LOWELL — This school year, children will delve into Southeast Asian culture with an illustrated, multilingual book translated by University of Massachusetts professors and other community members. Six ...

Once upon a time, people told fairy tales because—well, there were lots of reasons. Folklorists believe that some stories got their start as anecdotes that were spun over time into such good yarns ...

When Disney produced Snow White and the Dwarfs as its first feature-length animated film, it began a tradition it maybe didn't even know it was starting. The studio became synonymous with retelling ...

Syfy has announced plans to air five TV movies based on fairy tales. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cable network will broadcast contemporary film versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel ...

Artists and romantic partners Hilary Harp and Suzie Silver are turning the tables on traditional fairy tales, using short films to explore queer identity and gender nonconformity. It’s part of an ...

In Hans Christian Anderson’s original story of the ugly duckling, barnyard animals make fun of a baby duck because of his appearance until he grows up to be a beautiful swan. But the version Skylar ...

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