with inconclusive results. (A 1995 study, “Why Do Old Men Have Big Ears,” excluded women, but the phenomenon of stretched-out tissues happens pretty much equally for all.) So far, it seems ...

“Our merchants are excited, our restaurants are staffed and ready to go. They really try and engage thinking about some of ...

Urmila Seshagiri, who teaches the course, uses the Big Ears Festival as part of a unique cultural studies course.

“I’m going to come out and say it. My earlobes sag and it just gets worse when I put earrings in, so I don’t wear them. But I keep seeing women — grown-up women, around my age, I’m in my 50s — with ...