High-kicking Radio City Rockettes mark 100 years with Christmas Spectacular

A staple of the New York City holiday season is marking a century of wowing crowds: The high-kicking Radio City Rockettes are ...

'Once a Rockette, always a Rockette': Marlene Boll, local alumnae to celebrate 100 years at Radio City

When 92-year-old Grosse Pointe Shores resident and philanthropist Marlene Boll was invited to audition for the Radio City ...
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Christmas Songs That Once Ruled the Billboard Charts

There was a December when we didn’t scroll for music. We just turned on the radio and let the station decide. Billboard told the stations what people were buying and requesting, so when a Christmas ...
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How can the arts and culture sectors boost a city’s economy?

We visit the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona to talk shop with the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, an acclaimed futurist, a transportation official from Los Angeles and the event’s director. We ...

Podcast host and author explores Christmas customs lost over centuries

Podcast host Brian Earl of the Christmas Past podcast joined host Jessica Wills to share how he is exploring the fascinating stories behind past holiday traditions with his new book ...