Piece by piece: Inside the rapid rise of competitive jigsaw puzzling - IN FOCUS: Once dismissed as a fusty, old-fashioned pastime, jigsaw puzzling has quietly transformed into a fiercely competitive ...

There's a big national competition in Atlanta this week in puzzling. Teams will race to put jigsaw pieces into place, assembling 500 and 1,000 piece puzzles they've never seen.

FARGO – For Moorhead native Mike Scholtz, a trip back home isn’t complete without a visit to the Fargo Theatre. Especially if what’s showing is one of his movies. “Every time I get to screen something ...

Jigsaw puzzling isn't just a solitary bad-weather activity anymore — it's snapping into place as a social sport. Why it ...

In the opening scenes of the gentle drama “Puzzle,” we see Agnes (Kelly Macdonald), a soft-spoken New Jersey wife and mother, preparing her home for a party: quietly and industriously vacuuming, ...

FARGO - The relaxing, enjoyable pastime of assembling jigsaw puzzles has found its way into the intense world of competition. Event organizers had to turn competitors away for the first ever North ...

Doing jigsaw puzzles fast is like a sport to EB Caron, University of Hartford assistant professor of psychology. Caron, a speed puzzler, competes to finish puzzles of all sizes and designs in record ...

Since making her big-screen debut 20-odd years ago in “Trainspotting,” the Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald has made a specialty of stealing movies in supporting roles. She was devastating as the ...