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• “Be All You Can Be. Read”: Peter Max’s 1969 Psychedelic Poster for National Library Week, 22 Feb 2014 in Art&Books
• Why is Ukraine in Crisis?: A Quick Primer For Those Too Embarrassed to Ask, 21 Feb 2014 in Current Affairs
• Quantum Entanglement Animated, 20 Feb 2014 in Animation&Physics
• Name Your Price for 200+ Albums from Deep Elm Records: Prices Start at Free, 19 Feb 2014 in Music
• Salvador Dalí’s Melting Clocks Painted on a Latte, 16 Feb 2014 in Art&Food & Drink
• Download De La Soul’s Hip Hop Albums for Free — Until Noon Saturday, 14 Feb 2014 in Music
• Play the Great Language Game: It’s Fun and Free, 11 Feb 2014 in Language Lessons
• An Artistic Portrait of Stephen Fry Made From His Own Bacteria, 10 Feb 2014 in Art&Biology
• Jack Kerouac’s On The Road Turned Into Google Driving Directions & Published as a Free eBook, 10 Feb 2014 in Literature&Maps
• The Reader: A Touching South African TV Commercial Celebrates Literacy and Scotch, 08 Feb 2014 in Food & Drink&Television
• Haunting Unedited Footage of the Bombing of Nagasaki (1945), 07 Feb 2014 in History
• 14,000 Free Images from the French Revolution Now Available Online, 06 Feb 2014 in Art&History
• William S. Burroughs on Saturday Night Live, 1981, 05 Feb 2014 in Literature&Television
• Watch the Highly-Anticipated Evolution/Creationism Debate: Bill Nye the Science Guy v. Creationist Ken Ham, 05 Feb 2014 in Religion&Science
• Neil Gaiman Reads Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham, 03 Feb 2014 in K-12&Literature
• A Quick Animation of Frida Kahlo’s Famous Self Portrait, 02 Feb 2014 in Animation&Art
• Marilyn Monroe Reads Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (1952), 01 Feb 2014 in Books&Photography
• Watch and Search Newly Digitized Conversations with 148 People Who Witnessed the Great Depression, 30 Jan 2014 in History
• A Brief History of Sampling: From the Beatles to the Beastie Boys, 29 Jan 2014 in Music
• Pete Seeger Dies at 94: Remember the American Folk Legend with a Priceless Film from 1947, 28 Jan 2014 in Life&Music
• Watch Bill Gates Lose a Chess Match in 79 Seconds to the New World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, 28 Jan 2014 in Games&Sports
• Watch the Complete, Crowdsourced Concert Film of Neil Young’s Great Carnegie Hall Show (1/7/14), 27 Jan 2014 in Music
• Where to Find Free Art Images & Books from Great Museums, and Free Books from University Presses, 26 Jan 2014 in Art&e-books
• A New Free eBook Every Month from the University of Chicago Press, 26 Jan 2014 in e-books
• George Orwell Got a B- at Harvard, When Michael Crichton Submitted an Orwell Essay as His Own, 24 Jan 2014 in Literature
• How Cooking Can Change Your Life: A Short Animated Film Featuring the Wisdom of Michael Pollan, 23 Jan 2014 in Food & Drink
• Albert Einstein Holding an Albert Einstein Puppet (Circa 1931), 22 Jan 2014 in Physics&Theatre
• The Problem with Facebook: “It’s Keeping Things From You”, 21 Jan 2014 in Media&Web/Tech
• Revisit the 1940 Map of American Diversity, Owned & Bitingly Annotated by Poet Langston Hughes, 20 Jan 2014 in History&Literature
• New Jerry Garcia Web Site Features 5,000 Hours of Free Music, Plus Some Fantastic Archival Material, 19 Jan 2014 in Music
• 176 Big Thinkers Answer the Question: What Scientific Idea is Ready to Be Dead and Buried?, 19 Jan 2014 in Science
• Student Rickrolls Teacher By Sneaking Rick Astley Lyrics into Quantum Physics Paper, 17 Jan 2014 in Comedy&Physics
• Paintings by Caravaggio, Vermeer, & Other Great Masters Come to Life in a New Animated Video, 16 Jan 2014 in Art
• Quentin Tarantino Impersonates His Idol, Elvis Presley, 16 Jan 2014 in Film
• In 1968, Artist Imagines What John, Paul, George & Ringo Will Look Like When They’re 64, 15 Jan 2014 in Art&Music
• “The Tolkien Professor” Presents Three Free Courses on The Lord of the Rings, 15 Jan 2014 in Literature&Online Courses
• How Coffee Affects Your Brain: A Very Quick Primer, 14 Jan 2014 in Animation&Food & Drink
