Arts & Culture

Matthew Gureswitsch

Matthew Gurewitsch on "True Colors"

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Guy Gugliotta on "The Great Human Migration"

Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet on "John Muir's Yosemite"

Peter Ross Range

Peter Ross Range on "Silken Treasure"

The Nightmare (Henry Fuseli, 1781)

Dream On

Why your nightmares hold the key to workplace success

The arduous task of silkworm cultivation involved keeping the tiny silkworm eggs (about 35,000 of them weigh only an ounce) at the correct temperature. Hatched worms then had to be fed mulberry leaves around the clock.

Spin Cycle

Silkworm farming, or sericulture, was a backbreaking job that often required the participation of entire families

The painted replica of a c. 490 B.C. archer (at the Parthenon in Athens) testifies to German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann’s painstaking research into the ancient sculpture’s colors. The original statue came from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina.

True Colors

Archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann insists his eye-popping reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures are right on target

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What's Up

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Jukebox: Memorable Melodies

“Crew comforts” are of utmost importance to NASA engineer Robert Howard Jr., who designs lunar living quarters.

Lunar Living

The quest to return to the moon ignites new hope and vision at the 50-year-old space agency

G. Wayne Clough, Smithsonian Institution’s 12th Secretary

From the Castle

A Look Forward

Leifer's "handy" father helped rig the camera that caught the Dodgers' Willie Davis in mid-slide

It's in the Bag

Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer hit a grand slam when he set out to capture a double play on film

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Letters

Readers Respond to the April and May Issues

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Water Works

Michelangelo

For Michelangelo, Quite a Tome

Erin Gann as Xerxes and Helen Carey as Atossa in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Aeschylus' "The Persians," a new version by Ellen McLaughlin, directed by Ethan McSweeny.

The Persians Revisited

A 2,500-year-old Greek historical play remains eerily contemporary

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On the Job: Courtroom Sketch Artist

Decades of depicting defendants, witnesses and judges have given Andy Austin a unique perspective on Chicago

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Subversive Seamstress

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Interview: Eric G. Wilson

Why the pursuit of happiness naturally includes melancholy

Bottles of wine at the tasting event

A Tasting of the Grape, Among Other Things

An amateur wine competition in Manchester, Vt., features vintages that surprise the palate

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