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  • The Orphan Master’s Son
    Years of research by the author, including a journey to North Korea, lends an eerie authenticity to this fictional tale set in that mysterious country...
  • Eat People
    No, it’s not a call to eat your local barista for dinner! When Kessler says “Eat People,” he means to “eat” (i.e., eliminate) worthless jobs in order to maximize wealth creation.
  • Coming Apart
    The American values of religious faith, hard work and marriage are much more prevalent in upper-class white America than in working-class populations of whites.
  • Music, Art, Dance
  • Going, Going, Gone!...Maybe Not!
    The art market is agog over Asian buyers, who, over the past few years, have driven auction prices to unprecedented levels, indicating a potential bubble in the industry.
  • Sunflower Seeds, Anyone?
    Next time you buy a bag of sunflower seeds, remember some people think sunflower seeds can be art, to be admired in one of the world’s premier art museums, and that these seeds can be sold at auction for thousands of dollars.
  • Big bird soars to new heights
    An original edition of “Birds of America” by John James Audubon was sold December 7 at auction by Sotheby’s in London for $11.5 million, making it the world’s most expensive printed book.
  • Stage, Film, TV
  • Right into the danger zone
    Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, debuted in the summer of 1986. The film was shot almost entirely in San Diego and memorably captured the city’s beauty while promoting the armed forces stationed here.
  • Arab Emirates: No ‘Sex and the City’
    Sex and the City 2 had a unique challenge: How to make the fashions that are like a fifth character on the show, seem – at least loosely – appropriate for a Middle Eastern country.
  • Local Artist Showcase
  • The Chinese Art Frenzy
    Who are the Chinese collectors shaking up the art world? An unlikely group of newly rich Chinese...
  • Victorian Art Fantasies
    Enjoy the sculptures created by Jeffrey Steorts—art which truly does not fit into any standard genre. After searching antique stores and garage sales to find metal fittings, fasteners, and objects, he begins to create intricate metal and wood sculptures which evoke a bygone era of Victorian and Medieval technology as well as Byzantine and Eastern spiritual symbols.
  • Ai Weiwei
    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei continues to be harassed, attacked, and imprisoned by the Chinese government.