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• The British Museum is Full of Looted Artifacts, 21 Aug 2020 in History&Museums
• The Story of “Wipe Out,” the Classic Surf Rock Instrumental, 20 Aug 2020 in Music
• Essential Reads on Feminism: The New York Public Library Creates a Reading List to Honor the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, 19 Aug 2020 in Books&Gender
• A Record Store Designed for Mice in Sweden, Featuring Albums by Mouse Davis, Destiny’s Cheese, Dolly Parsley & More, 18 Aug 2020 in Art
• Every Possible Kind of Science Fiction Story: An Exhaustive List Created by Pioneering 1920s SciFi Writer Clare Winger Harris (1931), 18 Aug 2020 in Sci Fi
• An Introduction to Postmodernist Thinkers & Themes: Watch Primers on Foucault, Nietzsche, Derrida, Deleuze & More, 17 Aug 2020 in Philosophy
• The Recipes of Famous Artists: Dinners & Cocktails From Tolstoy, Miles Davis, Marilyn Monroe, David Lynch & Many More, 17 Aug 2020 in Food & Drink
• When Salvador Dalí Met Alice Cooper & Turned Him into a Hologram: The Meeting of Two Kings of Camp (1973), 14 Aug 2020 in Art&Music
• Explore an Interactive, Online Version of the Beautifully Illustrated, 200-Year-Old British & Exotic Mineralogy, 13 Aug 2020 in Art&Education&Science
• Milton Glaser’s Stylish Album Covers for The Band, Nina Simone, John Cage & Many More, 12 Aug 2020 in Art&Design&Music
• Ballerina Misty Copeland Recreates the Poses of Edgar Degas’ Ballet Dancers, 12 Aug 2020 in Art&Dance&Photography
• The Strange Costumes of the Plague Doctors Who Treated 17th Century Victims of the Bubonic Plague, 11 Aug 2020 in History
• Winston Churchill Praises the Virtue of “Brevity” in Memos to His Staff: Concise Writing Leads to Clearer Thinking, 10 Aug 2020 in Politics&Writing
• View 250,000 British Paintings & Sculptures Free Online, 07 Aug 2020 in Art
• A Physicist Examines the Scientific Accuracy of Physics Shown in Major Movies: Batman, Gravity, Contact, Interstellar, Star Trek & More, 06 Aug 2020 in Film&Science
• Seriously Awesome Ukulele Covers of “Sultans of Swing,” “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Thunderstruck,” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, 06 Aug 2020 in Music
• A Virtual Tour of Ancient Rome, Circa 320 CE: Explore Stunning Recreations of The Forum, Colosseum and Other Monuments, 05 Aug 2020 in Architecture&History&Technology
• How Scholars Finally Deciphered Linear B, the Oldest Preserved Form of Ancient Greek Writing, 05 Aug 2020 in History
• The Iconic Album Covers of Hipgnosis: Meet “The Beatles of Album Cover Art” Who Created Unforgettable Designs for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel & Many More, 04 Aug 2020 in Art&Music
• James Baldwin Talks About Racism in America & Civil Rights Activism on The Dick Cavett Show (1969), 04 Aug 2020 in History&Politics&Television
• Zamrock: An Introduction to Zambia’s 1970s Rich & Psychedelic Rock Scene, 03 Aug 2020 in Music
• The Story Behind the Iconic Black Power Salute Photo at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, 30 Jul 2020 in History
• Historic Mexican Recipes Are Now Available as Free Digital Cookbooks: Get Started With Dessert, 30 Jul 2020 in Food & Drink
• The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity, 29 Jul 2020 in Music
• New Digital Archive Opens Access to Thousands of Digitized African American Funeral Programs (1886–2019), 29 Jul 2020 in History&Life
• Comedians Speaking Truth to Power: Lenny Bruce, George Carlin & Richard Pryor (NSFW), 28 Jul 2020 in Comedy
• Why Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green (RIP) Was the Most Underrated Guitarist in British Blues, 27 Jul 2020 in Music
