On Christmas Eve 1818, in the church of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf near Salzburg, “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”) was sung for the first time. Today, the carol has been translated into some 300 languages.

Rasha Nahas: “The story I bring with me being a Palestinian artist born in Haifa.”

A 21st-century arts collective revives illustrating the Bible for the digital age.

With Father O’Malley, Crosby “concocted a fantasy priest—a perfect, albeit celibate, man.”

How did an old war horse manage to outrun a rolling stone?

“A Star Is Born” is not only among the most self-reflective of Hollywood vehicles but the most resilient; when clichés work they are called conventions.