Rome Sentinel

Gazebo series opens with history program

The Old Forge Library will launch its Music in the Gazebo series June 30 with a free performance by Cosby Gibson and Tom ...
Greek City Times

Greek Singer Performs World’s Oldest Song in Ancient Ionia

Greek singer Betty Harlafti performed the “Seikilos Epitaph,” regarded as the oldest surviving complete song in human history ...
Greek Reporter

Enchanting Performance of World’s Oldest Surviving Song in Ancient Greek Temple

Betty Harlafti performs the world’s oldest complete surving song in the Temple of Apollo in Miletus. Credit: Facebook / Betty Harlafti An ancient Greek song considered by experts to be the oldest ...

Ann Blyth, actress who gained an Oscar nod as Joan Crawford’s wicked daughter in Mildred Pierce

Ann Blyth, who has died aged 98, was a popular star of MGM musicals in the 1950s, notably as Enrico Caruso’s wife Dorothy, ...

Decades-old KC bookstore with used & rare titles moves shops: ‘So much bigger’

A family-owned bookstore that has been operating in Kansas City for decades has moved farther north, specializing in vintage ...

Enslaved people built the Roman Empire. Here's how their legacy has survived.

Roman history began in 753 B.C.E., when Romulus killed his twin brother and founded the city that would eventually rule the Mediterranean. That power would be built on slavery. No modern depiction of ...

Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound

The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career ...

'Stars, Stripes and Symbols': Austin exhibit that examines America at 250

A new exhibition tracing the nation's symbols, heroes and history offers a thoughtful way to reflect on Independence Day during America's semiquincentennial.
CounterPunchOpinion

Light and Life from the Sun God Helios

Prologue A Greek friend from Canada, Dr. Nikos Chrystodoulou, sent me an article about an American company, Cambrian Nuclear, ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Ojai Music Festival for extraordinary 80th anniversary

After a quarter century, Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to the Ojai Music Festival for the 80th anniversary of America's most ...

Israeli strikes leave Lebanon’s ancient coastal city of Tyre shaken

Over 4,000 people in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli strikes since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began in March, two ...
BroadwayWorld

Greek National Opera Returns to Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus With Reimagined MEDEA

The Greek National Opera returned to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus with a reimagined version of the historic production of ...