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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Game, Cassette, Match: 10 Abandoned Video Stores
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places& Architecture. ] Once as common as the VHS and Betamax tapes they rented out, video stores these days are fading away faster than the images on a well-worn cassette...
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Erik Brooks: You're Invited!
Join author Eric Ode and I for a SEA STAR WISHES publication party on Thursday, April 11th. 7:00pm at Secret Garden Books in Ballard. I'm posting this official invite today but will send a reminder or...
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Chet Haase: Sunday Comics: Should You Have Children?
Deciding whether and when to have children is a major life decision that most couples go through, sometimes even before the couple is pregnant. Having deep, heartfelt conversations and thinking through...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Baseball: Thaddaeus Gregory Pitches Knights to Sweep of...
Sophomore Thaddaeus Gregory hurled a five-hit shutout as the Carleton College men’s baseball team completed a sweep of Finlandia University, 10-4 and 11-0. Playing before the home fans for the first...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Liu Bolin is Back: ‘Invisible Man’ Artist (Dis)Appears Again
[ By WebUrbanist in Art& Photography & Video. ] The master of urban camouflage has returned, this time exhibiting his latest photographic wonders at the Galerie Paris-Beijing – as always,...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Softball: Knights Tame Wildcats for Sweep in Home Opener
Playing outside for the first time since returning from its spring break trip to Florida, the Carleton College softball team picked up two more conference victories with a sweep of St. Catherine...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Tennis: Gonzalez, Knights Outlast Pipers
The Carleton College men’s tennis team moved closer to securing yet another post-season berth with a 9-0 victory at Hamline University. Alex Chin picked up two more victories, and Mauricio Gonzalez...
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Kevin Draper '10: Your Annotated Smartphone Bathroom Reader for Sunday, April...
It’s late. I should be in bed.Harden Week: Second Round Maestro; James Harden, Daryl Morey, and Moses Michael Shagrin Hickory HighIt was a great pleasure to be able to contribute Harden Week over at...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Reducing Ostentation/Increasing Legitimacy, to a...
PLA license plateDuring the height of the Cultural Revolution it was difficult for outsiders to distinguish between officers and enlisted soldiers. Their uniforms were nearly identical. Officers could...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: The Iron Lady died
Margaret Thatcher died. If you want an opportunity to review recent political history and a major turning point in British politics, look for the retrospective articles about Lady Thatcher and her...
View ArticleCarleton News: Veteran Diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad to Present Carleton Convocation
Zalmay Khalilzad, a foreign policy expert and former diplomat who has served as the ambassador of the United States to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations, will deliver Carleton College’s...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: 7 Destroyed Architectural Wonders of the Modern World
[ By Steph in 7 Wonders Series& Global. ] We hear so much about the vanished wonders of the ancient architectural world, it’s easy to forget about those of our more recent history, from the 19th...
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Erik Brooks: Sea Star Wishes: Reviews
A few nice reviews for the new book. I couldn't resist placing them with the decorator crab, one of my favorite pictures in the book. Click for a larger image and reading that' be easier on the eyes.
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Rachel Teagle: Atl Fringe Buzz: Title Contenders
The Atlanta Fringe Buzz Tumblr is running a bunch of artist interviews to get you ready and rarin' to go for the Festival in June. Here are a couple shows whose titles definitely caught my...
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Alison Sommer '05: Generation Gaps
The other day, in the car, my 3 1/2 year old Dani and I were sharing jokes. I was running out of knock-knock jokes and decided to try an old stand-by from my childhood:Me: What's black and white and...
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Kevin Draper '10: Monday Media: The Worst Broadcast Team in the League
If you follow me on Twitter, you have probably noticed that I watch (almost) every single Golden State Warriors game and I frequently criticize TV play-by-play voice Bob Fitzgerald, analyst Jim Barnett...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Softball: Keelin Davis Picks Up MIAC Weekly Award
Though the continued winter weather wiped out many of the games on the MIAC softball schedule last week, Carleton College was able to get on the field Sunday, and the result was a positive one for the...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Lawless Metropolis: Kowloon Walled City, Then and Now
[ By Steph in Architecture& Cities & Urbanism. ] Twenty years ago, a dank, lawless, congested and compacted lawless city located just outside Hong Kong was evacuated and destroyed, putting an...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Softball: Knights Stay Red Hot, Sweep Scots
For the second straight day, Keelin Davis and Micaela LaRose pitched and hit the Carleton College softball team to a sweep. This time the duo guided the Knights to a pair of victories over Macalester...
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