• Vintage Photos of a Young Virginia Woolf Playing Cricket (Ages 5 & 12), 14 Jan 2014 in Literature
• Jerry Seinfeld and Louis CK in Small Cars and Big Yachts, Getting Coffee, 13 Jan 2014 in Comedy
• Watch a Super Cut of Wes Anderson’s Signature Slo-Mo Shots, 12 Jan 2014 in Film
• Against All Odds: A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Hosted by Harvard Geneticist Pardis Sabeti (Free Online Course), 10 Jan 2014 in Harvard&Math
• Stanford Prof Makes Ukuleles from Wood Floor of New Concert Hall, 10 Jan 2014 in Music
• Watch Beer Ferment in Time-Lapse Motion, and Then Learn How to Make Beer with an Animated Video, 09 Jan 2014 in Food & Drink
• 100 Years of Rock in Less Than a Minute: From Gospel to Grunge, 08 Jan 2014 in History&Music
• Barry White’s Philosophy of Music and Making Love, Animated, 08 Jan 2014 in Animation&Music
• Benjamin Bratton Explains “What’s Wrong with TED Talks?” and Why They’re a “Recipe for Civilizational Disaster”, 07 Jan 2014 in Science&TED Talks
• The University of Richmond Animates the 1932 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, 07 Jan 2014 in History&Maps
• Lego Video Shows How David Bowie Almost Became “Cobbler Bob,” Not “Aladdin Sane”, 05 Jan 2014 in Comedy&Music
• The Science of Willpower: 15 Tips for Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Last from Dr. Kelly McGonigal, 05 Jan 2014 in Life&Psychology
• Short Film “Syd Barrett’s First Trip” Reveals the Pink Floyd Founder’s Psychedelic Experimentation (1967), 03 Jan 2014 in Music
• Two Peter Gabriel Albums ‘Scratch My Back … And I’ll Scratch Yours,’ Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 02 Jan 2014 in Music
• What Books, Movies, Songs & Paintings Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014?, 02 Jan 2014 in Art&Books&Film&Law&Music
• The 15 Most Popular Posts from Open Culture in 2013, 31 Dec 2013 in Most Popular
• Sherlock Holmes Is Now in the Public Domain, Declares US Judge, 27 Dec 2013 in Books&Law&Literature
• How the Iconic 1968 “Earthrise” Photo Was Made: An Engrossing Visualization by NASA, 26 Dec 2013 in Astronomy&Photography&Science
• Listen to the Beatles’ Christmas Records: Seven Vintage Recordings for Their Fans (1963 — 1969), 23 Dec 2013 in Music
• The Rolling Stones “Shattered” Covered by Eddie Vedder & Julie Andrews (Ok, It’s Really Jeanne Tripplehorn), 23 Dec 2013 in Music
• How to Get Great Deals on Great Books Through Audible.com, 22 Dec 2013 in Audio Books
• Toni Morrisson: Forget Writing About What You Know; Write About What You Don’t Know, 22 Dec 2013 in Literature&Writing
• Download 100 Free Philosophy Courses and Start Living the Examined Life, 21 Dec 2013 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• The New Yorker Launches a New Poetry Podcast: Listen to Robert Pinsky Reading Elizabeth Bishop, 20 Dec 2013 in Podcasts&Poetry
• Teacher Helps His Student Overcome Stuttering and Read Poetry, Using the Sound of Music, 19 Dec 2013 in Education&Life&Music
• The Power of Empathy: A Quick Animated Lesson That Can Make You a Better Person, 19 Dec 2013 in Animation&Psychology&Science
• French Café Adds Extra Charge for Rude Customers, 19 Dec 2013 in Food & Drink&Life
• New Art Edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses Features All 265,000 Words Written by Hand on Big Wooden Poles, 18 Dec 2013 in Art&Books&Literature
• Hand-Colored Photographs of 19th Century Japan, 18 Dec 2013 in History&Photography
• Watch Kids’ Priceless Reactions to Hearing the Timeless Music of The Beatles, 17 Dec 2013 in K-12&Life&Music
• How to Follow Open Culture Posts: Daily Email & RSS Are Gold, Twitter Is an Option, Forget About Facebook, 16 Dec 2013 in Uncategorized
• An Interactive Map of Odysseus’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey, 16 Dec 2013 in Literature&Maps
• Mike Tyson Lists the Philosophy & History Books He’s Reading These Days, 16 Dec 2013 in Books&History&Philosophy&Sports
• Kurt Vonnegut: Where Do I Get My Ideas From? My Disgust with Civilization, 15 Dec 2013 in Creativity&Literature
• The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix, 14 Dec 2013 in Art
