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“This season, The New York Public Library is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Through a major exhibition, a series of programs, book recommendations, and more, we invite you to learn more about the emergence of the modern…

Here, James details his personal qualifications for writing a worthy ghost story. He holds in high regard one's ability to create a setting that is utterly normal and strikingly mundane. It is unsurprising that this qualification tops James' list,…

Jules Goodman made six illustrations for Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman," the headnote being an abstract piece picturing Ella, the protagonist, and the poet character Robert Trewe, whom she falls in love with despite not formally meeting. On…

This book details how to pull off simple magic tricks as well as how to communicate with spirits. Published in 1855, we can get a sense as to the fascination Victorians had of the supernatural and how this fascination inspired many writers in the…

On August 7, 1974, a 24-year-old French high-wire artist named Philippe Petit committed one of the most astonishing performance stunts of the late 20th century: he strung a thin cable in between the two towers of the World Trade Center and not only…

A man is in custody after trying to enter the historic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, carrying gas cans and lighters. It comes just two days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Mola Lenghi reports.

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This shirt commemorates the Manhattan Invitational; where the park and Manhattan College host the largest high school cross country invitational meet of the year.