“Silver Bells” was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans in 1950 for the movie “The Lemon Drop Kid” starring Bob Hope and ...

J. Franklyn Dew, an insurance executive and president of the Federated Arts Council, originated the idea of promoting ...

El Vez's MeX-mas Especial - Dec. 20 El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, is an L.A. legend and this holiday season he promises a stripped-down rockabilly show with a new band, The Centuries. Costume changes and ...

December seems the most fertile month for awkwardness, freak magnet attacks and other cruel joys of life's rich pageant.

Carl Weathers, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, Donald Sutherland, Liam Payne, Maggie Smith, James Earl Jones, Gena Rowlands and ...

I was born with printer’s ink in my veins — my father Alec was once a Chronicle apprentice printer and later the founder of the Weekly News. Though I started full-time on staff in 1973, I began ...

Military aircraft flying over the Dam Neck and Croatan areas of Virginia Beach is not uncommon, but the aircraft John Knight ...

The Amazing Kreskin launched his television career in the 1960s and remained popular for decades, appearing with everyone ...

Highlights for Dec. 12-18 include Wilco, Los Lobos, Tower of Power, Jose James, Brother Ali and Tina Schlieske’s VaJamma ...

The Cowboys had the Bengals on the ropes, but still managed to lose the game even after blocking a punt with a couple minutes ...

Pierrot first appeared in Molière’s Don Juan, or The Stone Guest (1665), and from his peasant origins, has gone on to become the ultimate tragic-comic clown. He is often portrayed pining after a lost ...

In 1991, Bob Kaufman opened his very first furniture store in Newington, Connecticut, called Bob's Discount Furniture. Before long, he had hundreds of stores in the United States, including many in ...