Novel Adventurers

Broken Images, a one-woman play, ran a single night at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center yesterday, attracting a full house, despite its ...

As a theatre reviewer, I like plays that stay with me long after the curtain is drawn, and thus my heart belongs to those off Broadway. Ther...

I’ve never been one to pay much attention to awards. Sure, they’re nice, but as with anything to do with the arts, they are subjective....

Tomorrow is chahar shanbeh souri , the fire festival that marks the start of the Persian New Year. Iranians around the world will be celebra...

Today’s guest blogger is Philip Briggs, an architect and reader. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his family and many books. ...

Russians tend to humanize their animals rather than mystify them. They give their ursine, vulpine, and feline creatures humanlike chara...

Hanuman Statue in Trinidad and Tobago (Photo by Kevin Rajeev Persad)  Over the ages, Hindus have interpreted and explained co...