Life Returns to NYC’s Ellis Island

Snackwave, re-inventing the phone call, JR on Ellis Island and more in our weekly look at the web

French artist JR made a name for himself with large-scale creative undertakings that change viewers’ perceptions of location, space and time. His latest project takes on NYC’s historic entry port as his canvas. With “Unframed—Ellis Island,” JR has reopened Ellis Island Hospital to the public (for the first time in 60 years) and inside are archival images—blown up to massive proportions—of those who were treated …

John Malkovich Being Others

Snackwave, re-inventing the phone call, JR on Ellis Island and more in our weekly look at the web

Celebrated photographer Sandro Miller set out to pay homage to some of his profession’s most iconic images, and to do so, he enlisted the help of actor John Malkovich. With tongue firmly in cheek, Malkovich resurrects each portrait’s main subject—from Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother (1936) to Andy Warhol’s Self Portrait (1986)—with stunning resemblance.

The Ins and Outs of Honeypot Corn Maze

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Many of us fear the perils of navigating a large seasonal corn maze. If I enter, will I ever get out? Are there secrets? Shortcuts? Many even wonder why they consider entering one at all when autumn rolls around. In an insightful, hilarious FAQ, the proprietor of the Honeypot Corn Maze (“New England’s Largest Corn Maze”) shares the nitty gritty, from the WiFi password to …