In the wake of the new year, people are starting to fulfill the resolutions they have made. For Sage Chaney, the resolution was to start a mah-jongg group in the Largo/Clearwater area. Sage is looking ...

Last February, my friend Fiona texted a question to me and two other friends: Who wants to learn how to play mah-jongg? None of us — a group of millennial moms in our late 30s and early 40s — had ever ...

NEW BEDFORD — Joan Blanchett will tell you she’s been playing mah jongg for about 100 years, when in reality, it’s been close to 40 years. This milestone has given her the authority on the ancient ...

A line of children was seen forming outside the entrance to a classroom in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward slightly past 10 a.m. on a recent Sunday. But these eager pupils did not come for a weekend cram ...

Jan Esquith is new to mah-jongg but not unfamiliar with the Chinese game of chance that in its American form is similar to the card game gin rummy. “When I was growing up in Burbank, I remembered my ...

Outside the kitchen slider, the winter’s day is doing its thing – snowing – while inside the house there’s the sound of clicking tiles mingled with the soft, warm sounds of feminine laughter and ...

Perhaps it was the memorable scene in 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians” that sparked new interest in an old game. Or, maybe it was about a year later when Julia Roberts revealed to “The Late Show” host ...

Upstate International Interim Director Laura Bogardus and Japanese instructor Atsuko Tobe tell us how you can immerse yourself in other cultures through UI's language classes. Upstate International's ...

DEPENDING ON WHERE you are in Marin on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, you may hear a strange noise that will either be totally unidentifiable or that may transport you back to your childhood — the ...