When he was only 32, Herman Melville put a bullet in his career, writing a novel so outrageous (incest was one theme) that reviewers thought he had gone insane. “Pierre” was such a disaster that he ...

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On a small stage in a cozy Seattle Center theater, a crew of harpooners and mates are setting off on the high seas in search of a notorious great white whale. They may not get the best of that ...

Moussa Kone, illustrator and Harpune Verlag, publisher. "Etymology," 2012. (Courtesy Moussa Kone and Harpune Verlag. Photo by Kathy Tarantola/Peabody Essex Museum) Happy birthday, Herman Melville! On ...

A fitting type of music inspired this world premiere show.

MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed. This “Moby Dick” is a remarkable, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The musician Moby got his moniker from a fellow named Herman Melville who wrote a whale of a tale titled “Moby Dick,” but the singer, songwriter and DJ never ...

What ever happened to Moby Dick? That’s not just a rhetorical question, it’s the name of an event series sponsored by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library. The idea ...

A century and a half after its publication, “Moby-Dick” continues to invite speculation about what, or who, could have inspired such a fervid feat of creative imagination. Like all such great works, ...

“Call me Ishmael … ” Book-It Repertory Theatre will present a free preview of its upcoming staging of the Herman Melville classic “Moby Dick” at 7 tonight at the Seattle Public Library’s Central ...