Rembrandt: sun in the firmament of art
In 2019, the Netherlands honors its national treasure Rembrandt, 350 years after his death. What makes his art so great?
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The life and work of “Snowflake Bentley”
Vermont farmer Wilson Bentley, the first person to photograph and study the complexity of snow crystals, died 87 years ago today: “On the morning he was laid to rest… it began to snow, leaving a dusting over the burial ground.”
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1003 Nights: Leipzig dreamed in Ukrainian
“I have never been to Germany, and saw Leipzig only in photos or in dreams. In this poem, I wanted to depict a Leipzig of the past, a place in a time long gone.” (1003 Nights literary contest winner – poetry)
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Leather, paper, feather – castles
Renaissance and Baroque surprises lie just a train ride (or a few) away.
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1003 Nights: “Memoir of an Anarchist City”
“Of course, Charlemagne couldn’t destroy that Leipzig spirit: and neither would the Habsburgs, Napoleon, Hitler, or Stalin.” (1003 Nights literary contest winner – mixed genre)
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Racial terror and remembrance: beyond a single story
An American scholar in Leipzig asks: What can the US learn from Germany’s successful experience memorializing its atrocities? #NeverAgain
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