As we've seen, #Newman was a significant addition to the calendar of saints. So why did it take 125 years to canonize him? buff.ly/31oC9O3

"Revelation, a new show at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the first exhibition to “comprehensively examine” Warhol’s 'complex' Catholic faith in relation to his artistic production." Read Burke Gerstenschlager's #GoodLetters essay on Warhol now. buff.ly/36ifuXs

How Terrence Malick Captures an Ascendant State of Being in Film hyperallergic.com/528626/terrenc… I am eager to catch this exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image before it closes.

New York, at Thanksgiving: 'Slant' by Suji Kwock Kim poetryfoundation.org/poems/47863/sl…

If you're in the Los Angeles area, I'll be in conversation with the great Russian scholar Alexei Lidov on Dec. 19th at Bridge Projects , connecting LA's Light & Space Movement to Byzantine & Gothic art. Admission is free by RSVPing here: bridgeprojects.com/programs/light…

Seattle folks: Image Journal is hosting a FREE advanced screening of A Hidden Life this Thursday night - have you reserved your spot yet? imagejournal.org/malick/

The Day 12 entry of the Image Advent Calendar is from the “Annunciation” section of For The Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio by W.H. Auden "Joseph, Mary, pray for all The proper and conventional Of whom this world approves… O pray for our salvation" imagejournal.org/2019/12/12/fro…

Martyn Wendell Jones on @stwingate's new novel Of Fathers and Fire: “And here is one face of the God of the American religion in the life of an American teen: possibility restored to the futureless, derelict cities of flyover country. A way out.” buff.ly/2QrI4jo

Please The New Yorker, Anthony Lane's epic review of "Speed" has gone missing from your website. Bring it back for me, for us all?

I plan to support Pixie & Scout by ordering lots of pantry items and even full meals for some of my students. Consider them the antidote to those crazy Trader Joe's lines and #supportsmallbusiness. thepixieandthescout.com/prepared-foods

NYers: it's the first day of spring! 🍃 If we can't frolic in the park, we can remember our green thumbs and fill ourselves up with Monty Don. youtube.com/watch?v=PMcbDK…

NOW OPEN: #HomeAloneTogether is an online exhibition of 25 artists from around the world that explores the shared, bounded environment in which people now live. Visit the exhibit: buff.ly/3aSB8CB

RSVP for the launch party, tomorrow, 8 pm ET: buff.ly/34ZTy38

Two years ago in a fit of nostalgia, I bought tickets for a Mae + The Juliana Theory reunion show that was eventually rescheduled for this Sunday night at Music Hall of Williamsburg. NYers: would anybody like my two tickets?