Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth
In short: Buddhist monks in Thailand blessed a pair of twin baby elephants a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy.An…
Review: Meredith Monk’s startlingly prescient space opera
In 1983, as an Orwellian 1984 loomed, the American composer, choreographer and dancer Meredith Monk found herself in Berlin. Nowhere was the Cold War more…
Man arrested for stealing 1,500-year-old church relics in Arkansas, monks say
1/3 An Oklahoman man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly damaged the altar of a church in Arkansas to steal two boxes that contained relics…