Culture - The Taborian https://thetaborian.com Sharing written works from all walks of life. Thu, 14 May 2026 22:02:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/thetaborian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Site-Icon-purple.png?fit=30%2C32&ssl=1 Culture - The Taborian https://thetaborian.com 32 32 222209102 Designing Dynamism: Illimunating the Living Language of Kuba Textiles https://thetaborian.com/designing-dynamism-illimunating-the-living-language-of-kuba-textiles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=designing-dynamism-illimunating-the-living-language-of-kuba-textiles https://thetaborian.com/designing-dynamism-illimunating-the-living-language-of-kuba-textiles/#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://thetaborian.com/?p=7946 At the Mint Museum Randolph in Charlotte, “Designing Dynamism: Kuba Textiles from the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Wesley Mancini Collection” unfolds with a quiet confidence that does not demand attention all at once, but instead gently draws you in, asking only that you slow your pace and allow the experience to reveal itself over time.

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]]> https://thetaborian.com/designing-dynamism-illimunating-the-living-language-of-kuba-textiles/feed/ 0 7946 With These Hands: In Conversation with Lia Newman https://thetaborian.com/with-these-hands-in-conversation-with-lia-newman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-these-hands-in-conversation-with-lia-newman Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:18:02 +0000 https://thetaborian.com/?p=7889 As Davidson College continues to reckon publicly with its historical ties to enslavement and racial exploitation, few people have been as closely involved in shaping that work as Lia Newman.

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]]> 7889 With These Hands: Memory, Art, and the Labor That Built a Campus https://thetaborian.com/with-these-hands-memory-art-and-the-labor-that-built-a-campus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-these-hands-memory-art-and-the-labor-that-built-a-campus Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:01:37 +0000 https://thetaborian.com/?p=7878 On a quiet stretch of green just off Main Street, where town and campus meet, two monumental hands rise from the earth – open, cupped, and facing one another. They do not grasp or point. Instead, they hold space.

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]]> 7878 Salud 2025: Dolen Perkins-Valdez Brings Happy Land to Light https://thetaborian.com/salud-2025-dolen-perkins-valdez-brings-happy-land-to-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salud-2025-dolen-perkins-valdez-brings-happy-land-to-light Sat, 27 Dec 2025 03:45:38 +0000 https://thetaborian.com/?p=7717 Dolen Perkins-Valdez delivers another striking work of historical fiction with Happy Land, shining a light on a remarkable chapter of American history that has long remained in the shadows.

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]]> 7717 How Living Color Changed the Super Bowl Forever https://thetaborian.com/how-living-color-changed-the-super-bowl-forever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-living-color-changed-the-super-bowl-forever Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:53:06 +0000 https://thetaborian.com/?page_id=6900 How In Living Color Changed the Super Bowl Forever In the early 1990s, American television was undergoing a seismic shift. Cable was on the rise, networks were battling for dominance, and audiences were beginning to demand more diverse, edgy, and...

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