The view of Valentine’s Day as a day for lovers can be traced back to two medieval poets who stood up for romance and the ...

Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou across so many sectors. Best known for her autobiographical ...

But in late January, just one week before his 50 th birthday, he received the draft copy of his first self-published book, ...

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I received in the mail a CD from Germany. Titled “Transfigured Tchaikovsky,” the recording features 16 piano transcriptions ...

Newsday Zimbabwe In urban lingo, gango is a meat frying pan used at beer drinking spots. Various types of meat are roasted ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Jan. 16, 2025 Here is some of the greatest, most practical advice I’ve heard on how to start reading poetry: “A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written. We read A ...

Altadena’s 104-year holiday lighting tradition known as Christmas Tree Lane escaped damage from the fire despite a torrent of embers coming down on its historic deodar cedars. • Fierce Santa ...

Any kind of cards: birthday cards, get well cards, welcome home cards, Christmas cards, whatever. Our community, as a community, sent a card out every year, of course. As a result, so few of us ...

The City Gate shuts down after Christmas schism, leaving the fate of the downtown foodbank and homes uncertain Jan. 13, 2025 Updated Mon., Jan. 13, 2025 at 10:05 p.m.