• Watch the Last, Transcendent Performance of “Echoes” by Pink Floyd Keyboardist Richard Wright & David Gilmour (2006), 24 Jul 2020 in Music
• W.E.B. Du Bois Devastates Apologists for Confederate Monuments and Robert E. Lee (1931), 23 Jul 2020 in History
• How Ornette Coleman Freed Jazz with His Theory of Harmolodics, 23 Jul 2020 in Jazz&Music
• H.R. Giger’s Dark, Surrealist Album Covers: Debbie Harry, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Celtic Frost, Danzig & More, 22 Jul 2020 in Art&Music
• The Moment When Bob Dylan Went Electric: Watch Him Play “Maggie’s Farm” at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, 22 Jul 2020 in History&Music
• Lin-Manuel Miranda Breaks Down How He Wrote Hamilton’s Big Hit, “My Shot”, 22 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs&Music&Theatre
• When Astronomer Johannes Kepler Wrote the First Work of Science Fiction, The Dream (1609), 21 Jul 2020 in Astronomy&Literature&Religion&Sci Fi&Science
• Icons of Art Wearing Masks: Frida Kahlo, Mona Lisa, Girl with the Pearl Earring & More, 20 Jul 2020 in Art&Current Affairs
• Dr. Wise on Influenza: Rare Silent Film Shows How They Tried to Educate the Public About the Spanish Flu a Century Ago (1919), 20 Jul 2020 in Film&History
• Hear an Enchanted Medieval Cover of Dolly Parton’s Classic Ode to Jealousy, “Jolene”, 16 Jul 2020 in Music
• A Short Documentary on the Courageous Tuskegee Airmen, Narrated by Morgan Freeman, 15 Jul 2020 in History
• What Happened When Americans Had to Wear Masks During the 1918 Flu Pandemic, 15 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs&Health&History
• How Cannonball Adderley Shared the Joy of Jazz, 15 Jul 2020 in Jazz&Music
• The Only Surviving Script Written by Shakespeare Is Now Online, 14 Jul 2020 in Literature
• Nursing Home Residents Replace Famous Rock Stars on Iconic Album Covers, 14 Jul 2020 in Creativity&Current Affairs&Music
• Emma Willard, the First Woman Mapmaker in America, Creates Pioneering Maps of Time to Teach Students about Democracy (Circa 1851), 13 Jul 2020 in Art&Education&History
• Watch the Famous James Baldwin-William F. Buckley Debate in Full, With Restored Audio (1965), 09 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs&History&Politics
• Explore the Beautiful Pages of the 1902 Japanese Design Magazine Shin-Bijutsukai: European Modernism Meets Traditional Japanese Design, 08 Jul 2020 in Art
• A Chilling Time-Lapse Video Documents Every COVID-19 Death on a Global Map: From January to June 2020, 08 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs&Health
• Vintage Science Face Masks: Conquer the Pandemic with Science, Courtesy of Maria Popova’s BrainPickings, 07 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs&Health&Science
• Ella Fitzgerald’s Lost Interview about Racism & Segregation: Recorded in 1963, It’s Never Been Heard Until Now, 07 Jul 2020 in Music
• Did the CIA Write the Scorpions’ “Wind of Change,” One of the Bestselling Songs of All Time?, 06 Jul 2020 in History&Music&Podcasts
• An Animated Introduction to Noam Chomsky’s Groundbreaking Linguistic Theories, 02 Jul 2020 in Language
• John Prine’s Last Song Was Also His First to Go No. 1: Watch Him Perform “I Remember Everything”, 02 Jul 2020 in Music
• How Ornette Coleman Shaped the Jazz World: An Introduction to His Irreverent Sound, 01 Jul 2020 in Music
• How Two Teenage Dutch Sisters Ended Up Joining the Resistance and Assassinating Nazis During World War II, 01 Jul 2020 in History
• When the Beatles Refused to Play Before Segregated Audiences on Their First U.S. Tour (1964), 30 Jun 2020 in Music
