Taoism

Dude Fest Feb. 9, 10:15 p.m., Spotlight Theatres Front Street, 39 Front St., Hartford, (860) 422-7713, spotlighttheatres.com   As a glorious paradox: There are plenty of reasons for the enduring success of Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski,...

"The Kaballah: The Evolution of Jewish Spiritual Practice," lecture, 10 a.m. Nov. 14 at Temple Israel, 137 NE 19th St., Miami. With scholar-in-residence Rabbi Mitchell Chefitz. Free. Call 305-469-3326. "Holocaust By Bullets," lecture about the...

Twelve years after his death on tax day 2000, Edward Gorey — writer, illustrator, Victorian aesthete born half a century too late — has earned an adjective all his own: "Goreyesque." The word is used, increasingly, to refer to anything that...

The Chinese lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon, began Monday and was celebrated in Asian communities around the world. So what does "Year of the Dragon" mean? In Chinese astrology, the dragon is the most powerful and auspicious of the 12 signs of the...

Give yourself the gift of good health in the New Year! Introductory Taoist Tai Chiâ„¢ classes for fitness and health at all Chicago and suburban …...

The Chinese people spent the last few thousand years on foot. So today's generation has reason to regard the idea of unnecessary walking as ridiculous. "You should take the bus," is the phrase we have heard more in the last three weeks than any other....

Aug. 16 is the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, and books ranging from novels to photo collections to a "girl's guide" to a look at "Elvis' Taoist nature" have been released this year. Among them: "Elvis: A Celebration: Images of Elvis...

Forest Park is one of the largest patches of urban wilderness in the United States, and the Victorian homes and gardens nearby create an air of Tolkienesque enchantment. Right around here in fact, one of Tolkien's heirs labors in a century-old house....

A softer, gentler form of yoga seems to be quietly on the rise. From Los Angeles to London, so-called yin yoga is increasingly being taught at studio classes and yoga retreats, not to mention via books and DVDs. The power or "yang-styled" yoga forms...