Melissa Ross’s “Thinner Than Water” is an engaging play about the corrosive bond of family.
What astonishes in the exhibition “Secrets of the Silk Road” at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is that its ephemeral artifacts — brocaded cloth, felt hats, even fried dough — still exist.
In Montgomery, Ala., this weekend, people marked the 150th anniversary of Jefferson Davis’s inauguration as president of the Confederacy.
The opposition demanded that the king dissolve the government and fire his uncle, the prime minister, before they agree to enter into talks.
When security forces rushed to protect brothels last week it marked a new phase of the revolution as Tunisians fiercely debate the role of Islam in politics.
Roomy, oversize shapes dominated the weekend show from Central Saint Martins.
London is in a wedding frenzy and fashion is doing its part.
Skittish security officials organized a massive show of force across China on Sunday after calls for a “Jasmine Revolution” went out over social media.
The archaeology team excavating a Maya site in Guatemala includes 28 researchers from diverse academic fields.
One task of Egypt’s revolution is to replace a system knit together by patronage, greased by bribes and guided by the principle that the governing party knows best.
The issues of budget deficits and the nation’s growing debt load are shaping the early stages of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
The former Bears star Dave Duerson sent text messages asking that his brain tissue be tested for a chronic disease before shooting himself in the chest.
Mark Teixeira went “back to basics” after last season, trying to restore his reputation as one of baseball’s preeminent sluggers.
Budget problems, combined with policies and programs focused on improving overall educational performance in public schools, have put gifted programs in the expendable category.
College costs may be escalating elsewhere, but the new Free University of San Francisco, in a store basement in the Mission District, is just what its name suggests: free.
Mr. Santamaría was in the forefront of a generation of chefs who helped draw the world’s attention to Spanish cuisine.
In a memoir to be published next year, R. A. Dickey will detail how a new grip on the baseball accompanied a fresh grasp of life.
Admirers of Joshua Abraham Norton, the lovable 19th-century eccentric, gather at his grave annually to celebrate his birthday.
Carmelo Anthony was the center of attention on All-Star weekend as the mystery over his future grew.
The new restaurant Congress in downtown Austin offers some of the most complex, delicious food in the city.
Readers respond to an Op-Ed about how Supreme Court justices uses interacting with the political process to rationalize judicial partisanship.
