The Museum of Jurassic Technology on Venice Boulevard in Culver City is LA's hidden cabinet of curiosities.
Sitting atop the dark and heavy two story cast-iron base, nine stories of red brick and brownstone-colored terra-cotta facade watch over City Hall.
The John Lennon Wall in Prague and its state of transience and permanence is a reminder that no matter the social or political climate, there will also be a counter culture of idealists and dreamers defying the status quo.
Along Boulevard Beaumarchais is Merci, a concept store by with a purpose: donating part of its profits to associations helping women and children in Madagascar.
The music at the Echoes West Festival in LA transported listeners to landscapes as diverse as psychedelic music can be.
40 years after recording and releasing his music, Rodriguez plays live in San Francisco and gets the admiration he deserves by both new and long time fans.
At the New Yorker Festival, Geoffrey Canada, Katherine Boo, Jose Antonio Vargas and Abhijit Banerjee debate the urban implications of poverty and immigration.
A man and his dog visit every firehouse, police precinct, and veterans hospital in New York City in an effort to achieve one million acts of kindness.
Darren Waterston recreates the universe at DC Moore Gallery with paintings that seem to meld East Asian artistic traditions and science fiction.
New Yorker writer Judith Thurman interviewed Alison Bechdel about her graphic memoirs, LGBT issues and family as part of the New Yorker Festival.