Arts & Culture

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The Grandeur That Was Rome

A new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art showcases the Eternal City as the artistic and cultural capital of 18th-century Europe

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Petal Power

Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire

Fire on the Mountain

"The Basque History of the World" By Mark Kurlansky

Earning a Halo Can Stink to High Heaven

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In Praise of Pianos and the Artists Who Play Them

MASS MoCA

A Unique Home for Cutting-edge Art

MASS MoCA, the nation's newest and largest center for the contemporary arts, has brought a blue-collar New England town back to the future

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Scythian Gold

An exhibition of treasures from ancient Ukraine illuminates a great warrior culture, notable for its relentless ferocity and remarkable art

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Two for Tea

America's only commercial tea crop is grown on an island with plants more than a century old

Bonding through Books

A good read gives mothers and daughters much more to talk about than just the plot

The Tulip: The Story of the Flower That Has Made Men Mad

Review of 'The Tulip: The Story of a Flower That Has Made Men Mad'

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I'm Shopping for Pants But Coming up Short

Chartres Cathedral

Beasts on High

Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

Review of 'Mind of the Raven'

Journal of Arnold Bennett

Bedtime Reading

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Moving Big Stuff

If you can move a lighthouse, you can move anything

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Martin Johnson Heade: An American Original

A master of light, atmosphere and mood, the 19th-century artist is now recognized as one of this country's great Romantic painters

Breck Girls

A Mediterranean Feast

Book Reviews: A Mediterranean Feast

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The Boys Choir of Harlem Sings a Song of Hope

Hard work, discipline and tough love help inner-city choristers achieve lofty goals

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