• An Immaculate Copy of Leonardo’s The Last Supper Digitized by Google: View It in High Resolution Online, 30 Jun 2020 in Art
• The Beastie Boys & Rick Rubin Reunite and Revisit Their Formative Time Together in 1980s NYC, 29 Jun 2020 in Music
• Nile Rodgers Tells the Story of How He Turned David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” from Folk to New Wave Funk, 26 Jun 2020 in Music
• Hear the Voices of Americans Born in Slavery: The Library of Congress Features 23 Audio Interviews with Formerly Enslaved People (1932–75), 25 Jun 2020 in History&Libraries
• How Georgia O’Keeffe Became Georgia O’Keeffe: An Animated Video Tells the Story, 24 Jun 2020 in Art
• Neil Armstrong Sets Straight an Internet Truther Who Accused Him of Faking the Moon Landing (2000), 24 Jun 2020 in Letters&Science
• John Trumbull’s Famous 1818 Painting Declaration of Independence Virtually Defaced to Show Which Founding Fathers Owned Slaves, 23 Jun 2020 in Art&History&Philosophy&Politics
• Miles Davis is Attacked, Beaten & Arrested by the NYPD Outside Birdland, Eight Days After the Release of Kind of Blue (1959), 22 Jun 2020 in History&Music
• In 1968, a Teenager Convinced Thelonious Monk to Play a Gig at His High School to Promote Racial Unity; Now the Concert Recording Is Getting Released, 22 Jun 2020 in Jazz&Music
• The Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” Played By Musicians Around the World (with Cameos by David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett & Bill Kreutzmann), 18 Jun 2020 in Music
• Artificial Intelligence Brings to Life Figures from 7 Famous Paintings: The Mona Lisa, Birth of Venus & More, 17 Jun 2020 in Art&Creativity&Software&Technology
• Tom Jones Performs “Long Time Gone” with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young–and Blows the Band & Audience Away (1969), 17 Jun 2020 in Music&Television
• When Punk & Reggae Fans Launched the “Rock Against Racism” Movement and Pushed Back Against Britain’s Racist Right (1976), 17 Jun 2020 in Music&Politics
• When John Maynard Keynes Predicted a 15-Hour Workweek “in a Hundred Year’s Time” (1930), 16 Jun 2020 in Economics
• An Introduction to Thought Forms, the Pioneering 1905 Theosophist Book That Inspired Abstract Art: It Has Returned to Print, 15 Jun 2020 in Art&Books&Religion
• Hear Enchanting Mixes of Japanese Pop, Jazz, Funk, Disco, Soul, and R&B from the 70s and 80s, 12 Jun 2020 in Music
• Tom Morello Responds to Angry Fans Who Suddenly Realize That Rage Against the Machine’s Music Is Political: “What Music of Mine DIDN’T Contain Political BS?”, 11 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• Daniel Radcliffe Writes a Thoughtful Response to J.K. Rowling’s Statements about Trans Women, 10 Jun 2020 in Books&Current Affairs&Film
• Is This the Most Accurate Fan Cover of the Beatles Ever? Hear a Faithful Recreation of the Abbey Road Medley, 10 Jun 2020 in Music
• How the “First Photojournalist,” Mathew Brady, Shocked the Nation with Photos from the Civil War, 09 Jun 2020 in History&Photography
• Imagining the Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Debate That Never Happened, 09 Jun 2020 in History&Politics
• An Anti-Racist Reading List: 20 Books Recommended by Open Culture Readers, 08 Jun 2020 in Books&Current Affairs
• Noam Chomsky Explains the Best Way for Ordinary People to Make Change in the World, Even When It Seems Daunting, 07 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs
• Watch Free Films by African American Filmmakers in the Criterion Collection … and the New Civil Rights Film, Just Mercy, 05 Jun 2020 in Film
• How Jazz Helped Fuel the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, 04 Jun 2020 in History&Jazz&Music
