A robot named Mindar uses its voice, hand gestures and eye contact to bond with those who want to learn about Buddhism. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and ...

It’s Friday and my alarm goes off at 4 a.m. I shower, brush my teeth and I’m out the door into the brisk air. I pick up two friends who are crazy enough to join me on this early morning adventure.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The University of Chicago Presents and Japan Society co-present an evening of ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- It's morning time and a little boy with a shaved head and a face shaped like the moon chants a Tibetan prayer. His high-pitched voice echoes inside the Columbia Heights, Minn., bedroom ...

Most of them are young and modishly dressed. They kneel Oriental-style on a living-room floor in West Hollywood, some 20 strong, facing a homemade altar and rolling Buddhist prayer beads between their ...