Interesting little event I almost missed: The two-day Iranian Film Festival at MCAD this weekend is called "Women’s Voices: ...

The Huntington has unveiled its 2025/26 season, featuring fresh works, a bitingly funny comedy, and a love-affirming ...

This year’s colorful and wide-ranging edition of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers fair is a bursting ...

Clark recalls a classmate in 3rd grade telling her, whether it was true or not, that the ashes of the bones of St. Monica ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Managing Director Tom Parrish has revealed the seven ...

Circumcision: Demonic Practice or Theological Covenant. Yigal Bin-Nun . The practice of foreskin removal likely originated in ...

Kieron Gillen is one of the foremost voices in the comic industry. His work at Marvel made him popular, but his best works have been his indie books, like Phonogram, The Wicked + The Divine, and Once ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Rubin’s painting emerged from the modern-day exodus of Jews from across the globe to build the new state and their stunning ...

For many people who celebrate it, Passover brings to mind memories of Seder meals with family and reading from the Haggadah, the script for the Seder ritual, which commemorates ... come from the ...

There’s a certain charm to unwinding with a glass of wine in the evening. It’s a ritual for some, a way to transition from the stresses of the day to a more tranquil mindset. However, this seemingly ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...