Arts & Culture

Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated the stories of black struggles that…

For decades, art therapy has been used to help patients. But today, doctors are looking at how it can also…

Mary Frances Whitefield said her art shifted when she made a trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in the…

In 2015, Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham wrote about a government ranking of counties on things like scenery and climate.…

The 1960s TV show pushed some social boundaries, but it never included any LGBTQ characters on the starship "Enterprise." Actor…

Thomas Orr's “war tablets" draw on his experience fighting in Vietnam.

The Washington Nationals came from behind to win five elimination games this postseason, an unprecedented feat.

"The predominant response that I've had has been--they've waited their whole lives for this," said NiK Kacy, who launched a…

Every year, families from across the country gather for a heritage camp where adopted Indian and Nepalese children come to…

Twyla Tharp is the greatest choreographer of our era. Her groundbreaking career in dance blended classical ballet with contemporary culture.…