A new exhibit in the Dickinson Homestead, now the main attraction at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, offers fresh ...

Nature makes music—the wind, the waves, the rain, the rustle of leaves, the creak and complaint of trees. The human impulse ...

But after a month Odysseus decided he was keen to get home to see his wife and his dog. To help the ship on its way, Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag that was tied securely with a glittering silver cord. In ...

Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire is one of the few remaining fragments of England’s original fenland. A place loved by naturalists for generations, it was Victorian botanists and entomologists who led the ...

Convinced they are rearing the Artur Rubinsteins or Peter Duchins of tomorrow—or at least children who will grow up to enjoy making music—U.S. parents are buying a record number of pianos. In 1966, ...

Singer-songwriter Marty Kolls and cellist Anna Grigg brought a midday set to Aeolian Hall on Tuesday, as part of Tunes@Noon – a series of eight lunchtime concerts held on Tuesdays. The series is ...

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Welcome to a special edition of “What’s My Strongest Yearning?” I’m your host, Rob Brezsny, and I’m delighted you have decided to identify the single desire that motivates ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Aeolian harp was made in the mid ...

In the 17th century, the Taurus polymath Athanasius Kircher constructed a fantastical machine called the Aeolian harp. It wasn’t designed to be played by human fingers, but by the wind. It conjured ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Hawaiian word po refers to a primal darkness from which all life flows. It’s not a fearsome void, but a fertile mystery, rich with future possibilities and the ancestors ...