Arts
“Eye-conic”: Viva “Sagrada!”
April 7, 2015One of the world's most enigmatic churches, Sagrada Família in Barcelona remains a major construction site almost 90 years after Gaudí's death.
Read moreToday in history: An occasional poem for the first night of Passover
April 3, 2015Tonight begins the Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.
Read more“The Americans”: Considering evil and electric sheep
April 1, 2015This episode largely concerns the secrets that women so often carry, some of them to the grave.
Read moreLove and Mozart conquer all: “The Marriage of Figaro”
April 1, 2015The overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1786 masterpiece "The Marriage of Figaro" is among the most popular in opera.
Read more“One of Us”: Murder mystery in coal mining town
March 31, 2015O'Dell's observations about life in the contemporary coal region from a historical perspective are dead-on accurate.
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