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England

St. James’s Theatre Reliefs

Stone carvings celebrate the legacy of a now-defunct theatre.
Columbus, Mississippi

Tennessee Williams’ Home

The birthplace and original home of the legendary American playwright.
Loud traffic bows down to a silent savior.
cars

Mimes Directing Traffic in Bogotá Had Surprisingly Loud Impacts

Behavioral scientists applaud a quiet yet theatrical shift in societal thinking.
Abi Cole March 4, 2025
Jacksonville, Florida

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.
Elevated horror movies such as 2018's <em>Hereditary</em> use the jump scare in unexpected ways, bringing the worn movie trope, ah, back from the dead.
horror

The Startling History of the Jump Scare

From 1942's Cat People to cerebral jolts in Hereditary and Get Out, this cinematic scare tactic still shocks.
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw October 28, 2024
Galena, Illinois

DeSoto House Hotel

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.
food

How to Be a Food Bank Influencer

Kristina Wong uses comedy to address inequality in the food system.
Andrew Coletti April 11, 2024
museums

The World’s Only Ventriloquism Museum is in Northern Kentucky

Vent Haven is a must-see for lovers of oddity museums, quirky collections, or off-the-beaten-path places.
George Jacobs, whose witchcraft trial is shown here in Thomkins H. Matteson's 1855 painting, was one of 19 people hanged as a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials.
murder

The Salem Witch Trials Actually Happened in Danvers, Massachusetts

Tensions between Salem and Danvers were there from the start—contributing to the ensuing witch hysteria.
Theresa McKinney October 26, 2023
theaters

The Black Composers of New Orleans Opera Are Finally Getting Their Due

And it's all thanks to this mother-daughter dream team.
Shoshi Parks September 13, 2023
Athens, Greece

Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos (Panagia Speliotissa)

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.
A group of teenagers hug a bronze statue with a baseball cap
Hudiksvall, Sweden

Bosse Östlin Statue

A heated sculpture pays tribute to an actor who loved hugs.
The white exterior of a Victorian theater with red neon lettering
London, England

The Mousetrap at St. Martin's Theatre

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.
Ogallala, Nebraska

Crystal Palace Cowboy Revue

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.
There's still much scholars don't know about Villa. Even the exact year of her death remains a mystery.
subterranean

The Female Architect Behind Buenos Aires's Underground Necropolis

Ítala Fulvia Villa oversaw the building of the colossal Sixth Pantheon—but history nearly erased her contributions.
Daniel Maurer March 8, 2023
film

Podcast: The Westgate With Rico Gagliano

The inside story of a flop that changed one theater's history.
The Podcast Team February 2, 2023
After an adventurous life, this golden eagle sculpture is again on display at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California.
objects of intrigue

The Unbelievable Life of the Lobero Golden Eagle

The sculpture had been shipwrecked, shot at, auctioned off, and lost—twice.
Darcy Rhyno January 6, 2023
museums

Podcast: Bread and Puppet Museum and Theater

What is it like to have a radical puppet collective as a neighbor?