A retrospective of Tim Burton, last year's Cannes jury president, comes to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The show allows Tim's work to be seen in the broadest context of creative activity," says curator Britt Salvesen.READ»
"I'll definitely go to the Burton exhibit," says Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder. He'll also be at Maker Faire, a DIY celebration. "Our food demos run the gamut" from tofu to seedballs to fermentation, says organizer Kim Dow.READ»
Six days later, O'Reilly Media is holding RailsConf for open-source aficionados. "I'll be talking about building a geek army of coders and designers to make governments more transparent," says speaker Dan Melton of Code for America.READ»
One of Be Your Own Best Publicist's coauthors, Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, will represent New Amsterdam Gin at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, where alcohol-brand reps and cocktail connoisseurs will clink, drink, and network.READ»
Another highlight on Dow's May calendar is Bike to Work Day. "Getting out of the car and on two wheels feels like freedom," she says. "It's damn fun!" Fewer than 1% of adults bike to work.READ»
Less than a week after Thor opens, Hiddleston will make another debut -- this time as a character in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, opener of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. WED, MAY 11Midnight in ParisREAD»
O'Reilly will join 5,500 techies at Google I/O to talk web development and hear Google product announcements, like Google Wave in 2009 and Google TV in 2010. TUE, MAY 10 Google I/OREAD»
Fitness makes me a better leader," says Napster general manager Christopher Allen, who will pedal his way through the holiday after the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) convention. "Anyone who's anyone in music ...READ»
What else is on Melton's calendar? "Watching and laughing at Thor." Of his portrayal of villainous Loki, actor Tom Hiddleston has said, "I'm proud to say that I am continuing a long tradition of British baddies." FRI, MAY ...READ»
Red Magnet Media's Rachel Masters, who leads a workshop at NARM, is also headed to a Duran Duran concert -- "my favorite band in the world" -- and the Fashion140 Conference, centered on social media and fashion."The male consumer is ...READ»
This year's OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2011 comes 10 years after the virtual learning portal launched. Web 2.0 advocate Tim O'Reilly says of his speaking gig, "It's what I do: help make connections." WED, MAY ...READ»
Sister Act fans rejoice! It's been nearly 20 years since the
wacky tale of a lounge singer turned phony nun became a classic, but now
it's being resurrected for Broadway. Silver-screen success doesn't
always mean quality theater ...READ»
In the battle to be mayor at your coffee outpost, it's easy to
overlook the stat that only 1% of smartphone owners use location-based
apps more than once a week. To nudge more folks into joining the
geo-craze, TripAdvisor and ...READ»
Bill Moggridge, cofounder of Ideo and director of Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum, has a suggestion for anyone designing a phone:
"Put on a thick pair of gloves and try to operate the cell phone. If you
can successfully do ...READ»
Gym reimbursements and lavish company parties may be going the way of
the dinosaur, but paid time for volunteering is one employee perk not
yet in danger of extinction. Take UnitedHealthcare, whose company
attorneys recently ...READ»
We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And
no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't.
After presumably running down the list of big-name global health issues
like malaria, ...READ»
Besides bragging rights and a bit of national attention, what does an
NCAA basketball championship bring? More applicants the following year,
according to researchers Jaren and Devin Pope, who found an increase
for schools that ...READ»
What do earmuffs, television, and ChatRoulette have in common? They
were all dreamed up by teenagers -- the same age group Google is
targeting with its first-ever science fair, an online smarts search.
Judging begins today, with ...READ»
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a -- scrolling, scrolling ... Comics
may have made the leap from printed page to silver screen (the
Spider-Man trilogy alone has nabbed $2.5 billion at the box office), but
the move from paper to ...READ»
You needn't be an astronomer to know that city stargazing is lousy,
thanks to everything from street lamps to round-the-clock office bulbs
streaming illumination upward. But surging light pollution is making it
harder for even ...READ»
