In a Regimental First Formation ceremony held on Jan. 23 at the Crown Complex, a total of 167 men donned their Green Berets for the first time. The event was hosted by Col. David M. Lucas, commander ...

In 1939, singer Roberta Flack was born in Asheville, N.C. She had a half-dozen ballad hits in the 1970s, including three No. 1 -- ``The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,'' ``Killing Me Softly With His ...

Written as a slow ballad that wavers tantalizingly between ... The song was written in 1937 for 17-year-old Mitzi Green to sing in Rodgers & Hart’s musical, Babes In Arms; although the stage ...

Academy and Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Batiste, 38, is a native of Metairie, LA. His family is considered a New ...

How the Eagles Soared to Super Bowl Glory" is a 208-page coffee-table book by Delaware Online/The News Journal and the USA ...

"Morgiane" is believed to be the oldest existing opera written by a Black American, but it wasn't seen by audiences until 2025.

In advance of his new collection of short stories, ‘The American No,’ Everett opens up about finding the humor in rejection, ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

NEW YORK — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball ...

Why a serious case of writer's block led to the Eagles finishing and releasing Jackson Browne's, "Take It Easy" ...

Those who knew Tom Robbins well seem to have nothing but good things to say about this kind, romantic, talented man. I wish I had known him better. Those of us living along the shores of Puget Sound ...