Given his career, it's probably not surprising to learn that a John Wayne Western movie inspired Kevin Costner at a young age ...

The January 2025 meeting of the Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg featured Dr. Christian B. Keller speaking to his book, “Southern Strategies: Why The Confederacy Failed,” published in 2021 ...

That’s the task Aaron Asano Swenson, a first-time playwright, had at hand as he embarked on writing “Kilo-Wat,” a play about ...

Mexican-American playwright Karen Zacarías estimates that half of Old West cowboys after the Civil War were Black or Hispanic ...

Betty Gilpin has played a pro wrestler and a vigilante nun. Now, she’s in the Netflix hit “American Primeval” and grabbing ...

It fuels the simmering tensions between brothers Austin and Lee in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard’s popular 1980 drama “True West.” Austin is an Ivy League-educated writer ...

BTC’s mission is to remove the “illusion of inclusion” in the American theatre by building a sustainable ethical roadmap that will increase employment opportunities for Black theatre professionals.

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They once again shocked the world in 2024 when they missed out on the playoffs entirely, finishing with a 78-84 record and third in the American League West. It could be the every-other-year magic ...

The rise of industrial capitalism after the American Civil War resulted in thousands of people travelling to find work. Many avoided expensive train tickets by making the illegal and dangerous ...

ELIZABETH CITY — Fought over three days in March 1865, the Battle of Bentonville in Johnston County is considered the last large-scale battle of the U.S. Civil War. A 60,000-troop Union army ...