Month: July 2026

Catalan composer and experimental musician Marina Herlop is readying a new album, Dja Dja. Herlop will self-release her follow-up to 2023’s Nekkuja on October 9. Below, listen to a new song from the record, “Jaque.” According to press materials, Dja Dja was inspired by the “the hero’s journey,” the narrative framework popularized by Joseph Campbell
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What a journey! Jamir Nazir, one of the three finalists for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize who were accused of using AI to create their work, has won the overall prize. ICYMI: Accusations began swirling online in May shortly after the Commonwealth Foundation announced the five regional winners who would go on to compete for
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Exemplar Luxury Group (“ELG” or the “Company”), formerly Saks Global, the luxury collective that comprises leading multi-brand luxury retailers Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman, announced the successful completion of its restructuring process and emergence from chapter 11 under new ownership. With a substantially strengthened balance sheet, including a nearly 75% debt reduction,
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Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People and co-wrote their biggest hits, died Tuesday, June 30, after a “short but aggressive illness,” according to a post on the singer’s and the Village People’s Facebook pages. His wife posted a similar statement on the singer’s own Facebook page. Willis was 74 years old. Formed in 1977, the
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Fanni Fajth, an 18-year-old student in Budapest, summed up the mood in the Hungarian capital on Saturday, as tens of thousands of marchers turned out for the first Pride celebration in the country since authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán was deposed in April after 16 years in office. “Everyone is just so much more uplifted,” she
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The Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota—the setting for my novel Wisdom Corner—remains one of the most impoverished areas in the United States. More than half of the residents live below the federal poverty line, unemployment rates top 75% and many citizens live in substandard, overcrowded housing while battling food insecurity. However, as a young child
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A buddy of mine flew into Milwaukee last fall wearing a navy cashmere crewneck, gray flannel trousers, and a pair of brown suede loafers that looked like they’d been polished by a butler. No logos. No flash. Nothing screaming “I have money.” He runs a private equity fund. And he looked richer than every guy
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Dinosaur Jr. Tour07-10 Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center +07-11 New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall +07-12 Hammondsport, NY @ Point of the Bluff Vineyards +07-14 Richmond, VA @ Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden +07-16 Wilmington, NC @ Greenfield Lake Amphitheater +07-17 Asheville, NC @ Hellbender by The Orange Peel +07-18 Atlanta, GA @
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