auctions Joan Didion's iconic sunglasses and other personal property to be auctioned off Mark Frauenfelder
art Bigger is better: Artist Ari Bird supersizes ordinary objects to fantastic effect Rusty Blazenhoff
music Watch a pre-Alice In Chains, glam rock Layne Stayley go off about the PMRC on Seattle television (1985) David Pescovitz
larping Ohioans critique the Polish LARPers who recreated an "American 4th of July in Ohio" Jennifer Sandlin
homelessness A short video of the homeless shanty town that has overtaken the Venice Beach library Jason Weisberger
Capitol insurrection Pumped-up gentleman who boasted to Uber driver on Jan. 6 is finally charged Carla Sinclair
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