The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is celebrating the 100th year of the Looff carousel this week. It was August of 1911 when Danish carousel woodcarver Charles Looff delivered a merry-go-round he hand ...

Step right up and pick a horse. The Slater Memorial Park Looff Carousel, in Pawtucket, R.I., offers riders their choice from a revolving menagerie of 44 steeds, 3 dogs, 2 chariots, 1 giraffe, 1 camel ...

Of the incomparable catalogue of Rodgers and Hammerstein “Golden Age” musicals — from Oklahoma! to State Fair, South Pacific to The Sound of Music — the powerhouse writing team loved Carousel most.

The new version of “Carousel” is possibly the best sung, best danced revival to hit Broadway in recent memory, and that’s a memory that goes back to the last few decades of the previous century. I ...

With only minutes left to see Santa before he leaves Downtown San Luis Obispo to head on his trip around the world, the classic carousel in Mission Plaza will stay put a little while longer. The ...