Arts & Entertainment

Sounds Like Titanic” is Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman’s memoir about gigging (as a fake violinist) for a popular composer.

How television turned A Christmas Story into a holiday classic, complete with its own mecca, the Christmas Story House and Museum.

In Bright Sun Films’ Abandoned YouTube series, filmmaker Jake Williams explores abandoned stores, resorts, amusement parks, malls, tourist destinations and the like.

On September 16-17, 2017, RADIOEE will present Transmissao Fordlandia, a special live broadcast from the site of Henry Ford’s failed plantation city in the Amazon jungle.

Marine engineer Bernie Dohnt planned to sink his fully-functional, 3D-printed, 1/72-scale model of Titanic before changing course and selling it to Titanic: The Exhibition.

“Everything that could go wrong did go wrong,” says Robert P. Watson, author of “The Nazi Titanic,” about the making of the anti-British propaganda film “Titanic.”

“The Typewriter Revolution” contains all you need to know about typewriting in the early twenty-first century.

In “Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered,” journalist Dianne Hales introduces the reader to the most recognized artistic subject in history.

“Failure is not a part of the story, it is the story.” —Belinda Rathbone

‘The 33’ were sealed inside a mine as deep as the tallest building on earth. This is the story of what happened underground—and after they were rescued.

A former winner’s critical yet affectionate profile of the Miss America pageant.

Watching scenes being filmed was “as horribly transfixing as watching a baby crawl across the freeway,” writes Greg Sestero in “The Disaster Artist.” No one envisioned that The Room would one day screen to sold-out audiences around the world.

Would opera benefit if performances were social events, as opposed to the solemn engagements they are today? And should audience members be permitted to use their iPads?

Published compilations of proverbs have failed to keep up with the expanding repertory. Enter “The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs.”

There’s a good reason Tania Head’s 9/11 survival story was frequently characterized as almost unbelievable. None of it was true.

Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal finds remaking the show in Russia a humbling, frustrating experience.

Many people regard whistling as an irritant. But some whistlers say it’s on the verge of returning to prominence.

Critics, musicians, and audiences alike condemned the acoustics of Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall after it opened in 1962, spawning a new profession: the concert hall acoustician.

The once-indomitable Colorado River has been reduced to a trickle of its former self.

In sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy, countless pre-pubescent boys were castrated to preserve their high-pitched voices and allow them to pursue singing careers. Why the “cruelest cut” wasn't as cruel as it seems.