BELGRADE, Serbia — An amateur pop choir that started with a couple dozen singers in a small Serbian town has found unexpected success across the country. Its motto? Anyone can sing. While community choirs are common in other countries, they are relatively rare in Serbia. The no-stress and ...

More often than not, I see both small-town colleges and large-scale universities cutting their humanities programs. Syracuse University dropped 84 majors in April, where the humanities and fine arts departments suffered the largest blow. The University of Chicago also recently paused ...

Saturday, May 2 Felix & The Hurricanes will perform from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at The Heidelberg CC, 812 Frankstown Road, Altoona. $5 cover charge. Food from Rob’s Catering/Grill will be available. Two celebrated singer-songwriters will reunite on one stage at 7 p.m. ...

HAVANA — On a recent afternoon, a group of elderly residents slipped through the wooden doors of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Old Havana and gathered for a modest meal of ground meat, rice, red beans and crackers topped with mayonnaise — all finished with a cup of strong Cuban ...

ROCKHILL FURNACE — Visitors to the East Broad Top Railroad from May 16-17 will have the chance to experience multiple eras of American history during the upcoming “EBT Goes to War” Living History Weekend. This unique event brings together Civil War, World War I and World War II ...

LEHDE, Germany — Andrea Bunar had been waiting for months for the arrival of spring and the day she could finally deliver the mail by barge again through the narrow waterways of the Spreewald Forest delta southeast of Berlin. On Wednesday, the 55-year-old German postal worker stood at the ...