A gold pocket watch that John Jacob Astor IV was wearing on board the Titanic when the ship sank in 1912 sold at auction Wednesday in Chicago for $800,000. Freeman’s, the West Loop auction house handling the sale, had predicted the timepiece would fetch b... See more
John Jacob Astor IV kissed his pregnant wife goodbye, reassuring her that they would see each other again soon in New York. As Lifeboat No. 4, with Madeleine Astor in it, creaked toward the frigid North Atlantic Ocean, her husband stood above on the deck ... See more
The man in the deep-sea diving gear invited me on board the submersible and, for a split-second, I thought: Is this safe? Should I really be doing this? After all, the contraption was mostly glass, and we would be descending into a suffocating darkness be... See more
L’Italia si anima con un’offerta culturale variegata, tra cinema d’attualità, mostre d’arte e spettacoli teatrali. Le ultime ore vedono l’avvio di diversi eventi che spaziano tra diverse forme d’arte, offrendo al pubblico nuove occasioni di intratteniment... See more
Mica Cole stood on the stage, with tears in her eyes. The occasion was TimeLine Theatre’s first public showing of its brand-new building — the culmination of years of near-constant fundraising, nomadic productions, unexpected delays and stress-inducing co... See more
