At Signature Theatre, the American premiere of "In Clay" is an impassioned ode to the creative process of becoming an artist.

In this video, I restore a 1940s Calrus electric fan, a beautifully designed piece of history that may have once been used by ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 19: In 1808, Horatius Bonar, Scottish clergyman, poet and hymn writer, was born. He authored several missionary biographies and penned over 600 hymns, including "I ...

Edith Shadd Green, retired English department head at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, died of pneumonia complications Oct. 23 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Pikesville resident was 82. Born ...

The City of Paris has launched a rather unique lottery to offer Parisians the chance to rest among the stars. Indeed, should you wish to be buried next to famous names like Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, ...

I recently read the New York Times obituary for the famous American boxer, Jake “Raging Bull” LaMotta, who was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the acclaimed 1980 film of the same name. The article’s ...

Père Lachaise, which has become popular with tourists, is the resting place of icons including singer Edith Piaf Parisians are being offered the chance to win a burial spot among some of history's ...

The opera star begins her new role with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on Oct. 1 and debuts her one-woman show at Sheldon Concert Hall on Oct. 9. To that platter of small bites, Racette is adding yet ...

The year was 1893, when a tragedy shook the foundations of Edith Stein’s family. Her mother, Auguste Stein, had given birth to 11 children, with four dying in infancy. When Edith, the youngest child, ...

“I have to say that I’m always in love,” Édith Piaf stated during a 1961 interview on the French television music show Discorama. “I never knew a moment when I wasn’t.” The French singer and ...

Watching and listening rapt as the diminutive figure of Audrey Brisson delivers the unmistakably plangent notes sung by the so-called “Little Sparrow”, it’s almost as if we are in the presence of the ...