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Space-themed Directive 8020 was unveiled in September 2023, giving us a peek at its desolate deep space terrors that evoke a sense of Dead Space, System Shock, and even a touch of Alien.

Jacksonville harbors a paper paradise that makes the Library of Alexandria look like a modest collection – Chamblin Bookmine, where books multiply like literary rabbits and bibliophiles can disappear ...

Both Switzerland and the Nordic Countries have announced their artist selections for the 2026 Venice Biennale (9 May-22 November 2026), the most influential art platform in the world. Switzerland ...

The Faroe Islands’ GRÓ Studios and the UK’s Three River Fiction are bringing a crime thriller, 'Reyna', to Series Mania next ...

After connecting on Instagram occasionally and seeing each other again a few times in Hamburg, they met up a year later at ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jewel Staite (Family Law, Firefly) has joined the cast of Resident Alien for Season 4, which is in production. The series created by Chris Sheridan will air new episodes via Syfy and ...

Klara Kristalova, Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånes will represent the Nordic Pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale. View on ...

I'm also enjoying the "boots" (the black squares at the bottom of the grid) and antennae (the black squares at the top of the grid) that are making me think of ALIENS (41A: "Little green men").

Already open (and running through Jan. 4, 2026), Tacoma Art Museum’s Echoes of the Floating World focuses on the influence of Japan’s ukiyo-e wood-block prints on contemporary Pacific Northwest art.