This week in San Francisco, eat for a cause with Food Not Bombs, open mics at Amnesia and Kaleidoscope, Post-Impressionists at the De Young, and volunteer work gets fun at…
We’re talking about a god damned Great Lakes Christmas miracle (or something)! Meanwhile, still in the Daily Mall, behold the Chinese tiger dog. 1789 Plan of NYC. These are the…
“Now, new research is showing that sleep also seems to reorganize memories, picking out the emotional details and reconfiguring the memories to help you produce new and creative ideas, according…
Save the date, Poetry Book Club Members–Monday January 3, 9:00 p.m. EST, 6:00 p.m. PST–for the chat with Aimee Nezhukumatathil about her book Lucky Fish. You’ll get the link and…
This is what happens when an art museum caves in to political pressure–artists and foundations decide to walk away from you. The Smithsonian Institution pulled a an AIDS-themed video from…
January’s pick for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club is A Beautiful Name for a Girl by Kirsten Kaschock. It’s from Ahsahta Press, and it’s Kaschock’s second collection of poems. For…
Watching high speed laser welding with an x-ray camera–what part of that description isn’t awesome? Solving the Pioneer anomaly. Voyager is approaching the boundaries of the solar system. Lunar eclipse!…
I’ve been flirting with one for days, ever since the end of the semester, but I think today I actually have a full-blown hangover. Take it easy on me, would…
“Too many Rudolphs Glowing noses terrify Wake up in a sweat” Our very own Ted Wilson is offering free holiday haikus to anyone who emails him at iamtedwilson AT gmail.com.…