Cathy Applefeld Olson

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Cathy Applefeld Olson

Kevin Bacon is famously at the pop culture epicenter of an endlessly expanding empire of connected dots. Now SixDegrees.org, the national nonprofit the Golden Globe-winning actor, musician and philanthropist founded in 2007, is connecting other nonprofit organizations with creative agencies that will develop advertising campaigns to amplify their work at no cost.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Cathy Applefeld Olson

20 hours agoTracy Chapman inducted into 2025 National Recording RegistryThe Library of Congress announced the 2025 class of inductees headed to the National Recording Registry which are audio tracks selected as defining sounds in history and culture. The tracks include Tracy Chapman’s 1988 song “Fast Car” and the Microsoft Windows reboot chime from 1995 composed by Brian Eno.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Cathy Applefeld Olson

Elton John’s monumental album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Chicago’s debut “Chicago Transit Authority,” Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut album, the original cast recording of Broadway’s “Hamilton,” Mary J. Blige’s “My Life,” and Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” are among 25 recordings that will join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Cathy Applefeld Olson

Can a comedy show unite a divided country and change people’s political views? Probably not. But for comedian Corey O’Brien, bringing his self-described “super gay” tour explicitly through the country’s red states is rife with opportunity to meet adversity head on, open minds, and allow others to feel seen. And that’s good enough.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Cathy Applefeld Olson

Mark Twain would be proud. Conan O’Brien accepted the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Center on March 23 that was sillier, spicier and, as the first major event at the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump took office again and took over the chairmanship of the vaunted cultural bastion, more politically charged than previous years.