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Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia and consistently one of the top ten most visited websites, was launched to little fanfare on January 15, 2001: it turns 20 today. Love it or hate it (and many librarians do both), it has had a tremendous impact on the internet and become nearly indispensable for a certain kind of easy information access.
While far from perfect,...
Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration with pre-colonial origins. This celebration today is a mixture of indigenous and Christian traditions. Before colonization, the Day of the Dead was usually celebrated in late summer.
On November 2, 1967, Kurt Elling was born. Elling is a jazz singer and lyricist who has become one of the best contemporary practitioners of vocalese, the art of writing lyrics to previously recorded instrumental solos.
Over the years, the witch has become a popular figure and costume choice for our modern commercialized holiday rituals.
El Día de Muertos es una celebración mexicana con orígenes precoloniales. Esta celebración hoy en día es una mezcla de tradiciones indígenas y cristianas. Antes de la colonización, el Día de Muertos se celebraba usualmente a finales de verano.
This post is the fifteenth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home
In the 21st century what constitutes a family unit is varied. However, most will agree: spending quality time with loved ones is very beneficial. Our families are an important foundation that cannot be underestimated. For some, it is a positive experience that sustains them during turbulent times.
On October 28, 1903, Evelyn Waugh was born. Waugh was an English novelist who wrote primarily satirical comedies in the 1920s and 1930s; his novels became more serious, and often focused on Catholic themes, after World War II.
On October 27, 1958, Simon Le Bon was born. Le Bon is a member of Duran Duran, the British pop band that became an early star of MTV in the 1980s.
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, Bram Stoker Award-winning prose writer, and Halloween expert whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening.” She has published four novels, 150 s
