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Yoni Brook For six weeks this spring, an illegal Manhattan cocktail lounge gave 700 strangers a night they'll never forget.
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Making Cities Sing
Arts spending alone can’t stimulate economic growth. But a city’s architecture, public spaces, and artistic institutions are among its most priceless resources.
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We Built Way Too Many Cultural Institutions During the Good Years
A comprehensive new report takes a critical look at our oversupply of museums, performing arts centers, and theaters.
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Price Tag of the Day: $6 Million
That's how much New York's 4th of July fireworks cost, according to Fox Business.
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Why Do We Keep Making Abominable Olympic Theme Songs?
One-upmanship is probably to blame.
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A Practical Guide to 4th of July Fireworks Etiquette
Don't, for example, ingest fireworks. Do dive on top of blasters aimed straight for the crowds.
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9 Utterly Bizarre Museums
Voodoo, skulls, tattooed skin and more oddities from cities around the world.
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Happy 4th of July! From the World's Premiere Gunpowder Artist
Cai Guo-Qiang transforms fireworks into eardrum-shattering "smoke paintings" in cities across the world.
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Meet Seattle's 'Baby London Eye'
The city's newest attraction hopes to lure tourists to its waterfront despite a massive construction project nearby.
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Postcard
Cockfighting in Cuba
One of Havana's most popular past times.
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How to Turn a Busy Street Corner Into a Pop-Up Cinema
In Auckland, New Zealand, a micro-theater is grafted onto an existing stoop, transforming stairs into seats.