• The Art of Making Timelapse Films, 13 Dec 2013 in Art
• Alice Munro Talks About the Writing Life in Her Nobel Prize Interview, 12 Dec 2013 in Literature&Writing
• The (Beautiful) Physics of Adding Cream to Your Coffee, 10 Dec 2013 in Food & Drink
• Google’s Moving Ad About 1947 Partition of India & Pakistan Tops 10 Million Views, 09 Dec 2013 in Google&History&Television
• Did Leonardo da Vinci Paint a First Mona Lisa Before The Mona Lisa?, 09 Dec 2013 in Art
• “Get Data”: UCSD Neuroscience Grad Students Create Parody Video to Tune of Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’, 08 Dec 2013 in Random&Science
• Turn Your Bike into an Electric Hybrid with MIT’s “Copenhagen Wheel”, 06 Dec 2013 in MIT&Sports&Technology
• The World’s First “Roast-Grind-Brew” Coffee Machine Could Bring About a Coffee Revolution, 06 Dec 2013 in Food & Drink&Technology
• Nelson Mandela’s First-Ever TV Interview (1961), 05 Dec 2013 in History&Life
• John Cleese Stars in a Morbidly Funny Anti-Smoking Campaign (1992–1994), 05 Dec 2013 in Comedy&Television
• Download a Prototype of Ever, Jane, a Video Game That Takes You Inside the Virtual World of Jane Austen, 04 Dec 2013 in Literature&Video Games
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Asteroid Physics & “Non Newtonian Solids” with Inspiring 9‑Year-Old Student, 04 Dec 2013 in K-12&Physics
• The History of Economics & Economic Theory Explained with Comics, Starting with Adam Smith, 03 Dec 2013 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Economics
• MIT Teaches You How to Speak Italian & Cook Italian Food All at Once (Free Online Course), 02 Dec 2013 in How to Learn for Free&Language Lessons&MIT
• Maria Callas Performs at Covent Garden in 1962, Toward the End of Her Brief But Spectacular Career, 02 Dec 2013 in Music
• Slavoj Žižek on the Feel-Good Ideology of Starbucks, 01 Dec 2013 in Business&Economics
• A Short, Animated Defense of Toronto’s Great Public Libraries, 29 Nov 2013 in Books&Politics
• Newly-Released Thelonious Monk Live Recording, ‘Paris 1969,’ Now Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 26 Nov 2013 in Uncategorized
• Lyndon Johnson Orders New Pants on the Phone and Requests More Room for His … Johnson (1964), 26 Nov 2013 in Animation&History&Random
• Watch Soviet Animations of Winnie the Pooh, Created by the Innovative Animator Fyodor Khitruk, 25 Nov 2013 in Animation&Film&K-12
• U2 Releases a Nelson Mandela-Inspired Song, “Ordinary Love”, 24 Nov 2013 in Music
• Noam Chomsky on Commemorating the JFK Assassination: It “Would Impress Kim Il-Sung”, 24 Nov 2013 in Current Affairs&History
• Dutchman Masters the Art of Singing Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” Backwards, 22 Nov 2013 in Music&Random
• Actress Grace Kelly Reflects on the Life & Legacy of JFK in an Artfully Animated Video, 21 Nov 2013 in Animation&History
• C.S. Lewis’ Prescient 1937 Review of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: It “May Well Prove a Classic”, 20 Nov 2013 in Literature
• Bob Dylan Finally Makes a Video for His 1965 Hit, “Like a Rolling Stone”, 20 Nov 2013 in Music
• Long Live Glitch! The Art & Code from the Game Now Released into the Public Domain, 19 Nov 2013 in Technology&Video Games
• The Big Aha, the Latest Novel by Cyberpunk Writer Rudy Rucker, is Now Out and Free Online, 18 Nov 2013 in e-books&Sci Fi
• Everything That’s Wrong With Back To The Future in 8 Minutes, 18 Nov 2013 in Film
• Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple: A Free Mini Course from Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Hans Bethe, 15 Nov 2013 in Online Courses&Physics
• The Art & Science of Bike Design: A 5‑Part Introduction from the Open University, 14 Nov 2013 in Sports&Technology
• The Mother of All Domino Rallies, 11 Nov 2013 in Random
• Developing iOS 7 Apps for iPhone and iPad: A Free Online Course by Stanford, 10 Nov 2013 in Apple&Online Courses&Stanford&Technology
• Watch Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’, the New PBS Documentary (Free for a Limited Time), 09 Nov 2013 in Film&Music
