Google is celebrating the life and work of Amanda Crowe, an Eastern Band Cherokee Indian woodcarver and educator, to mark Native American Heritage Month. Friday’s Google Doodle features an animated Crowe juxtaposed alongside real images of her carved work, with a score composed by her nephew William “Bill” H. Crowe Jr. playing throughout. Crowe was … Read more
Google is celebrating the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with its own ofrenda (altar) decked out with painted calveras (skulls). The skulls featured on Friday’s Google Doodle are lined with traditional marigold flowers and candles. Google “Doodler” Nate Swinehart hand-crafted the skulls used in the image out of clay, according to Google. … Read more
If you don’t want to be distracted today, steer clear of Google. Tuesday’s Google Doodle celebrates Halloween with a multiplayer interactive game — the first in Google Doodle history. Players can invite up to seven friends to join them in The Great Ghoul Duel, in which two teams of four compete to collect as many … Read more
Google is celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein with Saturday’s Google Doodle. The Doodle features an animated Bernstein growing up through music, from being introduced to the piano to eventually writing and conducting. The score of Bernstein’s West Side Story — one of his most well-known works — is playing throughout. 🎶Youngest conductor ever … Read more