Grand Rapids residents gathered at Monroe and Ionia to witness the legendary escape artist free himself from restraints.

Filmmaker Kiwi Chow says the decision of Hong Kong censors to ban his new thriller "Deadline" based on unexplained national security concerns proves the city "is under the rule of a totalitarian state ...

Harry Houdini, the famed escape artist, warned that what we see and hear can easily shape our beliefs. His life's work exposed how illusions trick the mind. Today, with constant digital narratives, ...

After spending the past several years backing power pop-smith Nick Lowe, Luchador-masked instrumentalists Los Straitjackets have surfed back to the fore with Somos Los Straitjackets, their first ...

TORONTO - It is the most sartorially-coded celebration in Major League Baseball. And the Toronto Blue Jays just can't quit the home run jacket. Wonder exactly how and why the Blue Jays place a navy ...

If you’re a George Strait fan, get ready to party like it’s 1999—literally. The incomparable country singer was the last act to play at Clemson University in 1999, and now, 27 years later, he’s making ...

You can count on one hand — actually, one finger — how many bands are out there wearing Mexican wrestling masks. And they’ve been doing it for 30 years. Los Straitjackets are, in other words, a band ...

This weekend is the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival which will bring three days of various genres — not just bluegrass, as the name says — to Golden Gate Park for a free show. For those unable to ...

Other notable hits included “Amarillo by Morning” from 1982, “Check Yes or No” from 1995, and “Carrying Your Love with Me” in 1996. A major figure in the neotraditional movement, Strait all but ...