In this city, the Fourth of July brings plenty of patriotic celebrations, but you’d be forgiven for wanting a different type of festivity. This summer has already brought some of the most culturally unifying and danceable pop releases we’ve heard in years (Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, anyone?). And since summer weekends are numbered, a day off during the workweek might just be your pass to day party — “darty,” if you will. Read More...
When Nana Pokuaah isn’t working at a pharmacy, she’s in school — though it might not look like it.
Eight hours a day, three days a week, Pokuaah, 31, sits in a French cafe in Chantilly, Va., with her laptop, taking an online class that could put her on the front lines of a battle in cyberspace that begins every time a person logs on to a computer. Pokuaah is studying to become a cybersecurity analyst trained in identifying and defeating cyberattacks. Read More...
What if they gave a war and it was over before anybody could write a song about it?
Well, the Persian Gulf conflict wasn't quite that quick, but an awful lot of opportunistic music became instantly outdated at the end of the 100-hour ground war. In fact, bad timing all around is likely to ensure that we won't remember this war through song the way we did Vietnam.
For instance: The Lenny Kravitz-Sean Lennon-Peace Choir update on John Lennon's " Read More...