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 ...

It has only been about three years since I learned how to play mahjong, and I was trained by one of the most formidable players I know—my sister-in-law Ginny. She can literally empty my coin bank in ...

Last February, my friend Fiona texted a question to me and two other friends: Who wants to learn how to play mah-jongg? None of us — a group of millennial moms in our late 30s and early 40s — had ever ...

The dragons. The four winds. The calligraphy. The clicking tiles. The sounds and visuals are like something out of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" or "Crazy Rich Asians," but the setting is Huntington ...

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 ...