Chaucer and Shakespeare lived through periods of weird weather not unlike what we are seeing today. So what can we learn from ...

K ee’ma the monkey lived in a tree by the edge of the sea. Every morning, as he ate tasty kooyoo nuts for breakfast, his ...

One of the best things about the Thanksgiving holiday — in addition to the copious amounts of food present — is that it’s the perfect day to spend time with loved ones doing absolutely nothing but ...

Elliott and Aguilera performed 'Car Wash' at the end of the 2004 animated film starring Will Smith and Robert De Niro ...

The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.

Spielberg’s thriller “Jaws” came out in 1975. I couldn’t believe it when I read that in Adam Clark’s epic shark tale. Before moving to New Jersey, I lived near the beach in Southern California, where ...

From novels to poetry to essays to graphic novels, Margaret Atwood has dabbled in nearly every written medium there is, except for memoir. That changes now. “Book of Lives” (out now from Doubleday) ...

Margaret Atwood’s new “Book of Lives” is subtitled “a memoir of sorts” — and in fact, it’s a venerable sort, a cradle-to-rocking-chair telling of a celebrated life. Today, most books of this type are ...

(L-R) Margaret Atwood, the 'Handmaid's Tale' book cover and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Lars Niki / Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Getty Images Try to ban The Handmaid’s Tale and you’ll face the literary ...

Hi there! It’s Rosanna Xia, coastal reporter and director of the Los Angeles Times environmental documentary “Out of Plain Sight,” filling in for Sammy Roth. For this week’s edition of Boiling Point, ...

Everything old eventually becomes new again, and now it's time for the Street Sharks franchise to make its big comeback. The Bolton brothers are back in the form of a new comic book series. Better ...

As part of the Shark Bites & Brews event, there is a ride the mechanical shark on Transit Pier that attendees can ride.(Courtesy The Wharf) Shark Week may be over, but if you’re still raring for a fin ...