• The History of the 1918 Flu Pandemic, “The Deadliest Epidemic of All Time”: Three Free Lectures from The Great Courses, 04 Jun 2020 in Education&Health&History&How to Learn for Free&Science
• Spike Lee Debuts the Short Film “3 Brothers”: A Remake of Do the Right Thing for Our Dark Times, 03 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Film
• Why Should We Read Melville’s Moby-Dick? A TED-Ed Animation Makes the Case, 03 Jun 2020 in Literature
• Gil Scott-Heron Spells Out Why “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, 02 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• When Afrobeat Legend Fela Kuti Collaborated with Cream Drummer Ginger Baker, 02 Jun 2020 in Music
• What Makes a Cover Song Great?: Our Favorites & Yours, 01 Jun 2020 in Music
• How the Visionary Artist Christo (RIP) Changed the Way We See the World, 01 Jun 2020 in Art
• 50 Songs from a Single Year, Mixed Together Into One 3‑Minute Song (1979–89), 28 May 2020 in Music
• Albert Einstein Explains Why We Need to Read the Classics, 28 May 2020 in Education
• The Expansive Vocal Range of Joni Mitchell: From the Early to Later Years, 27 May 2020 in Music
• Clare Torry’s Rare Live Performances of “Great Gig in the Sky” with Pink Floyd, 26 May 2020 in Music
• Stream 15 Audio Drama Podcasts & Get Through COVID-19: Features Rami Malek, Catherine Keener, Tim Robbins & More, 25 May 2020 in Audio Books&Podcasts
• Watch Joni Mitchell Sing an Immaculate Version of Her Song “Coyote,” with Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn & Gordon Lightfoot (1975), 22 May 2020 in Music
• How “Strawberry Fields Forever” Contains “the Craziest Edit” in Beatles History, 22 May 2020 in Music
• A Soul Train-Style Detroit Dance Show Gets Down to Kraftwerk’s “Numbers” in the Late 80s, 21 May 2020 in Music
• Robert Fripp & King Crimson Perform a Stirring Cover of “Heroes,” Shortly after David Bowie’s Death (2016), 20 May 2020 in Music
• Haruki Murakami Will Host a Radio Show & Help Listeners “Blow Away Some of the Corona-Related Blues”, 19 May 2020 in Literature&Music
• Nikola Tesla’s Grades from High School & University: A Fascinating Glimpse, 18 May 2020 in History&Science
• John Mayer Teaches Guitarists How to Play the Blues in a 45-Minute Masterclass, 15 May 2020 in Music
• The Largest & Most Detailed Photograph of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch Is Now Online: Zoom In & See Every Brush Stroke, 14 May 2020 in Art
• The Shakespeare and Company Project Digitizes the Records of the Famous Bookstore, Showing the Reading Habits of the Lost Generation, 14 May 2020 in Literature
• Nina Simone Song “Color Is a Beautiful Thing” Animated in a Gorgeous Video, 13 May 2020 in Music
• William Blake Illustrates Mary Wollstonecraft’s Work of Children’s Literature, Original Stories from Real Life (1791), 13 May 2020 in Art&Literature&Philosophy
• 16 Ways the World Is Getting Remarkably Better: Visuals by Statistician Hans Rosling, 12 May 2020 in Data&Environment&Health&TED Talks
• How Music Unites Us All: Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington in Conversation, 12 May 2020 in Music
• Little Richard Burst Into the “Then-Macho World of Rock” and “Changed it Forever”, 11 May 2020 in Music
• The Case for a Universal Basic Income in the Time of COVID-19, 11 May 2020 in Current Affairs&Economics
• Watch Florian Schneider (RIP) in Classic Early Kraftwerk Performances, 07 May 2020 in Music
• Patti Smith’s Self Portraits: Another Side of the Prolific Artist, 07 May 2020 in Art&Music
• Juilliard Students & the New York Philharmonic Perform Ravel’s Bolero While Social Distancing in Quarantine, 06 May 2020 in Music
