Vintage Easter Cards from the New York Public Library, 25 Mar 2016 in Art&Design&Letters&Life
• How to Sound Smart in a TED Talk: A Funny Primer by Saturday Night Live’s Will Stephen, 21 Mar 2016 in Comedy&How to Learn for Free&Psychology&TED Talks
• An Inside Look at How the Fantastic “Wintergatan Marble Machine” Makes Music with 2000 Marbles & 3000 Handmade Parts, 18 Mar 2016 in Creativity&Design&Music&Technology
• Some Joy for Your Ears: New Orleans Brass Band Plays Life-Affirming Cover of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”, 14 Mar 2016 in Music
• Free: Download 500+ Rare Music Manuscripts by Mozart, Bach, Chopin & Other Composers from the Morgan Library, 14 Mar 2016 in Creativity&Museums&Music&Opera
• Mark Bittman’s Most Loved Recipes from The New York Times: Learn to Cook Healthy, Earth-Friendly Meals, 07 Mar 2016 in Food & Drink&How to Learn for Free&Life
• American History: An Off-Kilter 1992 Student Film from South Park Creator Trey Parker, 04 Mar 2016 in Animation&Film&History&Television
• New Rosa Parks Archive is Now Online: Features 7,500 Manuscripts & 2,500 Photographs, Courtesy of the Library of Congress, 29 Feb 2016 in Archives&History&Letters&Life&Photography
• City of Scars: The Impressive Batman Fan Film Made for $27,000 in 21 Days, 26 Feb 2016 in Comics/Cartoons&Creativity&Film
• The Science Behind the Making of Ok-Go’s New Zero Gravity Music Video, 23 Feb 2016 in Music
• 27 Movies References in The Simpsons Put Side-by-Side with the Movie Scenes They Paid Tribute To, 19 Feb 2016 in Animation&Comedy&Film&Television
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Launches Free Course on Looking at Photographs as Art, 15 Feb 2016 in Art&MOOCs&Museums&Photography
• Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Charming Stop Motion Animation of an E.E. Cummings’ Love Poem, 12 Feb 2016 in Animation&Literature&Music&Poetry
• Hear Strung Out in Heaven, a Gorgeous Tribute to David Bowie by Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff’s, Made with Help from Neil Gaiman, 08 Feb 2016 in Art&Life&Music
• The Very First Coloring Book, The Little Folks’ Painting Book (Circa 1879), 05 Feb 2016 in Books&Coloring Books&K-12
• Alan Rickman Recites “If Death Is Not the End,” a Moving Poem by Robyn Hitchcock, 01 Feb 2016 in Film&Life&Music&Poetry&Theatre
• Take a Free Online Course on Making Comic Books, Compliments of the California College of the Arts, 29 Jan 2016 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&K-12&Literature&MOOCs
• Professional Pickpocket Apollo Robbins Explains the Art of Misdirection, 25 Jan 2016 in Life&Psychology&TED Talks&Theatre
• Tiny Tim Performs a Bizarre Cover of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” on The Tonight Show (1979), 22 Jan 2016 in Music&Random&Television
• The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, the Pre-Civil Rights Guide to Traveling Safely in the U.S. (1936–66), 18 Jan 2016 in Books&History&Life&Travel
• Artist Julie Green Paints the Last Suppers of 600+ Death Row Inmates on Ceramic Plates, 15 Jan 2016 in Art&Food & Drink&History&Law&Life&Politics
• Björk Takes Us Inside Her Creative Process and Explains How She Writes a Song, 11 Jan 2016 in Life&Music&Podcasts
• Making Chocolate the Traditional Way, From Bean to Bar: A Short French Film, 08 Jan 2016 in Film&Food & Drink
• Aretha Franklin Takes Over for an Ailing Luciano Pavarotti & Sings Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” at the Grammys (1998), 04 Jan 2016 in Music&Opera&Television
• Patti Smith Creates a Detailed Packing List for Going on Tour: Haruki Murakami Books, Loquat Tea & More, 01 Jan 2016 in Life&Literature&Music&Poetry&Travel
• John Astin, From The Addams Family, Recites “The Raven” as Edgar Allan Poe, 28 Dec 2015 in Literature&Poetry&Television&Theatre
• Blue Christmas: A Criterion Video Essay, 25 Dec 2015 in Film&Life
• Art Exhibit on Bill Murray Opens in the UK, 21 Dec 2015 in Architecture&Art&Comedy&Film
• Muhammad Ali Sings in Broadway’s First Black Power Musical (1970), 18 Dec 2015 in History&Politics&Sports&Television&Theatre
• Hear Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Read by His Great-Granddaughter, Monica, 14 Dec 2015 in Books&K-12&Literature&Radio
• Casablanca’s Hilarious Alternative Final Scene Featuring Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon: Pragmatism Carries the Day!, 11 Dec 2015 in Comedy&Film&Television
• Marcel Marceau Mimes the Progression of Human Life, From Birth to Death, in 4 Minutes, 07 Dec 2015 in Film&Life&Philosophy&Theatre
• Watch Björk, Age 11, Read a Christmas Nativity Story on a 1976 Icelandic TV Special, 04 Dec 2015 in Education&Life&Music&Religion&Television
• Lynda Barry’s Illustrated Syllabus & Homework Assignments from Her New UW-Madison Course, “Making Comics”, 30 Nov 2015 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Education&K-12&Online Courses
• 300 Kate Bush Impersonators Pay Tribute to Kate Bush’s Iconic “Wuthering Heights” Video, 27 Nov 2015 in Comedy&Literature&Music
• Great Depression Cooking: Get Budget-Minded Meals from the Online Cooking Show Created by 93-Year-Old Clara Cannucciari, 23 Nov 2015 in Food & Drink&History&Life
• Rita Hayworth, 1940s Hollywood Icon, Dances Disco to the Tune of The Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive: A Mashup, 20 Nov 2015 in Dance&Film&Music
• Masterpieces of Western Art with All Gluten Products Removed: See Works by Dalí, Cézanne, Van Gogh & Others, 16 Nov 2015 in Art&Creativity&Food & Drink&Technology
• A 103-Year-Old Harlem Renaissance Dancer Sees Herself on Film for the First Time & Becomes an Internet Star, 13 Nov 2015 in Dance&Jazz&Life&Music
• Download the Software That Provides Stephen Hawking’s Voice, 09 Nov 2015 in Neuroscience&Physics&Science&Software&Technology&Web/Tech
• Hear Arthur Miller Read From Death of a Salesman, His Great American Play (1955), 06 Nov 2015 in Literature&Theatre