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A new sculpture collection called "Aunties," is honoring the women of Harlem, including female leaders, builders, caretakers and change-makers in the community. "From the moment we installed the ...

Medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer twice made references to an early work featuring a Germanic mythological character named Wade. Only three lines survive, discovered buried in a sermon by a late 19th ...