Saturday, February 21, 2026
By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) — The kimono, that elaborate, delicate wrap-around garment worn by geisha and samurai from centuries back, is getting a vibrant remake, appreciated these days f…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy The Associated Press Both the K-pop girl group Blackpink and the funky pop star Bruno Mars returning with new music and a documentary about Paul McCartney after the Beatles are some of th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMThursday, February 19, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia-based mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar, known for creating mirrored dreamscapes on buildings across the city, has died, according to a nonprofit art center he cr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:47PMWednesday, February 18, 2026
Nine people have been formally charged and brought before investigating judges.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:29AMBy ELÉONORE HUGHES RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year’s Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy ANSELM GIBBS PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago was practically shut down on Tuesday as it neared the climax of its famed annual two-day carnival. But this year, the eve…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMSunday, February 15, 2026
By OPE ADETAYO and DAN IKPOYI LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Valentine’s Day can be a secondary consideration for some in Lagos. The Nigerian city of more than 20 million people is renowned for i…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMSaturday, February 14, 2026
By The Associated Press The Emma Thompson-led thriller “Dead of Winter” and Hilary Duff’s first full-length album in 11 years are some of the new television, films, music and games hea…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — This Valentine’s Day, Rodney Ingram will be doing what he loves with the one he loves. All on Broadway. The newlywed plays the title role in Disney’s �…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMBy LIAM McEWAN LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight hundred episodes, 37 seasons, and one four-fingered family that refuses to age. As “The Simpsons” hits a milestone few series have ever glimpsed…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMThursday, February 12, 2026
By BEATRICE DUPUY NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Siriano barely had 48 hours to design his finale gown for his New York Fashion Week show. The iridescent green liquid fabric Siriano had ordered…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:21PMWednesday, February 11, 2026
By CHARLOTTE KRAMON A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMTuesday, February 10, 2026
By BEATRICE DUPUY and BROOKE LEFFERTS NEW YORK (AP) — With more than 50 years in fashion, Ralph Lauren is still looking for adventure. Lauren took his celebrity guests on an adventure into…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:17PMBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Monday night who did not watch any of the r…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:38AMMonday, February 9, 2026
By RICARDO ZUNIGA For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico. Even before he …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:30PMBy NAM Y. HUH RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Up-and-coming dancers performed traditional and contemporary styles at the semifinals of the annual Youth America Grand Prix dance competition in Ri…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52PMSaturday, February 7, 2026
By ULAA KUZIEZ NEW YORK (RNS) — Kadjahtou Balde has a hard time parting with some of the vintage gems that make it into her Harlem thrift shop — a silk skirt adorned with traditional Pal…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMBy ERIN HOOLEY CHICAGO (AP) — A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray. Inside, however, the air is warm and lights il…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AMBy The Associated Press Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMFriday, February 6, 2026
By ERIN HOOLEY CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of orchids fill the greenhouse of the the Chicago Botanic Garden for its 12th annual Orchid Show, themed “Feelin’ Groovy,” where installations…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:44PMThursday, February 5, 2026
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Belgian fashion designer Pieter Mulier has been named the new creative director of the Milan fashion house Versace starting July 1, according to an announceme…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:42AMWednesday, February 4, 2026
By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and ANDREW MEDICHINI ROME (AP) — On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome’s Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03AMSunday, February 1, 2026
By AYSE WIETING ISTANBUL (AP) — Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece — a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that has taken six years of craft and d…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMSaturday, January 31, 2026
By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Chol…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMBy JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMBy The Associated Press The goofy and wry relationship comedy “Splitsville” landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and ga…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThursday, January 29, 2026
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Paris couture this season did something unexpected: It got lighter and down to earth. Not just in fabric, but in attitude. Even with major couture debuts at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:12AMBy JOVANA GEC BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — It may be out of place on a busy downtown street and it may be a bit run down, but this small mansion in central Belgrade is thriving. Its walls crumb…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMWednesday, January 28, 2026
By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — From her house up high in Colorado’s Elk Mountains, author Shelley Read can only look out in amazement at the worldwide success of her debut novel, “Go…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMBy The Associated Press Paris opened its Spring/Summer 2026 haute couture season with theatrical runway moments and diverse designer visions. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:34AM 
