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Known as the “forgotten Monet,” Blanche Hoschedé-Monet created roughly 300 stunning artworks. She’s now getting her first-ever solo exhibition in the United States Eli Wizevich – History Correspondent In art history, few names are as evocative as Claude Monet. The French artist is known for his swirling paintings of rivers, gardens, flowers and fields that would come toContinue reading “Monet’s Stepdaughter Painted Breathtaking Impressionist Masterpieces. They’re Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve”

A neighborhood icon, the Bakersfield luncheonette will mix modern design touches with classic decor Katya CengelJune When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation. Founded by Frank Winfield Woolworth in New York in 1879, the retail chain sold staple items from pencils toContinue reading “The Last Operating Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Will Be Up and Running Once Again in California”

Scientists and community members in Altadena are testing ways that California species can assist efforts to rebuild Driving through Altadena today, visitors might pass a lone house—bordered on both sides by empty lots—miraculously missed by the ember storm that took its neighbors. Above, the horizon is marked by the striking chaparral mountains of Eaton Canyon—stillContinue reading “After the L.A. Fires, Locals Turn to Native Plants to Help Shield Homes From Flames and Clean Contaminated Soil”