Arts & Culture

This view of the Brooklyn Bridge, looking east, was taken on May 6, 1918.

"It Felt Like a Real Discovery"

Six decades after the death of an unheralded New York City municipal photographer, a researcher stumbles upon his forgotten negatives

In Mexico, the molinillo stirs passions as well as chocolate.

A Historic Kitchen Utensil Captures What it Takes to Make Hot Chocolate From Scratch

A 1930s tool was used to whip chocolate beverages into a frothy blend

Ojibwa tribe members gather 50,000 pounds of wild rice each fall on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota (Ryan Stevens "knocks" grains into a canoe while James Frederick poles).

Going With the Grain

On Minnesota lakes, Native Americans satisfy a growing hunger for "slow food" by harvesting authentically wild rice the old-fashioned way

Kerouac (with the author in Greenwich Village in 1957) was as unprepared as anyone else for his novel's surprise impact.

Remembering Jack Kerouac

A friend of the author of "On the Road," published 50 years ago this month, tells why the novel still matters

"The Places in Between," by Rory Stewart

The New Civil Service

An excerpt from Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between"

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The Real Frida Kahlo

A new exhibition offers insights into the Mexican painter's private life

Louis Castro (bottom row, left) played 42 games as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1902 season. Because his birthplace is questioned by baseball historians, he may or may not have been the first Hispanic player in the Major Leagues.

Debating Louis Castro

Was he the first foreign-born Hispanic in the Major Leagues?

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What's Up

Jim Henson, photojournalist Lola Alvarez Bravo and the heaviest bird that can fly

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Warming the Bench

Radio City Music Hall at Rockefeller Center in New York City

Encore, Encore: Brand-Name Broadway

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The Diego Rivera of San Quentin

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Technical Intervention

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Modern Sculpture at the Getty

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The Game is Afoot

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The Town of Fables

Legion of Honor, one of San Francisco’s fine arts museums, at night in January 2017

Gap Founders Propose Art Museum in San Francisco’s Presidio

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In the Baltic States

Bed Hopping

Just in time for the Venice Biennale...

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The Venice Biennale: Main Course

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