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Congratulations, you've got your shiny degree in curating, art history, or critical theory. Now, how will you make your way in the notoriously cutthroat art...

50 Cent showcases his expert driving skills and classic flow in his new video for "My Life," the lead single off of his upcoming album...

Earlier on Tuesday, "Silver Linings Playbook" -- the shockingly sweet (at least for a David O. Russell directed film) comedy-drama starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley...

Judy Greer's résumé knows no bounds. For the past 15 years, she's lit up our screens -- at home and at the movie theater. Later this week, Greer will open on Broadway in the Theresa Rebeck-penned and Jack O'Brien-d...

Most everyone seems to have an opinion on the burqa, a type of garment worn in public by some observant Muslim women. But many who...

While the rising popularity of Americana music in the past decade is an encouraging sign, watching one exceptionally well-grounded roots group sprout right before your eyes is truly a thing of beauty.

There's something about rotting food that seems to inspire artists, don't you think? Earlier this year, we were simultaneously grossed out and inspired by a...

The weather outside may be getting increasingly frightful as the days grow shorter and snowy weather surely lies in Chicago's near future -- but that...

The Literary Review announced the eight nominees for their annual Bad Sex Awards last week. The competition aims to highlight the "crude, tasteless, often perfunctory...

This year I finished a project I began more than half a lifetime ago. I finally watched every one of William Shakespeare's 38 plays performed in a theatre.

Last month, we profiled Deborah Nash, Arena Stage’s chief milliner and craftsperson, as she prepared to make or reconstruct over 80 hats for the theater’s production of “My Fair Lady.” At the ti...

When you are on a budget, the holiday gift-giving season can be a seriously stressful time of year, especially if you are the type of person who loves getting together… Click to Continue »

I can’t stop bidding on eBay for community and church cookbooks. Please don’t tell my husband. Click to Continue »

Latkes ? crispy potato pancakes ? are the star dish for a Hanukkah party. But, honestly, they?re a wonderful dish year-round. Click to Continue »

Having responded to disasters since Katrina hit in 2005, Thomas Hudson linked up with Team Rubicon in May, 2011 during their response to the shattering tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri. Having known of Team Rubicon s...

"These two blocks -- from the 12 Preludes by Debussy and the 12 Symphonic Etudes by Schumann -- are compositions by two very different composers, but both of them share a great fantasy, and they are masters of the intima...

Opera fans love real-time drama -- a favorite episode being The Last-Minute Replacement. Following the first intermission, it was announced that Ms. Gheorghiu had been rushed off to the hospital and would be replaced by ...

Whether in journalism or fantasy, the writer finds the words that preexist and organize them into the correct marriage of vocabulary arrangement. The words are all there, I just have to put them in the right order.

NEW YORK — The Big Three in the Broadway musical "Evita" – Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris – will leave the show together...

There are certain creative undertakings in which form should never be too far removed from content. Art school campuses fall into this category. It's difficult to...

Christo is not known for doing things on a small scale and now he is undertaking a project 30 years in the making. The artist...

With a Buddha surrounded by flames and flanked by two brutish figures, the scene at the heart of the earliest-known drawing in a printed book might seem an unlikely source of spiritual comfort.