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Kara Walker’s Singular Multiples

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

Kara Walker’s art draws its power from her unconventional fusion of vintage Antebellum aesthetics with emotionally and politically charged imagery. In her skillful recreation of the genteel parlor style of scenic cameo silhouettes, she evokes a whimsical, even nostalgic decorative sensibility—only to employ that visual language to convey the profoundly unsettling symbolism that carries recovered histories and their insufficiently addressed legacies. Despite the antiquity of the idiom, the confrontation is very much about the present day. Ultimately, the black-and-white world that Walker conjures is anything but.A newly opened exhibition at the USC Fisher Museum of Art, Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, explores the several decades of Walker’s career, through more than 80 works made between 1994 and 2019. But instead of the attention-grabbing sculptures and architectural installations that have earned Wal...

Here’s where California is cutting the red tape to buy solar

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

California’s push for renewable sources of electricity such as solar power is leading the nation. Solar power’s role in supplying the grid is at an all-time high. But the expense of installing solar is substantial in the state compared with the rest of the world.The map below shows the progress of California’s transition to an automated instant permitting process for residential solar and storage systems mandated by the Solar Access Act through the free software called SolarAPP+, Symbium or a jurisdiction’s own software.Standardizing and cutting red tape for permitting will make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to go solar. You can find your city online at solarrights.org/streamlinedpermitting.According to Solarrights.org, it is twice as expensive to go solar in California than in many other developed places. A typical rooftop solar project costs homeowners $22,800 in California. In Japan: $13,200. In Germany: $9,600.The major difference is that in California, outdated p...

Suzanne Morphew’s remains found; she went missing in 2020 in Colorado Rockies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

Suzanne Morphew (Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office) The remains of Suzanne Morphew, who went missing in 2020, have been found in the Colorado Rockies.Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents located human remains Friday during an unrelated investigation, according to an announcement from the agency.They were found near Moffat, a community 45 miles south of Maysville, where Morphew, 49, lived with her husband and was last seen before she was reported missing on Mother’s Day in 2020.The El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified the remains as Suzanne Morphew on Wednesday.CBI officials declined to release specific information about the location or state of the remains.In a news release, the agency stated no arrests have been made since the remains were located. Prosecutors initially charged Barry Morphew in his wife’s death, but later dropped the charges.Barry Morphew’s attorney, Iris Eytan, did not immediately comment on the discovery Wednesday.“While this case has garnered attenti...

Illegal casino operation, evidence of homicide uncovered in Oakland: police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

(KRON) -- An illegal casino operation was uncovered in Oakland on Tuesday, leading to the arrests of three people and the recovery of multiple firearms, according to the Oakland Police Department.An arrest and search warrant was served at the illegal establishment located in the 900 block of 77th Avenue by the Oakland PD Violent Crime Operations Center, U.S. Marshals Task Force, ATF and the San Ramon Police Department, OPD said. Investigators seized illegal gambling machines along with a rifle, shotgun and handgun.A “significant amount of evidence” was also located by officers that connected to a recent Oakland homicide, according to police. VIDEO: People with batons smash car windows of Oakland armed robbers Three people were arrested on outstanding warrants, Oakland PD said. The investigation remains ongoing.Anyone with information is asked to contact Oakland PD’s Criminal Investigation Division at (510)-238-3821.

Dutch police say people have been killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — People have been killed in two shootings Thursday at a university hospital and a home in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said, but they did not immediately announce the number of victims. Rotterdam police said on X, formerly Twitter, that they were informing next of kin before releasing any more details. A suspect had been arrested after the shootings at the Erasmus Medical Center and a nearby apartment. Fire also broke out at both locations, local authorities said.Earlier Thursday, police had said that a man wearing military clothing and carrying a handgun had opened fire in a classroom at the university hospital. They also reported a shooting at a home nearby. Police said they had arrested a 32-year-old man on the hospital’s helipad and were investigating his possible involvement in both shootings.There have been scores of small explosions and at homes and businesses across Rotterdam this year, blamed on rival drug gangs.Source

No. 13 LSU visits 20th-ranked Ole Miss in SEC West matchup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

No. 13 LSU (3-1, 2-0 SEC) at No. 20 Mississippi (3-1, 0-1), Saturday, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN)Line: LSU by 2 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsbookSeries record: LSU leads 65-42-4.WHAT’S AT STAKE?The winner stays firmly in the SEC West hunt, though the Rebels just absorbed a loss to No. 12 Alabama. There’s no runaway favorite in what appears to be a tightly packed division at the top, so these head-to-head matchups are huge. Rebels coach Lane Kiffin could use a big league win after going 1-5 in his past six SEC games and losing the last four. The defending division champion Tigers are trying to claw their way back into the Top 10.KEY MATCHUPBoth defensive fronts face challenges in facing quarterbacks who are dangerous passers and also strong runners. Arkansas’ KJ Jefferson had some running success against the Tigers last week. Alabama’s Jalen Milroe ripped off a couple of big runs on the opening drive against the Rebels. LSU’s Jayden Daniels and Ole Miss’s Jaxson...

