Kynda

(KIN-duh): Old Norse for “to light up”

Discover the connections between your favorite works of culture,
and the creators behind them.

456 maps so far, and growing
In memory

Dolly Parton

1946–2026

Songwriter, actress, builder of Dollywood and the Imagination Library. From RuPaul to Miley Cyrus, the artists who came after her are on record about what she gave them.

118 connections
Photo: Monument Records · Public domain

Music

Who they listened to, and who listened back
154 maps
Madonna
Seven MTV VMAs this fall, including Artist of the Year
All music

Film

Directors, stars and the films that made them
64 maps
Martin Scorsese
The Departed, his only Best Director win, turns 20 on October 6
All film

Television

The shows and showrunners behind the shows
33 maps
Lucille Ball
I Love Lucy turns 75 on October 15
All television

Literature

Writers and the writers they read
41 maps
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises turns 100 on October 22
All literature

Art

Painters, sculptors and their lineages
39 maps
Frida Kahlo
Tate Modern's Frida: The Making of an Icon runs through January 4
All art

Dance

Choreographers and the bodies that taught them
20 maps
George Balanchine
City Ballet revives his Pithoprakta, staged by Suzanne Farrell, on October 8
All dance

Fashion

Designers and what they borrowed
23 maps
Coco Chanel
Matthieu Blazy shows Chanel's spring 2027 collection in Paris on October 5
All fashion

Comedy

Who made the funny people funny
19 maps
Joan Rivers
Her Late Show turns 40 on October 9: network late night's first woman host
All comedy

Architecture

Buildings, and the builders behind them
17 maps
Le Corbusier
All architecture

Ideas

Thinkers, figures and movements
29 maps
Hannah Arendt
Born 120 years ago, on October 14, 1906
All ideas