• Take a Virtual Tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 06 Nov 2013 in History&Literature&Theatre
• An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Commander Chris Hadfield: The Viral Book Trailer, 04 Nov 2013 in Astronomy&Books&Science
• Mary Shelley’s Handwritten Manuscripts of Frankenstein Now Online for the First Time, 02 Nov 2013 in Books
• Prize-Winning Animation Lets You Fly Through 17th Century London, 01 Nov 2013 in Animation&History
• A Terrifying Reading of the Sweet Children’s Story Goodnight Moon, 31 Oct 2013 in Audio Books
• What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Hear a Reconstruction That is ‘100% Accurate’, 30 Oct 2013 in History&Music
• The Case for Studying Physics in a Charming Animated Video, 29 Oct 2013 in Animation&Physics
• “Titanic Sinking; No Lives Lost” and Other Terribly Inaccurate News Reports from April 15, 1912, 29 Oct 2013 in History
• “What a Wonderful World,” Louis Armstrong’s Classic, Performed with Traditional Chinese Instruments, 28 Oct 2013 in Music
• Free: Listen to 298 Episodes of the Vintage Crime Radio Series, Dragnet, 28 Oct 2013 in Radio
• Lou Reed — Velvet Underground Frontman, Influential Solo Musician — Dead at 71, 27 Oct 2013 in Music
• Enjoy a Philosophy Brain Teaser; Play the Free Mind Boggler App from the University of Liverpool, 27 Oct 2013 in Philosophy
• An Awkward/NSFW Interview with Nirvana Producer Steve Albini (Plus B‑52 Frontman Fred Schneider), 26 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Music
• David Sedaris Sings the Oscar Mayer Theme Song in the Voice of Billie Holiday, 25 Oct 2013 in Music
• Every Word of Joyce’s Ulysses Printed on a Single Poster, 24 Oct 2013 in Art&Books
• Men In Commercials Being Jerks About Coffee: A Mashup of 1950s & 1960s TV Ads, 24 Oct 2013 in Food & Drink&Random
• Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Discusses His Love for Reading Proust, and Why “Literature is Crucial to Any Democracy”, 23 Oct 2013 in Law&Literature
• Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg & Margaret Mead Explain the Meaning of “Beat” in Rare 1950s Audio Clips, 23 Oct 2013 in Literature
• Banksy Creates a Tiny Replica of The Great Sphinx Of Giza In Queens, 22 Oct 2013 in Art
• Animated Video: Kurt Cobain on Teenage Angst, Sexuality & Finding Salvation in Punk Music, 22 Oct 2013 in Animation&Life&Music
• Stephen King Writes A Letter to His 16-Year-Old Self: “Stay Away from Recreational Drugs”, 22 Oct 2013 in Letters&Life&Literature
• 30 Renowned Writers Speaking About God: From Isaac Asimov to Margaret Atwood, 21 Oct 2013 in Literature&Religion
• Free Audio: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Star, Reads First Chapter of The Things They Carried, 19 Oct 2013 in Audio Books&Literature&Television
• Mark Twain Plays With Electricity in Nikola Tesla’s Lab (Photo, 1894), 18 Oct 2013 in History&Literature
• Great Story: How Neil Young Introduced His Classic 1972 Album Harvest to Graham Nash, 18 Oct 2013 in Music
• Henry David Thoreau’s Hand-Drawn Map of Cape Cod (1866), 17 Oct 2013 in Art&Literature&Maps
• 75 Years of Superman in 2 Minutes, 16 Oct 2013 in Animation&Sci Fi
• Take a Free Course on the Financial Markets with Robert Shiller, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 14 Oct 2013 in Economics&Yale
• Žižek Blames the US Government Shutdown on Ayn Rand’s Acolytes Who Caused the 2008 Collapse, 14 Oct 2013 in Current Affairs&Philosophy
• The Hunger Strikes at Guantánamo Bay Prison Revealed in Poignant Animated Video, 13 Oct 2013 in Animation&Current Affairs
• Watch Antoni Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, Get Finally Completed in 60 Seconds, 11 Oct 2013 in Architecture&Religion
• Watch Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Performed on a Guzheng, an Ancient Chinese Instrument, 10 Oct 2013 in Music
• Comedian Ricky Gervais Tells a Serious Story About How He Learned to Write Creatively, 09 Oct 2013 in Creativity&Writing
• A Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise, 08 Oct 2013 in Random