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Slavic Sliwa Feels Right at Home Among Polish New Yorkers
Support local news today! Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. In a zone straddling Brooklyn and Queens that turned out overwhelmingly...
Pro-abortion Polish actress selected to play Our Lady in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’
(LifeSiteNews) — Director Mel Gibson’s choice of a radical pro-abortion extremist to play the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in The Resurrection of the Christ has ignited a firestorm of protest in the actress’s native Poland, perhaps the most...
Frying pan fiasco: Polish MP in hot water over IKEA shoplifting
If you’re going to shoplift, don’t do it while wearing headphones. That seems to be the accidental lesson from Polish MP Konrad Berkowicz, who found himself at the centre of a very modern scandal. It was one involving a frying pan, a self-checkout...
Ten Scary Classical Music Pieces for Halloween
Great music pierces the soul… and can sometimes terrify it. Over the centuries, composers, like nearly all artists of every variety, have been fascinated by the subject of death and by the supernatural—the world of witches, goblins, ghosts, and...
AI in action: Abra K. Bush, Jacobs School of Music dean
By IU Today October 29, 2025 With artificial intelligence being integrated in all aspects of life and work, Indiana University is striving to be a national leader in the AI space. It is offering a free AI course to staff, faculty and students and...
Berlin’s Porn Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
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Bruno Mars joins music royalty with debut album history — and admits he hates one of his biggest hits
Bruno Mars has officially joined music royalty despite publicly admitting he can’t stand one of the songs that got him there. The pop superstar’s 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has just entered one of music’s most exclusive clubs, spending...
Watch Black Polish’s new video for ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE
Black Polish has just unveiled a new music video for ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE. The track is taken from the alt. artist’s – real name Jayden ‘Jay’ Binnix – second album YUNA, which is out today via BMG. Following debut 2024 LP Forest, Jay reflects that...
Social media depicts truth, but not how you think
.The writer is a political analyst. Email: imran.jan@gmail.com Twitter @Imran_Jan In the age of broadcast media - yes we now have to talk about them as a thing of the past — the emphasis was what we used to call ratings. In a nutshell, it was...
Maria Ka’s cosmic Yiddish music — from punk grit to starlight
Screenshot Courtesy of Maria Ka By Judah Sussman October 29, 2025 When Polish-born musician Maria Ka released her latest album Di Mashin (The Machine), she wasn’t merely reviving Yiddish song — she was remaking it in her own cosmic image....
Camel crazy! Photographer’s wildest fashion fantasies…
From couture to camels. Gian Paolo Barbieri turned fashion photography into theatre. His sumptuous, often surreal images defined Italian elegance. Proof that glamour, like good light, rewards patience. From his Milan studio or on location, he...
Polish ex-justice minister Ziobro investigated for alleged misuse of funds
Polish prosecutors have formally requested the removal of parliamentary immunity for former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is facing serious charges of abuse of power and misappropriation of funds. These allegations include the improper use...
Egg-cellent artistry Jozefa Rogocki wins Midwest Culture Bearers Award
By NICOLE NOECHEL Decorating eggs is a common tradition for many Americans around the Easter season. However, Lansing artist Jozefa Rogocki takes that process several steps further with her pysanky eggs, a traditional Slavic folk art. Pysanky...
The Cuban Artist the Regime Fears Most
The Cuban regime is forcing one of its most celebrated dissident artists into exile, exposing its deepest fear: the power of art to mobilize dissent—and the power of the individual to inspire others for democratic change. Luis Manuel Otero...
When Structure Meets Shape: A Size 18 Fashion Writer Tries On the Best Tailoring for Autumn
There’s something about autumn that always feels like a fresh start. Kids head back to school in crisp uniforms with sharpened pencils, and the rest of us come back from long summer days ready to get back into the flow of work. For me, Q4 has...
“Regretting You” But Not Your Outfit: How The Movie Is Serving Quiet Luxury Aesthetic in Motion
“Regretting You” But Not Your Outfit: How The Movie Is Serving Quiet Luxury Aesthetic in Motion (Credits: Instagram) The moment the credits roll on Regretting You, the emotional weight lingers, but so does one of its most compelling...
Final Weekend for Teen-Fueled ‘Beetlejuice JR’ at Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts
Photo: Finlay Moore as the title character Beetlejuice steps into the final weekend of shows at PSCA…(Samantha Luck, courtesy of Thingamajig Theatre Company) The strange and unusual are taking one last bow at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts...
Stolen frying pan lands ‘inattentive’ Polish MP in hot water
Polish MP Konrad Berkowicz was caught by security leaving an IKEA store in Kraków, southern Poland with a frying pan and other items he had not paid for. On October, 27 he paid a €120 for the offence while claiming he had made an error at the...
How Designer Omer Arbel Brought “Liquid Light” To Paris Art Week
The mind behind the glow blends an architect’s discipline with a glassblower’s nerve. Add a technologist’s curiosity and you have Arbel’s signature. Clemens Poloczek Paris calls itself the City of Light. Omer Arbel’s counterproposal? Make it...
SkyShowtime Orders ‘Pionek,’ Continuation of Polish Hit Original ‘Śleboda’ (Exclusive)
Crime drama Śleboda (Deadly Ties), streaming service SkyShowtime‘s first locally commissioned Polish original series, which has turned out to be an audience hit, will return for another season under the working title Pionek, the joint venture of...