Arts & Culture

The very first story in the 500 volumes of the Extensive Records of the Taiping Era is about Laozi. It is said that Laozi had a servant named Xu Jia ...

Slowly, slowly, years of erosion gently unlock pieces of greenstone into the Te Wai Pounamu: the greenstone waters ...

Words of Wisdom aims to highlight important morals, which we feel our readers will benefit from reading. We ...

When it comes to reading great children’s literature, I’m making up for lost time. I was not a ...

It is said that every mark of the scale on a traditional Chinese 16-liang weighing balance represents a ...

Easter is one of those times of year when even the most irregular churchgoers can feel impelled to ...

We’ve seen it all in documentaries and dramas. The Viking Age begins as hordes of Vikings leap ashore ...

At first glance, the archaeological site of Pompeii seems frozen just moments after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Yet time ...

China’s most legendary heroes were known as much for their brains as brawn. Shen Yun Shop’s Scholar Ballpoint ...

Marlon is an inquisitive bunny, and his curiosity is piqued as he hears visiting school students recite the ...

NEW YORK—“Kiss Me, Kate,” one of the most beloved shows in the musical theater canon, makes a welcome ...

This year's London Handel Festival focused on the theme "Handel's Divas"; yet the word "diva," in fact, was not used ...

One woman is making it her mission to help those living in poverty have a roof over their ...

In Part 1 of this series of articles, we introduced the nine types of personality that constitute the ...

The Sunshine State plays host to "Knights," an exhibition at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, ...

There are a few rare major masterpieces in this world that are equal to William Bouguereau’s “La Jeunesse ...

It’s 400 years since the death of Richard Burbage, the first person to play the roles of Hamlet, ...

On Saturday, March 30, 10 handbell ensembles from the Sacramento area came together at the Sacramento Spring Ring ...

Music expresses the quintessence of life and its events. It is precisely this universality that gives music the ...

NEW YORK—Set in Newark, New Jersey, Chisa Hutchinson's new play "Surely Goodness and Mercy," presented by the Keen ...

Like you, I’m horrified by the exponential growth in social chaos and totalitarian impulses ravaging our country. It ...

NEW YORK—Manhattan’s K.G.B. Espionage Museum opened in January, showcasing equipment belonging to the Soviet secret security agency. During ...

Richard Tucker began his career at the Metropolitan Opera in 1945, before it even came to its Lincoln ...

People walking outside the Louvre museum in Paris have destroyed a major French artwork, on March 30. A ...

NEW YORK—"Juno and the Paycock," the second play in the Irish Rep's season of three major Sean O'Casey ...

An Arizona mother was heartbroken when her son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Two years later, however, her 8-year-old ...

“Wow! I didn’t see that coming.” For over 40 years, these have been the words that fore-edge painter ...