BODY LANGUAGE: Japanese butoh master Atsushi Takenouchi, pictured, and composer Hiroko Komiya are the featured performers at the upcoming Asheville Butoh Festival. Photo by Raul Bartolome A wisp-thin ...

At twilight, a kitsune (fox) and akaname (filth-licking toilet demon) lead a group of excited Tokyoites and visitors around Sumida Park to discover other yōkai (supernatural creatures from Japanese ...

SINGAPORE – A Japanese dance form best known for its bald, white painted dancers has taken off in the Singapore underground, appearing at a rave, a fashion boutique in New Bahru and one sound festival ...

SINGAPORE – Famed Japanese butoh dance troupe Sankai Juku is staging the international premiere of its latest show, Totem – Void And Height, at the Esplanade. Totem is the final work by the group’s ...

Nestled in the Northern Catskills, the tiny village of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents, and millions of fascinating characters, all stacked high on shelves. Hobart is a book village.

The cast of the 2021 Salish Sea Butoh Festival performs in Fort Worden Historical State Park in Port Townsend. After three years in Port Townsend, the festival moves to Bellingham for its 2024 run ...

Ranking Colleen Hoover’s 26 books is no easy task, as her novels have wide appeal and are all beloved by readers across the United States, as evidenced by their long stays on the New York Times and ...

Author James Clear presents his book, "Atomic Habits" during Workplace Summit, Pennsylvania Conference For Women 2019. "Habits" is one of the best self-help books. Self-help books provide the guidance ...

Screens are replacing paper when it comes to nearly every aspect of communication, but is it good for our mental health? Research proves the countless mental health benefits of reading, but still most ...

From a rollicking crypto investigation to an unexpectedly moving novel about poetry-spouting AI, these are the best books we read in 2023. Appropriate, then, that this was a year for unwieldy, ...