Where we begin matters. Many of us know the artist Michelangelo by his famed 17-foot sculpture of David that resides in Florence, Italy. Michelangelo was 26 years old when he began sculpting David, a process that took him three years. The statue was carved out of a single piece of marble that

By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981)

SILVER SPRING—As I write this on Christmas Day (and the day after), to any thoughtful Christian, on this particular occasion and as they read this particular piece, I will not wish them a “merry Christmas,” but forc

They trained. They fought. They conquered.

If there’s one take-out from Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes, at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, it’s that the storied Mediterranean civilisation was a crucible of intense competition that privileged excellence a

The uncanny valley refers to the uncomfortable feeling we experience when we look at something that appears to be human but actually is not.

First discussed by a Japanese robotics engineer in the 70s, the uncanny valley has since become the bane of animators and technicians everywhere.

“Sometimes I read my iPad in the bathtub, which is probably not a great idea,” says the broadcast journalist Katie Couric, whose new memoir is “Going There.”

What books are on your night stand?

Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful World, Where Are You” and Jean Hanff Korelitz’

Today is Mirza Ghalib’s 224th birth anniversary. The Agra-born poet lived in Old Delhi’s Ballimaran; his sasural was in modern-day Haryana (Loharu). While lying long buried in our city, Ghalib still gamely agreed to become a part of the Proust Questionnaire series in which folks are nudged

For six years, they’ve lived in downtown Fort Myers: The juggler. The ribbon dancer. The chess players. The dude peeing on a lamp post. And many more whimsical, larger-than-life statues by Colombian artist Edgardo Carmona.

Now most of those 23 statues are leaving the River District fo

Lisa Rinna, Erika Jayne, and Garcelle Beauvais have returned to production on the upcoming 12th season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

After being diagnosed with COVID-19 weeks ago, despite being vaccinated, the ladies of the Bravo reality series have reportedly reunited with th

A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil has been removed as one of the city’s last places of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown

HONG KONG -- A monument at a Hong Kong university that

Author: Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com On Monday night, the planning committee rejected a request for a revised plan to build a prayer campus in the town of Genoa. During the four-hour meeting, about half of the time was dedicated to addressing the new requirements of Catholic Healt