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Fanny Hensel, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, composed some 450 works. And it isn't enough to say that her music is as skillfully composed as that of her male peers. Like theirs, it has a distinctive voice (or voices).

A lifelong crocheter turns fiber art into social commentary—and proves that handmade gifts can carry more meaning than meets the eye

A new two-CD set called "American Dream" takes us back to Mellencamp's Johnny Cougar days, when the singer was a household name mainly just in his own household.

'Doom 34' by Trey Morris is a memoir of flying a bombing mission during the onset of Desert Storm and the planes the men flew.

She's a cocktail waitress. He's a Gulf War vet. When they get together they create an unforgettable relationship in Tracy Letts' 'Bug.'

If you’re a Beatles fan (and who isn’t?) and don’t already own the first three compendiums, the Anthology Collection should prove irresistible.

On the strength of his recordings, I jumped at the chance to hear baritone Konstantin Krimmel sing Schubert live. His recital with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz at 92NY proved his refined technique and impressive communicative ability work even better in concert.

Few characters in modern fantasy television have burned as brightly—or fallen as hard—as Once Upon a Time’s Rumplestiltskin. When the ABC fantasy series debuted in 2011, the show introduced a sorcerer so layered, so unpredictable, so alchemically compelling that he virtually redefined what a fairy-tale villain could be. Part of …

Labor Day weekend, Children’s Fantasy Weekend, a basket of sunscreen and hand wipes, four adults (one costumed as lovely wench–me) and three very excited small humans in costumes, crowns and elf ears. That was our merry crew bound for the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival in West Newton, Pennsylvania, but a forty-minute …

As the federal government is rapidly being hollowed out and restructured under his second term, the pot is on full boil.