The Fife Arms has 47 rooms, none of which seem to have agreed on a design language with the others. Some draw on literary or cultural figures - rooms themed around Robert Louis Stevenson or, for instance - while others take cues from moments in Scottish history, from the Jacobite era to the Victorian fascination with the Highlands.
"This is a really historic moment for San Jose in welcoming this expanded narrative of Japanese Americans. Generations of kids will be able to see their story reflected in this space."
Frey, a seventh-generation basket maker, joins a long line of Wabanaki people to practice the age-old craft. But Frey, a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, doesn't let himself get stuck within that tradition. "I'm weaving to innovate," he explains of his work, which, through nuanced use of technique, material, and color, pushes the craft form squarely into the realm of fine art.
The hoard includes specimens from the 980s to the 1040s—the height of the Vikings' power. Notably, many of the coins are foreign made, originating from England, Germany, as well as Denmark and Norway.
The Agnus Dei coins, minted around 1009 by King Æthelred the Unready, are marked with a lamb pierced by a cross, symbolizing Christ's sacrifice. This design contrasts with contemporary English coins, which typically feature the king's portrait and a cross.
"It was a very smart trick," he tells me, because he'd start by naming the works he, as a sullen preteen, found stupid or boring, and then, by process of elimination, arrive at the pieces he liked. "Then she'd go, 'Why do you like it?'" Ehrenreich says. Suddenly, he had to learn to express why he was into art.
The same house, 38 S. Fifth St, was previously the property of a legendary San Jose figure, Mr. Horace Allen, a rancher and builder of gas stations, who lived in the house for almost 40 years.
Historic Richmond Town is a living history village, where restored buildings, preserved artifacts, and immersive storytelling bring Staten Island's past to life. Visitors can explore everything from early Dutch Colonial architecture to 19th-century community spaces.
Ceramic factories mark the transition from manual knowledge to serial production, expanding its scale without entirely severing its material origins. Scattered across different territories, these structures record the relationship between technique, landscape, and time.
Maypole dancing is a springtime pagan ceremony thought to originate from medieval Europe, originally based around a big tree or bush. Traditionally on May Day people would skip around it and sing to the blossoming snowdrops and hellebores, celebrating fertility and the awakening of nature after winter.
"This sculpture creates a friction with the surroundings here in New York. It's not sleek like everything else you can see here. It offers a hint to the public that temporality is not necessarily a straight line, that things can come back almost like in a wheel."
I come on behalf of a hardworking, creative, and resilient people, but above all a deeply generous people-a people that has learned to resist without hatred, to defend its rights without ceasing to respect others.
Lebanese authorities contacted Unesco officials to express their 'deepest concerns' over reports indicating the 'destruction and complete demolition of the Citadel of Chama' by military bulldozing operations.'
"We met with linen and wool weavers and were blown away by the exceptional quality and beauty of the cloth they produced, as well as the depth of [textile] history in Ireland. We were in equal measure concerned by the decline in the number of weavers. They mentioned that they were losing out to cheaper cloth from abroad and that Irish buyers were few and far between."
I see myself first and foremost as a weaver working at the intersection of craft and technology. As an Angeleno, I grew up learning how to weave in the Wixárika tradition of my matriarchal bloodline by watching my mother and my grandmother.
"There's also a huge Filipino community here, which brings a feeling of home, especially seeing all the variety of dishes like lumpia or chicken adobo, that reminds me of my grandma or childhood moments in the Philippines."
Throughout its history, Spain has been shaped by a wide range of cultures and civilizations, including Muslim, Phoenician, Roman, Greek, Carthaginian, and Visigothic influences, which are reflected in its architecture and design.
"You don't have to be dreadlocked to be Rasta. We live in Rasta Cruz and my other world is stewarding ganja. Ganja is how I've supported myself. I'm a friend of cannabis personally and as a band."
We, the undersigned, warn that the conduct of the United States and Israel has inflicted irreversible damage on humanity's cultural heritage and, in light of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, may give rise to violations of international law.
