Culture Cabin

View Francesco Clemente’s gallery exhibition WORKS 1978-2018 Francesco Clemente is a contemporary artist known for exploring metaphysical questions of spirituality, mysticism, and the nature of the self. Often erotic, and at times violent in its subject matter, Clemente’s lyrical, emotional approach is expressed by his unique sense of color. This exhibition brings together a concise…

Watch In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of In the Heights in the months leading up to its 2008 opening night. This show is now streaming for free thanks to PBS! Click here to learn more. . Online…

View Urs Fischer: ERROR The Brant Foundation Art Study Center presents Urs Fischer: ERROR, a solo exhibition of works by Fischer from the last two decades. This exhibition features some of the artist’s most notable large-scale sculptures and paintings from the Brant Collections. Click here to see more. . Explore centuries of Brooklyn’s history with…

Take a virtual dogsled ride in Fairbanks, Alaska Hop in the basket and take a ride on a dog sled. Alaska’s four-legged athletes love to run – and accessing Alaska’s state sport, dog mushing, has never been easier. Click here for more! . Watch fireflies flicker from the comfort of home Every year in the…

Print with plants onto fabric The possibilities are endless and the results always beautiful. The beauty of plant-stamped fabric lies in the wonderful imperfection of the print. You can add a hand-made touch to your house and print some cushions, tea towels, table runners, or bags. Don’t worry about your skills, let nature do the job…

DIY Pounded Flowers This simple flower pounding technique makes it easy to transform fresh flowers into a gorgeous art piece. Grab a store-bought bouquet (or pick a few of your favorite flowers from the garden) and turn the flowers into a pretty work of art. Click here to learn more. . DIY Pine Cone Bonsai…

DIY Ribbon Bookmark The best part about this craft is that you probably already have the supplies on hand! It uses a piece of ribbon (whatever length you want to fit your book), a hair band elastic, a button and needle with thread. Click here to learn more. . Ride the Ferrocarril Central Andino Railway,…

View Fashioning A Nation The Index of American Design is an extraordinary collection of more than 18,000 watercolor renderings of American decorative art objects from the colonial period through the 19th Century. Produced between 1936 and 1942, this visual archive reflects the expanding interest in American material culture that began to emerge at that time.…

Take “The Architectural Imagination” course from Harvard Architecture engages a culture’s deepest social values and expresses them in material, aesthetic form. This course will teach you how to understand architecture as both cultural expression and technical achievement. Vivid analyses of exemplary buildings, and hands-on exercises in drawing and modeling, will bring you closer to the…

DIY waterbottle wind spirals A great recycling craft: turn used water bottles into colorful wind spirals. Click here to see more. . Walk the São Paulo Botanic Garden Hike the Trail of the Howler Monkeys, glimpse green-billed toucans in the forests and watch the famous giant water lily bloom in São Paulo’s famous garden. Founded…