Emily Dickinson

Here comes Maya Stein on her bicycle, gliding below the historic clock tower at Dearborn Station. Stein is a writer and turned 40 in May. She has the lithe figure of someone who routinely takes transcontinental treks on her 10-speed. Yet this is her first...

It's nearly spring house cleaning time. Once, the entire family pitched in for this annual chore. It was always my springtime job to haul out to the clothes line all of the various and sundry dust-bellied rugs we had in our house, and drape them...

Emily Rapp is not one to sugarcoat hard truths, including the brutal diagnosis she and her husband received in January 2011 when they took their then-9-month-old son to a pediatric ophthalmologist because of concerns about developmental delays. Ronan,...

The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation turns its spotlight on the small screen with a tribute Saturday to the television work of an award-winning actress and a celebration March 23 of an acclaimed but short-lived ABC anthology...

Murder, perfectionism, family stress and sometimes— in the midst of it all — triumph over struggles, are what Venus Theatre's productions are made of for the upcoming 2013 season. After going through mounds of scripts, Venus Theatre founder...

Works described as avant-garde still often look back, and that gave some unity to very different pieces at Monday night's MusicNOW concert at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. All from the 21st century, the scores were by British, American and...

During his nearly 40 years as a columnist for this newspaper, my late father occasionally tweaked his readers — quite disingenuously — by belittling his cat, knowing the slur would stir invective so passionate and erudite that he could fill...

Check out festivals and events in January across the state. View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Jan. 26, Feb. 2: Just for Kids. SeaWorld Orlando. SeaWorld Orlando kicks off its...

In this new year, we're enjoying memories from last year's highlights on Anne Arundel's theater scene — and looking forward to encore performances in 2013. In 2012, residents were treated to stellar performances in drama, comedy and dance, along...

How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's...

It really wasn't Pandora's fault. Prometheus, her brother-in-law, angered Zeus who, for some arcane reasons (it's all Greek to me), gave Pandora the box of sins, telling her never to open it. Certain that, just like a woman, she would not listen to...

LEESBURG — Some Oak Park Middle School students once again are being urged to read by members of the Pennbrooke Fairways book club. Three eighth-grade language-arts classes received a total of 75 paperback copies of "I Know Why the Caged Bird...