One hundred years after her death, a new exhibit is putting the spotlight on the dancer’s life and legacy
Pigeons carried correspondence between Great Barrier Island and the New Zealand mainland for about a decade in the early 20th century
The DuSable Museum of African American History was founded by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, born on this day in 1915
Vita Sackville-West's hero predates and mirrors Woolf's androgynous time-traveler
The first story featuring iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, 'A Study in Scarlet,' was published on this day in 1887—and set in Mormon Utah
The politically dangerous work was painted over by Adrian Vanson two year after the queen's execution
He rose to national attention after spearheading a 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota
The mosaic hails from a “pleasure ship” built by the notorious emperor Caligula
Four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey's dogs tested positive for banned substances, but Seavey claims it was sabotage
Nochlin is best known for a 1971 essay theorizing that social institutions—and not a lack of talent—held women back in the art world
The letters from the <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> scribe include remembrances of Hollywood celebrities, a bit of history and some sass
Zombies have offered a way to work out cultural fears about everything from race to climate change
Popular media helped give witches their image
From the serious—pod people—to the farcical—”feed me, feed me!”—this genre has produced some strange stuff
Lichtenstein's use of comic art and styles made him one of America's most famous pop artists, but some have comic artists have a bad taste in their mouths
Their message is far more profound in retrospect than it was at the time
With the help of the Internet Archive, the recordings from the Sound Archives Collection will one day be available for free streaming and download
The notes were given as a tip to a Tokyo bellboy in 1922
Amsterdam-based artist Lotte Geeven is making sand symphonies for a public artwork debuting next spring
A veritable playhouse of salvaged materials and crafted objects, the City Museum has entertained the young and young at heart for two decades
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