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More neuroscientists, psychologists, educators and others are finding that the arts help nurture the right hemisphere of the brain, and is exactly what the more left brained curriculum needs to create the new thinking sk...

BY JIPSY, NEFARIOUSGIRL.COM Was my Friday night ‘must attend’ party as awesome as I had expected it to be? Not so much. Granted, there was...

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Perhaps you’ve been to a holiday party or two already and have seen the host’s place settings featuring Santas, reindeer, snowflakes or other whimsical figures. A playful approach to holiday… Click to Conti...

Q: We bought a beautiful hardwood entry door that we want to give a natural finish. Several people have told us these finishes don?t last long outdoors. Is that true… Click to Continue »

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Once upon a time, living rooms were filled with white sofas and dainty crystal objects. They were neat, pretty and always ready for company. Back then, unexpected visitors were expected, Click to Continue »

Every gardener should have hollies, if only for decorating in December. Click to Continue »

Plenty of folks have been snickering about a recent story from The Chapel Hill News, one of The N&O?s community newspapers: Click to Continue »

The lacebark elm?s splendor comes from its fall leaf color and the incredible beauty of its bark. These mesmerizing traits seem to go unnoticed, or at least unappreciated, while the… Click to Continue »

The kitchen has always been the place for gathering, sort of a hangout for the family, friends and guests. And because of that, the idea of making it more aesthetically… Click to Continue »

Holidays tend to draw out the sentimental in all of us, eliciting childhood memories of sweet sights, sounds and aromas at Christmas and Hanukkah. Click to Continue »

Charles Dickens died in 1870, midway through his last novel, and its unfinished ending has been a creative lure to stage and screen ever since.

New York audiences seeking a more unique form of yuletide cheer will be best served by making a pilgrimage to Manhattan's 54 Below nightclub this...

Five years after the "Golden Age of Vinyl" came to a close, the MTV invasion established the dominance of the music video. A few years later came CDs, with their tiny art and microscopic liner notes. The generation of gr...

The Arab American National Museum inaugurated an exhibit on a fascinating topic that forms the foundation of Arab-American history: the Little Syria neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.

San Francisco's mid-Market corridor is a neighborhood in perpetual flux. Once a grand, theater-lined boulevard, the street experienced a gradual decline in the decades following...