Since the 1860s, German historians, theologians and popular writers had argued that German holiday observances were holdovers from pre-Christian pagan rituals and popular folk superstitions ... of ...

And while J.D. Vance’s hillbilly ancestors may not have been the inbred, possum-eating, superstitious bushwhackers of legend ...

The all-day event aims to raise funds and awareness for the newly launched OpenStage Endowment Fund to ensure that future ...

From stories set in Ancient Greece to colonial America, these are the biggest historical fiction books hitting shelves this ...

the enactment of piseogs were essentially a form of folk witchcraft, a form of malevolent magic to wish misfortune or death on someone. Piseogs are distinct from cursing, which also had a long ...

Classical ideas of magic as illicit, malevolent ... There are many analogies between the welldocumented classical tradition and what can be reconstructed of folk belief, in Britain no doubt itself a ...

What is the true spirit of Oktoberfest? Is it the benevolent Bavarian bacchanalia centered around beer steins brimming with ...

Surrender to the fantastic with an array of magical shows, including *Hadestown*, *Wicked*, and *The Nutcracker*. Read more ...

Glendale Heights Oktoberfest: 5-10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and ...

The Hawaiʻi Youth Opera Chorus (HYOC), founded in 1961, is one of Hawaiʻi’s most treasured educational programs. It offers children a chance to learn music, make lifelong friends and connect with ...

Browne wrote “These Days” at 16. Now 75, he and some famous admirers reflect on his unexpected mainstay: “If a song is worth ...

Lexington poet and songwriter Mike Norris remembers vividly his first meeting with famed Kentucky folk artist Minnie Adkins. “It was magic from the first minute,” he said in a recent interview.