• Drive-In Concerts and Even Raves Are Becoming the Rage in Europe, 06 May 2020 in Current Affairs
• Take Hannah Arendt’s Final Exam for Her 1961 Course “On Revolution”, 05 May 2020 in Philosophy&Politics
• Peruvian Singer & Rapper, Renata Flores, Helps Preserve Quechua with Viral Hits on YouTube, 04 May 2020 in Language&Music
• The Art of the New Deal: Why the Federal Government Funded the Arts During the Great Depression, 04 May 2020 in Art&Health&History
• The British Museum Puts 1.9 Million Works of Art Online, 30 Apr 2020 in Museums
• Scenes of Ezra Pound Wandering Through Venice and Reading from His Famous Pisan Cantos (1967), 29 Apr 2020 in Poetry
• An Unbelievably Detailed, Hand-Drawn Map Lets You Explore the Rich Collections of the Met Museum, 29 Apr 2020 in Art
• Metallica Is Putting Free Concerts Online: 6 Now Streaming, with More to Come, 29 Apr 2020 in Music
• Radiohead Covers The Smiths & New Order (2007), 28 Apr 2020 in Music
• Hear Classic Rock Songs Played on a Baroque Lute: “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “White Room” & More, 27 Apr 2020 in Music
• The Rolling Stones Release a Timely Track, “Living in a Ghost Town”: Their First New Music in Eight Years, 24 Apr 2020 in Music
• How to Find Emotional Strength & Resilience During COVID-19: Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Jack Kornfield, Susan David & Other Experts, 23 Apr 2020 in Current Affairs&Health&Life&Psychology&TED Talks
• David Hockney on Vincent van Gogh & the Importance of Knowing How to Truly See the World, 23 Apr 2020 in Art
• Vintage Book & Record Covers Brought to Life in a Mesmerizing Animated Video, 22 Apr 2020 in Art&Books&Design
• Take a Virtual Tour of the Andy Warhol Exhibition at the Tate Modern, 21 Apr 2020 in Art
• Mark Knopfler Plays a Poignant, Overdriven Version of “The Last Post,” Remembering the Many Lives Lost in World War I, 21 Apr 2020 in Music
• Pink Floyd Streaming Free Classic Concert Films, Starting with 1994’s Pulse, the First Live Performance of Dark Side of the Moon in Full, 20 Apr 2020 in Music
• Banksy Debuts His COVID-19 Art Project: Good to See That He Has TP at Home, 20 Apr 2020 in Art
• See Web Cams of Surreally Empty City Streets in Venice, New York, London & Beyond, 16 Apr 2020 in Current Affairs&Travel
• Take a Long Virtual Tour of the Louvre in Three High-Definition Videos, 16 Apr 2020 in Art
• Louis Armstrong Remembers How He Survived the 1918 Flu Epidemic in New Orleans, 15 Apr 2020 in History&Music
• A Playlist of Songs to Get You Through Hard Times: Stream 20 Tracks from the Alan Lomax Collection, 15 Apr 2020 in Life&Music
• Rare Grooves on Vinyl from Around the World: Hear Curated Playlists of Arabic, Brazilian, Bollywood, Soviet & Turkish Music, 14 Apr 2020 in Music
• 12 Famous Frank Lloyd Wright Houses Offer Virtual Tours: Hollyhock House, Taliesin West, Fallingwater & More, 13 Apr 2020 in Architecture
• Radiohead Will Stream Concerts Free Online Until the Pandemic Comes to an End, 13 Apr 2020 in Music
• 365 Free Movies Streaming on YouTube, 09 Apr 2020 in Film&YouTube
• How Can Boccaccio’s 14th Century Decameron Help Us Live Through COVID-19?, 08 Apr 2020 in Literature
• Remembering American Songwriting Legend John Prine (RIP): “A True Folk Singer in the Best Folk Tradition”, 08 Apr 2020 in Music
• Meet Notorious Art Forger Han Van Meegeren, Who Fooled the Nazis with His Counterfeit Vermeers, 07 Apr 2020 in Art&History
• A 1665 Advertisement Promises a “Famous and Effectual” Cure for the Great Plague, 07 Apr 2020 in Current Affairs&History
• What is Albert Camus’ The Plague About? An Introduction, 06 Apr 2020 in Books&Literature&Philosophy