Fifty years ago, the George Lucas film “American Graffiti,” an homage to his high school days of cruising hot rods and ’50s rock music, revved up the age of nostalgia. People had already been pining ...

Think back to a fond time and place in your childhood — perhaps a stroll with a parent along a waved-washed beach. The memory is a happy (and likely idealized) one, but still tinged with the ...

Whenever I interview artists, one of the first things I ask about is their childhood. I’m always curious, as I sit across ...

Nostalgia is a powerful and often bittersweet emotion that allows people to revisit past experiences, memories, and emotions. While everyone experiences nostalgia at some point, it often feels ...

Not long after Ronald Reagan first became president, the poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron recorded a single called “‘B’ Movie” that attributed the Gipper’s appeal to various factors, but most of all ...

When you look around and realize how dangerous, complicated, and exhausting the world has gotten, you can’t help but yearn for the good old days. Life seemed much simpler and far less messy in the ...

Remember that mixtape from high school? The smell of grandma’s kitchen? That summer vacation when everything felt perfect? Turns out those rose-colored memories aren’t just making you feel warm and ...