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Cuisine, family fun, and the great outdoor experiences of the Poconos are a few of the reasons to vacation in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Wordy and deep, Jez Butterworth's Olivier-Award-winning play leaps brightly into the sunshine carrying the bloody torch of Irish drama.

An interview with Kory Angelin about his new book, '#SELLOUT: How a Great Experience Can Help You #SELLOUT of Your Product.' Angelin’s no-nonsense guide is for anyone who has to sell anything — and his secret to selling may surprise you.

I cannot imagine any writer but Conor McPherson effectively providing such a dramatic flight path to Bob Dylan’s repertoire. The playwright’s eerie, atmospheric writing effectively implies connections between the material at hand and otherworldly realms. Dylan’s titular song is part of the hybrid McPherson musical Girl from the North Country, …

Congress passed the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) in 1984, aiming to bring longer sentences to career criminals committing violent felonies.

The National Portrait Gallery in London is located at St. Martin’s Place by Trafalgar Square. 'Michael Jackson: On the Wall' will be there through Sunday, October 21.

Mark Rylance performed Harold Pinter’s lecture 'Art, Truth, and Politics', a scathing critique of U.S. military actions, with an emphasis on actions by Ronald Reagan in Nicaragua and George W. Bush in Iraq.

Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC co-host of 'Morning Joe,' shares new advice to women from all walks of life with her revised edition of her book 'Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth.'

Actress Heidi Schreck's timely 'What the Constitution Means to Me' casts a long shadow and provides trenchant perspectives.