Southern women contributed to Newcomb’s 20th-century success through their virtuosity, complex creative design, and technical mastery of pottery.

A new exhibit reveals how medieval cats left their mark on manuscripts, religion, and daily life—as pets, pest hunters, and symbols.

Artists from the Renaissance onwards painted Virgil’s powerful quote on love.

The 16th-century painter’s most esteemed portrait is the enigmatic ‘Schiava Turca,’ or ‘Turkish Slave.’

Wright of Derby’s enlightening candlelight paintings are featured at London’s National Gallery.

More than its iconic cherubs, Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna” is a masterwork of perspective, prophecy, and Renaissance idealism.

New York meets North Carolina in this play about music, family, and repairing burned bridges.

In this series, ‘Beautiful Arias,’ we are introduced to the fourth song in Alessandro Parisotti’s collection of Italian music, ‘Deh più a me non v’ascondete.’

This instalment of Movies for Young Adults centers on loyalty.

A mysterious duck hunter on vacation notices that even small towns can engage in corruption.

This installment of ‘Movies for Young Adults’ suggests that caring should never be calculated.

A timeline of love in literature and pop culture proves that the holiday is alive.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we tour a palatial Greek Revival-style mansion in Southern Louisiana.

In Herakles Fourth Labor, he learns a lesson that’s apt for modern times.

In this series, ‘Beautiful Arias,’ we are introduced to the second song in Alessandro Parisotti’s collection of Italian music.

The legendary Roman king appeased a divided people through shared religious rituals.

Pythagoras and Johannes Kepler found patterns and repetitions in seemingly random events.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit Germany’s most architecturally exceptional and colossal medieval fortress.

This unique international photography competition highlights the best of humanity.

The Gold Award winner said he wants to share a message through his photography, which is that the world needs truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.

The 7th NTD International Figure Painting Competition asks artists to elevate conscience over virtuosity.

This fun-loving and startlingly sanguine songwriter contributed hit after hit to the American Songbook in the early 20th century.

Taking a look at Tolstoy’s rebuke of great artists of the past invites reflection on what art is really for.

The Ryman Auditorium will honor the ‘Stand by Your Man’ singer with a one-night-only tribute concert on March 30, 2026.

Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 13 reflects his return to Bohemia, uniting European tradition with the spirit shaped by his American rhythms.

Holst’s “Jupiter” challenges modern assumptions about celebration, revealing jollity as something quieter, deeper and more enduring.

The enduring children’s classic is brought to life by renowned composer Leonard Bernstein’s narration.

Nature’s suburban showman has an extensive musical repertoire.

Though beset by illness, family disapproval, and financial difficulties, Nathaniel and Sophia believed they had found Eden at last.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we examine a rustic century-old structure built to accommodate visitors drawn to an extraordinary canyon.

In ‘This Week in History,’ Franklin D. Roosevelt exits the Yalta Conference with an eye on securing Arabian oil and a strong Middle East relationship.

Adam Higginbotham’s account of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath shows how NASA oversold the Space Shuttle.

A livestreamed tour will soon grant public access to a lavish Roman house buried beneath the Palatine Hill for centuries.

This installment of When Character Counts looks at a sometimes-toxic marriage, depression, and the president who overcame them both.

This Civil War nurse supported the Union army and taught fellow African Americans to read and write.

Brené Brown teaches how to exert our innate wisdom when facing difficult situations.

Chris Hadfield’s ‘Final Orbit’ is a thrilling suspense novel that seamlessly ties fiction and space age history together

This entertaining 1980s spy thriller features a rash of memorable characters.