Monica Drake

Micheaux’s movies gave black America something they had never seen — their loves and lives on the big screen.

A gospel performance and African-American priest nod to the heritage of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Black women have become royals for years and years, unbeknown to many.

John Parker, a former slave, was a daring conductor on the Underground Railroad. His home in Ripley, Ohio, helps to tell his story.

How do you get to know this island? Go off-season, to Carnival, and use the writer’s books as your guide.

Wanting to give my daughter a childhood filled with memories of skiing, I was reminded that beginning anything means that you have to get comfortable with failure.

Monica Drake, the Travel editor, describes why the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s best known landmark, was highlighted in the 36 Hours column for Travel’s special section on Europe.

The Times’s Travel editor describes plans to cover travel in Cuba.

This is a hotel for grown-ups, those who know how to stay out late and have the wisdom to recover in the morning with a frittata, a massage and a dip in the rooftop pool.

A few shortcuts for finding rotating exhibitions, film series, music festivals and night spots known mostly to locals.

West African Dance at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - The New York Times

Wendy Williams takes her outspoken personality to television, against staid fare like “Today.”