Tomie dePaola—the New Hampshire artist and children’s book creator who won the Caldecott Honor for his 1975 book “Strega Nona” about a kindly witch—died today at age 85. The Associated…Continue Reading →
It was drizzling lightly on Thursday afternoon, a few days before Easter, when we drove up to Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut. The dilapidated Roman Catholic shrine and tourist…Continue Reading →
Fra Angelico, the 15th century Dominican Catholic friar, “was one of the most revolutionary painters of his moment, in part because of the way he told stories,” says Nathaniel Silver,…Continue Reading →