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In addition to two portraits by the artist Mary Beale, the Ransom Center’s old master painting St. Jerome in His Study will be exhibited in the newly renovated galleries of the University’s Blanton Museum of Art from February 2017 to February 2019. The...

OPENING FRIDAY “Kong: Skull Island” (Click here to read the review.) “My Life as a Zucchini” (Click here to read the review.) “La La Land Sing-Along” Sing-along version of modern song-and-dance movie about an actress and a jazz musician seeking romance...

From Ian: DePaul: Fundraiser for Terrorist Welcome, Ben Shapiro Not Welcome The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at DePaul University invited Christina Hoff Sommers and Ben Shapiro to speak on campus. At some point, the administration decided not...

April 11 In History 145: Birthdate of Septimius Severus, the “Roman emperor, who according to the Virtual Jewish Library Lucious Septimus Severus treatd “Jews relatively well, allowing them to participate in public offices and be exempt from formalities...

Shepard Fairey’s rendition of Jonathan Bachman’s viral photograph (via obeygiant.com) Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Newly discovered sketches suggest that Vincent van Gogh cut off his entire...