Visiting isolated villages where many people have never seen a play before, the Nepali troupe called Shilpee does forum theatre, where a script is performed twice; the second time, audience members…...

TEDWomen 2020 will take place on November 12 via TED's new virtual conference platform. Attendees will experience TED's signature talks as well as an array of live, interactive sessions, community "idea dates," small-group speaker Q&As and more.

The art of the collagiste is essentially the art of the scavenger, the opportunistic thief.

The 35 books on this year's fiction and poetry longlists represent 20 different countries and feature authors writing in 18 languages.

Yoko Ogawa of Japan and Fernanda Melchor of Mexico are among the authors in the running for the prestigious translated literature award.

You told yourself that you were going to use this extra down time to Actually Sit Down and Write Something.And instead, you find yourself falling asleep on the...

What is a bird library, you may ask? It's a library for birds. It's in Virginia. It has a tiny chair and a bookshelf and there are seeds all over the floor.

Even for people who have lost jobs or income during the coronavirus epidemic, there are books and reading material available online for free.

It is 100 years since Agatha Christie published her first novel, the droll Hercule Poirot whodunit The Mysterious Affair at Styles.According to a commemorative...

After making YouTube art tutorials for five years, Jescia Hopper is now streaming live “Quarantine Editions” of her tutorials, making paintings with materials like instant coffee and ketchup.

“The future is not shaped by voting alone, but voting is crucial to make a healthy, functional democracy,” the artist said in an Instagram post.

Davis recognizes that grids, networks, and circuits are not purely a product of the art world, and there are myriad contexts in which the government and corporate America deploy them.

The tapestry, which depicts in 100 medieval panels the Book of Revelations, is a vivid glimpse into how people lived through plague and war.And: “It is remarkable that the tapestry still exi…...

For a few (many) years I was looking for a place to be—unsettled, wandering years.Whenever I'd find myself in a new city, I'd give myself a task: to gather...

What Charles Darwin really learned in the Galápagos...

Bored? Working from home? Perhaps you would be interested in knowing which fictional character you most resemble.I know, I know, you've heard this before, but...

In “Hidden Valley Road,” Robert Kolker unspools the story of Mimi and Don Galvin and their 12 children, six of whom developed schizophrenia.

Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a follow blank poem.