1626: An explosion at the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory in Beijing destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people. 1640: Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens dies aged 62.

The Long Beach Landmark Theatre Company will close its season on a stunning note with “Bright Star” — the Tony-nominated ...

Local production of 'Bright Star' displays stunning vocals and heartfelt staging elevating Candlelight’s southern tale of love and loss ...

Paul Simon, at 83, returned to the Canadian stage after seven years, performing at Toronto's Massey Hall as part of his "A ...

Historic pieces from actor Richard Gere's former New Canaan, Conn., home, which he sold for $10.75 million in 2024, are ...

The 83-year-old played Massey Hall as part of his A Quiet Celebration Tour, with two more Toronto shows on Thursday and ...

Richard Gere may have moved across the globe, but his former Connecticut estate is now facing a much more permanent goodbye.

Hudson Valley House Parts of Newburgh, N.Y., was called in this week to salvage historic parts of the 1938 six-bedroom brick Colonial, which was sold to SBP Homes in November for $10.75 million when ...

The actor sold the New Canaan, CT, property when he left to live in Spain with his wife. It's now being torn down, and a nine ...

Paul Simon. Symphony Center. Chicago. Wednesday, May 22, 2025. Review by Jeff Elbel. Paul Simon’s appearance in Chicago seven ...

Over the course of two-hour-plus and two distinct sets, the setting proved to be the perfect playground for the 16-time ...

The musical has a “rich, authentic bluegrass score” featuring fiddle, guitar, piano and banjo — Steve Martin's instrument of ...