arts-and-entertainment

January 03, 2024

California Rose Parade Features Float for Armenian Mothers

Armenian Americans in Southern California celebrated their culture with a flowered float in the annual Rose Parade, moving on from a turbulent year that included Armenians' exodus from their former enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh inside Azerbaijan's borders. Genia Dulot has our story from Pasadena.

Recipe guides reveal a lot about the times in which they were written

January 02, 2024

What Cookbooks Reveal About American Culture

FILE - Jazz and soul pianist and singer Les McCann performs on stage June 30, 2006, in Montreux, Switzerland.

January 01, 2024

Les McCann, Innovative Jazz Musician, Singer Dies at 88

Vocalist and pianist was a founder of soul-jazz and a favorite source for sampling by hip-hop performers

FILE - Courtney Kessel, head coach of the Boston-based team of the Professional Women's Hockey League, instructs her players during a team hockey practice on Nov. 20, 2023, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The new six-team league began play on Jan. 1, 2024.

January 01, 2024

New Women's North American Hockey League Launches

6 teams, 3 American and 3 Canadian, will play in season that will continue until May

People watch confetti flying around after the clock strikes midnight during New Year celebrations at Times Square, in New York City, Jan. 1, 2024.

January 01, 2024

New Year's Eve Sweeps Across the Globe, but Wars Cast Shadow on 2024

Stunning fireworks displays bloomed at iconic locations like the Acropolis in Athens, Greece; reflected in the sleek glass walls of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; and accompanied a collective cheer filling the air in Nairobi, Kenya