Here’s a smattering of some of this week’s web ephemera that got our attention.
The 15 Cities that are Driving the Future @ Business Insider
A younger generation finds a new place to talk about mourning @ TABLET
Do you know about the Museum of Museums Online?
With nearly 900 films released in New York theaters last year, Manohla Dargis argues that there are too many lackluster, forgettable and just plain bad movies pouring into theaters in So Many Indie Films, So Many Reasons @ NYT
Hilariously Bizarre Gif Portraits Illustrated by Romain Laurent
We like The Curious Brain.
Lutherans in Toldeo, Ohio found Black Cloister Ale @ The Blade
In the City we Trust — Urban dynamism, utopian dreams, and human brokenness @ Books & Culture
What happened to the hand-made magic of old movie posters?
Judy Blume & Lena Dunham had a long chat, and they curated a reading list for you. @ The Believer
William Brafford, one of our volunteer assistant editors and friends, wrote a piece about his moderately calvinist upbringing @ First Things