An expansive new Marvel exhibition is opening at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture this month, showcasing more than 300 artefacts across Marvel comics, the MCU, and other media. “Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes” celebrates 10 years of the MCU, with an eye to Marvel’s 80th anniversary next year. According to a press release, the exhibition will […]

As striking features of the natural environment, glaciers often play a role in the history and culture of the regions where they are found. In some places glaciers are revered: Quechua pilgrims travel into Peru’s high Andes to visit sacred glaciers during the religious Quyllurit’i festival. But in pre-enlightenment Europe, glaciers were more often viewed […]

Maya Angelou wrote about a car ride in Ghana with Malcolm X. It was the height of the Civil Rights era, and Angelou was expressing her disdain for a particular activist’s lack of faith, and isolation from the Black American struggle. Malcolm X’s response was swift and harsh. “Sister,” he said. “Picture American racism as […]

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, March 31, 2018: Believe it or not, with tourist revenues of over 11 billion dollars annually, Taipei, Taiwan ranks as the ninth largest economy in the world. That’s the most for any Chinese-speaking city. The city also welcomes more than 6 million overseas visitors each year, making it the 15th most visited city […]

First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day’s most important political stories and why they matter WASHINGTON — America has always had its culture wars, and they’re only intensified when news events big and small are filtered through the prism of Donald Trump. (The latest debates […]

When you join an organization, you have a short window of time to adapt to its culture. It’s the old 90-day rule. And we know too many talented individuals who have stumbled in their new company because they failed to read the cultural tea leaves. This happens because most organizations don’t explain the cultural rules […]

Next weekend, thousands of music lovers from all across Texas will gather in Austin to enjoy R&B, hip-hop and rap performances from an impressive lineup of artists. The Urban Music Festival celebrates Afrocentric culture and music, drawing huge crowds each year. The festival was founded 13 years ago on the heels of Austin’s Quality of Life […]

The Michael A. Leven School of Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality offers a class on the classic American beverage — beer. Additionally, the class holds panels where various brew masters from different breweries come and talk about all facets of the business and taste samples with students. From March 20-22, students taking CHS 4640, Beer Culture, […]

Guillaume Rey filed a complaint after being dismissed from a Canada restaurant for being ‘aggressive, rude and disrespectful’ A French waiter fired for being “aggressive, rude and disrespectful” says his behaviour wasn’t out of line – he’s just French. Guillaume Rey, who worked at a Vancouver restaurant on Canada’s Pacific coast, filed a complaint with British […]

From life drawing to yoga for all sizes, new monthly meetups are taking the ‘BoPo’ movement off the web and into the real world s anyone who has ever been to a Slimming World or Weight Watchers meeting will know, sharing your struggles and triumphs with a supportive group can be cathartic. But often conversations about weight […]