James Van Der Zee, Person in Fur-Trimmed Ensemble, 1926. © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY At a time when ...

Dapper Dan didn’t just address a sold-out crowd at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday night — he had attendees rapt with his wit and wisdom. In a Q&A with Monica L. Miller, guest curator of the ...

Jon Stewart, Atsuko Okatsuka and Pete Davidson are just three stars making us laugh this month, while cosplayers and fans assemble for the ultimate geek fest. By Erik Piepenburg Spooky stuff tends to ...

I hold two degrees: BA Hons in English Literature from the University of Durham, and a MPhil in Renaissance Literature from Clare College, University of Cambridge. I am researching for my PhD under ...

Studies have shown that journaling can boost your mental health and help you process difficult emotions—even if you don’t end up keeping what you’ve written down. But it can be a daunting task to ...

Tuscaloosa will be a new American hub for studying the Great Bard. English professor Tricia McElroy is the new executive director of the Shakespeare Association of America, dedicated to studying the ...

The Department of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Renaissance Italian Literature (1400-1600), with a secondary specialization ...

Late-night TV’s longest-running host and a Brooklyn native, Jimmy Kimmel, is heading back home for a week of shows starting tonight after returning to television with his best ratings ever. The run ...

A new art exhibition opening this fall in New York City invites visitors to explore a lesser-known but vital chapter of the Harlem Renaissance: the queer artists, writers and performers who helped ...

When Maximilian Davis presented his debut Ferragamo show at this long-shuttered central Milan palazzo almost exactly three years ago, it was a work in progress. Its owners (the Ferragamo family) were ...