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While some people have assumed that when Mekas talked about fleeing Lithuania he was talking about fleeing the Nazis, the truth is likely quite different.

A Lithuanian refugee who landed in New York City in 1949 at the age of 27, Jonas Mekas became a founder of Film Forum, Film Culture magazine and Antho

An innovative retrospective of work by Jonas Mekas reveals the fundamental honesty of his “diary” films.

AREA15, the immersive art and entertainment district in Las Vegas, has announced new additions to its executive team.

Merrill’s Wardall Earns Academic All-America Honors for UW-Whitewater Volleyball, makes Dean’s List, graduates Summa Cum Laude Morgan Wardall, a native of Merrill and graduate of Merrill High School, was a Senior on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Volleyball Team and was named Third Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America for the 2021 season. Wardall carried a 3.90 cumulative GPA, was named to the Dean’s List for the 2021 fall semester, and g...

Stock markets plunged into the red before recovering to finish the day in positive territory, as fears over war in Ukraine and higher interest rates in the U.S. and Canada took investors on a wild ride.

In a new history of the Hasidic “fortress in Brooklyn,” a community’s struggle for the right to the city is not always waged in the common interest.

Michael Casper becomes vice president of business development and Joe Mantkowski moves up to vice president of the Design Division.

Reviewing: “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg” by Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper.

From the blog of Ben Rothke at The Times of Israel