- An exhibit commemorating American Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton (1889 - 1975) just opened at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts
in Nashville, Tennessee. Through his art, Benton strove to honor
rural America and its folk culture, which was "more authentic than the
'intellectual snobbery' of New York-based Modernists." The exhibit is on display through January 31, 2010. Benton was the creator of several large-scale paintings and murals, like "Social History of Missouri," which covers several walls of the Missouri Capitol building. [Music Road]
- Plastic isn't worth what it once was. American travelers are finding more often that their credit cards don't work with merchants and kiosks in Europe. American cards lack an embedded microprocessor chip, which adds and extra layer of protection against theft and counterfeiting, which is becoming increasingly popular in Europe. [Practical Traveler]
- The San Francisco Bay Bridge might get its own version of High Line Park. The Bay Line, which would be located in the East Bay section (currently undergoing major renovation], will include, gardens, meadows, climbing walls, and almost two miles of cycling paths. Skeptics of the "hanging neighborhood" design, proposed by Rael San Fratello Architects, think that the project--expected to cost $350 million--isn't practical, mainly because, according to Inhabitat, the "aging span of the Bay Bridge is being replaced for a reason - it's unlikely to hold up in the event of a major earthquake." [Inhabitat]
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