Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on August 09. Check what happened ...

Mr President, this reflection on governance is motivated by Babachir’s remarks on how leadership, more precisely, the ...

Having produced a new film on his hero James Connolly, the former trade union leader reflects on his activism and idealism ...

Marginality, mass death—these are just a few of the reasons why the oeuvre of Essex Hemphill, who died of the virus in 1995, has only been available, until now, in snatches. Hemphill does remain quite ...

There are paintings that speak. Then there are paintings that argue.

The crown jewel is the Raven Cliff Falls trail, a moderate 4-mile round-trip hike that leads to one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Southeast. Raven Cliff Falls drops a dramatic 420 feet, ...

Welcome to Caesars Head State Park in Cleveland, South Carolina – where words fail and jaws drop. This granite outcropping stands 3,266 feet above sea level, offering views that make smartphone ...

David Mamet saw it coming. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director and screenwriter penned an op-ed with the title, “Why I am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal” in 2008, and he watched his ...

Trinity Theatre Company has announced that The Queen’s Men will present their Julius Caesar at Trinity’s Mission Valley location in the Mission Valley Mall in August.

Hail, Caesar! “Spartacus” creator on recasting key role for “House of Ashur” See a first look at Rome's power couple in the "Spartacus" successor series.

The senators had had enough of Julius Caesar. They regarded the military genius who was rapidly consolidating political power as a tyrant-in-the-making and potential usurper of their own ...

Actor Cheyenne Jackson turns 50 and NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turns 27, among famous birthdays for July 12.