Reminding us of the kind of kids’ storybook viewer into which slot circular wheels of film frames, this similar retro feel device likewise features two eyepieces, and indeed two lenses. Where it ...

Etta Moten Barnett set on the women's board of the Chicago Lyric Opera Theater during the 1970s and 1980s. These are opera glasses (a) in a case (b). The opera glasses are gold and black with black ...

Productions of Philip Glass’ opera “Satyagraha,” a meditation on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi and his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, always seem to arrive right on time. When “Satyagraha” had ...

Are you a fan of Phillip Glass? (Well, who of us gray folks are?) And yet Glass is without doubt among the most influential composers of our lifetime. One hears his influence everywhere! Pop, rock, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's not the gilt-detailed craftsmanship or the age of the small, brass, black-enameled binoculars that might fetch a French Quarter antique gallery's asking price of $795,000. It's ...