Years
People, events and movements related to the 15th through 21st centuries
Food From the Age of Shakespeare
By using cookbooks from the 17th century, one intrepid writer attempts to recreate dishes the Bard himself would have eaten
April 22, 2011 |
By Amy Arden
The Early, Deadly Days of Motorcycle Racing
Photographer A.F. Van Order captured the thrills and spills of board-track motorcycle racing in the 1910s
April 2011 |
By David Schonauer
Velázquez: Embodiment of a Golden Age
The magic of Velázquez has influenced artists from his contemporaries to Manet and Picasso
April 2011 |
By Jamie Katz
Gene Krupa: a Drummer with Star Power
Rising to fame with the Benny Goodman band, Gene Krupa was the first superstar drummer
March 2011 |
By Owen Edwards
Gauguin's Bid for Glory
Of all the images created by the artist Paul Gauguin, none was more striking than the one he crafted for himself
March 2011 |
By Ann Morrison
The Newsroom Rush of Old
Newsrooms may look different today, but their need for speed never wavers
March 2011 |
By Michael Shapiro
In Case of Emergency, Pack Snowshoes
In 1933, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh prepared for the worst by packing winter gear before flying over the Arctic
January 2011 |
By Owen Edwards
J. P. Morgan as Cutthroat Capitalist
In 1903, photographer Edward Steichen portrayed the American tycoon in an especially ruthless light
January 2011 |
By Abigail Tucker
Under the Spell of San Miguel de Allende
Ever since American Stirling Dickinson arrived there in 1937, the Mexican town has been a magnet for artists and U.S. expatriates
December 2010 |
By Jonathan Kandell
The Waterway That Brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth
Town Brook gave sustenance to the Plymouth’s early settlers, but years of dam building have endangered the struggling stream
November 22, 2010 |
By Abigail Tucker
Resurrecting the Czar
In Russia, the recent discovery of the remains of the two missing Romanov children has pitted science against the church
November 2010 |
By Joshua Hammer
A Murder in Salem
In 1830, a brutal crime in Massachusetts riveted the nation—and inspired the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne
November 2010 |
By E.J. Wagner
A Seminole Warrior Cloaked in Defiance
A pair of woven, beaded garters reflects the spirit of Seminole warrior Osceola
October 2010 |
By Owen Edwards
Shooting the American Dream in Suburbia
Bill Owens was seeking a fresh take on suburban life when he spotted a plastic-rifle-toting boy named Richie Ferguson
October 2010 |
By Owen Edwards
Patience Worth: Author From the Great Beyond
Pearl Curran, a St. Louis housewife, channeled a 17th-century spirit to the heights of 20th-century literary stardom
September 2010 |
By Gioia Diliberto
How Annie Oakley, "Princess of the West," Preserved Her Ladylike Reputation
Born in 1860, the famed female sharpshooter skillfully cultivated an image of a daredevil performer with proper Victorian morals
August 12, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
An Earth Day Icon, Unmasked
The 1970 photograph became an instant environmental classic, but its subject has remained nameless until now
August 2010 |
By Timothy Dumas
George Friedman on World War III
The geopolitical scientist predicts which nations will be fighting for world power in 2050
August 2010 |
By Terence Monmaney
The Grand Women Artists of the Hudson River School
Unknown and forgotten to history, these painters of America's great landscapes are finally getting their due in a new exhibition
July 21, 2010 |
By Judith H. Dobrzynski
