If there's a weird story about swamp dwellers, red-headed hitchhikers or questionable air ship owners, Ed Sweeney will find ...
All over the world, community stories, customs and beliefs have been passed down from generation to generation. This folkore is used by elders to teach family and friends about their collective ...
When Robert Weil, the editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright, approached Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar with the idea of putting together “The Annotated African American Folktales ...
Landmarks: At the intersection of history and storytelling is folklore, and suburbia is rich with it
One of the best quotes I’ve read in a while came from writer and scientist Charles Pellegrino in “Ghosts of Vesuvius,” his book about the last days of Pompeii, which I purchased after seeing the ...
When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro-based artist has taken a 10-week residency at Creative Greensboro’s GROW Studio. The studio is inside the Greensboro Cultural Center. It’s filled with tapestries ...
It's the time of year when Halloween decorations are out in full force, and, of course, that includes jack-o'-lanterns. We wanted to know more about the origins of this holiday tradition, so we carved ...
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