Connecticut Ballet is braving the elements once again, bringing its free outdoor “Ballet Under the Stars” program to parks throughout the state. This year’s tour involves 10 dancers performing in ...

Stephen Foster wrote some of the most enduring American songs, invented the role of songwriter, and served as a cautionary tale for his successors.

A late-19th century campaign spearheaded by Foster’s brother sought to elevate him into the pantheon of American cultural ...

There is much about the holiday season that seems timeless, inevitable; as if it simply always was. But Santa wasn’t a guy in a red suit until the 19th century. Chocolate chip cookies weren’t invented ...

Using General William Sherman’s 1864–65 military march through Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina during the American Civil War, this paper studies the effect of capital destruction on medium ...