For more than 30 years, members of Alaska's Anchorage Zen Community gathered for meditation wherever they could find a place. But now they have their own zendo, or meditation hall, in a neighborhood in Alaska's most populous city. Meditation is the a...
The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London. They were celebrating the opening of the follow-up to the 2018 film. The first movie was the top film of that year in the U.S. and Canada and the sec...
The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London. They were celebrating the opening of the follow-up to the 2018 film. The first movie was the top film of that year in the U.S. and Canada and the sec...
Movies have returned to Indian-Administered Kashmir for the first time in almost 33 years. Theaters were closed January 1, 1990, because of concerns over militant threats against theaters, beauty parlors, and liquor stores. But a new multiplex cinema...
A White House Groundskeeper for 50 Years American presidents come and go through the White House. But one man has served there for the last fifty years, alongside ten presidents, their families and even their dogs and cats. He is Dale Haney, the chie...
The popular National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has partly reopened. The museum had been closed for almost seven months. It now has eight new exhibitions, hundreds of new artifacts, and 50 digital interactive exhibits. Among the exhibit...
Have you ever roller skated? This sporty and tricky activity involves rolling around on special wheeled shoes. People do it both indoors and outdoors. Roller skating was hugely popular in America in the 1970s and 1980s, especially among children and...
Hollywood Actress Becomes First Asian American on US Currency The late movie star Anna May Wong has become the first Asian American pictured on United States money. Wong worked in Hollywood during a time of open racism and stereotyping of actors. Dur...
Sri Lankan Writer Wins Booker Prize Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The story is about a dead war photographer on a trip to the afterlife. The Booker Prize is awarded to...
Farmers Concerned about Disappearing Traditional Food A small number of farmers near Lake Texcoco, Mexico, fear that a tradition dating back to the Aztec Empire may disappear. The tradition involves collecting and eating the eggs of an insect known a...
Silent Movie Advertisements Capture Americas First Films Silent films established America's movie industry. But many of these films from the early 1900s no longer exist. A new project aims to capture the flavor of these movies by digitizing old adver...
Museum Marks Rosetta Stones Role in Understanding Hieroglyphs The Rosetta Stone is the star of a new show opening Thursday at the British Museum in London. The exhibition opening marks the 200th year since the mystery around the ancient carvings on t...
A theater in Hungary's capital is likely to go unused through a cold and quiet winter. Theater operators have decided to close buildings rather than pay high prices for heating and electricity. High energy costs are making it hard for many businesses...
Kimchi is a traditional food served in South Korea. The main part of the food is a preserved vegetable, often cabbage. But this year, Kimchi is more costly than usual because the cabbage crop has been small. Some farmers say climate change has made i...
Recreating Marilyn Monroes Dresses for the Movie 'Blonde' Marilyn Monroe was a famous American movie actress from the 1950s and early 1960s. Her life is being detailed in a new movie on Netflix, Blonde. It stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. Monroe...
