Labor Disputes, Luxurious Turkeys, Thanksgiving Movie Picks, and more

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Good morning. ⛅ We started our new membership campaign this week, and I hope you’ll consider becoming a member. Your support ensures we can continue to bring you the news, reviews, and opinions you love as the pandemic continues. Today, we report on the escalating labor dispute at California College of the Arts and the vote of MFA Boston workers to unionize. We’ve got reviews of new work by Howardena Pindell and Kahlil Joseph.Also, the photos of the Presidential turkeys are pretty glamorous.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

The Luxurious Lives of the Presidential Turkeys

The Presidential turkeys arrive at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, ahead of Tuesday’s National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning Ceremony at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks, via Flickr)

The two turkeys for this year’s White House Turkey Pardoning are currently living it up in Washington, DC before one of them will be pardoned by Donald Trump at the traditional White House ceremony tomorrow.The two birds, named Corn and Cob, were hatched on July 2. Corn, known to be chatty but adventurous, takes their name from their favorite snack: sweet corn. Cob, who is a pound lighter, is more into soybeans, pickleball, and puzzles.

SPONSORED Japan House Los Angeles Celebrates North American Debut of Windowology With Virtual Exhibition and Programs Reimagined for an international audience, the renowned exhibition examines the role of windows as cultural objects and how they frame our perspectives of the world.

In Other NewsWorkers from more than 30 departments at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston voted 133-14 in favor of unionization. Staff at Film at Lincoln Center in New York voted 29 to 4 in favor of a union. Union teachers and staff at California College of the Arts blocked traffic in front of the school’s campus on Sunday, escalating demands for the administration to negotiate a fair contract. The outgoing First Lady Melania Trump has unveiled a new artwork at the White House Rose Garden — Isamu Noguchi’s 1962 sculpture “Floor Frame.”

Latest Reviews

Kahlil Joseph’s News Channel Revels in Black History and Experience Joseph’s project is installed in various Black-owned small businesses throughout Los Angeles, from a barbershop to a medical clinic. Allison Conner

SPONSORED Polish Animator Mariusz Wilczyński’s Kill It and Leave This Town Premieres in the US The award-winning film is available for streaming from November 25 through December 8, courtesy of Anthology Film Archives, the Polish Cultural Institute New York, and Outsider Pictures.

With Incisive Urgency, Howardena Pindell Confronts the Lingering Impacts of Racism Uniting the personal and the political, Rope/Fire/Water positions Pindell’s creative process as entry points towards learning and healing, for both herself and others. Alexandra M. Thomas

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