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Economic Engines - The following is excerpted from "Museums as Economic Engines," conducted by the AAM & Oxford Economics in 2017 with post-pandemic data from the "2023 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums," conducted by AAM and Wilkening Consulting For more information visit www.aam-us.org

The following is excerpted from "Museums as Economic Engines," conducted by the AAM & Oxford Economics in 2017 with post-pandemic data from the "2023 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums," conducted by AAM and Wilkening Consulting For more information visit www.aam-us.orgMuseums play an essential role in cultural and social life across the United States by collecting. preserving, researching and interpreting objects, living specimens and historical records. In doing so, museums enrich our lives, providing forums for learning and support, as well as a variety of services to our communities. Museums preserve and protect more than a billion objects and help the public better understand and appreciate cultural diversity.

Urban Reflections - An exhibition showcases works by urban realist Everett Shinn and his contemporaries

An exhibition showcases works by urban realist Everett Shinn and his contemporaries. Ashcan painter Everett Shinn’s fascination with the stage was a focus throughout his career. His ability to capture movement and drama in theatrical and urban settings distinguishes his work.

Beauty in the Commonplace - CW American Modernism explores the history of precisionism through an exhibition of 30 artworks.

CW American Modernism explores the history of precisionism through an exhibition of 30 artworks. Bringing together nine artists and 30 bodies of work, CW American Modernism, based in Los Angeles, presents the special exhibition, The Neo Immaculates. The title, coined by the gallery, encapsulates a unique style that’s clean and minimalistic, “with clearly defined lines and smooth—almost machinelike—surfaces,” describes gallery owner, Chris Walther.

Norman Rockwell - The most recently acquired piece, "Whig and Tory", executed in 1938 by the famous American painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell, was hosted at the Norman Rockwell Museum

Recently hosted at the Norman Rockwell Museum, closing in June, was the exhibition Mystery and Wonder: Highlights from the Illustration Collection. Within the collection was the museum’s highlight, and the most recently acquired piece, Whig and Tory, executed in 1938 by the famous American painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell (18941978). This oil on canvas illustration is quite significant in that it remained unpublished in any magazines the artist was known for working with—most famously The Saturday Evening Post.

AFFINITY COMEDY

The state of the Netflix standup special.

More VS Code Tips

In my previous article in CODE Magazine https://www.codemag.com/Article/240803 1/VS-Code-Tips), shared some of my favorite tips when working with VS Code. As wrote the article, realized that was just brain dumping tidbits I've gathered over many years of using VS Code. The list seemed endless. But what about some larger chunks of tips? Things that every developer

Job-Oriented Programming and Pointers in a Scripting Language

This article is about using job-oriented programming and pointers in a scripting language.

Career Development and Staffing reinvented

You think great talent and cool positions only exist in Silicon Valley? Think again!

KKR's $1 trillion gamble

The co-CEOs of KKR have a radical strategy to supercharge growth—and chart a path far different from that of their mentors Kravis and Roberts.

BE HER GUEST

The plush ambience of Ina Garten's good fortune.

WILD THING

MJ Lenderman resists the smoothing, neutering effects of technology.

THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT

An audience with the Pope.

LUCK OF THE DRAW

Nate Silver argues that poker can help us game our uncertain world.

GREEN SLEEVES

“What I want to know,” the woman said to the therapist, “is why the voices always say mean, terrible things.

EVERY OBITUARY'S FIRST PARAGRAPH

Alfred T. Alfred, whose invention of the plastic fastener that affixes tags to clothing upended the tag industry and made him one of America’s youngest multimillionaires—until he lost his plastic fastener fortune in a 1993 game of badminton, as depicted in the Lifetime original movie “Bad Minton”— died on Saturday. He was eighty-one.

CODE: 10 Years Ago

In this article, I'm continuing our journey through the last 30 years of anything related to CODE. We're starting to arrive in a reasonably modern era. In fact, when I researched some of the background information for this article, I was continuously surprised that some of these things were a decade ago. Some of the topics discussed in this article seem like they happened

DUTY DANCING

How Seamus Heaney wrote his way through a war.

The Amazon Way has its midlife crisis

Jeff Bezos’s famed management rules are slowly unraveling inside Amazon. Can they survive the Andy Jassy era?

CODE Magazine Presents: The State of AI Mini Conference Tour

CODE has recently started a new series of inperson events focusing on the topic of artificial intelligence and its practical uses in business scenarios.

Container Orchestration Using Kubernetes

In my previous article on Docker (\"Introduction to Containerization Using Docker,\" Mar/Apr 2021 issue), I explained what containerization is and how Docker simplifies application deployment.

The startups betting you can quit GLP-1s and stay thin

Some weight-loss companies are marketing Ozempic and Wegovy as a short-term holy grail. Doctors say it doesn't work that way.

The troubled Tyson heir

The youngest Fortune 500 CFO was set up to run his family’s $21 billion chicken empire. His erratic behavior could change that.

DESPERATELY SEEKING

The supreme contradictions of Simone Weil.

SPREADING THE WEALTH

Why a young heiress asked fifty strangers to redistribute her fortune.

Inside one of Silicon Valley's most mysterious venture capital funds

Iconiq Growth, which has long avoided the spotlight, recently closed a $5.8 billion startup war chest.

The rise and fall of Jump Crypto

A secretive trading firm got itself a crypto arm and a 25-year-old whiz kid to run it. Then came the $40 billion Terra disaster.

Through Her Eyes

Lincoln Glenn shines a spotlight on artist Georgina Klitgaard's contributions to American modernism

Historic and Contemporary

DuMouchelles brings works by Tiffany and Frank Stella under the umbrella of one sale

American Atmosphere

Louis Ritman’s Hollyhocks leads Christie’s online-only auction of important 19\" and 20\" century works

Works of Prominence

Bonhams Skinner presents important 19thand 20th-century American art in its upcoming September sale