In the 1850s, reading aloud was the primary form of at-home entertainment. Daily newspapers ran no images, and the technology to reproduce photographs in books or periodicals was still 40 years away.

Waters has made a flawless leap from the Victorian era to World War II. It is far more daunting to write about a well-documented era that many people still remember than a distant period whose ...

Sarah Ruhl, one of the nation's hottest young playwrights, dares to dream of just such Victorian-era naughtiness in "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," which kicks off Woolly Mammoth Theatre ...

The Friends of the UCSC Library and the UCSC Dickens Project will present the annual Dickens Holiday Evening on Friday, December 5, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at UCSC’s McHenry Library Foyer. Admission is ...

Keeping in the tradition of the Goodman Library and its original use, the Napa County Historical Society is hosting “Mother’s Day Tea Time” on Saturday, May 7, noon to 1 ...