too cool! ben franklin had a pet angora cat - when the kitty died, he had artist and natural historian Charles Willson Peale to preserve it via taxidermy!!

Haus proud: The women of Bauhaus

When the Bauhaus art school opened in 1919, more women applied than men - so why have we never heard of them?

(thanks to Barbara Bestor for posting this)

Learning Modern: Bauhaus Legacy in Downtown Chicago

exhibit at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

on view through January 9, 2010