What is Mardi Gras? Details on the holiday's origins, when it is and how to celebrate
Valentine's Day might be top of mind for most people, but Mardi Gras is coming up, too. Here's what you need to know about ...
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ISSUES OF FAITH: Finding our way home
THIS COMING SUNDAY is the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany and this particular year Easter coming so early means that Mardi Gras is just around the corner, followed immediately by Lent, starting with ...
Even beyond the grave, these ghosts are working toward social justice
“Haunted” weakens, though, when the playwright’s determination to raise awareness and send a message collides with the ...
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What's happening at museums around New Orleans this week
Today (Feb. 2) is the closing day for the citywide Prospect.6 exhibition, for which several local museums host installations.
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s amid the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, ...
The moments before, during and after LA’s wildfires as told by those who lived through them
A real-time look at how some residents experienced the Palisades and Eaton fires in Altadena, Sierra Madre and the Pacific ...
Some artists lost their life’s work in LA wildfires. Fellow artists are helping them recover
Los Angeles area residents woke up earlier this month to the news that thousands of homes and entire neighborhoods had been ...
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California wildfire evacuee recalls moment family had to desert home, leave belongings
On Wednesday morning, Smith Leithart and his family were among the evacuees. He watched from his Castaic balcony, as smoke from the Hughes Fire made its way towards his home. Leithart noted ash ...
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Revealed: LA's most expensive and opulent properties in danger of turning to ash as devastating California fires tear through city
As the Los Angeles wildfires rage on, the city's billionaires have been forced to evacuate as their neighbourhoods are quickly being reduced to ash and rubble ... state-of-the-art screening ...
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Brazil’s Salvador da Bahia Offers African Cultural Immersion
Today ’s Black travelers can look to South America to find connections with African culture. Salvador, the capital city of ...
Nine cities, one route: How to make the most of the new sleeper train from Brussels to Venice
Want to explore a different side of Europe? From Cologne’s Carnival to Innsbruck’s pistes, this train route goes deeper. View ...
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A massive wildfire reached Getty Villa in LA. How the museum protected its collection.
As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried ... 3,000 acres as of Wednesday morning ...