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Mel Odom, Charleston, 1985Courtesy of the artist A new exhibition brings together 100 of the artist’s drawings made between 1975 and 2019 that showcase his wholly original approach to illustration May 07, 2021 Growing up in Mayberry, North Carolina, in the 1950s and 60s, artist Mel Odom would sneak out of his room after his parents went to sleep, turn the TV down low, and watch old movies late into the night. Mesmerised by the sleek yet sensuous art deco aesthetic that defined old Hollywood glamour, Odom revelled in the cool sexuality that smoldered under the glimmering surface of these fi...

New Directors/New Films Film at Lincoln Center holds the 50th anniversary edition of its film series online. It opens with Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta and closes with Theo Anthony’s All Light, Everywhere. The 2021 festival introduces 27 features and 11 shorts to audiences nationwide through MoMA and FLC virtual cinemas, and to New Yorkers at Film at Lincoln Center. COST: $12 per rental, $275 for all-access passes; MORE INFO College Pathways Reporter Jill Replogle hosts a Q&A session with higher education and employment experts to answer questions live about career and workforce changes. (...

Bill Gates Is Reaching for the High-Hanging Fruit on Climate Bloomberg 1 day ago Peter Coy © Photographer: Michael Cohen/Getty Images North America NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation speaks onstage at 2019 New York Times Dealbook on November 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Cohen/Getty Images for The New York Times) (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- “Do the Hard Stuff Too” is Point #6 in Chapter 10 of Bill Gates’s new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need. ...

Twitter Facebook Stacey Harris knows how important it is to be heard, because for a long time she wasn’t. “My parents just were not expecting me,” she says. “The queer, blue-haired Harvard Square kid just didn’t work for them. They didn’t get it, so they couldn’t get me. And it was very hard. So from 13 on, I wasn’t really with them.” In the long run she has thrived, with a happy family of her own and a career as Boston University’s associate director of Disability & Access Services, a post she’s held since 2014. But she hasn’t forgotten how difficult life can b...

You feel good. but this was low-hanging fruit. a lot of economists agree it took them a year and a half to do the easy part and a lot of hard stuff for next year and still uncertainty for american businesses. i'd call them a symbolic victory. >> i'm also reminded of when trade rep peter navarro or adviser came on our show and talked about this whole laundry list of the things china was going to have to do and did they get that? >> no. this is not the grand bargain the china hawks hoped for at all. this is essentially a retreat and declare victory. they avoid raising tariffs. they smooth things...