9-year-old, Linda Feinstein, sat on porch steps watching neighbors play Mahjong every night outside her family’s Coney Island bungalow. The sound of the tiles mesmerized Feinstein, and it interested ...

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 ...

Selma Weiss and three other players concentrate on the racks of plastic tiles before them. Then, the four women take turns picking and discarding the rectangular yellow-and-white mah-jongg tiles on ...

Whether it’s those in the Wednesday group at the Church of the Holy Nativity in Clarendon Hills or the Monday group at the Community House in Hinsdale, the interest in and motivation for playing ...

I have always loved to play games, and when an opportunity arises to learn a new one, I am in. I wanted to learn Mah Jongg, so I got the chance to do so last week. Carol plays often and decided to try ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ancient Chinese tile game of mah jongg is growing in popularity in the New Bedford area. The game uses 152 tiles with suits called cracks, dots, and bams, along with flowers and jokers. The first ...