Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was first performed in 1892; since then, the show has become a holiday tradition. In The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s soundtrack remains, but there’s no ballet. It’s a contemporary spin on a classic, and the show tours around the world. We attended a New York City

See the winning performance of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest live from the Crystal Palace in Baku, Azerbaijan. WINNER: Sweden. Artist Loreen - Euphoria at the Grand Finale, May 26, 2012.

In THE IMITATION GAME, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the Univ...

Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte is a 142-step staircase in Caltagirone, Sicily made from thousands of ceramic tiles, one design per step, as a fitting tribute to a city known for its design and production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures. For centuries the stairs have bee...

The Ritchie Boys were responsible for gathering more than half the actionable intelligence on the battlefield during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim reports.

Finding and formulating his own distinctive style and method of painting in the early 1990s, Tomasz gradually abandoned commissioned work and devoted himself fully to painting in his studio. "Before I even had a collection of paintings to speak of", Tomasz says: "A British art publisher grabbed the ...

Billy Joel,was honored with the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in a star-studded celebration that aired on PBS, and among the tribute's many highlights was host Kevin Spacey accompanying Joel on "Piano Man," with the House of Cards actor showing off his impressive harmonica ski...

The reprise performance of Måns Zelmerlöw’s Heroes (Sweden) - the winning song of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Måns Zelmerlöw masterminded one of the most memorable moments in the history of the Swedish selection show, Melodifestivalen, with his performance of the uplifting Heroes. Obviously

Nearly 60 years later, artists Cortlandt Hull and Bill Finkenstein are bringing it all full circle. Practicing the “forgotten art” of carousel-making, they’re restoring the original Binghamton ride complete with striking paintings based on episodes of The Twilight Zone. Serling, who, according to hi

The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok , Russia , just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course! Rather than suffer the c...