Preston Singletary combines imagery, forms and storytelling from his Tlingit heritage and culture with modern studio glass — fusing Indigenous…

President Joe Biden has expanded two culturally significant California landscapes: the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in Southern California and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California. The move follows calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others for the permanent protection of nearly 120,000 acres of important cultural and environmental land. The U.S. National Park Service notes that the action is allowed under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The act authorizes the president to legally protect cultural and natural resources on federal lands that are historic, prehistoric or of historic or scientific interest.

Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival. Some feared their pledge to "leave no trace" might be too tall of a task after a rainstorm turned Nevada's high desert into a muddy quagmire, temporarily delaying the departure of some 80,000 revelers over the Labor Day holiday. Despite the successful inspection, debate continues over whether the 30-year-old gathering has grown too big. Some question whether its veered too far from its core principles of radical inclusion and participation. Executive director Marian Goodell says Burners will just keep doing what they're doing, only better.

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A person prays near a shadow of a sculpture depicting an angel. About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, according to a new poll …