- To interact:
- Museums offering virtual tours, a story from Travel + Leisure
- Gone Home, a fantastic video game for people who don’t necessarily like video games (particularly good for former Riot Grrrls and other Gen-Xers). Requires purchase.
- Zoom Cocktail Party. Oh yeah, it’s a thing. Set it up on Zoom or any other group-friendly video chat, pour yourself a drink (zero-proof counts), and pretend you’re on the Jetsons.
- Faces of Frida is an interactive look at the work and life of Frida Kahlo.
- To listen:
- International Day of the Woman, a playlist by Dossier
- Dossier Style Guide, the audio at the core of Dossier
- A 2-hour concert of songs from Studio Ghibli films
- 99% Invisible, a podcast about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.
- To watch:
- Babylon Berlin
- Cobra Kai
- The Orville
- Virtual concerts compiled by KCRW
- Bad Seed TeeVee, an overwhelmingly staggering collection of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds videos, interviews, and assorted footage, streaming 24/7.
- The Knit Show with Vickie Howell
- Kelly Diels on feminism, power, culture, and other topics that matter
- Sermons and musings from Episcopalian priest Martin Elfert
- To read*:
- Spirits Sugar Water Bitters, by Derek Brown
- Dangerous Toys, by Elizabeth Hand
- Agency, by William Gibson
- I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
- The Last Romantics, by Tara Conklin
*If you’re ordering books online (vs using an e-reader), please order from your local indie bookseller!
- To make:
- DIY craft projects I’ve curated
- Knit and crochet projects from designer/author/TV personality Vickie Howell
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