Arts and culture

Red Hen Press Poetry Hour Sandra Tsing Loh presents live and recorded readings from Major Jackson, Francesca Bell and others in this installment of the recurring series. Co-presented by the Broad Stage. 8 p.m. Saturday. Free. thebroadstage.org/athome; archived afterward at youtube.com and redhen.org … [Read more...] about Enjoy culture while social distancing: 15 picks from streamed sound bath to Disney art

Phillip Brown of the Montgomery County Woodturners received the Lifetime Impact Award. He reflected on his founding of Montgomery County Woodturners and the impact it made on his life and the community. "This award is a wonderful surprise and greatly appreciated," said Brown. "I am elated and honored all these years later to have been the catalyst who brought everyone together and provided encouragement to engage in outreach and educational endeavors throughout the county." … [Read more...] about Montgomery County Recognizes Excellence in Arts and Humanities

“If you’re non-binary, or trans, or queer, certainly it’s not about being shapeless or colorless. That’s the lazy way to approach it,” said Rob Smith, founder of New York’s Phluid Project. The platform has been billed as “the world’s first gender-free store.” … [Read more...] about Ezra Miller’s Puffer Coat Dress Shows How Exciting Gender-Neutral Clothing Can Be

“There’s a whole string of male kings who really had very little impact at all. But when you actually come to Queen Elizabeth I, even Mary Tudor and her short reign, then William and Mary [and] the Glorious Revolution, then Anne, who achieved the union of England and Scotland, and then Victoria, who created—or had created in her name—this giant empire, and then Queen Elizabeth II, who has really made the monarchy incredibly stable by force of example—they all achieved astonishing things.” … [Read more...] about Long Live the Royal Family—in Houston, Texas

“Bloody Mary” had little choice but to be ruthless in order to survive. She came from the murderous Tudor brood of that bestriding megalomaniac, Henry VIII, the daughter of his first wife Catherine of Aragon, and was, therefore, half Spanish. Her progress to the throne (and her life) was threatened by many intrigues before she succeeded her younger brother, Edward VI, in 1553 when he died at the age of 15. … [Read more...] about From Mary Tudor to Elizabeth II, the Ruthless Power of England’s Queens