Local Day of the Dead event honors and celebrates culture, tradition, and those who are no longer here
Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican festivity celebrated worldwide on the first two days of November.
Arts
Amir Nizar Zuabi: How one puppet's 5,000 mile journey delivers a message of hope
Amal is a nine-year-old Syrian refugee. She's also a giant puppet. Theater director Amir Nizar Zuabi discusses how art can deliver a new message on the plight of refugees in his project "The Walk."
New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan
Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.
'The Morning Show' recap: An Italian cascade of talking, sex and dangerous driving
Alex and Mitch talk and talk and talk, and then they drive and drive and drive. Even for this show, it's just terrible.
A midcentury 'jazz witch' artist finds a fandom in the future
Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show "Supernatural America."
A Texas lawmaker is targeting 850 books that he says could make students feel uneasy
Republican Matt Krause is asking schools for an accounting of any book that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress."
After the Rust shooting, one expert unpacks how people cope with accidental killings
The founder of a support group for people who have caused accidental death or injury has some personal insight on the emotions stirred up by the killing of a cast member on the set of the movie Rust.
Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 election didn't work. Next time it might
Robert Costa's book Peril, which he co-wrote with Bob Woodward, goes inside Trump's war room on the eve of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Costa says the 2024 election could trigger a constitutional crisis.
'TBH' and 'dad bod' are among Merriam-Webster's 455 newest words. Because language
The dictionary added 455 new words and definitions to the dictionary for October to keep up with the evolving English language, including pandemic terms and online shortcuts.
'Squid Game' too much? Consider the softer side of scary with these movies
If you prefer your Halloween entertainment to be on the less terrifying side, we've got something for you: A robust subgenre of scary movies that are actually kind of warm and fuzzy.