She owns Sand Castle University, and on this day she is helping one of her five instructors, Katelyn Bennett, in a 101-level class. “You can’t beat this office,” says Janel, who sports short ...

Alameda’s Sand Castle and Sculpture Contest has been going strong for 56 years, and the 2024 event was no exception. Robert Crown Memorial State Beach was bustling with sand architects and ...

The following contains spoilers for The Sand Castle, now streaming on Netflix. Netflix's The Sand Castle is a visceral and ...

We've all been there, on the beach, looking at our sad, wet, dilapidated sand castle and wondering what went wrong. Science has the answer, of course. New research suggests that the less water you ...

Unfortunately, sand sculpture enthusiasts will have to wait until 2025 for the next competition. This year’s event, originally scheduled for Aug. 3, was canceled due to “logistical challenges ...

Sand Castle, a new film about the early days of the war in Iraq, will premiere later this spring on Netflix. U.S. troops are ordered to the outskirts of Baqubah to repair a water pumping station ...

Those who make it are those who can weather those circumstances with aplomb. But in “The Sand Castle,” Brown (working from a script he co-wrote with Hend Fakhroo and Yassmina Karajah), doesn ...

Though building a first-class sand castle takes a bit more than kiddie-sized pails and a 6-inch plastic shovel, with a little planning and ingenuity anyone can build their very own beach fortress.