Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. Valentine’s Day became associated with ...

St. Paul’s Artist Series Concerts presents the men’s vocal ensemble Chanticleer performing their program “Without a Song,” exploring music’s power through the ages. The concert takes place on Tuesday ...

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new ...

Ours is the faith of risqué mystery plays, polyphonic music so intricate it provoked theological scandal and sumptuous ...

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The medieval historian and former justice of the Supreme Court chooses his favourite books. The fifth and final volume of his history of the Hundred Years War, "Triumph and Illusion", is out in ...

Folger Consort, the award-winning early music ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library, invites audiences to ...

People have mixed feelings about February 14. Before Cupid’s arrow leaves you distracted, here are 20 things you might not ...

Sir Geoffrey Palmer submitting at Parliament before a select committee. File photo. Opinion: Aotearoa New Zealand currently exists in an unstable world. Democracies are under challenge across the ...

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Acclaimed executive chef Geoffrey Lee has parted ways with his three San Francisco restaurants after a social media influencer shared screenshots of private messages in which he berated her for ...

Geoffrey Lee’s downfall apparently was sparked last month, after content creator Kat Ensign mildly criticized his hamburgers after she ate at one of his restaurants, the San Francisco Standard ...