Yes, they depart for warmer climates in the winter. But their intention is always to return.

The autumnal equinox occurs during the third week of September. It is the time when the sun crosses the equator making day and night of equal length on all points of the earth. After the equinox in Autumn, the days grow shorter.

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We’ve got our ear to the keyhole as our "Listening to Art" series explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century images of music making in elite private spaces. We’ll take in a variety of sounds heard behind closed doors, from Jan Steen’s garden terrace to Henry VIII’s banquet hall.

A look back at a groundbreaking 1941 satirical Duke Ellington musical.

Gili Haimovich reads "Into," "The Promised Wasteland," "Diasporic Nostalgia," "Somewhere, Some-wheres," and "Holding Water."

A survey of the vocalists who made their names with the big bands of the World War II era.

To have a spiritual life is to believe without explanation.

A conversation with Mel Gillman, a graphic novelist who makes zines about wild food.

Chrysanthemums went to Japan in the fourth century and became its national flower. They were introduced to Europe in 1688 and arrived in America in 1798.