Every time I resolve to read through a lengthy work of literature, I am reminded of the funniest scene in Temporary Kings, the penultimate book of Anthony Powell’s 12-volume novel cycle, A Dance to ...

Wind and frigid temperatures couldn’t dim the Christmas spirit on display Tuesday night at the annual tree lighting ceremony in downtown Reading. An audience of about 75 braved the cold to stand aside ...

SOUTHERN COLORADO — News5's Brie Groves and Dianne Derby spent Christmas with local students and teachers to read classic Christmas stories. Every year Scripps News, News5, and Scholastic get together ...

READING, Pa. - City officials announced that a beloved holiday tradition will return to Reading this Christmas Eve. The City of Reading, in collaboration with the Foundation for the Reading Pagoda, ...

Marion Kurtz has had a blast at the Berks County Area Agency on Aging’s annual dinner for years. It’s a tradition the 97-year-old and her daughter Marcia Kurtz don’t plan on giving up. “They’re really ...

READING, Pa. — It's been 10 years since Reading put up what came to be known as the "Charlie Brown Christmas tree." This year, the anniversary is being honored in a special way. "There was a lot of ...

When is it appropriate to say “Merry Christmas”? The church calendar still has us in Advent, and more than a few liturgists think we can be in too much of a hurry to get to the big day. After all, we ...

There is a reason this is a classic. G. K. Chesterton, who loved Dickens, said Dickens’s strength was that he was a democrat; his weakness, that he could be a demagogue. He works his readers like a ...