Friday Varia and Quick Hits

We’re in that awkward space between fall and summer here on the Northern Plains. There’s college football on TV and the trees have just started to change colors, but the temperatures can still climb above 90 as a reminder that summer isn’t quite done with us yet. 

Fortunately, we have a long weekend to try to sort out this seasonal ambivalence and to get sorted enough to find a new autumnal routine. College football will certainly help with this, even if the boys of summer continue to slog away against South Africa in a limited overs series and the Phillies to solidify their spot in the wild card race. The F1 guys are at Monza for their annual festival of speed and the NASCAR circus is at Darlington for their annual nostalgia fest. Since the temperatures here will climb into the mid-90s, it feels like these are solid alternatives to any outdoor activities.

Here are some quick hits and varia for the long weekend:

• Award Announcement: AIA Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology.

• Museums (h/t to Follow the Pots)

‘The last remaining argument against restitution has now been lost’

Bronze Roman statue, believed to have been looted from Turkey, seized from Cleveland Museum of Art

The Age of the Museum is over.

• Clare Lewis and Gabriel Moshenska eds., Life-writing in the History of Archaeology: Critical perspectives. 2023.

• Creating the American South.

• Cricket in Suburban Virginia.

• College Football Realignment and Universities.

• NEH Awards.

• My Words Are Music: A Celebration of Sun Ra’s Poetry

• The New Alpinist GMT.

• Zu Audio Definition 6 Loudspeakers.

• What I am reading: It’s been one of those semesters… 

• What I’m listening to: Kenny Dorham, Una Mas. 1964.