For a musician, nothing could be more ironic. In a letter addressed to his brothers, Beethoven admitted he was "hopelessly afflicted", to the point of contemplating suicide. It wasn't just hearing ...

Studies show that reading books with your young children does more than help them learn words and develop language skills.

Discover what’s new this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Crave, Paramount+, BritBox, Apple TV+, CBC Gem and more, as well as what’s on Blu-ray/DVD. Two new movies debuted in the top ...

The Falmouth Book Festival concluded earlier this month, and these off-season events aim to keep the literary spirit alive in ...

LEWIS LOCKWOOD IS a research professor at Harvard University who has spent most of his working life thinking about Beethoven and, in particular, his music for the cello. A stream of scholarly ...

Shop local on Small Business Saturday, attend a poetry reading or meet R2-D2 at these free admission events in Salinas this ...

That four-note opening motif — da-da-da-dum — of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony gets your heart pumping. But Tucson Symphony Orchestra Conductor José Luis Gomez said the real excitement goes ...

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My upstairs neighbours think they can mask their raucous sex with loud music — wrong. Beethoven’s fifth symphony isn’t masking anything, nor is the pounding rock music that ...

Just before the holiday season, the jazz company Bandstand Presents will perform at The Clarion.