The residents of Springfield Missouri were charmed by a seemingly young, sickly girl named Gypsy Rose Blanchard. She couldn't walk, was bald, and supposedly had mental disabilities, but she adored ...

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They say no minute goes by in the world without a melody of Emmerich Kálmán's, born 125 years ago, being heard either on stage, on television, on the radio, at a concert or gala. And most often, no ...

Emmerich Kalman s The Gypsy Princess has just about everything you can hope for in an opera: sex, deceit, romance, near-death experiences, and showgirls. Also, singing. And contrary to the popular ...

Crammed into Cinderella-style horse-drawn carriages, they peek out at bemused onlookers. Moving slowly in 20st wedding dresses, twinkling with mechanical butterflies and fairy lights, the teenage ...

Mimi Grenville contacted us in response to a recent history column on gypsies in Jacksonville. Grenville had an encounter with the itinerant group when she gave birth to one of her sons at St. Vincent ...

Once upon a time, a king had one son, and when he was old enough, he told his father he wished to marry the most beautiful woman in the world. "I'm going to travel the world until I find her," said ...

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