2019-10-27 Rising Number of Chinese, Asian Faces in Hollywood
One of the first stops for a visitor to Los Angeles is the TCL Chinese Theatre. You can find the…
2019-10-26 New York’s Central Park to Gain Statue of Women in History
New York City will finally honor real women with a statue in its famous Central Park. City officials voted this…
2019-10-23 Women’s Influence Growing in US Men’s Professional Basketball
Training is over for the day, but one Boston Celtics basketball team coach is still working. Assistant coach Kara Lawson…
2019-10-19 Georgia Museum Devoted to Bigfoot
A wooden building stands next to a highway in the mountains of northern Georgia. Once it was a restaurant. Now…
2019-10-17 Booker Judges Honor Atwood, Evaristo with Rare Double Prize
Margaret Atwood’s book The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other both won the Booker Prize this week. Judges recognized…
2019-10-12 Teenage Business Owner Makes ‘Wearable Art’
Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours drawing pictures. When she grew older, the 15-year-old discovered the joy…
2019-10-11 Writers from Austria and Poland Win 2018, 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy has named Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. It also announced…
2019-10-05 ‘Joker’ Film Gets Poor Reviews, Makes Big Money
The long awaited Joker opened Friday in theaters across America. If you have not heard, the movie is the latest…
2019-09-28 Botanical Artists Still Document the Word of Plants with Pictures
Artists who make pictures of plants are known as botanical illustrators. Today, some may see such a job as something…
2019-09-24 And the (Fashion) Emmy Goes to…Red and Pink
What do Taraji P. Henson, Zoe Kazan, Susan Kelechi Watson, Mandy Moore and Marisa Tomei all have in common other…
2019-09-21 People Gather for Raid on US Government’s Area 51
About 75 people arrived at the entrance to the once-secret Area 51 military site in the American state of Nevada…
2019-09-19 First Lady’s Personal Touches for the White House
Attendees of the White House’s second state dinner of the Trump presidency on Friday will see some new personal touches…
2019-09-16 Non-alcoholic ‘Mocktails’ Growing in Popularity
Five years ago, Lorelei Bandrovschi’s friend urged her to stop drinking alcohol for a month. So to celebrate her 27th…
2019-09-14 New Film ‘The Sound of Silence’ Quietly Explores Noisy Life
With the right marketing, you can get people to buy almost anything. This is especially true in Manhattan, where many…
2019-09-09 Popular American Stores Now Selling Used Clothing
More and more Americans are buying used clothes from second-hand stores. Now, some major department stores have started selling old…