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Love At First Stitch - One Woman’s Journey Preserving The Art Of Ralli
Forbes
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Dr. Patricia Ormsby Stoddard Emily Pinnock Espinoza They say some of the best things happen by chance. And for Dr. Patricia Ormsby Stoddard, a serendipitous trip to a handicrafts shop in Islamabad, Pakistan, would lead to a journey in helping...
Harvard opens its library so AI chatbots can learn from it
News Tribune - Missouri
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June 15, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity. Tech companies are now tapping into an older repository of knowledge: the library stacks. Nearly one million books...
Cyprus welcomes two nights of Cuban culture
Cyprus Mail
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June 15, 2025
Literature and moving images to be presented in Nicosia One of the greatest living Cuban writers Leonardo Padura is travelling to Cyprus this summer for the first time to take part in a series of events about the art of literature and fiction....
Cultural Compass: A Mozart masterpiece, science fiction comes to life and environmental art
Belga News Agency
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June 15, 2025
Every Sunday, Belga English picks its favourite events from the cultural agenda. This week: Brussels ushers in summer with one of Mozart's playful and scintillating operas, the legendary science fiction worlds of Jules Verne meets modern day...
Book about New Orleans artist showcases 100 previously unseen photographs
Nola - Louisiana
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“George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans” by Howard Philips Smith, University of Mississippi Press, 520 pages The iconic New Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau was “named for two saints,” his friend W. Kenneth Holditch observed,...
Uzbek culture and food festival returns to London
Islam Channel
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June 15, 2025
London welcomes back the Uzbek Culture and Food Festival for its annual celebration at Tower Bridge on June 21st and 22nd. Now in its third year, the a family-friendly event returns to Potters Fields Park next to the iconic London landmark,...
Experimental art in Benissa
Euro Weekly News
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June 15, 2025
People enjoying the paintings hanging on the wall at the exhibition centre in Benissa. Credit: Ayuntamiento Benissa “Taller de somnis”, by artists from the Escola de Plàstica Experimental A. Vives in Gata, showcases the talent and innovation of 22...
China's young artistic swimmers make a splash at home World Cup
Xinhua News Agency
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by Li Jia, Gao Meng and Yao Youming XI'AN, China, June 15 (Xinhua) -- With the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final having concluded in Xi'an on Sunday, host China dominated, winning seven of 11 events. China secured the team...
Japan Art and Nagasawa Rosetsu: The Middle Kingdom (China)
Modern Tokyo Times
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June 15, 2025
Japan Art and Nagasawa Rosetsu: The Middle Kingdom (China) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799) belongs to the Edo Period of Japanese history. Several opinions exist concerning his upbringing. However,...
AI-Generated Ad Created with Google’s Veo3 Airs During NBA Finals, Slashing Production Costs by 95%
MarkTechPost
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June 15, 2025
A lone AI filmmaker, a cutting-edge generative video model, and a national TV spot during one of the year’s biggest sporting events. This isn’t the plot of a sci-fi movie; it’s the new reality of advertising, and it was created in just 3 days....
Artists support equine charity
Your Horse
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June 15, 2025
Equine charity The Horse Trust has received a donation from the Society of Equestrian Artists’ (SEA) Secret Postcards fundraiser, an annual initiative in which SEA members donate original postcard sized artworks to support UK equine charities....
Art show a chance for students to 'really excel'
Manx
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Catherine NicollBBC News, Isle of Man ShareSave Charlotte Micklefield is hoping to spend more time on costume design at university Works inspired by folklore, the built environment and the human form have gone on display in an annual showcase of...
150+ Unique and Creative Pet Spider Names That Are Creepy, Clever, and Cool
AOL
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150+ Unique and Creative Pet Spider Names That Are Creepy, Clever, and Cool originally appeared on PetHelpful. A pet spider might not be right for everyone, but for those special people who love these unconventional arachnids, there’s nothing in...
The Juneteenth Arts & Cultural Celebration at Cocoa Riverfront Park
Florida Today
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A performance by members of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Cocoa. The 2025 Juneteenth Arts & Cultural Celebration at Cocoa Riverfront Park. The free event featured live music, vendors, food trucks, arts & crafts, a bounce house, and a gospel...
HCM City promotes people-to-people connections via culture-arts activities
VietnamPlus
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June 15, 2025
Ho Chi Minh (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) hosted the “Friendship Exchange 2025” on June 15, aiming to foster mutual understanding and cultural cooperation between local residents and the international...
Opinion: Daniel S. Schiff: AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define
Daily Camera - Colorado
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June 15, 2025
By Daniel S. Schiff, Arne Bewersdorff and Marie Hornberger It is “the policy of the United States to promote AI literacy and proficiency among Americans,” reads an executive order President Donald Trump issued on April 23, 2025. The executive...
This artist, educator, curator is keeping the history of one of S.I.’s most notable residents alive
SI Live - New York
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June 15, 2025
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Pride 2025 is a series of profiles of LGBTQ+ Staten Islanders who have made a difference in the community. If you have someone you would like to nominate for “Pride 2025,” e-mail their name and a brief nomination to...
Jewelry maker specializes in technique known as soutache
Times-Standard - California
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June 15, 2025
Kate Mcguire is the featured 3D artist in June at the Ferndale Arts Gallery, 535 Main St., Ferndale. Mcguire hails from San Francisco and was a respiratory therapist for 30 years. She moved to Ferndale about five years ago and discovered the...
Double standard much? Tech giants ban AI for job seekers, while super bots judge you
Euro Weekly News
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June 15, 2025
Smartphone with ChatGPT app. Credit: Creative Commons Welcome to double standards games, corporate edition. So, here’s the deal: Goldman Sachs, a multinational investment bank and financial services company, is warning job applicants not to use...
These Comics Highlight The Unfair Ways Society Views Moms Vs. Dads
HuffPost
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June 15, 2025
It’s 2025, and yet we still live in a world where parenting double standards abound. For heterosexual couples, dads are often celebrated for doing any run-of-the-mill parenting task while moms are expected to handle the bulk of them without so...