These local musicians – some with long-awaited breakthroughs, others with stunning introductions – made us take notice this year.

Opera Philadelphia is adding some extra chills to Halloween week with a series of classic silent horror movies, each paired with live organ music inside the historic Wanamaker Building. Audiences can ...

Ron Chernow's latest book, "Mark Twain," explores the author's life, including his connection to Elmira, New York. Twain's marriage into Elmira's Langdon family was transformative, influencing his ...

W. Robert Morrison has performed on the pipe organs of virtually every major church in Stark County. W. Robert Morrison retired from Church of the Savior United Methodist in 1996, and has been music ...

Mark Twain is coming to a theatre near you! Kind of... Emmy-Award Winning actor Richard Thomas will star in a new production of Mark Twain Tonight! on stages across North America, bringing along Twain ...

The world's largest theater pipe organ can be found in a Franklin warehouse. The massive instrument is the brainchild of Paul Woelbing. When Woelbing is asked why he put the theater organ together, he ...

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A visit to see Thomas Weisflog at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is like stepping into the scene in “The Wizard of Oz” in which Dorothy, the Tin Man and their companions meet ...

When he was a boy walking the streets in Hannibal, Missouri, pages from a biography of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) were swept up to Samuel Clemens’ feet. Upon reading the strewn pages, Clemens inquired of ...

Thomas, now 74 (how can John Boy be 74?), is older that Twain was as he speaks directly to the audience, retelling family stories, philosophizing about American ways, playing Huck, nailing politicians ...

The late Hal Holbrook, in addition to a long career on large and small screens, did a pretty good job of recreating 19th century literary luminary Samuel Langhorne Clemens in his one-man stage show, ...

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, wrote several iconic works in a study at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York. The study was repeatedly threatened by vandalism, brush fires, and litter from ...