In this ACI Essay on Nova Scotia painter Alex Colville, Ray Cronin explores the role of animals in the artist’s work. Influenced by existentialism, Colville’s philosophical and artistic self-exploration had animals playing a key role.

Set in the early 80’s, in this scene, Pray Tell (Billy Porter) arranged a caberet to cheer the patients in the AIDS Ward, of which his boyfriend is one. His …

Yes, Billy Porter! Yes! (No you’re crying! Shut up!) Song Clip from POSE ON FX .

What is the best way to ease someone’s pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuin…

It seems obvious that the more human robots are, the more familiar we find them. But it’s only true up to a point – then we find them disturbing

#ohmy! #rabbithole With this curated collection, you can take a state-of-the-art tour of the world’s best art institutions with the simple click of a mouse.

Viola Desmond’s 104th birthday #GoogleDoodle

Betteridge’s Law states that any headline ending with a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’. No.

Clones and descendants of the famed tree grow on 6 continents.

Ouch #thetruthhurts Over the past month, I’ve witnessed what a thriving city should be: one that deeply cares about its inhabitants’ housing, transit and fun

Louis Armstrong recorded “West End Blues” 90 years ago today. Here’s that original recording #WestEndBlues #LouisArmstrong Louis Armstrong - West End Blues.//

New #currentmood Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Mas que nada, from Eartha Kitt’s Something Special 1967.

#currentmood The Internet - Dontcha FEEL GOOD Available for pre-order at iTunes.com: https://ift.tt/1hMBEDp Directed by Lacey Duke Produced by Melissa Llewellyn…

Fake news in the U.S. is as old as American journalism itself. We explore the trade-offs journalists have long faced between elitism and populism, and integrity and profit.

Soft-spoken engineer Jeremy Bridge has invented speaker technology that delivers high-quality sound to festival-goers while limiting its bleed into surrounding areas.

This might be the first song I slow-danced to with a boy (one million years ago) NEW ALBUM “BEYOND THE BOX”! iTunes(US): https://ift.tt/2ACWx0y iTunes(RU): https://ift.tt/2Iwzji2…

Loya: Valley of the Yosemite (The Sentinel), c. 1867 – c. 1872. Eadweard Muybridge. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain. Interested in photography? You’re in the right place.

Here’s a little pride fairy tale. Read a free sample or buy Once Upon A Story You’ve Always Been Told by Julie Sype. You can read this book with iBooks on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac.

The word ‘barbarian’ comes from ’barbaros’, the ancient Greeks’ mocking imitation of the speech of all non-citizens - i.e. unintelligible, primitive ‘ba ba ba’s . (via @susie_dent) ‘Immigrant’, ‘migrant’, ‘refugee’ - words that have been spiking for so long in dictionary look-ups that it’s hard to remember a time when they weren’t weighing on the political and public mind.

Introducing Toronto’s Official Bee - Bicoloured Agapostemon (Agapostemon virescens)!This metallic green sweat bee is an idea

#humbling For over a decade, photographer Beth Moon has made it her mission to document the biggest, oldest, and rarest trees around the world.

“The giant anteater resembles a walking index finger with a mullet…and leg warmers.”

WATCH: the first LGBTQ2 #HeritageMinute about pioneering gay activist Jim Egan, who spent years fighting homophobia in the media and in the courts. (via @HistoricaCanada) Pioneering gay activist Jim Egan publicly challenged a culture of rampant homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s, when it was dangerous to speak …

In addition to offering to host U.S.-Canada talks in Pyongyang, Kim urged the immediate creation of a demilitarized zone along the border separating the two hostile nations.

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