
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and KIMBERLEE KRUESI BOSTON (AP) — When David Arsenault takes down a worn, leather-bound 19th-century book from the winding shelves of the Boston Athenaeum, he feels a s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy ANNIE RISEMBERG CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — It was the middle of the day when Omar Diaw, known by his artist name “Chimere” — French for chimera — approached a blank wall off the mai…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy The Associated Press “Jurassic World Rebirth” roaring and snarling on Peacock and Florence + the Machine’s latest Halloween-ready album, “Everybody Scream,” are some of the new …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMBy MISPER APAWU CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Street art graffiti is spreading in West Africa. In Guinea’s capital, an artist from Senegal is transforming city walls and public perceptions. Oma…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:41AMCopeland made history as the first Black female principal dancer in the company's 75-year existence
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 05:32PMBy BABA AHMED and SIDI YAHIYA TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In an open field at the edge of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, young models walk the runway clad in colorful traditional attires du…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:33PMBy MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Decades into his career and the unthinkable happened. It was 2022, and Jon Bon Jovi began struggling through his songs. He saw a doctor who said one of his…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMBy LINDSEY BAHR The plot of the new Colleen Hoover adaptation “Regretting You” is a little wild. There’s romance, an affair, unrequited love, death and even a baby with questionable pa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMMisty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, as she retired after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art for…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:18AMBy MARKUS SCHREIBER BEELITZ, Germany (AP) — The Klaistow farm near Berlin is hosting its 22nd annual pumpkin festival, where more than 100,000 pumpkins in 500 varieties are displayed acros…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:32AMBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BEELITZ, Germany (AP) — The pumpkin is the undisputed star of the show at the Klaistow farm near Berlin. Over 100,000 pumpkins in various shapes and colors are laid o…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:06AMAmerican Ballet Theatre will fete Misty Copeland on Wednesday evening with a grand farewell gala.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:50PMBy MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ METEPEC, Mexico (AP) — The first time he met a pope, Mexican craftsman Hilario Hernández could not believe his luck. He did not travel to the Vatican as a gues…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — Jason Momoa drove a vintage pickup along a winding country road in Hawaii, a tattooed arm dangling out the window and Metallica blasting. “POO�…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMBy CHRISTINA LARSON Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMBy JOCELYN NOVECK NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s bee…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05AMBy The Associated Press Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear fallout thriller “A House of Dynamite” and albums from Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato are some of the new television, films, music and…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy ITZEL LUNA Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician’s “first love.” The Grammy-nominated and Juno Award winner’s music often fee…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMBy GIADA ZAMPANO ROME (AP) — The Armani fashion house said on Thursday it has appointed luxury veteran and longtime manager Giuseppe Marsocci as its new chief executive officer, following …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:50AMBy COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — The European Commission has fined luxury fashion houses Gucci, Chloé and Loewe a total of over 157 million euros (nearly $183 million) for anti-competitive p…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AMBy The Associated Press Four cast members from “The Real Housewives” trading places with women living different lives in a new iteration of “Wife Swap” and Danielle Deadwyler starrin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMBy MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton “ain’t dead yet,” the country superstar said on social media Wednesday following public speculation about her health. “There are just …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:20PMThirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:53PMBy THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Showmanship returned to Chanel on Monday. At Paris Fashion Week, its new designer Matthieu Blazy opened the season’s most anticipated debut beneath colossa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:01PMBy THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — As France’s government unraveled in another episode of political instability Monday, the cogs of the luxury industry kept turning. At the Iéna Palace in P…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:09AMBy THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Chemena Kamali said it with flower prints. A good old-style collection that set a few themes on the table and spent the rest of the Paris Fashion Week Sunday…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:50PMBy THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Light streamed through the stained glass of the Institut de France onto a surreal stage: a lone cellist playing a melancholy air, next to an upside-down umbr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:38AMBy The Associated Press Documentaries on comedian John Candy and pop artist-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham as well as a “Family Guy” Halloween special are some of the new telev…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:50AMBy THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — In a season crowded with fresh appointments, Loewe’s debut mattered: a standing ovation greeted Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, formerly of Proenza S…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMPARIS (AP) — This photo gallery curated by AP photo editors displays the latest in styles displayed during Paris Fashion Week.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:10AMBy The Associated Press From Mexico City to Manila, the United Kingdom to the United States, Taylor Swift fans hooted, sobbed happy tears and danced their way through the pop star’s latest…
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