Arts & Culture

Robert Coover NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Coover, the exuberant and rule-defying fiction writer and educator who devised new adventures for literature through such works as “The Babysitter” and “The Public Burning” and through his decades on the faculty of Brown University, has died. He was 92. Coover d…

Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Lady Gaga in a scene from “Joker: Folie à Deux.” (AP) — “Joker: Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending. In a turn of events that only Arthur Fleck would find funny, the follow-up to Todd Phillips’ 2019 origin st…

R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case, May 8, 2019, in Chicago. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago. The G…

Actors Susan Momoko Hingley and Mark Takeshi Ota perform in the production of “One Small Step,” a play by Japanese playwright and director Takuya Kato, at Charing Cross Theatre, London, Britain, Sept. 27, 2024. LONDON (Reuters) — A central London playhouse and a theatre from Osaka, Japa…

A Futurama guitar that used to belong to the late George Harrison, former member of The Beatles, is displayed on a stage at a press conference held by Julien’s Auctions to announce its forthcoming sale by auction in Liverpool, Britain, Oct. 3, 2024. LIVERPOOL (Reuters) — An electric guitar played b…

A solar eclipse is observed from Tahai archaeological monument area in the Rapa Nui national park managed by the Mau Henua native community at Easter Island, Chile Oct. 2, 2024. Dana the dog wears glasses as people watch an annular solar eclipse in Las Horquetas, Santa Cruz, Argentina, Oct. 2, 2024…

500 Sails will resume free swim programs on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Guma Sakman. The programs are open for teens and adults of any swim level. We are an island surrounded by the ocean, yet many do not know how to swim. Swimming can help us in so many ways. First, it is a healthy physical activity …

Roberto Santos, archives manager at the Humanities Council, photographs a document from World War II to preserve in the council’s digital archives.      PART of Executive  Director Leo Pangelinan’s legacy and vision, the Northern Marianas Humanities Council has officially announced its Digita…

PREPARE now for National Novel Writing Month! Come to Joeten-Kiyu Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 to get tips and help for writing your novel in November. From 10 a.m. to 12 noon, the Marianas Writers Movement will offer guidance in the VTC room of the JKPL about creating your setting and …

From left, first row, Humanities Council Executive Director Leo Pangelinan, Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, and Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang. THE Northern Marianas Humanities Council, Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang proclaimed October as Humanities Month at the San Vicente roundhouse on…