In the late 1990s, Megan Smetzer was an art history graduate student at Williams College in Massachusetts who hadn’t yet settled on a topic for her thesis. Having grown up in Fairbanks, she was ...

Introduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- ...

This isn’t your average craft night — it’s a living, breathing piece of New Orleans history. On November 18 from 5-8 pm, Austin clothing store Blackfeather Vintage Works will host a beading and ...