1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1246+ words) observer.com Higher Education, Finer Dining: Inside the Culinary Scenes at California’s Top College Towns At California’s elite universities, Michelin-starred tasting menus and historic farm-to-table spots have turned campus visits into serious culinary trips. California is home to several of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (125+ words) observer.com Multiples, Inc. ultimately commissioned 50 different banners, produced in editions of 20 or 30, each signed and numbered by the artist on a label attached to the reverse. The banners were designed to be display-ready, neatly suspended as they were between…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1070+ words) observer.com The North American Beach Escapes That Shine in Fall Shoulder Season These North American beach towns hit their stride after summer, when the crowds thin, the water stays warm and the pace finally slows down. Saying goodbye to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1343+ words) He never did call, of course. But what interested me was that she couldn’t understand what had happened. In England, she explained, meeting the architect meant something. Then I realized, Of course: She’s from London. No one’s told her about…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1014+ words) Here is a look at nine major gifts driving academia’s next era. Michael Dell arrived at the University of Texas at Austin in the early 1980s, planning to study medicine. Instead, he began selling personal computers from his dorm room and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (159+ words) Industry elders will remember when summer truly was the slow season in the art world: a time for mounting group shows featuring interesting works by contemporary artists on the rise. But this year’s calendar of July art fairs and August…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (302+ words) “To apply any type of technology that comes out, you truly need to understand what it is,” he told Observer. For universities, the rush to train students in a technology advancing at breakneck speed presents a difficult balancing act. College…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) Across the sporting spectrum, rising costs are increasingly pricing traditional fans out of marquee moments. But despite the expense of attending (and even watching) live sporting events, fan enthusiasm hasn’t slowed. Instead, it’s evolving, with dedicated, often wealthy spectators finding…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (551+ words) In many ways, “Temple of the Mind” is more than an exhibition; it’s a direct encounter with an artist whose visual language resists easy resolution and gives that language the institutional scale it has long demanded. Observer sat down with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (738+ words) observer.com For 48 years, central bankers, academics and investors have gathered in the Rocky Mountains for the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. This year’s gathering in Northwest Wyoming is closely watched as Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh prepares to…...