She's Shining a Light on the 'Dark Germany'

Journalist Anne Ramstorf tells the stories from eastern Germany that the national media doesn't want to hear.

A ‘Hamilton’ Alum Seeks a Smash on Broadway … and in Hollywood

The multitalented writer Khiyon Hursey is crafting musicals and more on both coasts.

Life, Interrupted

Explore the stories of the people we pass by every day, and discover the ways we are all connected.

Golf's Big-Hitting Rookie Will Outhit the LPGA — But Can She Win?

Netherlands-born Anne van Dam knows only one way to play: Bombs away.

Life, Interrupted: The Designer En Pointe

Broadway actress Anne Schwantes is turning a curious hobby into a full-time gig: restoring, decorating and selling pointe shoes.

Life, Interrupted: The Contortionist Duet

“It’s such a mental and physical breaking down of your body that you build a resilience for the rest of your life.

Setting Your Love Story on the Stage

Your Love, Our Musical turns everyday love stories into an improvised Broadway-style spectacle.

A Surge in Sea Glassing in California

Glassing isn’t just a hobby — in one California town, it can be big business.

Taxidermy: The New Hipster Hobby?

Forget crocheting and photo scrapbooks.

Ivana Gadjanski, the Scientist-Poet

For Serbian bioengineer Ivana Gadjanski, poetry was more than a hobby: It saved her scientific career.

Onstage with Will Eno

Up-and-coming playwright Will Eno has a knack for cutting to the heart of the human condition, and he’s headed for Broadway.

Richard Reynolds Wants You to Grow Your Own

In 10 years a hobby became a global movement that inspires citizens to reclaim public spaces.

Anne Lister: 19th-Century Lesbian Role Model

Forget Jane Austen and Emily Brontë — Anne Lister’s diaries give us a whole new look at romance and sex in the 1800s.

The Odds Are on the Teenager

Might a modern-day Anne Frank win this year’s Nobel?.

Catching Air With Street Wear

The founder of Sessions turned a nascent hobby into a ubiquitous brand that’s an arbiter of punk-rock cool.