Ever wonder where all those unusual, unofficial holidays come from? These themed holidays seem to pop up more and more lately ...

In The Tamils, author Nirmala Lakshman draws from a wealth of historical information, original research, and her own keen ...

Boston’s winter theater scene is full of dance from Cuba, laughs from Broadway, drama from Dublin, and triumph from, well, ...

One of the great New Orleans-produced poets, Nicole Cooley is a master of the narratively themed collection. “The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a ...

Increasingly, it seems as if moral certainty and intellectual omniscience have become compulsory attributes that every citizen is expected to possess ...

Underneath the darkness and surrealism, the work of David Lynch contained a pure, earnest belief in beauty and love. He will ...

In Aria Aber’s Berlin-set debut novel, desire and despair collide.

Triple B Food Festival (BBQ, Brews, and Boxing) is Saturday, Jan. 18, at Garrett Coliseum. It will bring BBQ Masters from the ...

A warmer, drier climate means wildfires are getting worse, and encroaching on cities — with devastating impact. Toxic ...

Welcome to planet Aerth. In what seems to be an analogue of our solar system, the third planet from the Sun hosts a gentler ...

A love story blighted by events in an England emerging from war, plague and the Puritan age, is a brand new novel, destined ...