Embroidery
April 18, 2023

Illustrator Uses Embroidery Skills to Create Adorable Custom Pet Portraits

Illustrator Sara Barnes has found a unique medium to bring her illustrations to life—thread. What started out as a way to incorporate new materials into collages she was creating has transformed into a unique way to provide people with images of their pets. Embroidered portraits of cats and dogs are her bread and butter, but Barnes is a versatile illustrator who knows how to use thread to create any image she can dream up.

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Entertainment
April 17, 2023

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Plays It’s Final Performance After 35 Years on Broadway

It's over now, the music of the night. The Phantom of the Opera has played its final performance on Broadway. After a record-breaking 35-year run, the curtain fell on Andrew Lloyd Webber's famed musical on Sunday, April 16. At the time of closing, The Phantom of the Opera was the longest-running Broadway musical, having run for 13,981 performances. The Phantom of the Opera had haunted the Majestic Theatre since January 26, 1988.

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Astrophotography
April 17, 2023

Two Astrophotographers Join Forces to Create Enormous 140-Megapixel Photo of the Sun

Two astrophotographers teamed up to produce an incredible 140-megapixel image of the Sun. Andrew McCarthy and Jason Guenzel are each skilled in the art of capturing the cosmos, but what they have been able to produce together is mindblowing. This image of the Sun shows its fiery surface in rich detail, as well as a plasma “tornado” that is the height of 14 Earths (which is approximately 111,000 miles).

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My Modern Met

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