King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised ...

Here’s what’s happening in the region beginning Thursday and continuing through Feb. 13: • Friday Women of Influence's "Night of Prose and Poetry," 6 to 8 p.m., Flood City Cafe, 137 Clinton St.; ...

After releasing only two major label albums, this post-bro country Texan is stepping up to headline in arenas with his What Kinda Man Tour. That’s a quick ascent for the 32-year-old country star who ...

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

As Shann Ray and the Rev. Kevin Waters collaborated for “The Garment of Praise,” the lengthy process of fits and starts ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician and activist Randall Ashe.

Thomas Merton expressed this vision in his poetry, novels, essays ... Her salutation Sings in the stone valley like a Charterhouse bell: And the unborn saint John Wakes in his mother's body, Bounds ...

Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program, 3 p.m., St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 5700 N Kelley ... Guest speaker will be Sharina Perry, with performances by poet Courtney Strickland and performance ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

In A Little History of Poetry, renowned academic and expert on the subject John Carey puts it succinctly, “If music is sound organised in a particular way, poetry is a way of organising language.