Arkansas away from home again for neutral site game against Texas A&M at home of the Cowboys

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

Texas A&M (3-1, 1-0 SEC) vs. Arkansas (2-2, 0-1) at Arlington, Texas, Saturday, noon ET (SEC Network). Line: Texas A&M by 6 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Arkansas leads 42-34-3.WHAT’S AT STAKE?Arkansas, which lost its last two games, plays away from home for the second of four consecutive SEC games. Texas A&M has a 7-4 advantage in the neutral-site games the two teams have played at AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys owned by Jerry Jones, co-captain of the 1964 Razorbacks team that went undefeated. After overcoming an early 14-0 deficit with 23 consecutive points in a 23-21 win over Arkansas last September, the Aggies lost six games in a row. They have won five of six games since. KEY MATCHUPLinebacker Jaheim Thomas and the Arkansas defense against the Texas A&M offense that lost sophomore starting QB Conner Weigman with a right foot injury. He got hurt in the first half of last week’s 27-10 win at Auburn, and c...

UCF looks to bounce back in first Big 12 home game vs. Baylor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

Baylor (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) at UCF (3-1, 0-1), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (FS1)Line: UCF by 11 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: UCF leads 1-0.WHAT’S AT STAKE?Baylor took out advertisements on billboards along highways in Orlando and Central Florida welcoming UCF to the Big 12. UCF is seeking its first Big 12 win and doing so in front of a sold-out crowd celebrating the moment for the Knights. The Bears have lost three games this season with an 11-point loss to Texas State in the opener and a seven-point loss to No. 10 Utah. Baylor has struggled to find offensive consistency and a young defense has struggled.KEY MATCHUPUCF’s defensive line vs. Baylor’s offensive line. UCF worked its way through the first three games of the season as a dominant defensive front able to get pressure on the quarterback and stop the run in the opening three games. But UCF managed only one sack and no additional quarterback hits in the loss to Kansas State. Baylor struggled wi...

No. 23 Missouri finally leaves state to open SEC slate at Vanderbilt, which has lost 3 straight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz hasn’t spent much time thinking about getting the Tigers back into the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2019. “Rankings only matter what you do this week, so our goal was not to be ranked in Week Four,” Drinkwitz said. “Our goal is to figure out where we’re at by the end of the season. … We’re more focused on what we can control this week, which is playing at Vandy.” He can take a big lesson from 2019 as he takes his 23rd-ranked Tigers (4-0, 1-0) out of Missouri for the first time this season for their Southeastern Conference opener at Vanderbilt on Saturday. In 2019, then-No. 22 Missouri visited Vanderbilt and lost, starting a five-game skid that led to Barry Odom’s firing. “Obviously opening up SEC play on the road is going to be a big challenge for us,” Drinkwitz said of a team whose longest trip this season was to St. Louis last week where the Tigers beat Memphis, 34-27.The Commodores (2-3, 0-1) are trying ...

Once rivals, now partners: Peloton and Lululemon to collaborate on connected fitness and apparel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:39 GMT

Peloton and athletic wear maker Lululemon have announced a five-year partnership, effectively closing the curtain on Lululemon’s recently acquired connected fitness device, Mirror.The interactive fitness company steps in to become the exclusive digital fitness content provider for Lululemon, which in turn becomes the primary athletic apparel partner to New York-based Peloton.Vancouver, British Columbia-based Lululemon, known in its early days for mostly making yoga gear, broadened its athletic apparel offerings and then bought at-home exercise startup Mirror for $500 million in June of 2020, just months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Lululemon’s challenge to Peloton in the connected fitness arena was short-lived. Lululemon said Wednesday that it would discontinue selling Mirror before the end of the year but would continue to provide service and support to users.Mirror, which launched in 2018, sold a $1,500 interactive, 56-inch tall screen that streamed live and on-demand w...