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11 Must-See Museum Exhibitions in 2025

Jan 3, 2025 | artsy.net | Emily May

ArtEmily MayRashid Johnson, detail of Untitled Anxious Audience, 2019. © Rashid Johnson, 2024. Photo bt Martin Parsekian. Courtesy of the artist. This past year was a landmark one for blockbuster exhibitions worldwide. Major retrospectives honored beloved historical artists, from Caspar David Friedrich’s “Infinite Landscapes” at Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie to “Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers” at London’s National Gallery.
I Sought Emergency Women’s Healthcare In A Red State And A Blue State. The Difference Was Staggering.

Dec 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Emily May

On a Friday evening this summer, I found myself in the emergency room. I’d been bleeding nonstop for five days and worried I was hemorrhaging. My anxiety was amplified by my location: I live in Texas. Was it an ectopic pregnancy? Should I get into the car and drive nine hours straight through to New Mexico? On a roadtrip west last year, I’d looked up at the billboards right over the state border from Texas: Welcome to New Mexico: Our rights are safe. Abortion care is legal.
I Sought Emergency Women’s Healthcare In A Red State And A Blue State. The Difference Was Staggering.

Dec 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Emily May

Nick Vujicic sounds alarm on Church culture, issues call to repentance: 'More like a country club'Evangelist Nick Vujicic is raising the alarm about the state of the Western Church — something he laments has become "more like a country club and a …
Oona Doherty’s ‘Specky Clark’ is a surreal, darkly comic journey — review

Nov 25, 2024 | ft.com | Emily May

Choreographer Oona Doherty, who was this year named an associate artist at Sadler’s Wells, is best known for her raw dance works rooted...
COLUMN | Navigating conversations with people with different political beliefs

Oct 22, 2024 | theplainsman.com | Emily May

I believe it is clear that Gen Z will be defined by the political division of the last decade. Our generation and the generations before us have sowed a landscape that is treacherous for our country and threatens the greatest parts of humanity: empathy and human connection. Election years heighten emotions and strengthen walls built to protect our personal values from attack, minimizing openings for dissenting opinions.
Utah Supreme Court blocks state-wide abortion ban, students respond

Aug 14, 2024 | universe.byu.edu | Emily May

On Thursday, Aug. 1, the Utah Supreme Court upheld a block on a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in Utah. The Utah State Legislature requested that the Utah Supreme Court remove an injunction put on the 2020 Abortion Prohibition Amendments bill (SB 174) by the Utah’s 3rd District Court, which the Supreme Court rejected. Current abortion law in Utah allows legal abortions up to 18 weeks of pregnancy, and this law will stand until the district court can decide if the bill is constitutional.
Venice Dance Biennale puts AI and humanity at its heart

Jul 30, 2024 | ft.com | Emily May

“What it means to be human” — a mammoth question that seems unlikely to produce definitive answers.
Marianna Simnett's Football Film Misses Its Goal

Jun 28, 2024 | frieze.com | Emily May

As a dancer-turned-critic who grew up in the rarest of places – a British household uninterested in team sports – I’ve never had much appreciation for football. Not only did the sport seem a world away from my interests in the performing and visual arts, its negative associations with hooliganism and domestic violence compounded my disinclination to engage with it.
Republicans nominate Rep. John Curtis for US Senate seat in Utah primary

Jun 26, 2024 | universe.byu.edu | Emily May

U.S. Representative John Curtis (R) hosted a watch party at Riverview Park in Provo as the results of the Utah Republican primary election were revealed on Tuesday, June 25. Curtis ran in the primary to become the Republican candidate to replace Mitt Romney’s U.S. Senate seat representing Utah. With 79% of election votes counted, Curtis is projected to win with 51.4% of votes in favor of him, according to The Associated Press at 10:52 p.m. MDT on June 25.
Indie Pop Artist Kississippi Announces New EP ‘damned if i do it for you’ Due Out July 26, releases single “Last Time”; Will Embark On West Coast Tour This July With talker

Jun 5, 2024 | stitchedsound.com | Emily May

Today, Philadelphia-based indie pop star Kississippi announces her sharp-tongued, transformative EP, damned if i do it for you, due out July 26. Alongside the big news, Kississippi shares the first taste of the project with the bold, whimsical “Last Time”. Plus, this July, the musician will head to the West Coast for a run of tour dates with indie rock musician talker.