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Roz Chast has spent decades finding the funny in the mundane. In this session, the beloved New Yorker cartoonist shows how she turns found objects and street photography into hilarious mixed media images and cartoons. It's a window into how one of America's sharpest visual minds sees the city and makes art from what the rest of us walk right past.
We want to invite you to join a free audit of: Can Music be Universal?
Summer is the season of lazy afternoons, dining al fresco, and conversations that linger long into the evening — pursuits that require the perfect soundtrack.
Hi, I’m writing to invite you to my upcoming class, Reading The Great American Novel: Visions, Voices, and Identities. With a topic as controversial as the Great American Novel, you might wonder why I selected these books. Each can stand alone, but together they represent an effective cross-section of the 20th- and 21st-century American novel: some are short and sketch-like, others are…
Short-but-mighty literature
Bloomsday is an annual celebration of the life and work of James Joyce.
Spring and summer bring new energy and the chance to experiment — with the plants you grow in your garden, the foods you try on vacation, and the knowledge you pursue.
“Make it new” was the credo of modernist poet Ezra Pound.
What makes romantic comedies so addictive, comforting, and worthy of rewatch after rewatch?
Venetian Renaissance painting was always quite distinct from that of Florence and Rome.
