Growing up in central Illinois, my playmates and I spent our summer evenings in the new houses under construction at the fringes of our neighborhood. Our parents forbade it, fearing loose nails and unfinished...

You know the odd thing about miracles? They rarely happen at the Vatican in the heart of Rome.

Jean-Édouard Vuillard was believed to have three muses throughout his artistic career — his mother, and two fascinating patrons, Misia Natanson and Lucy Hessel, whose intimate involvement and support for the...

Paper, and the papermaking process, is said to have been developed in China during the early second century A.D. by the Eastern Han Dynasty’s highly regarded eunuch Cai Lun. Today, paper waste accounts for about 40...

A tramp has wandered onto the stage of BAM’s Harvey Theater. His tattered shoes fit poorly, tufts of his hair stick up, and you can practically smell the stink rising off of his unwashed body. He’s the type of...

Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl. It’s an age-old tale, comforting in its familiarity, but in the case of Cock, famed English playwright Mike Bartlett’s latest play, this boy-meets-girl story is...

Often, it’s near-impossible to believe that American women won the right to vote less than 100 years ago. When reminded, many think of the fight for enfranchisement as a relatively benign process: men were puffed...

The importance of gravity is redefined in a Toronto-based artist’s beautifully illustrated and sustainable world, explored through rich colors, patterns and incredible detail, all applied in a unique manner...

We all know how to start a fire, right? Rub two sticks together long enough and you’ll get something to ignite. Theoretically, maybe, but in the world premiere of David Rabe’s new play, An Early History of Fire...

Dancer Hilary Easton and Fashion Designer Cynthia Rowley Team Up For ‘The Heart is Like a Toboggan’