Two New York productions of Strauss’s opera reposition its necrophiliac protagonist as a perverse instrument of justice.

The Stricker’s Grove story begins in 1924, when the Stricker family established a modest picnic area in Mount Healthy, Ohio. What started as a simple gathering spot with basic amenities gradually ...

A 12-foot bronze statue of an anonymous Black woman has become a lightning rod in a fraught American debate about race, ...